The Book of Tracer

[Skinderella]

This passes! Thanks guys!

[Skinderella]

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Tracer

Map: Dark Dimension
Units: Tracer (180), D.Va combo (300), Hawkeye (220) (700) Vs. Scarecrow (240), Lyssa (240), Sinestro Corps x2 (220) (700)

Spoiler Alert!

Avenger Markers on Tracer and D.Va (Mech).
Round 1: Red team
R1: Scarecrow and a SCS move.
B1: Hawkeye moves.
R2: Scarecrow and the other SCS move.
B2: D.Va, Hawkeye, and Tracer move.
R3: Scarecrow hangs back and a SCS moves next to him.
B3: D.Va moves. Hawkeye moves and attacks an SCS. Two wounds. Tracer moves and attacks the same SCS. No wounds. She then retreats a bit.

Round 2: Red team
R1: Scarecrow moves and attacks Hawkeye. 1 wound, and he moves. SCS moves and attacks Hawkeye. 1 wound.
B1: Hawkeye Special Arrows Scarecrow. No wounds.
R2: Scarecrow engages D.Va and attacks. No wounds. SCS engages Tracer and attacks. No wounds.
B2: D.Va Micro Missiles Scarecrow. 2 wounds. She then attacks him, knocking off one power shield. Tracer blinks and attacks Scarecrow, removing another power shield.
R3: Scarecrow uses his special on D.Va to inflict 2 wounds. SCS deals another one to D.Va.
B3: D.Va attacks Scarecrow. Destroyed. Tracer attacks the SCS, removing 1 Power Shield.

Round 3: Red team
R1: Lyssa moves. SCS attacks D.Va. No wounds.
B1: D.Va takes a power shield off of the SCS. Tracer destroys him, blinks across the map, and attacks Lyssa. No wounds.
R2: Lyssa gains height on Tracer and attacks. Tracer Recalls. The other SCS stays with Less.
B2: D.Va and Tracer move.
R3: Lyssa moves and attacks D.Va. Defense Matrix. SCS moves and attacks D.Va. No wounds.
B3: D.Va deals 2 wounds to the SCS with Micro Missiles, and knocks off two power shields. Tracer destroys him.

Round 4: Red team
R1: Lyssa attacks D.Va. Defense Matrix.
B1: D.Va Micro Missiles. 1 wound. She then attacks. No wounds. Tracer moves and attacks her. 1 wound.
R2: Lyssa attacks D.Va. Destroyed. The pilot pops out and Nerf This! activates.
B2: D.Va fails to wound but does with Play to Win. Tracer engages and attacks, knocking two power shields. Play To Win takes her out.

Normal attack damage: 2 wounds. 4 power shields.
Cavalry’s Here!: 7 uses.
Recall: 1 use.

Winners: D.Va (Pilot) unwounded, Tracer unwounded, Hawkeye with 2 wounds.

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Map: Icy Road
Units: Tracer (180), D.Va (Mech) (235), Mr. Fantastic (235), Invisible Woman (215), Human Torch (225) (1090) Vs. Batman (220), Jade (240), Geo-Force (280), Black Lightning (160), Halo (190) (1090)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Red team
R1: Black Lightning and Geo-Force move.
B1: Mr. Fantastic moves.
R2: Black Lightning and Halo move.
B2: Invisible Woman, Tracer, and Mr. Fantastic move.
R3: Jade and Batman move.
B3: Human Torch moves. Tracer moves and attacks Black Lightning. Mission Prep. No wounds, and Tracer retreats. D.Va moves.

Round 2: Blue team
B1: Invisible Woman moves. Tracer moves and attacks Black Lightning. 1 wound. She then retreats, and Mr. Fantastic moves.
R1: Jade moves forward and attacks Tracer. Black Lightning moves and Chain Lightning’s Tracer. No wounds.
B2: Tracer attacks Black Lightning. No wounds.
R2: Geo-Force moves. Jade attacks Tracer. Defense Matrix.
B3: Human Torch attacks Black Lightning. 2 wounds. Tracer then attacks Black Lightning. Destroyed. She then attacks Jade. 2 wounds. D.Va moves back.
R3: Geo-Force engages and places a lava field tile next to Tracer. Tracer and Human Torch take a wound each. He then attacks Mr. Fantastic. Mission Prep. No wounds. Jade heals and attacks Mr. Fantastic. No wounds. Halo moves, removes the orange light, and attacks Mr. Fantastic. No wounds.

