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fdesrochers
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Weekly Tournament at LGS May 12, 2017 19:07:35 GMT

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Post by fdesrochers on May 12, 2017 19:07:35 GMT

Our LGS started a week-by-week tourney; play current round opponent during the week instead of an all-day thing. For a smaller LGS, a 10-man turn-out is not bad. We have Pigs / Skorne / Circle / Menoth / Khador x 2 / Legion / Cryx x 2 / Ret (me).

My Pairing:

Ossyan (Defenders of Ios)

- Sylys

- Hypnos

- Banshee

AFG

Arcanists x 3

Ghost Snipers x 2

HG Thane

Halbs + CA

SFA

Garryth

- Sylys

- Sphinx

- Banshee

Arcanists x 2

Narn

MHA

MHSF + E3

Sents + CA + Soulless

HSBM

First Game (Outlast) against Cryx (Gaspy3 / Sturgis). Both my lists worked into either, so Ossy ended up into Gaspy3.

Gaspy 3

- Vociferon

- Kraken

- Cankerworm

- Defiler?

Necrotechs x 2

Darragh Wrathe

Souhunters

Satyxis Blood Witches + Hag

I won roll-off and chose the edge that didn't completely screw me. Halbs moved up in shieldwall, a forest between them and the Soulhunters.

Turn 1

Cryx: His whole army runs.

Ret: Slightly tilting to see his whole army at mid-line. Mistakes were made: a proxied Hypnos moves into walk range of Kraken and Admo was elsewhere, Halbs run to engage remaining Soulhunters and fill space (they had range to charge). 4 Blood Wicthes and 2 Soulhunters killed by shooting.

Turn 2

Cryx: Kraken rolls box cars (twice!) on damage rolls to Hypnos; flicks an attack to kill Hypnos and another to kill a Ghost Sniper. Gaspy3 Feats and with Soulhunters kills 6 Halbs. Gaspy on 0 Focus.

Ret: 'A' for assassination attempt! Sylys does Arcane Secrets, Ossy moves up and Arcantrik Bolts arc node, Feats and shoots arc node for -2 DEF. Future Sight and Feat make interesting interaction against Gaspy3's Feat. Banshee aims and hits arc nod for a slam into Gaspy3; arc nod destroyed, 10 points to Gaspy.With AFG and a unit of SFA already in aim range, we call the game.

Afterthoughts: He expected me to go for the Kraken, which would have left Ossy open to incorporeal Soulhunters next turn. I should have used the Halbs to clear the remaining Soulhunters from one zone for a CP to add to a middling 62 army points destroyed. Also, the AFG is pretty darned good as is, so I am loving any improvement it gets!

Discovered my next opponent is Khador, so rocket spam or jack spam....

Francois

GreatBigTree Junior Strategist Posts: 131	Weekly Tournament at LGS May 12, 2017 20:44:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by GreatBigTree on May 12, 2017 20:44:09 GMT Sounds like a quick and resounding victory, thanks for the post!

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Weekly Tournament at LGS May 12, 2017 20:59:31 GMT

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Post by fdesrochers on May 12, 2017 20:59:31 GMT

May 12, 2017 20:44:09 GMT GreatBigTree said:

Sounds like a quick and resounding victory, thanks for the post!

I was in the tank a bit for Turn 1, but the assassination was as quick as dice were rolled. Ossyan still has game, particularly in Defenders with 3-inch repositioning SFA and solos.

Francois

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Weekly Tournament at LGS May 18, 2017 12:27:27 GMT

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Post by fdesrochers on May 18, 2017 12:27:27 GMT

My second game opponent cancelled last minute; his infant daughter had gone "nuclear." I played a pick-up game against the Menoth player. Mission was Incursion against his Reznik2 list. I dropped Garryth, mostly because Sentinels over Halberdiers.

(Heathen round-ears list)

Reznik2

- Judicator

- Judicator (number 2!)

Vessel of Judgement

Book

Wracks x 3

Choir tax and support tax

He won the roll-off and chose the side that didn't completely screw him.

Deployment (both from my perspective)

Terrain. Only thing of note was a 4 x 8 base building centrally blocking off that flag, a tower on the far side of the right flag. Everything else had zero impact on the game.

Ret: HSBM left flank, with Narn and MHA in front at AD. Garryth with jacks and support central, Sentinels right flank with MHSF in front at AD.

Menoth: Vessel and a Judicator left flank, Reznik central, Judicator on right flank with Book, support in behind.

Turn 1

Ret: My jacks bee-line up to the edge of the building, HSBM to the left flank. MHSF runs up and to the right, Sents run up behind them. Garryth casts Sentry on Eiryss3 and Mirage on Sentinels, camping 2 Focus. Support stuff follows up the center. MHA runs far up and left, Narn chills in a forest behind the HSBM. Infantry are spread WAY out.

Menoth: Army advances and Judies both throw out AOEs, killing 3 MHSF; most damage rolls fail to crack Sents' armour, HSBM shrug it off. An errant AOE clips Garryth and a cranked damage roll does 6 points of damage; spend 1 Focus to bring it down to 1. Reznik cast something but sits on a lot of Focus.

Turn 2

Ret: Sentry shot pings the Book. Upkeep Mirage and Sentry, Sents Mirage forward. MHA charges Vessel, doing 16 points of damage, HSBM advance and add 1 point more. MHSF advances, Eiryss3 stripping Reznik's Focus and pot shots removing some support and ping the Book for 2 more; reposition a bit. Jacks and Garryth move up and fail to hit/damage the Book. Sentinels run; Soulless runs and engages the Book, Sents touch/circle right flag under mini-Feat.

