The Book of Imperium Symbiotes

[Ronin]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Public Test)

Results from redstang:

[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: IMPERIUM SYMBIOTES

Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Team A: Ghost Rider 380, John Constantine, Hypnotize Spell, Imperium Symbiotes x4– 1,010 Points[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Team B: Pluto, Thrall x3, Baron Mordo – 1,010[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Game Summary[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]This game was a bit wonky. With Pluto being able to place destroyed Symbiotes on his card, and Ghost Rider forcing him to place destroyed Symbiotes onto his card, the HJ 14 power seemed to be trumped by those powers. I did reach out to Ronin and the discord community to attempt to determine how to play these three cards together. The Playtest went through allowing Symbiotes to be placed on Pluto regardless of whether they rolled a 14 or higher as long as the conditions of Pluto’s or Ghost Rider’s powers were met. However, Pluto still had the ability to remove them from his card, an option that most other figures would not have against a Ghost Rider led team of Symbiotes. Obviously, I think when released, there will need to be a FAQ advising how these powers play together. The Symbiotes had two successful rolls for HJ 14 in Round 2 and Round 5 when one jumped onto a Thrall each time. Otherwise, all other destroyed Symbiotes were placed on Pluto’s card.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Hivemind was extremely effective in this game as the Symbiotes were able to control Pluto to attack and destroy a Thrall. After wounding, they were able to control a Thrall to occupy the space where Pluto dropped his Glyph. Constantine was able to Hypnotize Pluto to take away an OM and once the Thrall vacated the glyph space, Constantine picked it up. Pluto couldn't do anything to stop it as he had lost his turn to the spell. Ghost Rider rolled a 20, without adding to it, to destroy a Thrall.
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Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes):[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Team A won: Ghost Rider full life, Constantine Full Life, 3 Symbiotes remaining.[/FONT][/FONT]
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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Team A: Enchantress 370, Crossbones 160, Imperium Symbiotes x4 – 1,010 Points[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Team B: Darkseid, Parademon Shock Troopers x1, Arthrian Invaders x3 – 1,000 Points[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Game Summary[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]This was a close one. Darkseid and the Invaders are a formidable opponent, and I truly thought that with having to hit 14s on the D20, this was going to be a losing adventure. Even with Imposing Presence, and the line of Invaders, the Symbiotes were able to keep the heat on Darkseid by engaging him and putting a couple wounds on him over the span of the game. Host Jumping 14 wasn't successful against the invaders, but they were able to jump onto Darkseid and welcome him to the Hivemind. Darkseid was Hiveminded twice and destroyed both Parademons. In the end even though Crossbones was destroyed fairly quickly he did enough damage to Darkseid before leaving to help Enchantress pull out a close victory.
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Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Team A: 1 Symbiote remaining, Enchantress with 2 life remaining.[/FONT][/FONT]
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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: The first test would indicate that the Symbiotes are worth more than their current price, however, that game was a little weird with all of the placement powers involved. I think the second test is much more indicative of the Symbiotes value, and that was a close one. I really like the Hivemind power as it gives you the option to take an additional turn with a hero that was turned Symbiote or get two additional attacks with your Symbiote squads. It's odd that as symbiotes they don't have some kind of tendril power or at least a range of 2, but I think any range added onto the card would make those four possible attacks extra powerful, and with a move of 8, is probably not necessary. I think they are costed correctly, but may need some clarification to Host Jumping 14 or at least a FAQ on their page to explain how they should be played with figures that have placement powers like Ghost Rider.[/FONT][/FONT]
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GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: I look forward to running these in Army builds like the two I made for them where you have 4 squads of them combined with a Heavy and a Support hero. Strategy wise, with a move of 8 and their climbing power they can close quick on a short map, and the hope is to convert one or two opposing heroes to create chaos while preserving one or two symbiotes in your start zone. Save your heavy for after the Symbiotes have done their job.[/FONT][/FONT]

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Design)

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: IMPERIUM SYMBIOTES
VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = IMPERIUM SYMBIOTES
SECRET IDENTITY =

SPECIES = SYMBIOTE
UNIQUENESS = COMMON SQUAD (2)
CLASS = INVADERS
PERSONALITY = WILD

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 1

MOVE = 8
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 120

CLIMB X3
When moving up or down levels of terrain, an Imperium Symbiote may triple its height.