Round 3: Red team
R1: Halo moves, removes the blue light to take an OM off Mr. Fantastic, and attacks Tracer. No wounds. Geo-Force places a rock tile and wounds Tracer and Mr. Fantastic. He then attacks Mr. Fantastic. 1 wound.
B1: Tracer attacks Geo-Force. 1 wound. She then retreats. Mr. Fantastic moves and attacks Geo-Force. No wounds.
R2: Jade moves and attacks Tracer. Mission Prep. Defense Matrix. Geo-Force places a lava field, wounding Human Torch. He then attacks Mr. Fantastic. 1 wound.
B2: OM2 removed by Halo.
R3: Batman moves. Geo-Force places his final rock, wounding Halo and Mr. Fantastic. He then attacks. No wounds.
B3: Human Torch moves around and uses Flame On!. Taking a wound, and Halo and Geo-Force both take 2. Tracer blinks and attacks Halo. Destroyed. She then attacks Geo-Force. 1 wound. She then retreats. D.Va moves.

Round 4: Blue team
B1: Human Torch engages Batman and uses Flame On!, dealing 2 wounds. He then attacks. 1 wound. Mr. Fantastic attacks Geo-Force. No wounds.
R1: Jade moves onto lava, engaging Mr. Fantastic who she attacks. Mission Prep. Destroyed. Geo-Force moves onto his space and attacks D.Va. 1 wound.
B2: OM2 on Mr. Fantastic.
R2: Batman destroys Human Torch. Jade forces Tracer’s recall.
B3: Invisible Woman retreats and attacks Geo-Force. No wounds. Tracer engages and attacks Geo-Force. No wounds. She then retreats. D.Va engages.
R3: Jade takes an LEA from D.Va to engage and attack Tracer. No wounds.

Round 5: Red team
R1: Geo-Force attacks D.Va. Mission Prep. Destroyed. Jade attacks Tracer. No wounds.
B1: OM1 on D.Va.
R2: Batman moves. Geo-Force engages Invisible Woman. No wounds.
B2: OM2 on D.Va.
R3: Jade attacks Tracer. No wounds.
B3: Invisible Woman attacks Geo-Force. Destroyed. Tracer blinks away and attacks Batman. No wounds.

Round 6: Blue team
B1: Invisible Woman moves and attacks Batman. 1 wound. Tracer attacks Batman. Destroyed. She then moves to attack Jade, fails, and retreats.
R1: Jade attacks Invisible Woman.
B2: Invisible Woman attacks. No wounds. Tracer attacks. No wounds.
R2: Jade deals no wounds.
B3: Invisible Woman fails to wound. Tracer deals 1.
R3: Jade destroys Invisible Woman.

Round 7: Red team
R1: Jade forces recall.
B1: Tracer fails to wound.
R2: Jade destroys Tracer.

Normal attack damage: 5 wounds.
Cavalry’s Here!: 7 uses.
Recall: 1 use.

Winners: Jade with 1 wound.

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Changes:
Move: 5
Attack: 3
Points: 170
Class: Protector
Cavalry’s Here: Protectors instead of Adventurers.

Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Tracer (170), D.Va (Mech) (235), Raiden (390) (795) Vs. Batman (220), Katana (Outsiders) (150), Jade (240), Halo (190) (800)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Red team. Halo, Batman, and Katana move.
R1: Jade and Katana move.
B1: D.Va moves and Micro Missiles Jade for 1 wound. Fails to wound on attack. Tracer then moves, blinks in, and attacks Katana for 1 wound. She then uses her second blink to engage Jade.
R2: Katana engages Tracer and D.Va and attacks D.Va. No wounds. Halo moves and uses her red light on Tracer, wounding her. She then attacks Tracer, which D.Va retaliates with Defense Matrix.
B2: D.Va disengages from Katana, taking a wound. She then attacks Katana, dealing 2 wounds. Tracer blinks across the water and attacks Katana. Destroyed.
R3: Jade heals one and engages D.Va. Mission Prep. No wounds. Batman engages and attacks. D.Va would take 4 wounds, but Raiden appears.
B3: Raiden attacks Batman. No wounds. Tracer engages Halo and attacks. 2 wounds.

