The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy)

[IAmBatman]

The Book of Wonder Girl​

C3G DC WAVE 15
REMEMBER THE TITANS​

Comic PDF​

Mini PDF​

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Crisis set.
Its model number and name are #003 / Wonder Girl.
Its model number and name are #102 / Donna Troy.​

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Character Bio - "She was originally created by the Amazon sorceress Magala as a magical duplicate of the young Princess Diana of Themyscira (a nod to the original Wonder Girl) to be a playmate for Diana, who was previously the only child on the island. However, Donna was soon kidnapped by the Dark Angel (a World War II villainess and sworn enemy of Queen Hippolyta, Diana's mother), who thought the girl was Diana. Dark Angel cursed Donna to live endless variants of a life characterized by suffering, with her life being restarted and erased from the world's memory when Donna was at her lowest. Even Donna would forget her past lives until the moment at which Dark Angel would arrive to restart her life, at which point she would immediately recall all of her past suffering [...] Realizing that Donna was created from a portion of Diana's soul, Queen Hippolyta accepted Donna as a blood-related daughter and held a coronation on Themyscira to formally introduce Donna as the second princess of Paradise Island [...] After her coronation, Donna and Diana's bond as sisters grew stronger [...] Donna's superhuman powers have changed several times over the years, but in all of her various incarnations, they have always consisted of considerable superhuman strength, endurance, speed, and the power of flight [...] She also wielded a lasso of her own, but it apparently had no magical properties like Diana's Lasso of Truth" (wikipedia.org, 2011).
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As an Amazon, Wonder Girl has these Amazon Synergies.
• As a Sidekick, Wonder Girl has these Sidekick Synergies.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Wonder Girl has these Super Strength Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Wonder Girl rolls 2 additional attack dice when an Amazon you control is destroyed, due to her Amazonian Empathy special power. Current Amazons.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a Sidekick, Wonder Girl interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a flying figure, Wonder Girl interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Wonder Girl interacts differently with these special powers.
• Wonder Girl cannot choose tiny, large or huge figures for her Amazon Lasso special power. Current tiny, large, and huge figures.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: (IAmBatman)
• Second playtest: (Margloth)
• Third playtest: (WarlordoftheWolves)
• Fourth playtest: (Gurei-Ornery)
• Art by tcglkn

Card Updates:
1 February 2021 - Amazon Empathy wording simplification

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

NAME = WONDER GIRL
SECRET IDENTITY = DONNA TROY

SPECIES = AMAZON
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = SIDEKICK
PERSONALITY = BRAVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 4

LIFE = 4

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

POINTS = 140

AMAZON LASSO
After moving and before attacking, if Wonder Girl was not engaged prior to moving, you may choose one opponent's non-adjacent small or medium figure within 2 clear sight spaces whose base is no more than 10 levels above Wonder Girl's height or 10 levels below Wonder Girl's base. Place the chosen figure on an empty space adjacent to Wonder Girl. The chosen figure does not receive any leaving engagement attacks. The chosen figure rolls one fewer defense die until it is no longer engaged with Wonder Girl or another opponent's figure moves into an engagement with Wonder Girl.

WARRIOR ENGAGEMENT
If Wonder Girl rolls a skull against a figure leaving an engagement with her, that figure may not leave the engagement with Wonder Girl this turn.

AMAZONIAN EMPATHY
If at least one Unique Hero or Amazon figure in your army was destroyed this round, add 2 to Wonder Girl's normal attack.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING

 

[Griffin]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

AMAZON LASSO
After moving and before attacking, if Wonder Girl was not engaged prior to moving, you may choose one opponent's non-adjacent small or medium figure within 2 clear sight spaces whose base is no more than 10 levels above Wonder Girl's height or 10 levels below Wonder Girl's base. Place the choseN figure on an empty space adjacent to Wonder Girl. The chosen figure does not receive any leaving engagement attacks. The chosen figure rolls one fewer defense die until it is no longer engaged with Wonder Girl or another opponent's figure moves into an engagement with Wonder Girl.

You know I like this.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Thanks, Griff. Typo fixed.

