Here's the format of today's tournament: 666 points, you can mix two factions, everything is FA:C for allowances, and warcasters/warlocks can use each others mechanics, except that warcasters can use focus/fury for armor, up to their stat, and warlocks can dish out fury like focus, but can't use armor. Warcasters can't transfer. Pretty simple I think... on to the show!
I figured very one in my group would bring Legion + whatever to totally waste me. I almost didn't go to the tournament because of this. But I decided at the last second to do it. I took eCaine, Krea, gobber, squire, extoller, JMWC, Ancestral Guardian, 4x stormlances, B13th, 8x trenchers + UA, eiryis, and aiyana and holt.
First game was against eAsphixious + legion (raptors, seraph, striders + UA) It went the longest all day I almost lost it due to my not being able to hit a 6. The dirty combo here was Ghost Siting B13th until it was feat time, then Caine gets a bizzillion shots on the enemy caster. He Shadow Winged away and almost got out of range, but I got an inch on him and killed.
Next game against Skarre/Trolls was pretty much a “if you blink, you die.” Going first, I got into range, killed the champion she was borrowing armor off of (silly Earthborn) and then killed her. Two turns. It was sick.
Last game, against pThagrosh, same thing. B13th actually helped this time by dropping the POW 18 template of Dooooom on his front line of warmongers, catching Thag for 11. transferred, then eCaine went to work and finished it.
I feel dirty, but it's the first time I've won a tournament and gotten a 1st place coin, gold cards, and entry money all at the same time. Usually when I win a tournament, it was for a single coin (left over merc coin) or I would win faction coin but not gold cards, or just money (store credit) and none of the other things. So it was fun. Most of the guys hated the format, but not because of extoller + Cygnar, but Legion + Cryx stuff. Can't wait for Raptors to take a big Mk II Nerf bat to the face...
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Calandra Beat-Down
So while I've sworn off my majority buying of PPress stuff, I still picked up Calandra. She seems to give Trolls some neat denial while being deceptively hard to kill. I opened her up yesterday, assembled, and played today. Two games against the new Retribution stuff. Poor elves.
750 included: Calandra, 2x Imaplers, Slag, 2x Champion units, 8x Kriel warriors + UA + Caber, Hero, Fell Caller, Kriel Stone + Elder, Gobbers vs Nightelf chic, Phoenix, Hydra, max Dawnguard Sentinels, max DawnGuard Invictors, each marshaling a Manticore. Guys is coming from eThagrosh and Legion with lots of beasts. Doesn't work will with 'jacks. I lost stuff, but Star Crossed and a +2 to-hit/damage + +2 FellCallered Hero finished her off in two swings, needing 4's to hit and dice is damage. One Impaler kept critting the Phoenix into the Hydra so they were land-locked the whole game while the Kriel Warriors actually went through the Sentinels like no-one's business. Befudle helped set up the end game move and Star Crossed helped. I did miss all of my 3+ Tough rolls though. In the end it actualy helped me win as the Hero would not have killed the silly elf chic. Low DEF and average ARM doesn't help their elite units very much. Only did two damage to any of the Myridon's grids *grumble*
Second game against Vyros, the bird guy, I had Calandra, Axer, Impaler, Slag, Champions, Kriel Stone + Elder, Hero, Gobbers vs Yyros, Phoenix, Hydra, 6x Sentinels, 6x Invictors, and Aiyana and Holt. The see through everything Bird Eye ability is gross; 13 or so wounds right off the bat turn two to that crap. So I had to figure out how to kill the Mydridon's... just like in Mk II, you invest alot of stuff to drop them. Killed the Hydra in one turn after Calandra caste Misfortune on it, damaged and knocked it down. A champion, the Hero, and the Slag disabled it in one go, freeing me to focus on other things. I almost did the same to the Phoenix but his +2 ARM spell helped keep it up while my Axer wiffed a damage roll on his last fury, costing him his life. The one Impaler critted every time he chunked a spear tonight so that was good, while the end game had Calandra Misfortune Vyros, Champs move over (one) and beat on him on with twin POW 14's, and the Slag shot him in the back for the win.
Calandra's sick. Even against Molik Karn. Poor Karn was eventually killed by a troll player next to me since Karn couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Impressive stuff. I'm still going to need to playtest it out since Retribution doesn't have tons of options just yet for Mk 1. I'm excited though with how seamlessly she played!
750 included: Calandra, 2x Imaplers, Slag, 2x Champion units, 8x Kriel warriors + UA + Caber, Hero, Fell Caller, Kriel Stone + Elder, Gobbers vs Nightelf chic, Phoenix, Hydra, max Dawnguard Sentinels, max DawnGuard Invictors, each marshaling a Manticore. Guys is coming from eThagrosh and Legion with lots of beasts. Doesn't work will with 'jacks. I lost stuff, but Star Crossed and a +2 to-hit/damage + +2 FellCallered Hero finished her off in two swings, needing 4's to hit and dice is damage. One Impaler kept critting the Phoenix into the Hydra so they were land-locked the whole game while the Kriel Warriors actually went through the Sentinels like no-one's business. Befudle helped set up the end game move and Star Crossed helped. I did miss all of my 3+ Tough rolls though. In the end it actualy helped me win as the Hero would not have killed the silly elf chic. Low DEF and average ARM doesn't help their elite units very much. Only did two damage to any of the Myridon's grids *grumble*
Second game against Vyros, the bird guy, I had Calandra, Axer, Impaler, Slag, Champions, Kriel Stone + Elder, Hero, Gobbers vs Yyros, Phoenix, Hydra, 6x Sentinels, 6x Invictors, and Aiyana and Holt. The see through everything Bird Eye ability is gross; 13 or so wounds right off the bat turn two to that crap. So I had to figure out how to kill the Mydridon's... just like in Mk II, you invest alot of stuff to drop them. Killed the Hydra in one turn after Calandra caste Misfortune on it, damaged and knocked it down. A champion, the Hero, and the Slag disabled it in one go, freeing me to focus on other things. I almost did the same to the Phoenix but his +2 ARM spell helped keep it up while my Axer wiffed a damage roll on his last fury, costing him his life. The one Impaler critted every time he chunked a spear tonight so that was good, while the end game had Calandra Misfortune Vyros, Champs move over (one) and beat on him on with twin POW 14's, and the Slag shot him in the back for the win.
Calandra's sick. Even against Molik Karn. Poor Karn was eventually killed by a troll player next to me since Karn couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Impressive stuff. I'm still going to need to playtest it out since Retribution doesn't have tons of options just yet for Mk 1. I'm excited though with how seamlessly she played!
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