- Damn, I'm so tired after a tourney, I just feel like curling up and sleep for maybe like a week... Well, until next tourney actually.
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WAZZA !! No more peep talk and long introduction, let gets right into the subject. Yesterday, I went to a Steamroller. Lists are here. Now that's how it went down:
Game 1 - Moshar the Desertwalker - Recon
Moshar
- Druid Wilder
- Ghetorix
- Feral Warpwolf
- Stalker Warpwolf
Max Tharn Wolf Riders
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Shifting Stones
Gallows Grove
Gallows Grove
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress
Since his other list was Kaya2 with Warpwolves, I was afraid that my Kryssa list get out-threaten and I went with Fyanna since I feel she had a game against both lists.Quite frankly, I can't remember who won the roll and how it happened, but I handed up going second. Annyssa preyed upon the Wolf Riders, whom themselves preyed upon my Raptors.The game went down into an attrition pretty quickly. While Typhon managed to kill one sentry stone, I used my feat to protect him and Proteus, who were into the zone, and my Raptors that were battling against the Wolf Riders. I'm opponent made a cunning use of the Pillar of Salt by blocking my any retreat with Dodge, so even if he missed, I couldn't move Typhon back. He barely survived and Frenzied next turn because of Moshar's feat. On the turn after, Proteus killed Ghetorix, only to be kill by his Stalker the turn after. Meanwhile, on the left flank, my Raptors were left to only their Leader, but the brave Annyssa made short dispatch of his Wolf Riders. A good blast from my Forsaken also killed Lanyssa and the 3 Mannikins of the second sentry stone. The game was close to the end by then, as my opponent still had his Feral and Stalker on full health, while my only beast left was my Seraph. Moshar was hiding in a Forest, behind 3 Shifting Stone. I had to go for the assassination, as Moshar was only camping one. Fyanna killed a Shifting stone with a Gallow, which opened LOS to Moshar. I then activated my Seraph, but I moved him to hastily and ended up not having LOS to Moshar because of his objective and a Shifting Stone. That shaken my whole plan so much, that I lost it for a couple of seconds and moved on to my next activation. The Blackfrost went and I luckily hit with one Ice Cage and an Ice Bolt. My Raptor leader went and hit. By then, Moshar was down to 6 and one transfer. I had Annyssa left, and Moshar was her prey. I needed only 5 to hit but missed on the first roll. I then conceded because Fyanna was right next to his Stalker with only one transfer.
On retrospective, moving my Seraph to fast was a mistake, because he could have gone to a position with LOS. Even after my mistake, depending on the number of shots he had, I could have destroyed a second Shifting Stone and then shoot Moshar, but my concentration was totally broke down by my bad move and I just skipped his shooting.
0-1
Game 2 - Dominar Rasheth - Incursion
Rasheth
- Mammoth
- Titan Gladiator
- Agonizer
Max Venator Reivers
- Venator Reiver Officer and Standard
Max Praetorian Karax
Min Paingiver Beast Handlers
Swamp Gobbers Bellow Crew
Extoller Soulward
Mortitheurge Willbreaker
For this game, I choose again Fyanna, since if he dropped his Mammoth, I knew that even for Kryssa and the Angelius, it will be a nut too tough to crack, and he could really dispatch my Swordmen with some blasts. I won the dice roll, and choose my table side, which definitively gave me an edge for the Scenario, as the left flag was behind a house, so he would have to go around it, the middle flag was behind a forest, so he could see to it, and the right flag was in the middle of a plain, but eh, can't have everything for myself. There was also a wall in the middle, a bit forward of my deployment zone. His Karax moved toward the house, the Mammoth toward the centre flag and his Reiver toward the right flag. I advanced Fyanna and his beast kind of between the left and middle flag, to keep all my opportunities open. I also thought about being more aggressive with Fyanna, but since she only kept one transfer, I felt like that wouldn't be enough to protect her, and I didn't want to feat yet, so I kept her back behind the wall. My Raptors moved toward the right flag, getting on a hill, while Annyssa ran behind another house on that side of the table. Turn two, my opponent made CRA and killed 2 Raptors, and his Mammoth put a small dent into my Seraph. One Karax went around the house to toe the flag, and the other huddle the other side of the house, since there was a small area where they could be within 4 inches, but only 2 models could fit in. Rasheth feated defensively since only my Seraph was into his Control. For me, my Raptors killed 2 contesting Reivers and take the flag, and Annyssa killed the unit Officer and another dude. A Gallowed Gladiator got kill by Proteus and Typhon moved close to the middle flag without going into the forest since the Mammoth contested anyway. Some Karax also gets killed and the Gobber leader. Fyanna also dropped his feat. 1-0 on Scenario for me. His feat comes down and didn't really save anything. He CRA again to drop 1 Raptors (the one base to base with the flag, mind you). The Karax try to hurt Proteus, but the good old beast laughs at their petty attempts. The Mammoth shots wide because of the feat and put Counterblast on himself, while Agonizer hides behind him and cries. Back to me, it's Mammoth time. Rhylyss kissed the Mammoth, Typhon walked into the forest and breathed three times, Proteus charged, take the Counterblast, proceeded to hit the Garg until he was left on 1 health, Raptors charged in a Death or Glory move, and the Leader did exactly 1 damage. Fyanna then went to the middle flag. Annyssa contested the right flag. 2-0 on Scenario. My opponent still backed his Karax to the house to contest the left flag, another Raptor hit the dust. Because of Stealth, only one Reiver could shoot Annyssa and miss. Rasheth killed Vysaar with a Corruption Breath. He contested the middle flag with something, can't remember what, but probably a Karax. On my turn, Typhon moves and spray behind the house, killing most of the Karax. Sevryn and Rhylyss take up their sword and kill the Karax to take the left flag. I still hold the middle flag and Annyssa reduced the Reivers enough that they can't take the right flag any more. I went 4-0. I also have 2:56 left on my clock. With no more Karax, the Mortitheurge moved around, contested the flag, and Rasheth killed the Blackfrost with more blast stuff. The Extoller contested the middle flag. On my turn, I made it pretty quick. Typhon walked, breathed away to Mortitheurge, and a Spell Martyr ran to the flag. 5-0, game's end, 1:50 on the clock.