 

[Hahma]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Looks cools Bats. I don't know anything about WW in her younger years, but I like the toned down Lasso and keeping Warrior Engagement, and Amazonian Empathy is cool too. Though if you are using 1 Amazon Warriors card to field 9 Amazon Warriors, wouldn't that be somewhat confusing to some in whether or not it only takes 3 Amazon Warriors to be killed from that card or all 9 need to?

 

[Griffin]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

This actually isn't Wonder Woman at all, it is her little sister or an orphan that she saved and empowered (depending on the time of the comic).

 

[tcglkn]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Nice design as I said before Bats.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Hmm ... would this tweak be too powerful, you guys think?

AMAZONIAN EMPATHY
When an Amazon squad figure you control or any unique hero you control is destroyed, add 2 to Wonder Girl's Attack Number for the remainder of that round.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

This actually isn't Wonder Woman at all, it is her little sister or an orphan that she saved and empowered (depending on the time of the comic).

The bio covers her most recent Post-Crisis origin (she's had a couple of origins just Post-Crisis, which should give you an idea of how screwed up Donna Troy is as a character).

 

[Griffin]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Hmm ... would this tweak be too powerful, you guys think?

AMAZONIAN EMPATHY
When an Amazon squad figure you control or any unique hero you control is destroyed, add 2 to Wonder Girl's Attack Number for the remainder of that round.

Sounds good to me. I wouldn't mind having her beefed up more frequently when working with the Warriors of Ashr..... I mean, the Amazonian Warriors.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Cool. If it proves to be too much, I'll just lower her normal attack to 3.

 

[A3n]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Looks good bats.

 

[Hahma]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

This actually isn't Wonder Woman at all, it is her little sister or an orphan that she saved and empowered (depending on the time of the comic).

Told you I didn't know the character in her younger years, I also didn't look too hard at the NAME or bio

Hmm ... would this tweak be too powerful, you guys think?

AMAZONIAN EMPATHY
When an Amazon squad figure you control or any unique hero you control is destroyed, add 2 to Wonder Girl's Attack Number for the remainder of that round.

Sounds clearer for sure and should work. It only lasts for the round and opponent's can try to bypass attacking the Amazon Warriors until the end of the round if possible to avoid this and attack someone else earlier. But still, there is that -1 for the lasso power that when combined with her +2 attack is a swing of 3. So we'll have to see

 

[Good Pig]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Don't know the character. Design looks good though. Like the recent changes.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Cool. Thanks for continuing to chime in guys.

 

[Hahma]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Chime!

 

[SirGalahad]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Ding!

(You are now free to move about the country.)

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Not for about another 22 hours ...

 

[Griffin]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

I am sure the art team can fix that blemish on her cheek.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

I kind of like it - makes it look like she's been scrappin'. Thanks, Griff. Linking to the OP now.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT (WONDER GIRL Donna Troy)

- THEME TEST/ Check to see if there are any powers or stats on the test unit card that does not accurately reflect the theme or likeness of what the character would and could do. Also consider destructible objects, and whether or not this characters powers should affect them.
PASS

- MIRROR TEST/ Check to see if the unit were played against itself, if there would be any loops that would upset the balance of the Game.
PASS

- BONDING TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing Bonding abilities to make sure there are no continual Bonding possibilities that do not stop appropriately or do not stop at all. This is to prevent loops in Bonding.
PASS

- SYNERGIES TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing synergies to make sure there are no factors that could break the game by making any unit to powerful or too weak.
PASS

- POWER CHECK/ Consider the test unit and all existing units and all glyphs to compare to and check for any powers that could be over amplified and break the game. Each power must define when it takes place, who or what it affects, and What are the stipulations on the power if there are any.
PASS

- FUN TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play.
PASS (the second army, Wonder Girl, Robin, Aqualad, Wonder Woman, and Amazon Warriors was a ton and a half of fun!)

- FUN COMPETITIVE TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play against.
PASS

- DRAFTING TEST/ Consider whether or not this design is worth drafting.
PASS

- USAGE TEST/ Consider whether or not all of the powers on this card were used or at least usable.
PASS (Amazon Empathy doesn’t come up often, but it’s a nice bonus).

