Game 181: Rahn vs Lylyth3

Game 181 – Vs Mark Ellis – Legion – 26/04/18

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:

Lylyth, Reckoning of Everblight (Oracles of Annihilation)

-Succubus

-Carnivean

-Carnivean

-Naga Nightlurker

-Ravagore

-Ravagore

-Seraph

The Forsaken

The Forsaken

Blighted Nyss Shepherd

Blighted Nyss Shepherd

Blighted Nyss Shepherd

Feralgeist

Blackfrost Shard

Mark is still searching for a pair for his Thagrosh list and is currently looking at Lylyth3 in Oracles, so we decided to see how that would go into Rahn, as it definitely couldn’t have dealt with Vyros2. I won the roll to go first and we got moving.

A pretty standard first turn for Rahn; Polarity Shield on the central Halberdiers, TK on both AFGs before they run up into position, and the Chimera flanks hard on the left. Both Halberdier units Shield Wall and advance up the table, forcing the Legion beasts to come up the table aggressively if they want to get shots off.

The 2 Ravarores move up and take shots into my Halberdiers, killing a handful and leaving a couple of reasonably well placed Scather templates. Lylyth herself moves up and shoots off another 2 Halberdiers before Repositioning back slightly. The rest of Mark’s heavies move up, with one in front of Lylyth to make any assassination attempts harder.

I look at the table and don’t think that he has done enough. Rahn Feats and TKs the blocking Carnivean out of the way, Lylyth forward and the closest AFG further up. Eiryss shoots off Lylyth’s single Fury, before the AFG shoots into her, leaving her on 6 boxes. I still have a seceon (non-aiming) AFG and a Phoenix gun to shoot into her, but a single charging Halberdier is able to get her, and with Gang is able to finish her off.

VICTORY

Whilst this list is not as assassination focussed as a Forges list, games like this prove that if my opponent makes a small positioning mistake it can still be punished for a quick win. I don’t know how the attrition would have gone, but with Lylyth having to play much further back all game I was confident I could play it out. I like this a lot and am looking forward to playing it and Vyros more this weekend.