Post by tomw on Apr 26, 2017 12:31:16 GMT
I played in a local steamroller a couple of weeks ago, bringing Doomie3 PoD with 4 heavies, and a Borka1 band of heroes list with a mountain king and fennblades. Usually I'm really happy with the list pair, but I came up against a big red problem.
My opponent had a vlad1 infantry spam list with all of the rockets, paired with Karchev jack spam (in the winterguard tier, with one unit of riflemen). Doomie vs Karchev would be playable, and Borka would have had no problem with Vlad. On the other hand, Karchev's marauders will make short work of Borka, and Doomie's trolls will never make it far enough the board against so many rockets.
I decide to drop Borka, as his bad matchup is more favourable. My opponent drops Karchev, so not great. I decide to play it for clock, manage to minimise damage pretty well, but in the end I don't contest the flags quite well enough and lose on scenario (we were playing incursion- I did get him down to having 6 seconds left on his clock though!).
Anyway, long story short, I think this is going to be the way Khador tends to play- although the rockets list may get subbed for an iron fang theme list. Is there a troll list that would have a fighting chance into both of these lists, or am I expecting too much?
(Also, I know that bringing one jack spam and one infantry spam list isn't a new phenomenon, or something limited to just khador. It's just the specific matchup that I'm struggling with at the moment! Also, I should probably just get better at list chicken...)
My opponent had a vlad1 infantry spam list with all of the rockets, paired with Karchev jack spam (in the winterguard tier, with one unit of riflemen). Doomie vs Karchev would be playable, and Borka would have had no problem with Vlad. On the other hand, Karchev's marauders will make short work of Borka, and Doomie's trolls will never make it far enough the board against so many rockets.
I decide to drop Borka, as his bad matchup is more favourable. My opponent drops Karchev, so not great. I decide to play it for clock, manage to minimise damage pretty well, but in the end I don't contest the flags quite well enough and lose on scenario (we were playing incursion- I did get him down to having 6 seconds left on his clock though!).
Anyway, long story short, I think this is going to be the way Khador tends to play- although the rockets list may get subbed for an iron fang theme list. Is there a troll list that would have a fighting chance into both of these lists, or am I expecting too much?
(Also, I know that bringing one jack spam and one infantry spam list isn't a new phenomenon, or something limited to just khador. It's just the specific matchup that I'm struggling with at the moment! Also, I should probably just get better at list chicken...)