- STRATEGY TEST/ Consider whether or not the design offers any real strategy or interesting tactics to the overall game.
PASS

Heavy Hitter or Mid-Level Hero Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 130-140
- Give a brief overview. Wonder Girl had some small stumbles on the way, but felt closest to Batgirl, with maybe a slight edge on her.

Spoiler Alert!

TEST 1
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Robin (100)
Wonder Girl managed to lasso Robin twice, but couldn’t wound him despite having height and subtracting one from his defense. He got in a shot with his batarang, and then finally whiffed on his defenses against a timely 4 skull attack from the Amazon.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Wonder Girl wins with 2 wounds Turn 3 Round 2.

TEST 2
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Robin (100)
Robin took two wounds early and had trouble wounding Wonder Girl back, but his acrobatics kept him alive long enough to get in a few shots and keep it close.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Wonder Girl with 3 wounds wins Turn 3 Round 2.

TEST 3
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Heat Wave (110)
An initiative switch giving Heat Wave back-to-back attacks from height and the dice greatly favoring him over Wonder Girl were enough to spell her demise, even with a successful lasso early.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Heat Wave with no wounds wins Turn 1 Round 2.

TEST 4
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Heat Wave (110)
The dice evened out this time and Wonder Girl benefitted from an early lasso that helped put three wounds on Heat Wave and winning initiative for Round 2.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Wonder Girl wins with 2 wounds Turn 1 Round 2.

TEST 5
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Robin (120)
Robin’s foot speed stopped Wonder Girl from using her lasso, but her superior attack helped her take down Robin faster than he could hurt her. She also won initiative for Round 2..
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Wonder Girl with 1 wound wins Turn 1 Round 2.

TEST 6
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Robin (120)
Robin just doesn’t have the offensive punch to take down Wonder Girl. When he used Bat-Grapple to disengage and fire a batarang from height, Wonder Girl made him pay by lassoing him and finishing him off.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Wonder Girl with 2 wounds wins Turn 1 Round 2.

TEST 7
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Penguin (120)
Penguin’s double attack with his umbrella was enough to take Wonder Girl down here. He tried disengaging to fly over her for the extra boost twice, succeeding the first time, then getting tagged with a leaving engagement attack the second time and getting stuck due to Warrior Engagement. Wonder Girl couldn’t get her normal attack to produce this game.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Penguin with 1 wound wins Turn 3 Round 2.

TEST 8
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Penguin (120)
Penguin tried disengaging once and escaped without a wound, getting his fly over bonus for his special attack. This was only after Wonder Girl put 2 wounds on him with help from the lasso and height advantage. This match felt the closest yet.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Wonder Girl with 3 wounds wins Turn 2 Round 2.

TEST 9
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Batgirl (130)
The lasso subtracting defense from Batgirl and giving Wonder Girl height was a nice counter for Batgirl’s defensive prowess. Batgirl only managed to put wounds on Wonder Girl here with her normal attack from height. Wonder Girl won initiative for Round 2.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Wonder Girl with 2 wounds wins Turn 1 Round 2.

TEST 10
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (120) vs. Batgirl (130)
This was a squeaker with Wonder Girl’s lasso again lessening the effectiveness of Batgirl’s defensive premonition, and Batgirl hitting Wonder Girl well from height.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Batgirl with 3 wounds wins Turn 2 Round 2.

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Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 110-120?
- Give a brief overview. This was definitely an uphill battle for Wonder Girl
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (130) vs. Beat Cops x2 (130)

Spoiler Alert!

Wonder Girl won initiative for Round 2, but it didn’t save her. Beat Cops had too much map control here and two of them were able to get several attacks in a row from height while Wonder Girl was tied up in engagements.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Beat Cops with 3 figures left win Turn 1 Round 2.

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Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 120
- Give a brief overview. Wonder Girl does better against all melee squads, but Aggravated Assault and being attacked three times each Order Marker still give her pause for concern.
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (130) vs. Arkham Inmates x2 (120)

Spoiler Alert!

Wonder Woman took one wound from Aggravated Assault when she rolled 2 skulls from height and the Inmate rolled 2 shields on 2 dice. Without that, this easily could have gone the other way.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Arkham Inmates with 2 figures left win Turn 1 Round 3.

