Post by auraco on Jun 18, 2018 13:51:53 GMT
This weekend was the TEQ 2 an 80 people 5 men team tournament in Montreal.
My team made it to second place. Lists are on discount gaming:
www.discountgamesinc.com/tournaments
I had very good games but ended up being carried by my team, we went 3/1 with our only loss against the team that won the event, but my personal score was 1/3.
I didn't get stomped during any of my games so I still feel very good with my pairing even though I had to be carried by my team.
Went with OW2 WGK Rocketspam and my usual B3 WGK list.
Round 1 Old Witch2 against Cole Westbrook Haley3
It was my second time playing against Haley3 in mk3 and first time doing it with OW2. I managed better than I thought, we were even on scenario and we both had one flank that was doing well and the other collapsing, scenario was spread the net. I was down on time though so tried an assassination with throwing scourge at Haley3 to knock her down, I had enough guns to make killing her after that trivial, sadly both scourge missed, it was around a 55% assassination run at this point, wouldn't have risked it if I had more time. Now that I've done the match up at least onces I know what to expect if I have to play the match up again, so managing the clock should be easier. Once the cloudwall is down Haley has to really watch out for the assassination. Also I'm glad I wasn't behind on scenario since the scenario was spread the net and I went second, against a mostly AD army.
Verdict on the round even though I lost: OW2 WGK has game into Haley3 Gravedigger, more than I thought, I need to play that match up again, clock managing is going to be hard but it's clearly doable and Haley3 has to watch out for the assassination during the entire game, that keeps her honnest, Windstorm makes her try to play wide so temporal flux most likely won't cover all her army.
Round 2 With OW2 vs Mathieu Lacombe Lylyth3 children of the dragon
This one went really well, I won on scenario on turn 3. Windstorm is good against Lylyth3. His other list was Analmag primal terror but with no chosen, I think OW2 had a good match up either way, Primal terror doesn't really like getting shot off the board and with no chosen he can't really tank the amount of shooting I bring to the board.
Round 3 With Butcher 3 vs Benoit Berubé Skarre1 Dark host
This one is a sad one for me, because I was really in control of the game and things were going super well until I derped and got Butcher3 killed. It was my second time playing that match up, first time was against Jeremy Lee at the OTC (which I won on scenario) and it showed, I knew exactly what to do to be in control of the game. Next time I need to just not screw up and I should be fine. I think this match up is actually in favor of Butcher3 if using the WGK list.
Verdict on the round even though I lost: Butcher3 WGK can play into Skarre1, I would play that match up again any time and feel pretty confident about it.
Round 4 With Butcher3 vs Alexandre Leprohon Reznik2 Faithfull masses
This I lost because of a calculated risk that didn't end well for me, I was up on scenario but butcher3 was within 15'' of Scourge of heresy, I had just send a fully loaded juggernaut into the jack and left him with 6 boxes but all system functional. My opponent had to go through the juggernaut and get the killing blow with reznik himself and reznik had to cast boundless charge twice to do it. My opponent overrolled with all his attack on the juggernaut and did it. On average he was suppose to leave the juggy alive with 12 boxes. Calculated risk didn't pay off, I got butcher killed, sad day for Butcher
Verdict on the round even though I lost: It was my second time playing against Reznik2 and it's not as bad of a match up as most people would think even though Reznik has Lamentation Ruin can keep Reznik Honnest. But I think this only works in WGK because of the shooting I bring to the table. The fun carriage is a big part of that, it never ceases to amaze me even in a list with absolutely no support for it.
So that's it for that event. I didn't get trashed in any of my matches, I made mistakes and my calculated risks didn't pay out but I don't see any problem with this pairing in a team event. Pretty much the only list that scares the pairing is Gaspy3 Slayerspam, having one silver bullet in a team event like that is ok. I still hope PP nerfs the Gaspy3 Slayerspam list to reasonable level, but we don't know if it's even going to happen at some point, so I'll live with it for now.
My team made it to second place. Lists are on discount gaming:
www.discountgamesinc.com/tournaments
I had very good games but ended up being carried by my team, we went 3/1 with our only loss against the team that won the event, but my personal score was 1/3.
I didn't get stomped during any of my games so I still feel very good with my pairing even though I had to be carried by my team.
Went with OW2 WGK Rocketspam and my usual B3 WGK list.
Round 1 Old Witch2 against Cole Westbrook Haley3
It was my second time playing against Haley3 in mk3 and first time doing it with OW2. I managed better than I thought, we were even on scenario and we both had one flank that was doing well and the other collapsing, scenario was spread the net. I was down on time though so tried an assassination with throwing scourge at Haley3 to knock her down, I had enough guns to make killing her after that trivial, sadly both scourge missed, it was around a 55% assassination run at this point, wouldn't have risked it if I had more time. Now that I've done the match up at least onces I know what to expect if I have to play the match up again, so managing the clock should be easier. Once the cloudwall is down Haley has to really watch out for the assassination. Also I'm glad I wasn't behind on scenario since the scenario was spread the net and I went second, against a mostly AD army.
Verdict on the round even though I lost: OW2 WGK has game into Haley3 Gravedigger, more than I thought, I need to play that match up again, clock managing is going to be hard but it's clearly doable and Haley3 has to watch out for the assassination during the entire game, that keeps her honnest, Windstorm makes her try to play wide so temporal flux most likely won't cover all her army.
Round 2 With OW2 vs Mathieu Lacombe Lylyth3 children of the dragon
This one went really well, I won on scenario on turn 3. Windstorm is good against Lylyth3. His other list was Analmag primal terror but with no chosen, I think OW2 had a good match up either way, Primal terror doesn't really like getting shot off the board and with no chosen he can't really tank the amount of shooting I bring to the board.
Round 3 With Butcher 3 vs Benoit Berubé Skarre1 Dark host
This one is a sad one for me, because I was really in control of the game and things were going super well until I derped and got Butcher3 killed. It was my second time playing that match up, first time was against Jeremy Lee at the OTC (which I won on scenario) and it showed, I knew exactly what to do to be in control of the game. Next time I need to just not screw up and I should be fine. I think this match up is actually in favor of Butcher3 if using the WGK list.
Verdict on the round even though I lost: Butcher3 WGK can play into Skarre1, I would play that match up again any time and feel pretty confident about it.
Round 4 With Butcher3 vs Alexandre Leprohon Reznik2 Faithfull masses
This I lost because of a calculated risk that didn't end well for me, I was up on scenario but butcher3 was within 15'' of Scourge of heresy, I had just send a fully loaded juggernaut into the jack and left him with 6 boxes but all system functional. My opponent had to go through the juggernaut and get the killing blow with reznik himself and reznik had to cast boundless charge twice to do it. My opponent overrolled with all his attack on the juggernaut and did it. On average he was suppose to leave the juggy alive with 12 boxes. Calculated risk didn't pay off, I got butcher killed, sad day for Butcher
Verdict on the round even though I lost: It was my second time playing against Reznik2 and it's not as bad of a match up as most people would think even though Reznik has Lamentation Ruin can keep Reznik Honnest. But I think this only works in WGK because of the shooting I bring to the table. The fun carriage is a big part of that, it never ceases to amaze me even in a list with absolutely no support for it.
So that's it for that event. I didn't get trashed in any of my matches, I made mistakes and my calculated risks didn't pay out but I don't see any problem with this pairing in a team event. Pretty much the only list that scares the pairing is Gaspy3 Slayerspam, having one silver bullet in a team event like that is ok. I still hope PP nerfs the Gaspy3 Slayerspam list to reasonable level, but we don't know if it's even going to happen at some point, so I'll live with it for now.
