The Book of League Assassin

[MrNobody]

Yea

[Arch-vile]

yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

yea

[LordVenoc]

Yea

[IAmBatman]

This passes, thanks!

[IAmBatman]

This is lined up to go once LV has a free slot (so go test Beppo!).

[Ericth74]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: League Assassin

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = LEAGUE ASSASSIN

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = COMMON HERO
CLASS = ASSASSIN
PERSONALITY = DEVOUT
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 4/5?

LIFE = 1
MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 3
POINTS = 50

THE DEMON'S HANDS
After revealing an Order Marker on this card or the card of a Diabolical Mastermind you control and taking a turn, you may take a turn with up to three League Assassins you control that you haven't moved or attacked with this turn. You may not take any additional turns with any other figures you control.

PHANTOM WALK
League Assassin can move through all figures and is never attacked when leaving an engagement.

TRIAL BY BLOOD
If this League Assassin destroys an enemy figure with its normal attack, you may immediately replace it on the battlefield with a previously destroyed Elite League Assassin figure in your Army. If you do, remove this figure from the game.

Army Test
Map: Wakandan Royal Forest
Units: 1000 pts - Ra's Al Ghul 260, Elite League Assassins, League Assassins x7, Winter Soldier 240(Assassin) VS 1000 pts - Kingpin 220, Gamora 310, Whirlwind, Firefly, Radioactive Man

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R2T1 Radioactive Man 3 wounds
R2T1 Kingpin 2 wounds
R2T2 Firefly 1 wound
R2T2 Kingpin 2 wounds
R2T3 Firefly 1 wound
R2T3 Firefly 2 wounds



The Demon's Hands: Took a turn almost every round.

Phantom Walk: Used a few times for positioning, getting in attacks they they wouldn't have without it.

Trial By Blood: Never killed anyone when there was a dead Elite League Assassin.

Winter Soldier's Mark is Kingpin.
Winter Soldier picks Whirlwind.
Winter Soldier picks Gamora.
Gamora attacks and One Shot Godslays Ra's Al Ghul.

Assassins moved in to try and swarm Kingpin with support from Kingpin. They started out pulling wounds on Radioactive Man and Kingpin and taking out Firefly. Once Winter Soldier took out Kingpin it looked to be over. Then Whirlwind and Gamora moved in and took over. Whirlwind killed 5 League Assassins and 2 Elite Assassins before Winter Soldier put him down. Gamora cleaned up the rest of the Assassins and then got a big shot in on Ra's one-shotting him with her Godslayer power. She then went straight after Winter Soldier taking him out without taking a wound even as his mark.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Gamora full 5 life left

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Army Test
Map: Turtle Taining Dojo – playtesting map
Units: 1000 pts - Ra's Al Ghul 260, Elite League Assassins, League Assassins x7, Winter Soldier 240(Assassin) VS 1000 pts – Vance Astro, Nikki, Charlie-27, Martinex, Yondu 170

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R2T3 Vance Astro 1 wound – Dead
R3T1 Charlie 1 wound
R3T1 Charlie 1 wound
R4T3 Yondu 1 wound – dead/promotion


The Demon's Hands: Again took a turn every round with them.

Phantom Walk: Used a few times for positioning, getting in attacks they they wouldn't have without it.

Trial By Blood: Got one promoted. Elites didn't die until the end so not a lot of chances.

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R1 – Winter Soldier's Mark is Vance Astro. Movement
R2 – Charlie and Vance kill 2 League Assassins. Winter Soldier hits Vance for 1 wound. 6 attacks so far on Charlie and Vance only 1 wound. Nikki kills a League Assassin. Winter Soldier hits Vance for 3 wounds. On attack number 8 a League Assassin finally breaks through and puts a wound on Vance taking him out.
R3 – Winter Soldier's Mark is Charile-27. An Elite puts a wound on Charlie. League Assassins get 3 attacks on Charlie-27 and put 2 wounds on him. Nikki misses an Elite. Charlie kills a League Assassin. Elites do some damage hitting Nikki for 3 wounds, Martenix for 1 wound and kill Charlie-27. Dead marker on Charlie. A League Assassin kills Nikki. Marty takes a LEA from an Elite and misses his attack on him. Yondu attacks an Elite who vanishes.
R4 – Winter Soldier picks Martinex. Marty rolls 5 skulls on an Elite but he Vanishes. Yondu uses his Yaka Arrow and kills 2 Elites and 2 League Assassins(maybe my best Yondu rolls ever!). Winter hits Yondu for 2 wounds. Marty and Yondu try but can't kill the last Elite. Winter misses Marty. Yondu tries to Rescue Marty but fails. Winter Soldier attacks and kills Marty. Yondu can't hit the last Elite. Yondu gets hit by an Elite for 2 wounds. League Assassin attacks up on Yondu, doing the final wound and gets promoted to end the game.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Ra's full 6 life, Winter Soldier full 5 life, 2 Elite League Assassins

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Theme is spot on to me. I think 50 is good if leaving at 4 attack. If they drop back to 3 then definitely would need a price drop. Keeping at 50 points to marry with the Elites 150 is nice too.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: Fun units that felt really thematic. Having these guys as support to a hero like Winter Soldier who can sit back and snipe while the League muddies thing up and holds down a target is great. At their defense of 3 they aren't really very tough but they were able to block some attacks in game two when the Guardians just didn't roll very good attacks. I will for sure play the above team again as I think it's a pretty strong way to use them. I'm not sure if the 200 point Ra's plays better or not but 260 Ra's is a great pairing. I think they are good as is and I don't recommend any changes.

[IAmBatman]

I'm liking them at 4 attack and 50 points after reading that.

Hopefully one more set of tests can confirm.

[Karat]

So with the last power, are you replacing the destroyed figure or the League Assassin? Its not super clear and I want to make sure I'm reading it correctly.

[toyhandle]

I think the theme is that the League Assassin has proven itself and now joined the ranks of the Elite.
This might carry that theme better?:

TRIAL BY BLOOD
If this League Assassin destroys an enemy figure with its normal attack, you may remove this League Assassin from the game and replace it with a previously destroyed Elite League Assassin figure in your Army.

Only issue being that this wording leaves the destroyed enemy figure open to being replaced with a Skrull or something. And if that happens, has the League Assassin really proven itself?

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, Toy has the theme right. You were meant to replace the League Assassin on the battlefield. Wording definitely needs clarifying. I'll take a stab in the morning.

[Karat]

Gotcha! These are the edits I'd recommend.

THE DEMON'S HANDS
After revealing an Order Marker on this card or the card of a Diabolical Mastermind you control and taking a turn, you may take a turn with up to three League Assassins you control that you haven't moved or attacked with this turn. You may not take any additional turns with any other figures you control.

TRIAL BY BLOOD
IfAfter this League Assassin destroys an enemy figure with its normal attack, you may immediately replace it on the battlefield with choose a previously destroyed Elite League Assassin figure in your Army. If you do,and remove this figure from the game and place the chosen figure on the space this figure previously occupied.