Round 2: Blue team.
B1: D.Va MMs Batman for 1 wound, and then attacks him for another. Tracer attacks Halo. 1 wound.
R1: Halo removes her violet marker, healing 2 and retreating to the start zone. Batman grapples to Tracer and attacks. Tracer recalls.
B2: Raiden engages Batman and attacks. No wounds. Tracer disengages and attacks Batman. No wounds.
R2: Jade attacks D.Va. Mission Prep. 2 wounds. Batman grapples to D.Va and attacks. Destroyed.
B3: Raiden engages and attacks Batman. Destroyed. Tracer pushes forward to attack Halo. Destroyed.
R3: OM3 on Batman.

Round 3: Blue team.
B1: Raiden deals 1 to Jade. Tracer fails to wound.
R1: Jade attacks Raiden for 2 wounds.
B2: Raiden deals 1 wound. Tracer deals 1 wound.
R2: Jade deals 2 to Raiden.
B3: Both fail to wound.
R3: Jade fails to wound.

Round 4: Red team
R1: Jade deals a wound to Raiden.
B1: Raiden destroys Jade.

Normal attack damage: 8 wounds.
Cavalry’s Here!: 6 uses
Recall: 1 use.

Winners: Tracer with 1 wound. Raiden with 5 wounds.

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Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Tracer (170), D.Va combo (300), Colossus (260), Angel (90), Jocasta (180) (1000) Vs. Spider-Man (Otto) (260), Spider-Man (Assassin) (180), Ghost-Spider (190), Spider-Man (Miles II) (240), Spider-Knight (130) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1 - Red team
R1: Assassin and Miles move forward.
B1: Colossus moves. Tracer moves onto the center and attacks Miles. 1 wound. D.Va moves.
R2: Miles engages Tracer and attacks. Tracer recalls. Otto moves.
B2: Angel moves, carrying Jocasta. Tracer and D.Va move.
R3: Assassin moves onto the central height and attacks Angel. Defense Matrix. Miles engages D.Va and attacks. No wounds. Angel moves, and Miles retreats.
B3: D.Va moves and uses Micro Missiles on Miles. 1 wound. She then attacks him. No wounds. Tracer moves and engages Miles and Assassin. She attacks Miles. No wounds.

Round 2 - Blue team
B1: D.Va MMs Assassin. 1 wound. She then attacks Miles. 1 wound. Tracer moves to attack Otto, but Miles stops her. She attacks Miles. No wounds.
R1: Otto moves and attacks Tracer. 1 wound. Reinforcements arrive. Knight engages D.Va and attacks. No wounds. Angel and Jocasta move. Gwen moves to attack Angel. Angel moves. She attacks D.Va. 1 wound.
B2: Colossus engages and attacks Knight. 1 wound. Tracer attacks Assassin, but he uses HSS and moves away. She then attacks Miles. Destroyed. Knight takes 2 wounds from LEAs to engage Tracer with a retaliation, inflicting 1 wound.
R2: Gwen engages Jocasta and attacks. No wounds. She then moves and attacks Tracer. No wounds.
B3: Colossus attacks Knight. No wounds. Tracer attacks Knight. Destroyed, and Tracer moves away.
R3: Gwen engages Jocasta and attacks. 2 wounds, and Angel carries her away. Gwen engages Angel and attacks. 1 wound.

Round 3 - Red team
R1: Assassin swings to Tracer and attacks. No wounds. Gwen swings to and attacks Jocasta. Gwen then moves to height on Colossus and attacks. 2 wounds.
B1: D.Va moves onto the central height, and MMs Otto. 1 wound. She then attacks Gwen. 2 wounds. Tracer moves and blinks to engage and attack Gwen. No wounds.
R2: Gwen attacks Tracer. Angel moves. Again. Forces recall. Angel carries Colossus to Tracer’s old position. Assassin attacks Tracer. No wounds.
B2: Colossus takes out Gwen. Tracer moves to and attacks Otto. 1 wound. D.Va moves.
R3: Assassin takes out Tracer. Otto attacks Colossus. No wounds.
B3: Colossus attacks Otto. Two wounds.

Round 4 - Red team
R1: Otto attacks D.Va. 2 wounds. Assassin attacks D.Va. 1 wound, and Efficient Assassin takes her out. Nerf This! D.Va (Pilot) placed next to a tree.
B1: D.Va attacks Otto. No wounds, but Play To Win finishes him off.
R2: OM2 on Otto.
B2: Colossus moves and attacks Assassin. Attack ignored, and Assassin swings away.
R3: Assassin moves and takes a shot at D.Va. 1 wound.
B3: Colossus engages and attacks Assassin. Destroyed.


