Sorcha 3

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Khador Army - 75 / 75 points

[Theme] Jaws of the Wolf



[Sorscha 3] Kommandant Sorscha Kratikoff [+28]

- Beast 09 [18]

- Rager [10]

- Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker [4]

Greylord Forge Seer [0(4)]

Greylord Forge Seer [4]

Kovnik Andrei Malakov [4]

- Conquest [35]

Widowmaker Marksman [4]

Yuri the Axe [0(6)]

Battle Mechaniks (min) [3]

Battle Mechaniks (min) [3]

Battle Mechaniks (min) [3]

Kossite Woodsmen (min) [7]

Widowmaker Scouts [8]




Flank is a minor part of her kit, in my opinion. She also trends towards a defensive game, having her kit largely tooled to control (counter-charge, cloud wall, stationary, etc), that the low speed on forge seers isn't the end of the world for using them to trigger it, since your opponent will often be coming to you. With Beast on the table you can play them farther forward than you normally would, using the threat of shield guard + hyper aggressive to deter shooting. Armor cracking is handled by that Redlined Conquest, the rest of the list is about setting up strong interior lines and picking your engagements.

The biggest advantages she has in her kit, and the things I think a Sorscha3 list should be built around, are Stoke the Fires and Winter's Wrath. Winter's wrath costs 3 and usually requires a follow-up wind rush, so you need to minimize focus investment elsewhere, which considerably lowers the value of hotswapping Iron Flesh (or having to pay to upkeep it!). Stoke is a straight speed buff that stacks with Malakov's Redline and Beast's Hyper-Aggressive. Counter-charge + Freezer from a Forge Seer makes for a nasty trap via Beast09. 

Jaws also makes far, far better use out of Storm's Embrace than Armored Corps, as your def 12/13/14 stuff getting a +2 defense is considerably more useful than def 10 going to 12. If the other guy is relying on blast damage instead of accurate hitting, tossing Iron Flesh on those Widowmakers is a great idea, otherwise I just leave it on Sorscha all game and play her forward. 

I've been considering dropping the Rager for a Jugg, as I've found that going into big battlegroups has been a tough matchup, but I've been getting a lot of use out of the extra shield guard and the gun.

I dunno what lists you've been running, but it SHOULD be pretty hard to remove all the flank triggers...

I felt early on that running Demos with her was actually a bit overrated. You really don't want your core damage output to be tied to making something stationary. Shocks and Drakhuns are way better for applying flank. Tankers are also pretty good.

I feel like she wants Reach jacks? First so you can counter-charge non-reach models without them being able to swing back, and second so if you opponent sends a heavy into your Shocktrooper wall you can counter-charge in and swing over their heads; although this may require the opponent to position closer than they need to? I feel like they would need to get that close if they want to engage at least three of your MOW with 1" range; otherwise they can probably stay out of your melee range? I haven't really explored this.

So, lets share some experience:

I started with a list very similar to that one:
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Khador Army - 75 / 75 points
[Theme] Armored Corps

[Sorscha 3] Kommandant Sorscha Kratikoff [+28]
- Kodiak [13]
- Kodiak [13]
- Kodiak [13]
- Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker [4]
Man-O-War Kovnik [0(4)]
Man-O-War Strike Tanker [0(5)]
Man-O-War Strike Tanker [5]
Kommandant Atanas Arconovich & Standard [7]
Man-O-War Demolition Corps (max) [14]
- Sergeant Dragos Dragadovich [0(6)]
Man-O-War Shocktroopers (max) [16]
- Man-O-War Shocktrooper Officer [4]
Man-O-War Assault Chariot [14]

But I had around 50 pts of Mow. Difference was a Rager instead of the Chariot.

My finding was that I don't like the instable chassis since setting up flank and getting the jack there often required some investment. Often times the Jacks needed to charge or get Stokes, which needs some further investment.
On top of that, the instable jacks often can't finish their target (if its a jack) without additional Focus, which would lead to them exploding.
In summary, it isn't worth it to try to setup flank for cheaper jacks.

However I am quite pleased with Kodiaks. The native passfinder and clouds help a ton. Only other jacks I would consider atm are Marauder and Devestator. Maybe a Spriggan for the reach, but the later one is to expensive in this tight list.

There is the possibility for a 4th Jack and going below 60 Points MoW, which additionally gives you room for a different merc solos and most importantly Eliminators to contest but its hard to cut something since I would want to still include some tankers.
The thing I am worried about here is not having enough, or flexible enough MoW to trigger flank reliably.

Another finding I had was that Winters Wrath is something I rarely cast. If the opponent comes into my lines its often easier to just hit the jack or beast once with Sorscha and Windrush back. If the opponent is to far out its hard to get them with the nuke or its simply to expensive when you also want to fuel your jacks/shoot some solos.
Thats why I am currently conemplating cutting Sylys from the list.

I really like her feat, because it gives the MoW the additional time to set up. Often if I go second I have to feat turn one, but normaly that puts me into positions where I can threaten all the zones turn 2.
So far the list has game into grymkin, PT and Trolls from my experience, but needs more testing.

Oh yes, nearly forgot. Counteracharge is something thats really hard to trigger since many opponents can jam or have 2 inch range and the setup with Jacks and MoW is not easy.

I love the shocks.  The thing about shock troopers that makes me insanely happy is how 1 or 2 bad, or even just below expected damage rolls can completely monkeywrench a turns worth of plans due to their toughness. 

Triangle up when facing a hurricane. 2 wide faced triangles stops most slam shenanigans.