HOST-JUMPING 14
When an Imperium Symbiote would be destroyed, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 14 or higher, you may choose an enemy figure within 3 clear sight spaces that is not an Android, Construct, Symbiote, or destructible object. If the chosen figure is a Common or Squad figure, destroy that figure instead and replace it with the Imperium Symbiote. Otherwise, destroy the Imperium Symbiote and place it on the chosen Hero's card. A Hero with an Imperium Symbiote on its card has the species of Symbiote and the Super Strength special power in addition to what is listed on its card.

SYMBIOTE HIVEMIND
After taking a turn with the Imperium Symbiotes, you may either take another turn with the Imperium Symbiotes or take temporary control of an enemy Hero with an Imperium Symbiote on its card and take a turn with that Hero. You may not activate an Imperium Symbiote that has already been activated this turn and you may not take any additional turns.

SUPER STRENGTH

Army Test
Map: Grundy’s Grave
Units: Desaad (220), Doctor Fate (JL) (370), Imperium Symbiotes (x3) (360) (950) vs Cosmic Boy (260), Saturn Girl (220), Lightning Lad (180), Shadow Lass (240) (950)

Spoiler Alert!

Doctor Fate starts the game with a “14.”
Round 1: Initiative Legion. Cosmic Boy and Lightning Lad both advance.
Two squads of Symbiotes advance.
Lightning Lad kills off two Symbiotes that are out of range for Host Jumping. Cosmic Boy shoots another from 5 spaces away and height and KO’s it.
Symbiotes can’t hit Cosmic Boy but do hit Lightning Lad for two wounds. The last remaining Symbiote puts two more wounds on Lightning Lad after a Desaad reroll to KO Lightning Lad.
Saturn Girl advances and would KO a Symbiote (causing herself a wound) but Doctor Fate swaps in his 14 for the rolled 3 to make Host Jumping successful and the Symbiote hops onto Cosmic Boy. Cosmic Boy can’t hit.
Symbiotes go. One sneaks over and smacks Shadow Lass for three quick wounds. The other puts three wounds on Cosmic Boy. The Symbiotes have Cosmic Boy go over and smack Shadow Lass for another wound.

Round 2: Initiative Symbiotes. Even with -3 attack from Saturn Girl, the Symbiotes hit her for two wounds. Then the other whiffs an attack on Shadow Lass (thanks to Saturn Girl’s -3 attack) even with a Desaad reroll. A Symbiote controlled Cosmic Boy can’t hit Shadow Lass around the Psychic Walls.
Saturn Girl KO’s a Symbiote with her Psychic Blast, then removes the “X.” Host Jumping fails and Doctor Fate doesn’t have a die to replace it with. Cosmic Boy finishes the Symbiotes, with the last one also failing its pointless Host Jumping roll.
Symbiotes had OM2.
Saturn Girl advances. Shadow Lass advances and puts down a Darkfield to protect her and Saturn Girl.
Cosmic Boy advances.
Symbiotes had OM3.
The Darkfield is removed.

Round 3: Initiative Legion. Saturn Girl flies forward and puts a wound on Doctor Fate with a Psychic Blast, then removes the “X.” Shadow Lass advances and lays down some Darkfield to protect her and Saturn Girl.
Desaad advances and tortures Saturn Girl to death.
Cosmic Boy blasts a tree and wounds Desaad with it. Shadow Lass punches Desaad for a wound from height.
Desaad tortures Shadow Lass to death.
Cosmic Boy smacks Desaad for two wounds, then Desaad finishes him.

Unit Summary: It looked shaky for the Symbiotes at first with how well the Legionnaires were cleaning through them, but then they started hitting hard and fast and Cosmic Boy couldn’t roll for anything, with Doctor Fate taking away his one Magnetic Throw Defense. By the time the Sybmiotes were gone, the Legionnaires were softened up enough for Desaad to cleave through them with ease.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted (12) wounds on (Lightning Lad (4), Shadow Lass (3), Cosmic Boy (3), Saturn Girl (2))
• HOST JUMPING 14: Rolled (1) for (3) to (place a Symbiote on Cosmic Boy)
• SYMBIOTE HIVEMIND: Used to take turns with (3) additional Symbiotes and temporarily control enemy heroes (2) times.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Doctor Fate with 4/5 Life and Desaad with 2/6 Life win.

