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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
It would be fun to include but not really required. Might be too complex for a MS, too.
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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
Did a quick test play tonight.
270 points Map: DANCE OF THE DRYADS (BftU, VW, RttFF) Glyphs: None Army 1: Pyria (P), Agent Carr, Tarn Army 2: Dienekes (D), Krav Maga Agents, Thorgrim Which units survived? At the end there was a single Krav, a half-life Dienekes, and a full life Thorgrim left (~150 pts). Full report here:
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How useful were playtesting units' powers and how often did they come into play? Pyria's special was moderately effective. Rolls didn't go well, but getting to attack multiple figures while just outside Dienekes range was useful. Due to positioning she had to sacrifice height to get an extra attack line. She did ~50 points of damage before dying and the 7 range was good at making sure she had height when attacking with her normal. I intentionally tried to abuse Dienekes' power by putting him on shadow adjacent to molten lava and Thorgrim. His position heavily discouraged melee hero engagement (hot lava death!) but wasn't a huge impediment to melee squads, with the Tarn effectively engaging. Any additional comments (theme, balance, fun factor with and against)? I played myself so it was fun to win no matter what. This particular map made it very challenging to play against Dienekes, but in this build he played very on-theme as a protective tank type of character. I appreciated that his power is more of an aura type effect rather than pure adjacency. Paired with terrain and Thorgrim boosts and 6 life he was very stout, and even after moving out of both areas still performed well against multiple Tarn attacks of 3. I would like to see him played against Heavies/Grimnak/Tornak which could both flood him with more disposable commons and engage with larger figures that can't be moved. Pyria with higher life and low defense typical of elves seemed very on point. My only criticism would be to maybe give her one extra space for the special attack. With just three spaces each, it leads her to want to be close to engagement, but she's far too frail for that. |
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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
@Scytale
What is the interaction between the Velnesh Alphas' Shift and Dienekes' Tether of Logos? I see from the Editing checklist that stuff like Water Tunnel triggers immediately and occurs before Tether of Logos would trigger, but Shift does not have the same clause added to it. Would the Velnesh Alphas get pulled in before they teleport and then pulled in again after they teleport? Proud Member of Platyfly!
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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
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I'm good with that. I'll make a post in the other thread with a suggested wording for it.
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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
Thought just occurred to me: swapping Dieneks' Life and Defense. So far we've done a great job giving our Heroes 6 Life. This would shake that up a little, make him more Ne-Gok-Sa-esque, and fit with his tank role (current setup does, too, but 6D/4L is mathematically slightly better than 4D/6L).
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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
For what it's worth, I was actually thinking that we might want to go for 5 defense and drop the life a tad here as well. It provides more variety within our set and also distinguishes Dienekes more from Tandros Kreel.
That said, 6+ defense with 4 life has a lot of potential for frustration, especially when combined with defense boosters like Raelin or our Toughness +1 Glyph. I would personally start at 4L/5D just because of Combat Challenge, but that's just my preference. Proud Member of Platyfly!
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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
I'm fine with lowering Life and boosting Defense. I do share Astro's concern about pushing Defense too much thanks to the Raelin synergy. 4L/5D sounds good to me.
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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
It's been a while, but it looks like we never finished the discussion about a potential stat change here. Quote:
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Pinging the other members of this Pod to see if they have any preferences for this stat change proposal. I think that it's within the realm of reasonability to change through playtesting alone, but I'd prefer to get more thoughts on it first to see if anyone is opposed or if we should proceed with that change immediately. @Fakeraistlin @lefton4ya @Jaur0n @The Long eared bat Proud Member of Platyfly!
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Re: [Pod 1] DIENEKES (Gideon Jura, Combat Mage) - Testing
I would be happy to try 4L/5D.
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