The Book of Superboy (Kon-El) (Young Justice)

[Lord Pyre]

The Book of Superboy (Kon-El) (Young Justice)

C3G DC WAVE 41
CLASH OF THE TITANS

Comic PDF

Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Superman set.
Its model number and name are #017 / Superboy.​

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Character Bio - A Clone created from the DNA of Superman and Lex Luthor, Superboy has always tried his best to be a hero. A cocky and headstrong attitude on his exterior hides many insecurities on the inside, one major one being the knowledge that he doesn't age normally and will most likely never become an adult. He becomes friends with Robin and Impulse and inadvertently founds the team Young Justice with them. There he meets Wonder Girl, with the two of them developing feelings for one another, and Superboy is also there for Arrowette during her darkest hour. He proves himself to be a loyal friend, and a true hero.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Titan, Empress has these Titan Synergies.
• As a Metahuman, Superboy has these Metahuman Synergies.
• As a Kryptonian, Superboy has these Kryptonian Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Superboy can add to his attack for revealed Order Markers on Sidekick or Titan cards you control.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• Immunities:
  • As a figure with the Flying special power, Superboy cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Flying special power.
  • As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Superboy cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Super Strength special power.
  Benefits:
  • As a Kryptonian, Superboy interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interacts Differently with Kryptonians.
  • As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Superboy interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Super Strength special power.
  Weaknesses:
  • As a Kryptonian, Superboy interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interacts Differently with Kryptonians.
  • Kryptonian figures can bypass Superboy's Kryptonian Defense special power. Current Kryptonians.
  • As a figure with the Flying special power, Superboy interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Flying special power.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Young Justice Faction Strategy

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: LP
• Second playtest: FreshFoods
• Third playtest: Archie
• Fourth playtest: Bats
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Card Art by japes

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

NAME = SUPERBOY
SECRET IDENTITY = KON-EL

SPECIES = METAHUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = TITAN
PERSONALITY = RECKLESS

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 210

KRYPTONIAN DNA
Superboy has the species of Kryptonian in addition to the species listed on this card. When Superboy rolls defense dice against a normal attack from a figure that is not a Kryptonian, if at least one shield is rolled, all blanks rolled count as extra shields.

TACTILE TELEKINETIC TOUCH
Before moving on Superboy's turn, you may choose an opponent's figure adjacent to Superboy and move that figure 1 space. Figures moved with Tactile Telekinetic Touch never take leaving engagement attacks.

SUPER SHOW-OFF
Once per round when attacking with Superboy's normal attack, you may add one die for each revealed Order Marker on a Titan or Sidekick card you control. If you do, and Superboy does not inflict any wounds, roll an unblockable attack die against Superboy.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

Comic art:

Spoiler Alert!

Mini Pics:

Spoiler Alert!

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

He's obviously supposed to mesh with YJ. Tactile Telekinesis is an obvious pair, and he gives a good heft to the faction that doesn't really exist outside of maybe Lobo at this point. He'll be throwing 9 attack dice when Paired with Wonder Girl on OM3. We could restrict his bonus to only work on other cards, so he's not great by himself. Another option is to only have the boost work when no other Titans have more than 1 revealed OM, which pushes him farther away from Nightwing. I'm not too worried either way at this point.

Mini pics are from LV's Superboy, so whoever had those can get points.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

Last sentence of Super Show Off might need some tweaking, since he doesn't actually attack *with* Super Show Off (he's attacking with his normal attack). Maybe "after adding dice with Super Show Off"?

Looks good overall!

Seems like Wonder Girl + Robin for 9 attack or Nightwing for 8 attack is the way to go.

 

[Karat]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

Is Super Shower-Off supposed to count just OMs on other Titans/Sidekicks? Or the ones on his card too?

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

Is Super Shower-Off supposed to count just OMs on other Titans/Sidekicks? Or the ones on his card too?

Currently it counts himself, but that's an easy change I suggested above if we'd prefer.