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Army Test
Map: Dark Dimension
Units: Desaad (220), Doctor Fate (JL) (370), Imperium Symbiotes (x3) (360), Green Arrow (I) (150) (1100) vs Atom (JL) (100), Hawkwoman (260), Green Arrow (JL) (210), Black Canary (JL) (220), Wonder Woman (JL) (310) (1100)

Spoiler Alert!

Doctor Fate starts with a 10.
Round 1: Initiative Invaders. Green Arrow advances.
Black Canary advances.
Two sets of Symbiotes advance.
Black Canary has her Green Arrow advance.
Invader Green Arrow advances.
Black Canary has her Green Arrow advance.

Round 2: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Justice League. Hawkwoman advances.
Doctor Fate advances.
Hawkwoman advances.
Green Arrow tries to Skill Shot Hawkwoman, but she just blocks.
Hawkwoman strikes Doctor Fate for a wound and recharges Wonder Woman. JL Green Arrow sheds a marker, advances, and takes out a Symbiote. He misses his roll to go again.
One Symbiote advances towards Green Arrow. Another uses the help of a Desaad reroll to get to five skulls and put three wounds on Hawkwoman. Two more Symbiotes attack Hawkwoman. One falls to her Aerial Assault and misses the Host Jumping roll (though Doctor Fate does steal the rolled “6”). Another is just blocked by Hawkwoman.

Round 3: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Invaders after Doctor Fate steals a 15 from his own side but wins anyway. One Symbiote attacks Green Arrow, who blocks. Another attacks Hawkwoman, who KO’s it with Aerial Assault. It does go on her card, though, so Hawkwoman is activated by that Symbiote next and strikes Green Arrow for one wound from height.
Black Canary sheds a JL Marker to advance. Hawkwoman KO’s a Symbiote next to her and recharges Wonder Woman.
Desaad advances.
Hawkwoman advances and hits Doctor Fate for another wound. Green Arrow gets recharged then immediately sheds a JL Marker and this Doctor Fate for two wounds on three attacks.
Desaad whiffs his attack and reroll and Hawkwoman puts five wounds on him from height with Aerial Assault.
Black Canary sheds a marker and advances. Hawkwoman KO’s Doctor Fate and recharges Black Canary. Atom sheds a JL Marker and hits his roll to finish Desaad. Green Arrow sheds a JL Marker and KO’s a Symbiote, who misses his Host Jumping roll.

Round 4: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Invaders. The last Symbiote flees for its start zone and sends Hawkwoman out to attack Black Canary, but Hawkwoman can’t break through.
Hawkwoman glides in and hits Green Arrow for three wounds and recharges Atom, who uses that JL Marker to hit his auto wound and finish Green Arrow.
Green Arrow had OM2.
Hawkwoman pursues the Symbiote.
Green Arrow had OM3.
Hawkwoman finishes the last Symbiote.

Unit Summary: The Justice League had the consistent offense here to take out Doctor Fate and Desaad before either was too much of a problem and Hawkwoman was too much for the Symbiotes to handle. They did get in a couple of fun temporary turns but didn’t do quite enough with them.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted (3) wounds on (Hawkwoman (3))
• HOST JUMPING 14: Rolled (2) for (5) to (go on Hawkwoman and Green Arrow)
• SYMBIOTE HIVEMIND: Used to take turns with (4) additional Symbiotes and temporarily control enemy heroes (2) times.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Wonder Woman, Black Canary, and Atom all with Full Life, Green Arrow with 3/4 Life, and Hawkwoman with 2/5 Life win.

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[Ronin]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Public Test)

Thanks Bats! Thoughts/feelings?

Looks like we're 3-1 in public testing so far, with two close wins, one big win, and one big loss.

 

[tcglkn]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Public Test)

Looks good to me. Pre-yea for editing (even though I haven’t started the card here yet…)

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Public Test)

Yeah, I think they’re good. Decent offense, but easy enough to pick off.

 

[Ronin]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Public Test)

Had a chat with Alex since he's signed up - giving him the weekend to get his tests in before moving along.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Public Test)

Sounds good.

 

[tcglkn]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Public Test)

I’m going out of town next week so I won’t be able to put any cards up for a while then.

 

[Ronin]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Public Test)

Thanks for the heads-up! I don't mind waiting a bit, not gonna kill me.

 

[Ronin]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Public Test)

Results from Alex:

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Imperium Symbiotes

Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Imperium Symbiotes X2(240), Anti-Venom(260), Atom(50) (550) VS. Daredevil II(200), Luke Cage(190), Spider-Man(160) (550)

Spoiler Alert!

