Game 263: Vyros2 vs Orion

Game 263 – Vs Adrian Ramos – Convergence of Cyriss – 15/09/18

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:

Eminent Configurator Orion (Destruction Initiative)

-Corollary

-Prime Axiom

-Prime Axiom

Transfinite Emergence Projector

Accretion Servitors

Attunement Servitors

Elimination Servitors

Elimination Servitors

Reflex Servitors

Reflex Servitors

Round 3, and surely this round a bit of luck will go our way. We are paired up against Spain Rogue who are equally disappointed to be in this position. This round I have to take a bit of a hit for the team. I had matchups that I was happy about in the first 2 rounds, but none of us wanted to face this Convergence pair, and after my long and hard Round 2 I was the obvious person to put up to it. And who knows, maybe there was a way I could win the game. I won the roll to go first and we got moving.

I move up the table, casting Deceleration as Orion can be a bit Focus strapped, and forcing him to spend 2 for Blessed is worthwhile. There are 4 Pull shots on the other side of the table, so I am careful to keep 4 Jacks behind in Shield Guard formations to stop anything being removed too early.

The 3 Huge Bases run up the table with Orion snugly hidden behind with some of the support models. He casts Avenging Force to add some options for next turn should I kill any Servitors.

And I do kill some Servitors. I honestly have no idea how I should be positioning into this matchup, there are just too many attack vectors. If I bunch up too much the TEP has a field day, if I spread out then I’m just doing to get picked apart piecemeal. I opt to send 3 Griffons up to kill Servitors and hold the rest back to hopefully do enough work next turn.

Between Avenging Force and the 2 Collosals activations I lose 4 Griffons and a Manticore, and I don’t really know how I could have avoided it. Adrian scores 2CP to take a 2-0 lead.

I make a desperate play to stay in the game, going for 2 boosted Lock the Targets on the far Axiom whilst destroying the near one. Unfortunately whilst the first colossal goes down, neither Lock break armour, so Vyros is left swinging in the breeze. It doesn’t matter in the end though, as The score goes to 4-1 in my turn and Adrian just has to contest to win 6-1.

DEFEAT

This is a real example of a WTC list for Adrian, and it really worked. It scared us, he got it into a good matchup and I really felt like I had no chance at all. Thankfully, sacrificing me into it worked out, and the team got through another close round 3-2 to finally get us up and running. We got a good night’s sleep again and prepared to continue our comeback on day 2.