 

[Karat]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

I'm fine with it. Gives us an easy dial to turn. Just wanted to make sure it was the intent

 

[japes]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

I'm fine with it. Gives us an easy dial to turn. Just wanted to make sure it was the intent

I hope he comes in higher not because I want to dial him in but I'm trying to get him to 210 so the original 7 YJ equal 1000

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

I think that'd be easily obtainable if we try.

There's still Slobo, Red Tornado, and Ray who could even things out too.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

I've got him at about 215-230 on the calculator.

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

Cool, just about there anyway. Honestly maybe I'll drop his life by one. It's a more inexperienced and cocky Superboy, so that might be cool to drop him to 210 if needed.

 

[japes]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

I think that'd be easily obtainable if we try.

There's still Slobo, Red Tornado, and Ray who could even things out too.

I see them as "extended cast" for bigger builds.

EDIT: Not just because I don't like Lobo (the character not the card) because I like Red Tornado.

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

I think that'd be easily obtainable if we try.

There's still Slobo, Red Tornado, and Ray who could even things out too.

I see them as "extended cast" for bigger builds.

EDIT: Not just because I don't like Lobo (the character not the card) because I like Red Tornado.

Red Tornado and Ray sure (my Ray writeup doesn't have any soft synergies with YJ, since he's definitely a "catch-all" design). But Lobo is really great with YJ. He's fun, you should try.

 

[japes]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

I think that'd be easily obtainable if we try.

There's still Slobo, Red Tornado, and Ray who could even things out too.

I see them as "extended cast" for bigger builds.

EDIT: Not just because I don't like Lobo (the character not the card) because I like Red Tornado.

Red Tornado and Ray sure (my Ray writeup doesn't have any soft synergies with YJ, since he's definitely a "catch-all" design). But Lobo is really great with YJ. He's fun, you should try.

I will. Just not as often as I'd play the "base" team. Well until Red Tornado comes around and rounds the team out for bigger games.

With the two 90 pointers it makes it easy to drop in Lil'Lobo occasionally at 180

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

With the two 90 pointers it makes it easy to drop in Lil'Lobo occasionally at 180

Empress and Lobo have a mini combo where Lobo can steal Empress's turn, but the OM stays on her card, activating her Vodoun ability. Just so you know.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

One fewer life would put him at 195-210 for me.

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

I'm wondering if this wouldn't be a better way to go. It definitely makes the power a bit worse, but pushing him into YJ a bit more since you want to keep your OMs spread out.

Once per round when attacking with Superboy's normal attack, you may add one die for each Titan or Sidekick Army Card you control with a revealed Order Marker on it. If you added dice to Superboy's attack and he did not inflict any wounds on an enemy figure, roll one unblockable attack die against Superboy.

 

[japes]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

Personally I’d say, OG Conner is so good with the Nightwing crew that I don’t think you need to worry to much about him being pulled there too much.

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Breathing

I propose we move to initial testing



COMPETITIVE REVIEW BOARD CHECKLIST

Spoiler Alert!

Efficiency- Check to see if your design is providing armies with turns/moves/etc. to a degree that would make it difficult or impossible for an opponent to keep up with your output.

1. Does your design allow itself or figures to move/attack/take a turn/etc. instead of/in addition to your normal turn for revealing an Order Marker? Is it granting these benefits to too broad a range of units? Does it combine with other powers to create overly long or powerful chains of actions?



Nope


2. Does your design allow you to take actions during an opponent's turn? Can it combine with other powers to create tediously long reactions to enemy actions or a restrictive environment?


Nope

3. Does your design allow you to rearrange your Order Markers or otherwise bypass the costs of Order Marker requirements on the special powers of other figures?



Nope

4. Is your design doing anything outside of a player's turn, at the start or end of the round? Is the effect too powerful by itself or when combined with other powers?


Nope

5. Does your design have any powers that trigger anytime it moves as opposed to only when it moves normally on its turn? Will it be too efficient when combined with figures that grant extra moves to figures?



