The Book of Sinestro

[IAmBatman]

yea

[Tornado]

Yea

[tcglkn]

Yea

[Ronin]

yea

[LordVenoc]

Yea

[Arch-vile]

This passes.

[Lord Pyre]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Sinestro

Army Test
Summary: Sinestro was fun bonding with Grodd, but his Vengeful Strike only managed a single wound, and Fear my Power never triggered either. He did a few wounds to the turtles, but they have such hefty defense that he couldn’t quite break through. The Turtles had some great turns, and turned the tide right at the end quite suddenly.
Map: Custom
Units: Sinestro, Grodd 2,Captain Boomerang, Trickster (James) (700)

Vs.

TMNT (700)

Spoiler Alert!

Recap: Capt Boomerang wallops Don for 3 wounds right off the bat. Ralph gets a Self-Importance roll and engages Boomerang, but doesn’t deal any wounds. Sinestro flies up, but misses Ralph. Don staff vaults over above Boomerang and kills him easily. Sinestro flies above the battle to attack Leo, but misses, while Grodd engages Ralph and kills him with Pounding Fists! Leo grabs height on Sinestro, dealing 2 wounds. Don hits Grodd for 3 wounds with the Turtle Power bonus and height. Sinestro hits Leo for 4 wounds, and Grodd misses him. Sinestro’s Vengeful Strike kills Leo! He turns around and shoots Mike for a wound. Don kills Grodd with a 2 skull attack! Mike kills Sinestro! Mike then kills Trickster!



Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Mike with 1 wound, Don with 3 wounds.

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Army Test
Summary: So I basically had to reset this game, as Hal and Green Arrow tore up Sinestro’s team right from the start. But after a few tries of them NOT rolling like gods, then it felt more balanced. Sinestro is quite nasty against GLs, as subtracting two defense really makes them want to burn markers quicker. And Vengeful strike breaks right through it anyway! But his lack of any sort of shield power keeps him in check. The good guys really SHOULD have won, but Dr Light messed up the archers’ range and Grodd smashed them.
Map: Custom
Units: Grodd II, Sinestro, Iron Monger, Dr Light (965)

Vs.

Green Lantern (Hal), Green Arrow (II), Black Canary, Hawkeye (III) (970)

Spoiler Alert!

Recap: GL moves to height, and Sinestro hunts him down, and on the first attack deals 3 wounds to him!! GL then jumps next to Sinestro and kills him in one hit. But for the sake of more data I rerolled that attack, only dealing one wound, but Green Arrow uses a marker to shoot him for 2 more wounds. Grodd uses his mind link to have Iron Monger attack Green Arrow for 2 wounds, then Dr Light finishes him off. Black Canary’s Fists of Fury hit 4 times to kill Iron Monger. Sinestro pummels GL, taking off 2 markers. Sinestro kills GL with Vengeful Strike. Sinestro grabs height on Black Canary and hits for 3 wounds. But BC jumps around for height on Sinestro in turn, and brutally kills him. Hawkeye dukes it out with Light, and Grodd finishes Canary. Grodd then finishes Hawkeye.



Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Grodd with 2 wounds, Dr Light with 2 wounds.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
He’s great, pretty much an auto-draft for me for the antagonists. He’s not a ton of points, feels perfectly villainous, and even though he’s a counter to GL’s, it’s a soft counter which makes him useful against anything. I think he’s balanced.


GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT:
One thing to note is that I never got “fear my power” to activate. Or at least, that I remember, as that one is a bit of a tough one to remember to use. His other two powers are fun, and the main focus.

[Arch-vile]

Thanks LP! Looking good.

