So Lives the Resistance

Two mariners on Gastonne makes even me stop and say that's a bit risky. But let's roll with it, might be fun with the choir giving +2 to the aoes. Speaking of the choir, you should consider dropping it to a min unit to upgrade the tinkerer into Gibbs (Repo(3) to almost your whole list and hotmeal might actually work with Bastions). Their cmd is terrible anyway, and looking at your list I don't see the need for 6.

You mention pathfinder for the Bastions as a reason to take the Piper but they have pathfinder from the theme bonus already. Tough and concealment are still useful, remember that gunmages have prowl so if the bastions don't need the piper the gunmages will love him.

On Ashlynn and Distraction, from my experience I think you might not want to count on that. Its range 10 in the faction with no general use arc nodes on a 6 focus upkeep caster. This basically means you are probably close enough to be assassinated. Even if you are safe, as its range 10 you are in range of whatever ranged unit you are shutting down so you probably really need to make it stick, so you'll probably end up boosting and thats half her stack, leaving her very vulnerable considering she you will be upkeeping at the very least quicken in order to make the bastion move with the army (probably a defensive spell as well if you are going to be that close to the enemy). Chances are the def debuff isn't greatly needed either, as the things you can use it reliably on are already going to get hit by MAT 8 Bastions or RAT 8 Gunmages fairly reliably as well. The MAT debuff might save the Bastions from being charged I guess, though it a risky play I imagine. If you are going to use distraction, it'll be either feat turn or you are using silly willy.

Those are my thoughts without drastically changing anything with your list. Here are my thoughts that take more liberty on the list building aspect.

I never have been big on ranged jacks myself (except bunnies, who can resist bunnies), 14 points for 1 pow 16 shot/turn is a bit meh. We have cheap jacks so cruise missile approach is usually how I go about it (a talon will probably have similar damage output over the game with LR Choir + debuffs, even though it dies after 1-2 turns of fighting). One way or another, I would drop one of the mariners from Gastonne (ok to be very honest, I would drop both mariners and take a buccy/vanguard or drop gastonne altogether). With some shuffling you can probably grab a 3rd free solo if you drop a marinner, easily if you drop both. You are missing Gibbs which is pretty essential to many LR lists, missing out on Gorman who while not essential I think is fun for choir lists as it gives you a potential 6 armor skew, but more commonly lets you weaken multiple targets.

Even though your choir is providing damage buffs, a Mangler is good for when you really want something heavily armored dead. Because you are taking the choir and damage debuffs, talons can hit above their weight as well as being just pita for the enemy, especially against jacks which go for defense at the cost of armor.

One thing you need to be careful of is how few bodies you have on the field with a choir list, though I'm think it'll be ok (especially if you are used to playing something like it).

No its a min chior to get that all in at the end of the day two points is what was had.

And gastone ive used befor to some good work with mariners. The reason i chose them actually lies in thresher over the gun as a second wave heavy.

Distraction is very usefull when the bastions have to battle other rolled models like champs. As the def debuff and mat debuff skew into my favor.

I dont plan to sit Ashlynn back, dispute being risky i need the advance pushed with all my models and yah im used to running low model count armies.

If i could grab gibs i would but as the list stands its a far between option


Sylis only modulates the roll not boost. And upkeeps be dammed as it may be prudent but he is not betraying my elves. Also in terms of the list Madelyn would be better as she brings melee immunity to my caster.

wat happens when u cast chosen ground and find out that it does not work on teh bastions?

On the edit over Madelyn, her ability only cmd 7 and only affects warrior models. It might be fun repoing Ashlynn back (I'm used used to having Gibbs that I automatically accounted for the repo haha) into the bubble, but if you enemy has any warrior models with 2 reach, then Ashlynn needs to be fully within 5" of Madelyn to avoid getting stabs from them. Jacks, warbeasts, and battleengines can still get to her of course. Its kinda neat as warrior models tend to have the higher mat to have a chance of hitting Ashlynn, but in reality I think Madelyn won't add much to Ashlynn's survivability other than be a high priority and weak target that suckers ranged attacks onto your better models. Furthermore, the things that Madelyn can't block are the ones that can boost. And if they can somehow get Ashlynn with 3" to Madelyn, they can shot Ashlynn to death using sucker as its not optional (Madelyn is much easier to shoot, and can be knocked down etc where Ashlynn has chosen ground to protect her).

Though to be fair, you have so may other options at this point for your list support its not really an issue.

I know it is not 1 to 1, but how do you feel Gastone + Mariner x2 compares to Galleon? I'm inclined to take the Galleon instead personally, and Sweep works at least as well as thresher.

If you have 2 extra points (possibly I read that wrong), Galleon + gibbs seems better than Gastone + Mariner x2 + TGM.

hmmm.... u could get similar firepower wtih a galleon tho...