ROUND 1:
My army wins initiative. My OM 1 is on Anti-Venom. I move Anti-Venom up, carrying Atom. My opponent’s OM 1 is on Luke Cage. Daredevil and Luke Cage move up. My OM 2 is on Atom. Atom moves and attacks Luke Cage, rolling 3 skulls, Luke Cage defending with 5 shields. Atom goes on Luke Cage’s card. My opponent’s OM 2 is on Luke Cage. Spider-Man moves up. Luke Cage rolls 5 skulls against Anti-Venom, defending with 2 shields, taking 3 wounds. My OM 3 is on the Imperium Symbiotes. A symbiote moves and attacks Luke Cage, rolling 3 skulls, defending with 1 shield, taking 1 wound. Atom is placed adjacent to Luke Cage. Another symbiote moves and attacks Luke Cage, rolling 1 skull, defending with 3 shields. Two more symbiotes move up to the middle of the map. My opponent’s OM 3 is on Luke Cage. Spider-Man moves next to a symbiote and rolls 3 skulls, defending with 1 shield. I rolled a 15 for Host-Jumping 14 and put the symbiote on Spider-Man’s card. Luke Cage rolls 2 skulls against Anti-Venom, defending with 2 shields.
ROUND 2:
I won initiative. My OM 1 is on Atom. Atom rolls 1 skull against Luke Cage, defending with 0 shields, taking a wound. Atom goes on Luke Cage’s card. My opponent’s OM 1 is on Luke Cage. Spider-Man rolls 3 skulls against Anti-Venom, defending with no shields, taking 3 wounds. Luke Cage rolls 3 skulls against Anti-Venom, defending with 2 shields, destroying him. My OM 2 was on Anti-Venom. My opponent’s OM 2 is on Luke Cage. Spider-Man rolls 2 skulls against a symbiote, defending with 2 shields. Luke Cage rolls 2 skulls against a symbiote, defending with 2 shields. My OM 3 is on the Imperium Symbiotes. A symbiote rolls 2 skulls against Luke Cage, defending with 1 shield, taking 1 wound. Atom is placed adjacent to Luke Cage. A symbiote rolls 1 skull against Luke Cage, defending with 1 shield. Spider-Man rolls 3 skulls against Luke Cage, defending with 2 shields, taking 1 wound. My opponents OM 3 is on Luke Cage. Spider-Man tries to attack a symbiote, but whiffs the roll. Luke Cage rolls 2 skulls against a symbiote, defending with 2 shields.
ROUND 3:
My opponent won initiative. My opponent’s OM 1 is on Luke Cage. Spider-Man rolls 5 skulls against a symbiote, defending with 1 shield. I rolled a 17 for Host-Jumping 14 and put the symbiote on Luke Cage’s card. Luke Cage rolls 2 skulls against Luke Cage, defending with 2 shields. My OM 1 is on Atom. Atom rolls 3 skulls against Spider-Man, defending with 2 shields, taking 1 wound. Atom is placed on Spider-Man’s card. My opponent’s OM 2 is on Daredevil. Daredevil attacks a symbiote, and blocks both of the attacks. My OM 2 is on the Imperium Symbiotes. A symbiote tries to leave engagement and is wounded. I rolled a 19 for Host-Jumping 14 and put the symbiote on Daredevil’s card. A symbiote rolls 1 skull against Daredevil, defending with 1 shield. Luke Cage rolls 2 skulls against Spider-Man, defending with 1 shield, taking 1 wound. Atom is placed adjacent to Spider-Man. My opponent’s OM 3 is on Spider-Man. Spider-Man rolls 2 skulls against Atom, defending with 2 shields. My OM 3 is on the Imperium Symbiotes. A symbiote would have dealt Daredevil 4 wounds, but it is negated from Go The Distance. Luke Cage tries to attack Spider-Man, but he dodges the attack and moves.
ROUND 4:
I won initiative. My OM 1 is on the Imperium Symbiotes. A symbiote and Daredevil try to attack Spider-Man, but he ends up dodging them all. My opponent’s OM 1 is on Luke Cage. Daredevil rolls 4 skulls against the last symbiote, defending with 3 shields, getting destroyed. Luke Cage rolls 3 skulls against Atom, defending with 2 shields, taking 1 wound. My OM 2 was on the Imperium Symbiotes. My opponent’s OM 2 is on Spider-Man. Spider-Man rolls 2 skulls against Atom, defending with 2 shields. My OM 3 was on the Imperium Symbiotes. My opponent’s OM 3 is on Daredevil. Atom blocks Daredevil’s attack.
ROUND 5:
My opponent won initiative. My opponent’s OM 1 is on Luke Cage. Spider-Man rolls 2 skulls against Atom, defending with 1 shield, getting destroyed.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Luke Cage(4/5 wounds), Spider-Man(2/5 wounds), Daredevil(unwounded).