[Arkham]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Sinestro

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Army Test 1
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Sinestro(260), Cap(240), Star-Lord(250), Nebula(240) (990)
vs.
Luke Cage(190), Iron Fist(260), Shang-Chi(230), Swordsman(160), Moon Knight(150) (990)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
R1T3: 6 wounds(1 is excess) on Shang-Chi(+1, -1), kills him. (+3 height, Cap, S-L)

Vengeful Strike:


Fear My Power:


Notes:
R1T3: Swordsman puts 1 wound on Sinestro(+4) with his SA. Cage kills Sinestro.
R2T1: Cage puts 1 wound on Cap.
R2T1: Nebula puts 1 wound on Cage.
R2T2: Fist heals 1 wound off Cage. Cage puts 1 wound on Star-Lord.
R2T2: Cap puts 1 wound on Cage and Fist.
R2T3: Fist puts 1 wound on S-L.
R2T3: Cap puts 1 wound on Cage and Fist.


Luke Cage with 3/5 wounds(2 life), Swordsman with 3/4 wounds(1 life), and Iron Fist with 1/5 wounds(4 life).

Sinestro started off really hot, adding 3 to his attack thanks to Cap, S-L, and height, he one shotted Shang-Chi from range. I was thinking he was set for a great game, but then he got stomped by Swordsman and Cage the following turn. I stopped taking notes not long after as that stuff didn't really matter, but I did finish the game out to see how it felt balance wise given the point values and such, and the Fighters ended up taking it. Feels good around 260 thus far given the loss, gonna try him at 250 to see how that goes.

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Army Test 2 @250
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Sinestro(250), Ms. Marvel(350), Cap(240) (850)
vs.
Star-Lord(250), Nebula(240), Hal(350) (850)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
R2T2: 2 wounds on Hal(+5, -2). (+1 from Cap)

Vengeful Strike:
R1T3: rolls a 7+3, fails.
R2T2: rolls a 7+3, fails.
R3T1: rolls a 5+3, fails.

Fear My Power:


Notes:
R1T1: Star-Lord puts 1 wound on Cap.
R1T2: Ms. Marvel puts 1 wound on Star-Lord.
R1T2: Hal puts 3 wounds on Sinestro.
R2T1: Cap puts 2 wounds on Star-Lord.
R2T2: Hal puts 2 wounds on Ms. Marvel.
R2T2: Ms. Marvel puts 1 wound on Hal.
R2T3: Hal puts 2 wounds on Ms. Marvel. Hal hits his FC roll, kills Ms. Marvel.
R3T1: Hal removes a marker to ignore Sinestro's attack.
R3T1: Hal kills Sinestro.
R3T2: Cap kills Star-Lord.
R3T2: Nebula puts 1 wound on Cap.
R4T1: Cap puts 1 wound on Nebula and forces Hal to removes a marker.
R4T1: Hal puts 1 wound on Cap.
R4T2: Cap puts 2 wounds on Nebula(botch).
R4T2: Nebula puts 1 wound on Cap with VS, then kills him with an attack.


Hal with 3/4 wounds(1 life, 2 markers), and Nebula with 3/6 wounds(3 life).

Decently close finish. Sinestro had some fairly poor luck with Vengeance Strike, so that didn't help matters much. Luck aside, I'd say it was an even matchup.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
Love the simplicity and streamlined classic take. He's got some good potential when paired with some boosters, but he can fall fast. He's a nice counter to Green Lanterns without feeling like he depends on it to be useful, and ultimately makes for a nice general sinister Sinestro. I'd say he could probably come down 20 points and be just fine, as he feels comparable to other Vengeance Strike users.

[IAmBatman]

Let me know if you want another set or no, Archie. I haven't set up yet (been hanging out with family all day).

[Arch-vile]

Thanks Ark! Should be good on tests, thanks Bats. I'm cool dropping him 20 points. His W/L record is 2-5.

I'll propose for final editing at 240 250

I edited the wording this morning based on similar sortable index powers, so hopefully that's all good to go.

[Lord Pyre]

I don’t know, don’t feel great about dropping him too much. His 7 move and flying makes Vengeful strike even nastier. He felt perfectly fine to me at 260. I wouldn’t fuss about 10 points (so 250), but 240 seems to be pushing it a tad for me.