Nope

6. Is your design adding or subtracting from initiative rolls? Will it pair too easily with other figures that alter initiative or have powers triggering on the results of initiative rolls?



Nope


Potency- Check to see if your design is wounding/removing/etc. enemy figures, increasing the chances of other figures in your army doing so, or otherwise directly effecting the number of figures available to players to a degree that would make it difficult or impossible for an opponent to recover from.

1. Does your design have a chance to inflict wounds or destroy figures? Is it getting these chances too frequently or having to high a chance of success? Is the power balanced against expensive targets that can cause a massive swing in the game when destroyed?



Nope

2. Is your design adding to the stats or 20-sided die rolls of other figures in your army? Is it a boosting a broad enough range of units effectively enough to become a 'mandatory' draft or inhibit future design space? Can it be combined with other boosts too easily?



Nope

3. Will your design benefit from stat boosts or other enhancement to an overpowering degree? Will it restrict future growth within its faction or point cost by limiting available boosts to others?


Nope

4. Does your design take control of enemy figures permanently or temporarily? Is it too difficult to for your opponent to regain control of their figure or recover from the losing the figure? Does the method of taking control expose the enemy figure to the powers of other figures in your army that can easily destroy it?


Nope

5. Can your design heal itself or others or revive itself or others? Is it doing so in a way that an opponent cannot hope to overcome in certain scenarios?


Nope

6. Does your design place enemy figures on its card or otherwise have an unconventional method of temporarily removing enemy figures from play? Will it guarantee your victory against a single remaining enemy figure?


Nope


Chicanery- Check to see if your design is preventing your opponent from taking actions with too much ease or is otherwise causing negative play experience through tactics that make your opponent feel you're 'not playing fair'

1. Does your design restrict the movement of enemy figures, or allow you to move enemy figures? Can it do so in a way that results in an unwinnable scenario for your opponent if they are down to one figure, posses only figures with a range of 1, etc.? Can your design easily combine with other figures to greatly impede enemy figures or otherwise gain an excessive advantage?



Nope

2. Does your design effect/change the placement of an enemy's Order Markers, or remove their Order Markers entirely? Can it force Order Markers to go onto cards that have no figures on the battlefield? Can your design easily combine with other figures to completely dictate the placement of an enemy's Order Markers or remove all of their Order Markers?



Nope

3. Does your design inhibit your opponent from attacking your figures or make attacking a losing proposition? Are there scenarios or combinations that make your opponent totally unable to harm your figures through attacking?



Nope

4. Does your design directly negate the powers of enemy figures or otherwise ignore them in a way that can completely disrupt the opponent's strategy or leave them feeling like they are stuck playing figures without special powers?



Nope

5. Does your design become overly powerful in a podded group of figures, or provide significant benefit to your army without leaving your Start Zone?


Nope

6. You can attack your own figures in Heroscape, does your design have any powers that will trigger off of doing so or otherwise wounding/destroying your own figures? Is this intentional on your part? Will the design be too efficient or potent when doing so?


Nope

CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST (SHORT FORM)

Spoiler Alert!

Consistency Concerns
Name and Identity
Verify character is named in a way that is clear, accurate and feels consistent with the way other characters are named.


Yep


Uniqueness and Type
Verify that the power text reflects the listed uniqueness and type, that the uniqueness fits the character, and that squad size is listed for squads.





Yep



Left Box
If the character's species, class or personality is reused, verify that the character feels thematically consistent with other figures that have that species, class or personality. If they are not reused, verify that there is no pre-existing species, class or personality that would make more sense.





Yep



Size and Height
Verify that the listed size and height are accurate. Standing the mini up next to a stack of tiles, and a few other minis of various sizes, is encouraged.


Yep


Super Strength and Flying
Verify that these special powers are present if they make sense, and not if they don't.


Yep


New Powers - Names
Verify that any new powers are not using power names identical to, or very similar to, pre-existing powers. Verify that any new powers are actually new and not old powers with new names.


