Game 163 – Vs Adam Cort – Protectorate
of Menoth – 21/03/18
My list:
Vryos, Incissar of the Dawnguard (Forges of War)
-Sylys Wyshnaylrr, The Seeker
-Griffon
-Griffon
-Griffon
-Griffon
-Griffon
-Griffon
-Aspis
-Aspis
-Imperatus
Arcanist Mechanik
Arcanist Mechanik
Arcanist Mechanik
House Shyeel Artificer
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress
House Shyeel Arcanists
House Shyeel Arcanists
His List:
The Harbinger of Menoth (The Faithful Masses)
-Hierophant
-Devout
-Sanctifier
Champion
of the Order of the Wall
Champion
of the Order of the Wall
The
Covenant of Menoth
High
Paladin Dartan Vilmon
Paladin
of the Order of the Wall
Paladin
of the Order of the Wall
Reclaimer
Gatekeeper
Anastacia di Bray
Anastacia di Bray
Max
Idrian Skirmishers
-Chieftain
& Guide
Max
Horgenhold Forge Guard
-Attenant
Priest
Min Choir
of Menoth
Round 2
of Vyros2 vs Menoth saw Adam dropping Harbinger, who is making a pretty
significant comeback. I was glad to get a game in against her as it is the kind
of match up that is difficult to theory into, so some table experience was
going to be invaluable. Adam won the roll to go first and we got moving.
Adam
marks the point that Harbinger is going to run to, and moves the rest of his
forces into a 10” circle around her. The jacks partrol close to Harby on the
left with the Hammer Dwarves on the right.
I have to
get up into some threat ranges so move my forces up to within charge range of
the Idrians and the Champions, but out of range of the rest. Vyros casts a Twister onto 4 Idrians, forcing
Harbinger to Martyr for 7 boxes (she
healed back in her turn). Vyros gets up the table pretty aggressively as I’m
going to need every attack I’ve got to grind through this list.
Adam
makes a start on the attrition by taking the charges that he can into me,
dealing some decent damage. Harminger heals up, Purifys off Synergy and
uses her Feat. The Covenant moves up behind the central building and puts up
the No Spell bubble to make recasting Synergy
difficult. He doesn’t get too much contesting the zones though, and nothing
in place to score his zone or contest mine, so I may have a way in on scenario.
One thing
that my list definitely has going for it is plenty of quality attacks, so it is
time to see how much of Harbinger’s force they can clear out. Vyros walks out
of the Book’s range to cast Synergy and
another Twister before Repositioning back where he was.
Griffons kill off a handful of Idrians before one charges through to attempt to
dismount the Champion on the right, but the dice say no. In terms of trying to
push for scenario, the Artificer moves to my flag with Polarity Shield up, and I put the largely useless Lanyssa onto the
left flank to tempt Anastacia to Ambush over
there and not trivially contest my flag. I lead 1-0.
Anastacia
does come on to the left flank and quickly removes Lanyssa before Adam steps up
his attrition play. With my Feat up I am able to protect some pieces but still
lose both Griffons on the right and one on the left to a combination of
Paladins and Forge Guard. He doesn’t contest my flag though so I move to a 2-0
lead, but am rapidly losing out on attrition.
Had I
managed to take out the Champion’s horse on the previous turn I would have
considered running everything up into Adam’s face and hope to hold out to get
to 5-0 or 6-1 on scenario, but with a 16” run if would be far too easy for him
to contest and close that avenue out. Instead I just continue on attrition, and
am starting to get somewhere myself. I move to 3-0 on CPs.
My
picture taking went pretty badly to the end of this game, so sorry for that. Adam
gets my flag contested and repositions Harby’s entourage over to his flag to
start scoring in return. Between the Sanctifier and the Forge Guard he is able
to take out all my remaining light jacks, leaving me with just Vyros, Imperatus
and some support. He closes the score to 3-2.
The
attrition game is thoroughly lost, but I have a path to get Imperatus through
to Harbinger. It is a long shot but when that’s all you have you roll the dice.
Vyros adds a single point of Synergy and
Imperatus is powered up before going in. I was unable to get up Concentrated Power due to the location
of the book, so was at P+S 18. The Side-Steps
get me there, and after my attacks Harby is left on 3 boxes. I concede the
game.
DEFEAT
A really
useful game here to see how she plays on the table these days. There were
definitely things I could have done differently. The assassination odds
(assuming both initials hit) were 28%, but had I kept a single Jack alive it
would have been up at 58%. Similarly had I positioned slightly further from the
book so that I could get Concentrated
Power onto Imperatus that would have increased my odds as well. A really
good couple of games, and I now feel a bit more prepared to face Menoth at
upcoming events.