1-1, and even more ! I was pair up against Skorne, meaning I just made the event going from 4 to 3 games, and that would help a lot for my Strenght of Schedule.
Game 3 - Major Victoria Haley - The Pit
Major Victoria Haley
- Squire
- Dynamo
- Stormclad
- Thorn
Max Storm Lances
Major Katherine Laddermore
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Journeyman Warcaster
- Firefly
Since the event just went from 4 to 3 games, the TO ruled that no one would be list locked if he played the same list twice already. So I casually dropped Fyanna again, because his second list was Kara Sloan gunline, against which Fyanna feat makes me more confident.
I lost the dice of and my opponent choose his table-edge. The table was not very important during the game actually. I deployed a bit centrally with the Battlegroup and the Blackfrost, while my Raptors and Annyssa went in front of his flag. He also deployed centrally, with his Storm Lances in front of my Raptors. Annyssa preyed the Storm Lances. I advanced very close to the zone with both Proteus and Typhon. My Raptor advanced also very far, just outside of his shooting range. Fyanna hides behind a wall with the Succubus. He moved everything forward, also very close to the zone, and the Storm Lances got Arcane Shield on them. On my turn, the Gun Mage Captain Adept die to my Seraph and I successfully pull a Gallow on Dynamo, which Proteus killed. Typhon entered the zone also. Annyssa and the Raptors tried to kill the closest Storm Lances, but were not very good and left him on 1 . Fyanna feated and went base to base with my flag. On his turn, he feated back and used telekinesis on Proteus to turn it around. His Stormclad charged but had to boost his attack charge because of a bad roll, and left Proteus alive. His Storm Lances killed 2 Raptors also. Since he didn't go to his flag (missed about an inch), I went 1-0. Only Proteus, Typhon, the Raptors and Annyssa were under his feat. I activated the Seraph, who killed the Journeyman, thus dissipating Arcane Shield. My Raptors and Annyssa then killed 2 Storm Lances and used Reposition to move back or more on the side for Annyssa. Proteus moved around and used his Animus to inflict -2 DEF on the Stormclad and a Storm Lancer. Typhon breathed 3 times into the Stormclad and put Excessive Healing, but all his Fury would be leached by the Forsaken. 2-0 for me. On his next turn, my opponent failed to use telekinesis on Proteus because of the melee bonus and needed to use the Stormclad and a Storm Lance to kill him, while the other Storm Lances charged Typhon, doing some damages. Instead of going to his flag, he moved Haley to toe the zone, and also but Laddermore into the zone with Thorn. 3-0. New to my, I either need to clear the zone and put Fyanna in or take his flag. Since only a Squire contests his flag, I went for the latter. My 3 Raptors charged his Storm Lances, and killed the 2 on Typhon but not the third one. Annyssa then made his best move of the day, charged the last Storm Lance, killed him on impact, switched the Prey target into the Squire, shooted her two arrows into him, killed him, and Repositionned on the flag. For the sake of the Army Destroyed point, Typhon also went and killed the Stormclad before I claimed the victory with 5-0.
2-1
At the end of the day, we were only 10 players, one 3-0, four 2-1, four 1-2 and 1 0-3. The thing his, because I was pair up on my second game, my Strenght of Schedule got better, since that guy also happened to finish 2-1, and my only loss was against the Champion. So I placed Second and got a sweet and shiny little medal ! I literally live for those little things, since I play more for the glory than the rest.Also, this is already a big SR report, so my in deep thought of Fyanna will have to be for another time, but let just say she's great.
Furthermore, as stated in the first sentence, I have yet another Steamroller next Sunday, although I think this one don't have the shiny medals... So stay tuned on the Facebook page to see what I intend to bring !
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