Post by Nahualli on Sept 5, 2017 0:59:46 GMT
I can finally have some time to give a quick report of my attempts to play with my last Mohsar list at NOVA Open, and I can say that I had a blast, and I didn't do as bad as I was thinking.
For reference, you can check my lists here:
conflictchamber.com/#c8201b4m5K4Bfrfr54545ieE4_4_525w__4w4z4H4H4Hc9hmhm575c0S0S4Y5q4_
Team Tournament
I was Second Lieutenant, and my matches were really scary. I won only the first one against Fyanna in Oracles, my opponent just got back to the game after not playing for a long time and was not familiar with the Dopplebark Assasination. Here is the pic of the final game state:
The other matches were:
Legion - Saeryn with double Throne: I lost by board presence of the thrones and not having a good angle for assassination.
Cryx Skarre 1 with double Machine Wraiths: I played with my Tharn theme here, but he got the alpha and couldn't recover from that.
Legion with Lylith 3 assassination mode: I was too tired here (first time in a big convention) and my opponent found a good LOS angle I didn't protect with my infantry and pillars, so I was put to rest.
Masters
Round 1 - Protectorate Harbinger with no theme: This is a fellow local player that I play with weekly, so we know each other really well. I felt better dropping Mohsar since I was confident I could deal with the annoying monks and fight for scenario, but everything went to hell when I decided to Sands of Fate inside the book's no spells aura, and I got stuck in the middle of the table without hope.
Round 2 - Cygnar Maddox on Heavy Metal: I used the Tharn here, and my opponent had to dedicate a lot of time trying to kill everything, so he ended up clocking himself.
Round 3 - Grymkin The Dreamer: Also against another local friend which I have never beaten, gulp!. I had a good assassination opening and went for it. I left his caster in 5 or 6 boxes, sadly. After that it became a game of Catch Me If You Can, but at the end Mohsar was caught and got smashed on the ground:
Round 4 - Protectorate Amon: This was the perfect match for Mohsar!! Finally I had the opportunity to demonstrate to myself that my list was as good as Dan Yount's for dealing with this caster. I forced my opponent to split his army in two and then just jumped to the weakest side to keep grinding with SunHammer and the druids. At the end my opponent conceded since he wanted to rest for a few minutes before his next game, but I was going to win anyways next turn by scenario.
Spell Draft
I gave a try on this format which I was never tried before. I created a quick Tharn theme army with Mohsar, but forgot to apply the team to WarRoom and ended having less miniatures than I could have, well...
I only won the first game, my opponent clocked himself also trying to deal with Arcane Shielded Non-knockdown Tharn reinforced by Gethorix for the counterpunch. At the end I almost get assassinated by a big mistake on my part, leaving Mohsar without protection at the reach of his Daughers (Protectorate). With better dice, the victory could have been for him.
The other games were not good: Abby 2 destroyed every model in my army except for Mohsar, and Harbinger won by scenario after I failed to kill her with a Monstrous Gripped Murderous charging Gethorix (pow 21 blows that never connected, sniff).
Speed Machine
My last adventure with Mohsar in NOVA Open was a simple 15 points list with Woldwrath, a wayfarer, a stoneshaper and a gallows grove:
Round 1: Cygnar Caine 3 with two chargers and some support: I won by scenario by stressing out my opponent with pillars and a colossal.
Round 2: Magnus 2 with a Galleon and Sylas: I lost because I didn't know Magnus had Armor Piercing. I was lucky that the wrath survived with only 2 boxes left, but my mistake is that on my previous turn I didn't have time to activate Mohsar, so I was full on fury. Next turn Wrath could only do two basic attacks that failed. After that I lost my beast and soon, the game.
Round 3: Una 2 with 3 scarfells, 1 rotterhorn, gorax and swamp bellows crew: My poor fellow circle opponent forgot about my feat, so after he ran with all the griffons and leaving Una without any fury on her, he had to deal on his next turn with all the frenzied activations, hurting Una in the process, which made my job easier by just porting the gallows grove and channeling a Crevasse to kill her.
And that's all. I am very happy with my games, which thought me a lot and gave me confidence on my list creation and performance. I will rest for some time on using Mohsar, since on a personal growth as a player I believe I need to keep experimenting with what we have available, so I will start doing tests with the new theme and bones with Krueger 2. Mohsar will still be my favorite, and will still be probable one of my lists on my next tournament pairing, unless I have a really big reason for not doing that.