Normal attack damage: 4 wounds.
Cavalry’s Here!: 8 uses.
Recall: 2 uses.

Winners: Colossus with 2 wounds, Angel with 1 wound, D.Va (Pilot) with 1 wound.

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Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Tracer (170), D.Va combo (300), Colossus (260), Angel (90), Jocasta (180) (1000) Vs. Spider-Man (Otto) (260), Spider-Man (Assassin) (180), Ghost-Spider (190), Spider-Man (Miles II) (240), Spider-Knight (130) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1 - Red team
R1: Assassin and Miles move.
B1: Angel moves, carrying Jocasta. Tracer moves. D.Va moves.
R2: Assassin moves and attacks Jocasta. Defense Matrix, and D.Va engages Assassin. Otto moves.
B2: Colossus moves and throws Jocasta into engagement with Assassin. Tracer moves and attacks Miles. 1 wound. D.Va moves, taking an LEA.
R3: Assassin attacks Jocasta. 2 wounds. Miles attacks Tracer, engaging her for 1 wound. No wounds from attacks.
B3: D.Va MMs Otto. 1 wound. She then attacks him. 2 wounds. Tracer attacks Miles. No wounds.

Round 2 - Red team
R1: Miles attacks Tracer, Jocasta taking 2 wounds instead and inflicting 1 back. Assassin takes out Jocasta.
B1: Colossus throws Angel at Assassin. Tracer attacks Miles. No wounds.
R2: Assassin attacks Angel. No wounds. Angel moves to carry in Colossus. Miles moves and attacks Tracer, forcing recall. Miles then attacks D.Va. No wounds.
B2: Colossus attacks Assassin, who uses HSS and moves. Tracer attacks Miles. 1 wound.
R3: Miles engages Tracer, inflicting a wound. He then attacks her. No wounds. Assassin engages and takes her out.
B3: D.Va MMs Otto. No wounds. She attacks Assassin. 3 wounds.

Round 3 - Red team
R1: Otto moves. Reinforcements arrive. Gwen engages D.Va and attacks. No wounds. Knight engages and attacks D.Va. No wounds.
B1: D.Va MMs Assassin. No wounds. She then attacks Knight. 1 wound.
R2: Gwen attacks D.Va. 1 wound. Knight attacks D.Va. 2 wounds. Assassin finishes her off with Efficient Assassin. Nerf This! activates.
B2: D.Va attacks Knight. 1 wound.
R3: Gwen swings next to Angel and attacks. 3 wounds. Angel carries Colossus to Otto. Knight moves.
B3: Colossus engages Otto and attacks. Destroyed. Knight engages Angel.
D.Va moves and her mech explodes, only catching Assassin, but destroying him.

Round 4 - Red team
R1: Miles moves.
B1: Colossus moves.
R2: Miles fails to wound Angel. Angel moves, carrying D.Va.
B2: Colossus destroys Knight.
R3: Gwen destroys Angel.
B3: Colossus engages Miles and attacks. No wounds.

Round 5 - Blue team
B1: Colossus deals 2 wounds to Miles.
R1: Miles deals 1 to Colossus.
B2: Colossus engages Gwen, 1 wound.
R2: Miles fails to wound.
B3: Colossus destroys Miles.
R3: Gwen inflicts 2 wounds on D.Va.

Round 6 - Red team
R1: Gwen fails to destroy D.Va.
B1: Colossus moves.
R2: Gwen destroys D.Va.
B2: Colossus moves.
R3: Gwen attacks Colossus. 2 wounds.
B3: Colossus fails to wound.

Round 7 - Blue team
B1: Colossus fails to wound.
R1: Gwen fails to wound.
B2: Colossus inflicts 1.
R2: Gwen fails.
B3: Colossus destroys Gwen.

Normal attack damage: 2 wounds.
Cavalry’s Here!: 5 uses.
Recall: 1 use.

Winners: Colossus with 3 wounds.

Thoughts on the tested unit’s cost, balance, & draftability:
She felt pretty strong in a F4 lineup as a backup leader and attacker, especially when combined with D.Va as a DM bot, and Invisible Woman’s defense buffs. The various changes after the first 2 games felt necessary to me, and bonding with Protectors feels like a fun niche for her and pulls some fun units to build with, such as Colossus.

