Game 226: Vyros2 vs Testament

Game 226 – Vs Billy Cruickshanks – Menoth – 15/07/18

My list:

Vryos, Incissar of the Dawnguard (Forges of War)

-Sylys Wyshnaylrr, The Seeker

-Griffon

-Griffon

-Griffon

-Griffon

-Griffon      

-Griffon

-Aspis

-Manticore

-Manticore

Arcanist Mechanik

Arcanist Mechanik

Arcanist Mechanik

House Shyeel Artificer

Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress

House Shyeel Arcanists

House Shyeel Arcanists

His List:

Testament of Menoth (Exemplar Interdiction)

-Devout

-Devout

-Vigilant

Exemplar Warder Elias Gade

Knights Exemplar Seneschal

Knights Exemplar Seneschal

Min Exemplar Errants

Max Exemplar Errants

Max Exemplar Vengers

Knights Exemplar

Max Idrian Skirmishers

-Chieftain & Guide

Our second round into Scotland and my second game into Billy’s Menoth. The matchup comes out the same way again, and once again I went first.

Deceleration and run.

Ashen Veil on the Idrians and run in response. Let the games begin.

Discretion being the better part of valour I keep more Focus on Vyros that I did last game, but still manage to take out a decent number of Exemplars, putting down a Covering Fire to force his Feat next turn.

Billy does Feat, and kills 3 Griffons. My Feat means we play an interesting dance with my trying to engineer an assassination angle with Vyros, but he manages to block it off. 1-0 to Billy.

I kill more Exemplars and put down another Covering Fire template. I lead 2-1.

I lose a Manticore and a Griffon, attrition is starting to go badly. 3-2 to Billy

I kill more Exemplars. Support staff have resorted to making attacks, they do better than I expected. 4-3 to me.

I lose a Griffon and some support, I am pushed right back into my zone. 5-4 to Billy

The game is lost, and I’m just trying to score what I can at this point. Exemplars die, but my ability to contest has gone. 5-7 to Billy.

Not too much dies from this turn, Billy just keeps the pressure on. 5-9.

I can’t stop Billy winning this turn, but have the opportunity to actually take out a unit, so do so and finish off the max unit of Errants. It is a great success. I lose 11-5.

DEFEAT

-      That Testament list just grinds so well, without RFP or incredible infantry removal at range I just don’t know how you could get through it. Possibility to reintroduce Shadows at some point post WTC to deal with this kind of thing

-      Team lost the round 3-2, a disappointing result after taking them down yesterday.