Game 99 – Vs Gareth James – Cryx – 22/09/17
My list:
Adeptis Rahn (Forges of War)
-Sylys Wyshnaylrr, The Seeker
-Chimera
-Phoenix
-Aspis
-Manticore
-Manticore
Arcanist Mechanik
House Shyeel Artificer
-Hydra
House Shyeel Magister
House Shyeel Battle Mages
House Shyeel Arcanists
House Shyeel Arcanists
His List:
Bane Witch Agathia (Dark Host)
-Scavanger
-Slayer
-Deathripper
-Nightwretch
-Nightwretch
Bane Lord Tartarus
Max Bane Knights
Max Bane Warriors
-Officer & Standard Bearer
Max Bane Warriors
-Officer & Standard Bearer
Max Bane Riders
I’m starting to like Rahn. I know
that conventional wisdom says to take him with 2 units of Battle Mages and
Helios, but I like that with all the Focus it has, this list is capable of
fighting even outside of the assassination. My final game of the evening was
against Gareth, who was throwing some Dark Host around. As he was getting out
his models I was amazed as to how much he had in his list. If this were to go
to a long attrition game I don’t know if I could grind through it. I won first
turn and got going.
I do like that when going first
with Rahn against basically no ranged attacks, you can throw some friendly TKs around to get further up. After my
forces ran up I cast it on both Manticores and Rahn himself (and should have
used his last 2 focus to move up the Phoenix as well). The Hydra got charged up
and Battle Mages took up aggressive positions between the jacks.
Agathia’s forces move up,
enveloping around my compact force. An Arc Node runs into range of a Manticore
and Agathis Arcs 2 Hellfires into a
Manticore, dealing minimal damage. It makes a pretty intimdating sight across
the table.
Unfortunately though Gareth hadn’t
done enough to keep his caster safe. Force Hammer on the Slayer in front of
her, followed by a TK to pull her
forward was followed by the Battle Mages quickly melting her with spells. Yes,
she wasn’t camping anything but it really didn’t matter in the grand scheme of
things. I killed her with my 3rd Mage and had 3 fully loaded heavies
to follow that up if needed.
VICTORY
I am
really starting to like Rahn. We looked at what he could have done after the
game and the answer was basically to have Bane Knights 2 deep in front of his
caster. The game would have then been a matter of me killing through all his
troops at range, not easy at all. It is nice to be playing a caster where one
slip from your opponent ends the game, and the next step for me is learning to
play this list in games where the assassination does not present itself.
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