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Isn't too proud of this technological terror it has constructed.
Hit Points: 160
Defense: 19
Attack: 12
Damage: 30
Rarity: Very Rare
Base: Large
Gender: Male
Creator: pegolego
Created: 8/15/2013
Updated: 8/17/2013
Sets: Presence of the Force

Special Abilities

  • Unique
  • Melee Attack (Can attack only adjacent enemies)
  • Double Attack (On his turn, this character can make 1 extra attack instead of moving)
  • Doctrine of Fear (Enemy characters within 6 squares get -4 Attack)
  • Force Immunity (Enemies cannot affect this character with Force powers, or spend Force points to reroll attacks against this character or to respond to this character's attacks and abilities)
  • Merciless 10 (+10 Damage against enemies at half Hit Points or less)
  • Ritual Scarring (This character ignores special abilities from allies that alter his printed Attack or Damage rating)
  • Ruthless (Critical hits from this character cannot be prevented or redirected)
  • The True Way (Your squad may not include any characters with Droid or Mounted Weapon)
  • Vonduun Crab Armor 6 (When this character takes damage, he can reduce the damage dealt by 10 with a save of 6)

Commander Effect

Yuuzhan Vong followers gain Merciless 10

Shimrra showed signs of a vicious nature early in his life, and it continued long after, during his rule of the Yuuzhan Vong as Supreme Overlord.

Average Rating: 8.50 (2)
pegolego
8/16/2013 12:00:12 AM

This is Shimrra as a younger commander, just recently becoming the Supreme Overlord; so his CE isn't as hot as it might normally be. Take NOTICE: he is LARGE base. He was described constantly as being huge; the biggest Vong ever seen.
SignerJ
8/16/2013 12:03:36 AM

His Damage is far too high for him to be able to benefit from Vong SAs and CEs.
pegolego
8/16/2013 12:21:37 AM (Updated: 8/16/2013 12:25:10 AM)

Thanks for the input! He only has an output of 80 against half HP enemies by himself, and he is a commander. He can get momentum and charging, but that negates Double. Also, he can get cunning. Nothing else he can get as far as damage (oh, besides poison; but that's only a potential 20 more against living if they don't make saves), and those don't look to be a problem; that's a lot of support anyway. Is it just too high in general? He's Large, and expensive, and doesn't allow MOUSE DROIDS in the squad, so I don't think he's near overpowered. He may be overcosted...
saber1
8/17/2013 4:16:10 PM (Updated: 8/17/2013 4:28:24 PM)

First off, the CE perfectly fits the nature of this character. Ruthless makes sense as does Doctrine of Fear. I'm surprised we haven't seen anything like The True Way yet for the Vong. It makes all kinds of sense. My major hangup with this piece are the base stats.
saber1
8/17/2013 4:21:49 PM

At 220, you've increased the HP by 90 over the vset version. No other character has had that sort of jump which is a red flag to me. That being said, it isn't necessarily a deal breaker if you make other changes to explain why you are depicting his massive stature in a dramatically different way. I'm not sure the -4 Def, minor change in VCA and Large base bridge that gap.
saber1
8/17/2013 4:22:01 PM (Updated: 8/17/2013 4:32:04 PM)

And speaking of base, while he was massive for a YV, I don't know that he was much bigger than a Wookiee and they are all Medium base figures. Finally, the base 30 damage, without Ritual Scarring gives him some hefty damage output potential. If not for the HP issue (take that, dead horse) I would approve. In summary, I think you've creatively and perhaps brilliantly nailed the abilities and CE but the piece falters in the HP and base categories. Those fundamentals hurt the score, which is an 8.
pegolego
8/17/2013 6:22:50 PM (Updated: 8/17/2013 6:23:22 PM)

Lol at the dead horse thing. I know he may not quite deserve large, but then, some of those wookiees are pretty big on a medium, and I thought it would be unique. So, you think he should have lower HP to be more balanced? I still don't really see where the huge damage output comes from, honestly though (which is not saying you are wrong, I'm probably just missing something. With Crab Armor (one of the later additions), I can see it being too high though. In my defense though, this wasn't based on/against the V-set one in any way; I hadn't even looked at it really yet.
pegolego
8/17/2013 6:25:28 PM

EDIT: remembered the Vong Priest/Shaper; THAT'S where all the damage is coming from. So I added RS, and lowered the cost a bit, as well as the HP. Better?
saber1
8/17/2013 6:49:01 PM

With the drop to 160 HP, I think VCA6 is warranted, especially with the retention of the Large base.
pegolego
8/17/2013 7:02:54 PM

Ok, good point. Thanks for all the tips :) I think I like him better now myself.
markedman247
8/19/2013 8:49:07 PM

I like True Way but I would just simply word it "This character's squad may not contain non-living characters." Just a bit simpler.
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