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 140
- Give a brief overview. Wonder Girl held her own and Superboy took over about halfway through.
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (140), Wonder Woman (300), Superboy (240), Speedy (80), Aqualad (60) (820) vs. White Martian x4 (600), Hush (220) (820)

Spoiler Alert!

Hush picked Superboy for his Obsessive Vendetta then directed the White Martians until enough of them were close enough to Wonder Woman for them to start taking Order Markers and using Mass Psychic Assault to target Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman fell this way, taking all 6 wounds from Mass Psychic Assault, but she took one Martian out with her and two others took wounds while they were rolling the D20 against Wonder Woman. Pretty soon, Wonder Girl bonding with Aqualad and Superboy managed to finish off the last three White Martians, with only Aqualad falling to a Martian normal attack in the process. Superboy, still with full life, chased down Hush next. Even with the extra attack die, Hush just couldn’t reliably crack Superboy’s defenses. Superboy finally missed any shields against a 1 skull roll for Hush, and Surgical Strike doubled the wounds. After that, Superboy punched Hush out with ease. Wonder Girl put 2 wounds on one White Martian, 1 wound on another, and helped Aqualad get a few wounds on White Martians from height as well.
Wonder Girl felt balanced at 140 points here, but Superboy was the true MVP, as the opposition just didn’t have a good way to take him out by the time Wonder Woman fell.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Superboy with 2 wounds, and Full Life Wonder Girl and Speedy win Turn 1 Round 7.

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 140
- Give a brief overview. A very fun, very balanced match. Wonder Girl fit into the army very well, even getting her attack boost twice, but wasn’t dominating.
Map: Custom
Units: Wonder Girl (140), Aqualad (60), Robin (100), Wonder Woman (300), Amazon Warriors x4 (400) (1,000) vs. Hawkman (225), Hawkgirl (225), Atom (50), Hawkmen of Thanagar x5 (500) (1,000)

Spoiler Alert!

This felt extremely balanced, with Robin facing off against a single squad of Hawkmen of Thanagar in end game. Wonder Woman led things and took out Hawkgirl and some Hawkmen and Atom while taking wound, and moving Amazons into place with Battle Cry. The Amazons with their special attacks and Wonder Girl bonding with Aqualad then combined to take down Hawkman and several Hawkmen. Wonder Girl put 2 wounds on Hawkman and took out two Hawkmen of Thanagar before falling in Round 8.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Robin with 1 life left wins Turn 3 Round 7.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

I'll probably start (and hopefully finish) this initial tomorrow. Tonight, I send out ERBs!

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

Thanks, David! She got through the "breathing period" pretty cleanly too ... I actually think I forgot an update on Amazon Empathy to make it trigger just when an individual squad figure is killed (a bit clearer mechanically) that I should update now ... Thanks for the feedback, though, and glad you're enjoying the new release!

Cheers,
Bats

Wonder Girl
Lol… still reeling from Wave 8 (I was using the revised index to put together two armies), and I look up and see I’ve got a PM!!! Get some sleep!

Oooo, and I just noticed that she’s a Sidekick!

Amazon Lasso
This is a weaker version of Wonder Woman’s Golden Lasso. The -1 defense is a nice touch. As with Wonder Woman, the knockback rules can prove to be a curse with this unless you can pin the figure against an obstacle or figure. I know with Hawkgirl, I will often opt for the +2 Swoop bonus rather than the double attack because of this. Still, Superhero Scape isn’t as much fun for me without knockback, and the effect it has on abilities such as this only adds to the fun factor.

Warrior Engagement
And this is from Wonder Woman, which pairs very well with Amazon Lasso.

Amazonian Empathy
Nice.

Final Thoughts
Perhaps it’s because I’m giddy from the new wave, or maybe it’s because it’s late (I am opting to stay up to see this ERB through instead of just rushing it). But I don’t really see any complications or issues. I also think it’s a nice echo of Wonder Woman with the Lasso/Warrior Engagement.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) - Design

She's a ton of fun. Feels just right at 140. 24 hours on the clock!