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Army Test
Map: .
Units: Imperium Symbiotes X3(360), Venom(Flash)(240), Venom(Mac Gargan)(245), Sgt. Rock(175) (1020) VS. Maximum Carnage(350), Shriek(150), Doppelganger(250), Scarecrow(140), Green Goblin(230) (1020)

Spoiler Alert!

ROUND 1:
Shriek and Carnage move up 5 spaces each. My opponent won initiative. My opponent’s OM 1 is on Scarecrow. Scarecrow places the Fear Gas glyph 5 spaces away from himself. My OM 1 is on Flash. Flash moves along the side of the map, steering clear of the Fear Gas. My opponent’s OM 2 is on Scarecrow. Scarecrow moves up to height, within 2 spaces of the Fear Gas. My OM 2 is on Sgt. Rock. Sgt. Rock moves up and throws a grenade at Scarecrow and Carnage, but they both block it. Flash moves up to height and attacks Carnage from range. Flash rolls 1 skull, defending with 2 shields. My opponent’s OM 3 is on Carnage. Carnage moves next to Flash and uses his SA, but all of the attacks are blocked. My OM 3 is on the symbiotes. A symbiote moves adjacent to Scarecrow and rolls 2 skulls, defending with 1 shield, taking 1 wound. A symbiote attacks Scarecrow with 1 skull, but it’s blocked with 3 shields. A symbiote attacks Scarecrow with 4 skulls, defending with 2 shields, taking 2 wounds. A symbiote attacks Scarecrow, with 2 skulls, defending with 2 shields.
ROUND 2:
I won initiative. My OM 1 is on the symbiotes. 3 symbiotes attack Scarecrow, but their attacks are blocked. 1 symbiote moves up. My opponent’s OM 1 is on Scarecrow. Scarecrow places the Fear Gas adjacent to him. Scarecrow rolls 3 skulls against a symbiote, getting destroyed. I failed the Host-Jumping 14 roll with a 4. My OM 2 is on Sgt. Rock. Sgt. Rock rolls 2 skulls against Carnage with his SA, defending with 4 shields. Flash rolls 3 skulls against Carnage, defending with 1 shield, taking 2 wounds. My opponent’s OM 2 is on Carnage. Carnage rolls 2 skulls against Flash, defending with 3 shields. My OM 3 is on the symbiotes. 3 symbiotes attack Scarecrow, but they are all blocked. 1 symbiote moves up. My opponent’s OM 3 is on Carnage. Carnage uses his SA against Flash, but all of his attacks are blocked.
ROUND 3:
I won initiative. My OM 1 is on the symbiotes. A symbiote tries to attack Scarecrow, but the attack is blocked. A symbiote rolls 3 skulls against Scarecrow, defending with 1 shield, getting destroyed. A symbiote rolls 4 skulls against Shriek, defending with 1 shield, taking 3 wounds. A symbiote rolls 1 skull against Shriek, defending with 3 shields. My opponents OM 1 was on Scarecrow. My OM 2 is on the symbiotes. A symbiote rolls 3 skulls against Shriek, defending with 2 shields, getting destroyed. A symbiote rolls 2 skulls against Green Goblin, defending with 1 shield, taking 1 wound. A symbiote rolls 2 skulls against Green Goblin, defending with 3 shields. A symbiote rolls 2 skulls against Green Goblin, defending with 1 shield, taking 1 wound. My opponent’s OM 2 is on Carnage. Carnage uses his SA against Flash, but all of the attacks are blocked. My OM 3 is on Sgt. Rock. Sgt. Rock used his SA against Green Goblin and the symbiotes, but the attack was blocked by all of them. Flash rolls 4 skulls against Carnage, defending with 4 shields. My opponent’s OM 3 is on Carnage. Carnage used his SA against Flash, dealing him 1 wound.
ROUND 4:
My opponent won initiative. My opponent’s OM 1 is on Green Goblin. Green Goblin dropped a pumpkin bomb over the symbiotes, destroying 1 out of the 3. I failed my roll for Host-Jumping 14 with a 12. Green Goblin rolls 4 skulls against Sgt. Rock, defending with 2 shields, taking 2 wounds. My OM 1 is on the symbiotes. A symbiote rolls 3 skulls against Green Goblin, defending with 1 shield, taking 2 wounds. A symbiote attacks Carnage with 2 skulls, defending with 2 shields. A symbiote rolls 1 skull against Green Goblin, defending with 3 shields. A symbiote moves up. My opponent’s OM 2 is on Carnage. Carnage rolls 2 skulls against Flash, defending with 1 shield, taking 1 wound. Green Goblin rolls 3 skulls against a symbiote, defending with 3 shields. My OM 2 is on the symbiotes. A symbiote rolls 3 skulls against Green Goblin, defending with 3 shields. A symbiote rolls 1 skull against Green Goblin, defending with 3 shields. A symbiote rolls 3 skulls against Carnage, defending with no shields, taking 3 wounds. A symbiote rolls 1 skull against Carnage, defending with 4 shields. My opponent’s OM 3 is on Carnage. Carnage uses his SA against Flash, but all of the attacks are blocked. My OM 3 is on Sgt. Rock. Sgt. Rock uses his SA and rolls 3 skulls. Green Goblin is destroyed. Carnage is dealt 2 wounds. 2 symbiotes get destroyed. Flash rolls 4 skulls against Carnage, defending with 5 shields.
ROUND 5:
I won initiative. My OM 1 is on Sgt. Rock. Sgt. Rock rolls 3 skulls against Doppelganger, defending with 2 shields, taking 1 wound. Flash rolls 5 skulls against Carnage, defending with 1 shield, getting destroyed. My opponent’s OM 1 was on Carnage. My OM 2 is on the symbiotes. A symbiote rolls 2 skulls against Doppelganger, defending with 4 shields. A symbiote rolls 3 skulls against Doppelganger, defending with 4 shields. My opponent’s OM 2 was on Carnage. My OM 3 is on Sgt. Rock. Sgt. Rock rolls 3 skulls against Doppelganger, defending with 2 shields, taking 1 wound. Flash rolls 2 skulls against Doppelganger, defending with 1 shield, taking 1 wound. My opponent’s OM 3 is on Doppelganger. Doppelganger uses his SA against Flash, but all of the attacks are blocked.
ROUND 6:
My opponent won initiative. My opponent’s OM 1 is on Doppelganger. Doppelganger uses his SA against Flash, but all of the attacks are blocked. My OM 1 is on Sgt. Rock. Sgt. Rock rolls 4 skulls against Doppelganger, defending with 2 shields, getting destroyed.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Imperium Symbiotes X2, Sgt. Rock(2/5 wounds), Venom (Flash)(2/5 wounds), Venom (Mac)(unwounded).

