Omni-Man

[Lord Pyre]

Omni-Man (Nolan Grayson)



Card PDF

NAME = OMNI-MAN
IDENTITY = NOLAN GRAYSON

UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
SPECIES = VILTRUMITE
CLASS = CHAMPION
PERSONALITY = CONFLICTED

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 8

MOVE = 8
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 8
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 440

OMNI-ASSAULT SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 5.
Instead of Omni-Man’s move through attack phases, he may maneuver up to 4 spaces and attack up to 3 times with this special attack at any point during this maneuver.

SUPERHUMAN ENDURANCE
When defending, add 1 block. At the start of each round, heal 1 wound.

FACTION = N/A
PUBLISHER = IMAGE
KEYWORDS = N/A
SYMBOLS = FLYING, SUPER STRENGTH

WORLDS COLLIDE: Nolan Grayson, the all-powerful Omni-Man and father of teenage superhero Invincible, is the Earth's greatest protector. He hails from an alien race of super powerful conquerors, and unfortunately for Earth, his true allegiance may still lie with his homeworld.

Resources and Rulings

• The suggested figure for this unit is a Heroclix figure: Invincible #005 / Omni-Man
• See this card's wiki page for synergies and strategies!

Credits

• Legacy design: LP
• Playtesters:
  • LP
  • Bats
  • Ericth
• Card art: Arkham
• Comic creators: Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker

Updates

• N/A

[Lord Pyre]

Alrighty. So his SA is unchanged outside of new wording obviously. I nixed the Viltrumite defense, and redesigned it in a way that's more thematic and also reusable. There's a chance that losing the single-wound-at-a-time mechanic is a nerf, so we can up his like to 8 to compensate if we want, but I don't anticipate other changes than that.

If we're happy with this direction, I play to run a game or two to see if he still feels fine with the new defense ability, and we should be good to go.

[japes]

Looks fun to me.

[MrNobody]

6D + an auto-block is really pushing the limits of what I personally find fun, but I’m happy to see how it feels in practice.

[japes]

He is 440 points so if he's coming in hot that would be the first thing I'd change. I do like the power better than the one he used to have. With him healing one a round may be worth thinking about it now actually.

Definitely go with 7 life to start over 8 with 6 D

[Arch-vile]

Tough to say if the new ability is a buff or a nerf, honestly. Probably makes him stronger against midlevel heroes & squads, while weaker against other heavy hitters.

Overall I'm a fan, Omni-Man is a fun one.

[IAmBatman]

Don’t need “During this maneuver,” since the ability text covers that part later.

Looks good otherwise. I think for the three we’re starting with the big question is how or if to give them any direct synergy or whether to just leave that to Cecil/Robot types.

Obviously any Viltrumite synergies can key on species.

[Lord Pyre]

I have preliminary writeups for the other two in their faction thread

[Lord Pyre]

We could limit the auto shield to normal attacks too. Preferences there? I’ll stick to 7 life though.

[IAmBatman]

6 defense plus auto shield is basically the same average effectiveness as 6 defense with Man of Steel in 2.0. JL Superman is pretty stout. Auto shield of course prevents total defensive whiffs. Plus there is the healing.

[Lord Pyre]

Not sure what you’re getting at. Is that a problem? Should we switch to the auto shield working just against normal attacks?

Omni-man is a Superman-level character, so I’d want them to be comparable

[IAmBatman]

I think they're very comparable!

Which is not a problem, I'm just giving analysis and context. He's basically on the same level as Superman JL in terms of defense, plus slow healing added on. Then he has 1 more move and attack for 20 fewer points. So then in terms of analyzing cost, it's a question of how much more valuable Superman's once per round, three times a game activation bonding is compared to the special attack.

Just theoryscaping, I definitely would keep him at 7 Life instead of 8 if we want to keep his life at 440.