Reznik 2 help needed

I like that name. Fort Kick-butt.

Basically you want to abuse Lamentation from a safe position. Madelyn and a Devout make Reznik about as close to unkillable as you can be. You are immune to melee from warriors(including warcasters/warlocks), non-magical shooting automatically misses, you have a shield guard for any magic guns, and you can't be targeted by spells. This lets you play very aggressively, especially into Hordes.

My current list is as follows,

Reznik2
-Madelyn
-Devout
-Scourge
-Eye of Truth
-Guardian

2 Wracks
3 Mechaniks
Vassal
min Choir
2 units of KE+UA


This is primarily a hordes drop because it hoses beasts, and living models in particular. Lamentation doubles the cost of Animi too, meaning many beasts either need their entire fury stack to cast their animus or often cannot cast it at all. Warlocks also generally don't appreciate it, many warlocks are Fury6, and have cost 2-3 spells they want to get out. Which become cost 4-6.

Flesh is Weak also really messes with living beasts. Especially any beast bricks. You can toss it out, and you only need to clip them to lock them down for a turn. While your jacks can safely get into threat range(which is 11-12" with boundless charge). This is why you want an Arc Node, which means a Guardian. To arc out Flesh is Weak, and occasionally boundless charge.

This list likes scenarios which force the action into the center. This concentrates the enemy force, making them more vulnerable to lamentation and Flesh is Weak. You basically use those elements to control and lock down the enemy so you can get the alpha strike with your heavies.

Eye of Truth is nice because, besides being a pow18+shield heavy, he also hands out blessed. So you don't need to put out spell-piercer as much, which gives more focus for boundless charge and flesh is weak.

Where to start? Avatar, most character jacks except HoJ, Most warjacks, most infantry except deliverers and zealots (MAT 9 vengeance errants are stronger than they might sound), and anything that supports the rest of what you took. I don't own scourge yet, but I've seen results with Blood of Martyrs and Avatar.

Thanks for the answers guys!

I was looking at maybe Croe's cutthroats alongside a unit of Iridians and Knights Exemplar.

Something like this:

Rez 2
Madelyn
Devout,
Scourge
Guardian
Kell Bailoch
Saxon Orrick
Wrack
Iridians and UA
Croe's Cutthroats
Knights Exemplar

I like the idea of everything having pathfinder should I want it to. Croe's Cutthroats are not amazing or anything in this list, but between the Iridian's 'go to ground' and Croe's stealth, I feel it gives me a great attrition game (hide in the woods and pick away at stuff).

Thoughts?

Yeah, not a fan on no choir. It can work if going for minimal jack lists, like a vindictus list with only 2 jacks, but otherwise you need choir. And no UA for the Knights Exemplar is also a mistake IMO.

I just don't think those Cutthroats are doing anything for you. Make them into a KE UA, choir, and maybe a Monk depending on how points hash out.

Whoops! I always forget the choir, it is such an auto include I often forget WarRoom does not automatically put it in for me!

Cheers guys.

Anything with an AOE would thank you for doing so in a Vindictus matchup, they target the jacks and scatter from halfway...right into the infantry. I realize you, personally, understand this but this comment is for the benefit of anyone new to the faction wondering if they could skimp the choir (you really, really shouldn't).