Yep


New Powers - Effects
Verify that the effect and timing of all new powers is clear. Verify that any logical immunities, benefits, or weaknesses (whether those be necessary for thematic or mechanical reasons) are implemented: consider whether defensive powers that work against normal attacks should also work against special attacks, whether or not a power has an elemental component that some figures should resist, and whether or not unliving figures (such as Undead and Androids) should be affected.


Yep


Reused Powers
Verify that the design is reusing powers in place of creating new ones, where reused powers could implement the same theme and mechanics with no differences or only trivial differences. Verify that any reused powers have the correct text.


Yep


Power Level
Verify that the character's movement, attack, range, and defense (in conjunction with any special powers that enhance those stats) feel consistent with the capabilities of characters with analogous powers and abilities. Verify that the character falls into a similar point range to characters with comparative powers and abilities.


Yep

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Vote for Initial

Yea

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Vote for Initial

yea

 

[japes]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Vote for Initial

Yea

 

[MrNobody]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Vote for Initial

Yea

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Superboy (Young Justice) ~Vote for Initial

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Superboy

Army Test
Summary: Well, couldn’t get much closer than that. Young Justice SHOULD have lost, but Wonder Girl led the team. Superboy didn’t do much, his huge attack ended up a bit lackluster, then Hellboy and Vampi teamed up to take him out before he could do much more damage. He has a huge target on his head.
Map: Custom
Units: Superboy (210), Wonder Girl, Robin, Secret, Impulse, Lobo (1000)

Vs.

Hellboy (II), Vampirella, Captain America, Ragdoll (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Recap: Hellboy chooses Vampi as his Partner, and chooses Metahuman as his class to hunt. Impulse shoots ahead. Cap misses him, but Hellboy deals a wound with his whopper rounds, and negating his defensive ability. Vampi engages Robin, taking a wound from “Hit Anything,” deals 2 wounds to Robin, and Secret teleports in, wounding Vampi. Cap kills Robin, and Secret misses her Jealousy attacks. Impulse rushes forward to take out Hellboy, but only receives 2 wounds from his Impulsive Fighter power. Vampi finishes Impulse with Fury of Drakulon, healing and boosting her attack. Lobo bases Cap for a Hit Anything wound. Hellboy kills Secret in one hit. Vampi wallops Lobo for 3 wounds. Superboy rolls 10 dice against Hellboy! Only rolls 4 skulls however, dealing 3 wounds.Vampi hits Superboy for 2 wounds. Lobo hits Cap for 2 wounds, then Bashes him to finish him off. Vampi kills Superboy. Vampi and Hellboy hunt down Wonder Girl. Vampi Mesmerizes her, stopping a full turn. Wonder Girl ends up killing Hellboy with Counterstrike! Vampirella tries Fury, but only deals 1 of the 2 needed wounds. Wonder Girl kills her next turn! Wonder Girl easily outmatches Ragdoll with the help of Counter Strike.



Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Wonder Girl with 4 wounds.

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Army Test
Summary: Melee heavy armies struggle against YJ, but the Fighters struggled to hit many attack rolls regardless. Superboy himself is scary, but still hasn’t done a WHOLE lot, so the wins aren’t squarely on him aside from being a damage sink.
Map: Custom
Units: Superboy, Wonder Girl, Robin, Impulse, Arrowette (790)

Vs

Luke Cage, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Iron Fist

Spoiler Alert!