Menoth: Judicators advance and waste shots on Sentinels; they end up killing 2 MHSF and Eiryss3, as well as the Soulless. Reznik Feats. Vessel moves over and toasts the MHA with Eruption of Faith, shooting a trio of HSBM; Feat kills another. Book moves back behind cover of tower. Sents now uncontested give me a CP (1-0).

Turn 3

Ret: Looking at the board state, I tell my opponent it is pretty much checkmate. The plan: Sents would Mirage/Vengeance up and throw into closest Judicator (most likely destroying) and Reznik (no threat of killing but ties him up), MHSF killing Book and support in right flank, Garryth under Feat moves to right flag, a solo or jack to middle flag, Narn to left flag getting me to 4-0, with nothing capable of stopping Garryth from scoring on his turn to get to 5-0. We shake on it; each our clock had over 31 minutes left.

Afterthoughts: Two Judicators is pretty damned daunting! My opponent let scenario slip from him in an effort to maximize shots and output; since my infantry was so spread out, there was zero chance for trample moves. I was wary of my Garryth list into such high armour, but the mission and my opponent's list (high armour but limited targets) played to me and my list. Against my Khador opponent for the current round, that may not necessarily be the case. Since there may be a chance of playing my Menoth buddy in the next round, we decided on a gentleman's agreement to not risk a rematch of lists and throw our alternate casters, no matter what - Amon versus Ossyan, huzzah!

Now I need to decide what to play into the Khador lists.

FCD

Last Edit: May 18, 2017 12:33:18 GMT by fdesrochers

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Weekly Tournament at LGS May 26, 2017 14:53:10 GMT

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Post by fdesrochers on May 26, 2017 14:53:10 GMT

My second round opponent conceded due to inability to schedule a game for work and personal reasons; unfortunate, but there it is, a Bye. My Round 3 opponent was Minions (Pigs), a good friend of mine. After exchanging trash talk for a couple of days, he dropped his Arkadius list into my Ossyan list.

(BACON!)

Arkadius

- Battle Boar

- Warhogs x 3

- Road Hogs x 2

Swamp Gobber Chef

Dahlia and Skarath

Ferrow Bone Grinders (min)

He won the roll-off and chose the side with a forest.

Deployment (both from my perspective)

Terrain. Only thing of note was a central wall about 16 inches up, a forest mirror placed across on Pigs side of board. Everything else had zero impact on the game.

Ret: Snipers, SFA and Halbs w/ Thane left. Ossyan, jacks on either side of AFG with support central, SFA on right side.

Pigs: Both Road Hogs left, a pair of Roadhogs, Arkadius and Grinders with Dahlia central, final Roadhog right.

Turn 1

Ret: My Halbs get their free move and shimmy towards the center. They then advance and reform into 2-man Shield Wall pods just short of midline. Snipers move into left-flank forest, SFA run next to it. Ossy cast Quicken on AFG, Admonition on Banshee and moves up. Right-flank SFA run up for positioning.

Pigs: Dear god I forgot about that Feat. Aggravator goes up, Arkadius moves up behind forest and Feats. Beasts surge forward and into my grill FAST! Battle Boar rampages through four Halbs. Road Hogs (one with Forced Evolution) charge and spray for days, killing another 3 Halbs. Warhogs run/move up into position as 2nd wave. Dahlia and Skarath move next to Arkadius behind forest.

Turn 2

Ret. We all know this is a Feat turn, but Aggravator is a problem; upkeep Admonition for free. 3 x Halbs charge Roadhog, 2 into Battle Boar, doing minimal damage. Ossyan Feats catching all the pig beasts - literally that's it, no move, no shooting, nothing else, keeps all his Focus. Banshee and AFG knock down Forced Evo Road Hog and two Warhogs; dice rolls are pathetic. Hypnos tags Skarath, AOE tagging Dahlia and Arkadius; I derp and use last Focus to boost damage on Skarath instead of Dahlia. Left SFA light up middle Warhog and leave it on 7, snipers move in behind the Road Hogs bring the Warhog to 1 box left. Right SFA tags Skarath, Dahlia and Arkadius with fire and leave Warhog in front of them on 1 box. Somehow my Feat turn removed all of one heavy pig, leaving two others on 1 box.

Pigs. Arkadius' fire goes out, Skarath eats Dahlia's damage. Battle Boar frenzies into a Halb, right Warhog frenzies, gets up and kills an SFA. Arkadius moves up an inch to Psycho Surgery for 4 points to each pig beast - joy...... Road Hog 1 whiffs two attacks and kills just one Halb. Road Hog 2 assaults into Banshee, which Admonitions up to have spray land just on it for zero damage. Skarath sprays at Road Hog 2, tagging Halb and Banshee, killing last Halb on Battle Boar, no damage to Banshee. Warhog moves up and engages Banshee/Hypnos, dropping Banshee.

Turn 3

Ret. Looking at board state and clock, I'm in trouble yet Arkadius is within 14 of AFG. Fortune to AFG, bank stack. Hypnos gets Focus from Arcanist, moves up and eats 14 points to column 2 from free strike (rolls 6-6-6 for damage)! Hypnos rolls a hard 11 to tag Arkadius (Future Sight, pshaw) who eats 4 damage. AFG hits knockdown shiot, 8 damage transferred with no Fury remaining. Second shot deals 8 damage. First sniper moves up and tags Arkadius for final 3 damage to assassination victory.

Afterthoughts: Arkadius' Feat is bonkers. That said, Quicken on the Halbs would have forced him to hold his Feat, allowing for a more impactful Feat turn (one hopes). Lesson learned. My Feat turn was a bust, but that happens. The fire and reposition on SFA/solos still needs practice but is immensely powerful.

Next week I'm playing the only other undefeated player, using Circle (typical Wurmwood - Kruger2 w/ Wold Wrath and Wyrds). Neither of my lists are terribly effective into either of those.....

FCD

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