Game 155: Rahn vs Kolgrimma

Game 155 – Vs Ste Passey – Trollbloods – 08/03/18

My list:

Adeptis Rahn (Defenders of Ios)

-Sylys Wyshnaylrr, The Seeker

-Chimera

-Phoenix

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcanist Mechanik

Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios

Fane Knight Skeryth Issyen

Max Houseguard Halberdiers

-Officer & Standard Bearer

Max Houseguard Halberdiers

-Officer & Standard Bearer

Lynus Wesselbaum & Edrea Lloryrr

His List:

Kolgrimma Stonetruth, Winter Witch (Storm of the North)

-Trollkin Runebearer

-Dire Troll Mauler

-Rok

Northkin Shaman

Valka Curseborn, Chieftain of the North

Swamp Gobber Chef

Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes

-Northkin Elder

Northkin Bear Handler & Battle Bears

Northkin Bear Handler & Battle Bears

Max Trollkin Champions

-Skaldi Bonehammer

Max Trollkin Champions

Second game with my new Rahn list gives me the opportunity to use the anti-cloud tech that I put in the list, with Ste dropping Kolgrimma into me. Again I won the first turn and we got moving.

With no real shooting on Ste’s side of the table I can afford to get pretty fruity on my first turn. Again Rahn puts out Polarity Shield onto a unit of Halberdiers (this should probably have been on the Phoenix in hindsight) and TKs up both AFGs. The rest of my forces all run, taking up a pretty aggressive board space and posing some difficult questions for Ste.

Ste needs to work out how to get his forces as far up the table as he can, whilst keeping as safe as he can. He moves up to roughly the edges of the zones, then uses Kolgrimma to cover herself and the right part of the board with a cloud wall. Rok and the Mauler sit behind the Champions to attack as a second line.

My turn starts with Edrea removing 2 of the flags, giving me a number of attack lines into the right side of the table. Rahn TKs both AFGs into better positions, before arcing a Force Hammer into 2 Champions, though they both pass tough checks. The AFGs then open fire and deal a huge amount of damage. Once they and the Halberdiers have all activated all the Champions and Valka are dead on the left, and only 1 Champion and Skaldi survive on the right. It was a pretty devastating turn.

I did make one mistake though. With Rahn camping nothing Kolgrimma can get to him with her sprays by charging a central Halberdier with the speed boost from the stone, Vanishing further forward, and spending her Focus on sprays. Once she has finished Rahn is left on 2 boxes, but there is nothing else that can get to him. I breathe a sigh of relief.

The left AFG aims and slams Kolgrimma into Skaldi, before the Fane Knight charges and kills the troll caster.

VICTORY

I thought I was pretty safe from Kolgrimma’s assassination nonsense without Mulg on the table but I really wasn’t. 22” is a really long way, but again there were things that I could have done to prevent it. In hindsight the Force Hammer was greedy, as if I were camping 4 the assassination would have been completely off the table, and if I had known about the distance I could have had the 2 central Halberdiers over to one side to remove the charge targets. Nonetheless it was still only a 32% shot, but I really need to stop giving these to people. I love the feel of this list, and a bit more game time with it should help me tighten my game up and not give my opponents a way out.