Game 258: Vyros2 vs Haley3

Game 258 – Vs Brett Wilkie – Cygnar – 13/09/18

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:

Major Prime Victoria Haley (Gravediggers)

-Ironclad

-Thorn

Captain Maxwell Finn

Commander Anson Hitch

Patrol Dog

Ragman

Trench Buster

Trench Buster

Trencher Master Gunner

Alexia Ciannor & the Risen

Trencher Express Team

Trencher Express Team

Min Trencher Infantry

-Officer & Sniper

-Rifle Grenadier

Max Trencher Long Gunners

-Officer

Every time I play against Haley3 I wonder what would have happened if I commit harder to wherever the Long Gunners are. My usual play is to use terrain and distance to keep them out of the game as long as possible, but then I often find myself underwhelmed by their damage output into ARM20 jacks. This seemed as good a time as any to try it. Brett went first.

Echoes are summoned and Tactical Supremacy cast.

I run up, 5 jacks up the flank with the Long Gunners on it. I had committed to this plan before the game, but the set-up of Brett’s first turn made it really tempting to go to the other side of the building and push from there. Deceleration is cast.

A combination of guns and Trencher charges makes a real mess of my left flank, and had a missed Domination from Haley hit things would have been even worse, so I decide that the “run at the Long Gunners” plan is probably a failure. Worth a try though.

We play the game out anyway, and I decide to go for an assassination on a zero camp Haley. Manticores need 13s to hit but I’ve got a few shots at it and after one of the Manticore shots lands and spikes damage, Vyros is able to take her out with a Twister.

VICTORY

Worth seeing if that kind of play would work, and it definitely didn’t even though it opened up a lucky assassination. Back to the original plan of trying to keep the Long Gunners quiet as long as possible, and deal with the threats mentioned in the last game’s summary.