Hope you guys enjoyed my report, and please let me know if some parts of my text make no sense, English is not my primary language.
For reference, you can check my lists here:
conflictchamber.com/#c8201b4m5K4Bfrfr54545ieE4_4_525w__4w4z4H4H4Hc9hmhm575c0S0S4Y5q4_
Team Tournament
I was Second Lieutenant, and my matches were really scary. I won only the first one against Fyanna in Oracles, my opponent just got back to the game after not playing for a long time and was not familiar with the Dopplebark Assasination. Here is the pic of the final game state:
The other matches were:
Legion - Saeryn with double Throne: I lost by board presence of the thrones and not having a good angle for assassination.
Cryx Skarre 1 with double Machine Wraiths: I played with my Tharn theme here, but he got the alpha and couldn't recover from that.
Legion with Lylith 3 assassination mode: I was too tired here (first time in a big convention) and my opponent found a good LOS angle I didn't protect with my infantry and pillars, so I was put to rest.
Masters
Round 1 - Protectorate Harbinger with no theme: This is a fellow local player that I play with weekly, so we know each other really well. I felt better dropping Mohsar since I was confident I could deal with the annoying monks and fight for scenario, but everything went to hell when I decided to Sands of Fate inside the book's no spells aura, and I got stuck in the middle of the table without hope.
Round 2 - Cygnar Maddox on Heavy Metal: I used the Tharn here, and my opponent had to dedicate a lot of time trying to kill everything, so he ended up clocking himself.
Round 3 - Grymkin The Dreamer: Also against another local friend which I have never beaten, gulp!. I had a good assassination opening and went for it. I left his caster in 5 or 6 boxes, sadly. After that it became a game of Catch Me If You Can, but at the end Mohsar was caught and got smashed on the ground:
Round 4 - Protectorate Amon: This was the perfect match for Mohsar!! Finally I had the opportunity to demonstrate to myself that my list was as good as Dan Yount's for dealing with this caster. I forced my opponent to split his army in two and then just jumped to the weakest side to keep grinding with SunHammer and the druids. At the end my opponent conceded since he wanted to rest for a few minutes before his next game, but I was going to win anyways next turn by scenario.
Spell Draft
I gave a try on this format which I was never tried before. I created a quick Tharn theme army with Mohsar, but forgot to apply the team to WarRoom and ended having less miniatures than I could have, well...
I only won the first game, my opponent clocked himself also trying to deal with Arcane Shielded Non-knockdown Tharn reinforced by Gethorix for the counterpunch. At the end I almost get assassinated by a big mistake on my part, leaving Mohsar without protection at the reach of his Daughers (Protectorate). With better dice, the victory could have been for him.
The other games were not good: Abby 2 destroyed every model in my army except for Mohsar, and Harbinger won by scenario after I failed to kill her with a Monstrous Gripped Murderous charging Gethorix (pow 21 blows that never connected, sniff).
Speed Machine
My last adventure with Mohsar in NOVA Open was a simple 15 points list with Woldwrath, a wayfarer, a stoneshaper and a gallows grove:
Round 1: Cygnar Caine 3 with two chargers and some support: I won by scenario by stressing out my opponent with pillars and a colossal.
Round 2: Magnus 2 with a Galleon and Sylas: I lost because I didn't know Magnus had Armor Piercing. I was lucky that the wrath survived with only 2 boxes left, but my mistake is that on my previous turn I didn't have time to activate Mohsar, so I was full on fury. Next turn Wrath could only do two basic attacks that failed. After that I lost my beast and soon, the game.
Round 3: Una 2 with 3 scarfells, 1 rotterhorn, gorax and swamp bellows crew: My poor fellow circle opponent forgot about my feat, so after he ran with all the griffons and leaving Una without any fury on her, he had to deal on his next turn with all the frenzied activations, hurting Una in the process, which made my job easier by just porting the gallows grove and channeling a Crevasse to kill her.
And that's all. I am very happy with my games, which thought me a lot and gave me confidence on my list creation and performance. I will rest for some time on using Mohsar, since on a personal growth as a player I believe I need to keep experimenting with what we have available, so I will start doing tests with the new theme and bones with Krueger 2. Mohsar will still be my favorite, and will still be probable one of my lists on my next tournament pairing, unless I have a really big reason for not doing that.
Hope you guys enjoyed my report, and please let me know if some parts of my text make no sense, English is not my primary language.