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Post by Ianassa on Apr 12, 2018 8:03:42 GMT
Hello fellow pointy ears.
I was wondering: since metas can be wastly different from town to town and country to country, and not everyone is going to run up against every potential top-tier list. This of course affects how we prepare our own list pairs, especially since retribution is still, in my humble opinion, a faction that is better at answering questions than presenting them.
I'll give some context: In my local meta CoC, Cryx and Grymkin have been dominant in out tourneys and leagues, so I had to prepare my lists to have anwsers to TEP's, Axis in general, and swarms of nasty spells and deadly infantry. I didn't have to concern myself with electro-hell, circle or Skorne when preparing my lists. But when I leave my own meta for some larger tourneys, suddenly I might not cover all the potential hard matchups, and have to pray I dodge those should I go with my usual list pair.
So the question is: What kind of lists give you headache when preparing your list pair? I'm hoping we could create a map of those nasty scews and pairs that really make us up our own game.
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isotope
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Post by isotope on Apr 13, 2018 2:11:42 GMT
I had to play into Axis/Orion masters sideboard rules in a local SR lately at the final table. I had no chance of winning.
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dagowit
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Post by dagowit on Apr 13, 2018 6:38:38 GMT
The Nemo3 + Haley3 combo has been popular locally and given me a lot of trouble. Hopefully PP will soon put the proposed Nemo3 changes into effect.
I have also run into some list chicken situations like Durst + Harbinger where one of my lists has the volume of attacks to face Harbinger and the other the hitting power to deal with multiple Heavies. I guess the solution is to play Halberdier spam but it just seems a little boring...
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tanan
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Post by tanan on Apr 13, 2018 10:43:50 GMT
Are headaches the same thing as gearchecks?
My current (13.4.2018) gearcheck and answer list is: Q1: Warjack spam (Khador, Cryx, CoC)? A1: Backlash
Q2: High ARM troop spam (Maelok gators, Skorne cataphracts, Legion Ogres, Cryx Dark Host) A2: Spellpiercer, Mage hunters
Q3: Recursion (CoC, Cryx) A3: Mage hunter Shadows theme benefit
Q4: Clouds (Cygnar, Trolls) A4: MHSF commander, Phantom Hunter, Mage Sight
--> My tournament pair is Thyron and Kaelyssa.
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