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: The cost seems right. I would definitely use the symbiotes again, especially in the second army.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: The symbiotes are a really nice piece even when you can’t get Host-Jumping rolling. I’ll definitely use them again alongside Sgt. Rock. His SA used against an enemy engaged with the symbiotes could be deadly. I couldn’t get that to work, but they still performed pretty nicely. I’m usually not a big fan of squad pieces, but this one makes me reconsider.

 

[Ronin]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for Editing)

Let's go to final editing

 

[MrNobody]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for Editing)

Yea, Invaders!

 

[tcglkn]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for Editing)

Yea

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for Editing)

yea

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for Editing)

Yea

 

[tcglkn]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for Editing)

Cards posted.

 

[Ronin]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for Editing)

Thanks, Tickle!

This passes

 

[Ronin]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (Final Editing)

Let's send em on deck.

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for On Deck)

Yea

 

[tcglkn]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for On Deck)

Yea

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for On Deck)

yea

 

[MrNobody]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for On Deck)

Yea

 

[Ronin]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for On Deck)

Down to @Arkham @LordVenoc

 

[LordVenoc]

Re: The Book of Imperium Symbiotes (VOTE for On Deck)

Yea

 

[Ronin]

Passed

#1277

Calling this on time, trusting @Arkham to chime in if he shows up late to the party and has concerns.