Recap: Robin grabs height and hits Luke for a wound.Robin uses Deduction on Luke so Impulse can deal 2 wounds to him with Impulsive Fighter. Iron Fist hits Impulse for 2 wounds, and Impulse keeps running away, trying to force people to trigger “Hit Anything,’ but no wounds yet. Robin hits Iron Fist for 2 wounds, and Superboy finishes him off with a huge 9 die attack. Moon Knight hits Impulse and Superboy with darts, and Luke engages Impulse, but takes a wound and can’t finish him. Moon Knight hits Superboy with a dart, and Luke kills Impulse. Arrowette takes Impulse’s OM1. Robin deduces Luke so Arrowette can attack him, then Robin hits Moon Knight for 2 wounds, and Arrowette gets the kill on Luke. Luke loses a turn and Robin kills Moon Knight. Robin gets a lucky shot on Daredevil, but Go the Distance triggers. Superboy then tries his big move, but is blocked. DD grabs height on Superboy, taking 2 Hit Anything wounds, and hits Superboy for a wound, but fails his Brutal finisher. Daredevil finishes Superboy. Arrowette grabs the OM and finishes DD.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Robin, Wonder Girl, and Arrowette with 0 wounds.

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Army Test
Summary: Epic game! Really enjoyed seeing the teams going at each other. YJ won out, but it was darned close. Raven really helps keep the Titans alive. Superboy brought some much needed firepower to the team, but he still fell quickly.
Map: Custom
Units: Superboy, Wonder Girl, Robin, Impulse, Lobo, Arrowette, Empress, Secret (1180)

Vs

Nightwing, Starfire, Raven, Superboy (Titans), Changeling, Wonder Girl (Donna) (1170)

Spoiler Alert!

Recap: Impulse charges ahead, and Starfire shoots him for 2 wounds. Impulse hits Donna for 2 wounds, since she was outside of Superboy’s bubble. Nightwing clumps the team together. Robin uses Deduction on Superboy, and YJ Superboy hits him for 4 wounds. Changeling grabs height on YJ Superboy, takes a Hit Anything wound but hits him for a wound. Empress’s Initiative boost grabs YJ the win, Robin Deduces Nightwing, and swings away to make room for Impulse, but even with the defense subtraction Nightwing rolls a shield. Impulse then tries to hit Superboy, but his Impulsive Fighter kills him. Starfire engages Robin, teleporting Secret in who wounds Starfire and Donna. Starfire turns her additional attacks on Secret, but misses. Raven moves next to Impulse, taking a Hit Anything wound, but kills him. Arrowette takes the OM, and Nightwing kills Secret in one hit. Robin engages and hits Nightwing for 2 wounds, and Arrowette shoots Raven for another wound. Starfire kills Robin and hits YJ Superboy for a wound. YJ Superboy disengages from two figures, taking a wound, but engages Starfire. He rolls 6 skulls and kills her! Raven takes Nightwing’s two wounds and transfers one to YJ Superboy. Nightwing takes a Hit Anything wound from YJ Superboy, but misses his attacks. Empress goes after Superboy but misses. Raven finishes Superboy and Arrowette takes the OM. Changeling charges Lobo, and Arrowette hits Raven for a wound. Empress disengages for a wound, and hits Nightwing with her Stick. Raven transfers a wound to Lobo, and Lobo kills Superboy. Raven kills Empress, and Arrowette takes her OM. Lobo uses his normal attack and Bash to deal 5 wounds to Changeling. Raven transfers another wound to Lobo. YJ Wonder Girl engages and kills Changeling. Raven finishes Lobo, and Arrowette shoots her for another wound. Next round YJ Wonder Girl kills Donna Wonder Girl. Raven transfers a wound to Wonder Girl. Nightwing uses his Eskrima on Wonder Girl, but misses, and she retaliates with an attack and he whiffs defense! Wonder Girl and Raven duke it out, but eventually Raven gets a bad attack roll and Counterstrike finishes her.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Wonder Girl with 3 wounds, and Arrowette with 2 wounds..

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
I want to keep him at 210 for army building purposes. He’s on the high end of 210 I think, but I’m not sure he NEEDS to go up yet. If so, I’ll drop his life or defense by one. He doesn’t do anything too crazy outside of one single big attack which has the potential to wound himself.


GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT:
He’s fun. In a normal Titans build I’ll still totally take the first Superboy, but this guy meshes so well with YJ that he’s a shoe-in. He’s the only member of that team that can drop that many attack dice all at once. I’m happy. Telekinesis didn’t come up in my games much, just because of positioning though.