She can be tricky to take down consistently, and almost requires D.Va as back up to protect her. That said, if she gets too aggressive she can be taken down really quickly due to her low life, even with Recall. Her bonding is solid though, and being able to move a Overwatch character is really helpful. Although D.Va is the only one so far, she’s a strong candidate for it. Tracer also makes a decent assassin, easily able to close gaps and pick who she fights.

An additional change I have thought of is either +1 Life, or providing a 1 wound heal on her recall. It tracks with how her power works, she removes any damage she took in the last 3 seconds. Whilst I don’t want to tack any more tracking onto her, a simple 1 wound heal would really help her out a bit, as wounds here and there really sting for her.

Overall, very fun though and pretty good at 170 (180 if we add the heal onto her recall), breathes some new life into Protectors. Something I wanted to pull off with this synergy but never managed to was fastballing her (which fun fact, Winston actually has done with her before), and then moving her further into an enemy backline.

[Skinderella]

This is what I'm thinking after testing. Changes are highlighted in blue. Another potential change would be for her to choose a Protector at the start of the game and give them an Overwatch special power, but she's not really the recruited anyone to Overwatch to my knowledge (unless we want to include her working with Lúcio briefly in one trailer). Doesn't seem all that necessary though.

NAME = TRACER
SECRET IDENTITY = LENA OXTON

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = PROTECTOR
PERSONALITY = ENTHUSIASTIC

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 4

LIFE = 3

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 5
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 5
POINTS = 180

OVERWATCH: CAVALRY’S HERE!
After revealing an Order Marker on the Army Card of a Unique Hero you control with an Overwatch Special Power or the Protector Class and taking a turn with only that Hero, you may take an immediate turn with Tracer, and you may not take any additional turns with other figures you control. After this turn, you may move any Hero with an Overwatch Special Power you control that has not moved this player turn.

CHRONAL DEXTERITY
Tracer may attack normally and Blink up to 2 times each at any point during her normal move as long as she is on a space where she could end her movement. To Blink, place Tracer on an empty space within 2 spaces of her current position that is no more than 10 levels above or below her base.

CHRONAL RECALL
Tracer never takes leaving engagement attacks. Once per round, if Tracer would receive one or more wounds, you may ignore those wounds and place Tracer on any empty space within 3 spaces of the space she occupied before placing Order Markers this round and remove up to 1 Wound Marker from this card.

[Tornado]

Looks good. Will pair well with Angel.

[Skinderella]

Yeah she has some good options there. Also has Nightcrawler (II), Colossus, Falcon, Atom Eve, Shadowcat, Avengers Vision. Lots of fun stuff to mix in.

[MrNobody]

[Skinderella]

If there's no opposition, I'll update the SP to the design above and propose we vote for public playtesting!

[MrNobody]

Yea

[Ericth74]

I haven't been following this design closely but I'm concerned about the 3rd power's memory mechanic. Personally I'm never going to remember where it started at the beginning of the round without some type of marker on the board. Could you just move it a set number of spaces and be done with it and not worry about where it actually started from?


The 2nd power also reads very clunky to me as well. We are calling the power Chronal Dexterity but then we are also coming up with another term/power called "Blink" within that power that we are then defining. That seems very odd to me. I know it's been workshopped a bit but it doesn't flow to me at all. I had to read it like 5 times to try to understand what was going on.

[Skinderella]

The intention is there will be an optional marker for the 3rd power, like Demona has. It originally referenced the marker, but there was interaction concerns regarding it. This was the best way we came up with representing one of her signature abilities, as it's a short 3 second rewind on herself.

We could give her a dodge instead (which has already been brought up a couple of times over the last couple of months), but doesn't really capture her rewind mechanic.

What would you prefer we do with the second power then? Rename it or redo it? The ability it's partially representing is her blinking around quickly. And we already have characters like Star Sapphire with Power of Love that introduce Violet Battery Markers.

[Ericth74]

Could a Temporal Displacement Glyph work as a memory holder?

[Ericth74]

CHRONAL RECALL
At the start of the round, you may place a Glyph of Temporal Displacement from this card on the space Tracer currently occupies. Once per round, if Tracer would receive one or more wounds, you may ignore those wounds, remove up to 1 Wound Marker from this card, and place Tracer on any empty space within 3 spaces of the Glyph of Temporal Displacement placed by Chronal Recall. At the end of the round, place that Glyph of Temporal Displacement on this card.