Game
283 – Vs John Tavernor – Cryx– 1/12/18
My
list:
Elara,
Death's Shadow (Shadows
of the Retribution)
-Siren
-Siren
-Chimera
-Aspis
Arcanist
Mechanik
Max
Mage Hunter Infiltrators
Max
Mage Hunter Infiltrators
-Eiryss,
Mage Hunter Commander
Max
Mage Hunter Strike Force
-Commander
Max
Mage Hunter Strike Force
-Commander
Spears
of Scyrah
His
List:
Wraith
Witch Deneghra (Black
Industries)
-Deathjack
-Nightwretch
-Nightwretch
-Slayer
-Slayer
Aiakos,
Scourge of the Meredius
-Malice
-Slayer
Eilish
Garrity, the Occultist
Soul
Trapper
Soul
Trapper
Warwitch
Siren
Warwitch
Siren
Cephalyx
Overlords
Cephalyx
Overlords
The
final of the Southport Steamroller saw me up against John Tavernor,
playing a double Black Industries pairing of Gaspy Slayers and
Denny2. He ends up dropping the latter, and despite my intention to
drop goreshade 4 at some point I decide that Elara would be a better
choice. John wins the first turn and we get moving.
Everything
just runs up, really nothing fancy going on. Except Aiakos, he casts
Escort
and
hides at the back. Wimp.
John
has left a real opportunity open to me, but there is a risk attached.
I can Feat and Mini-Feat with the Strike Force to get 6 charges onto
Deathjack. I decide it’s worth going for, putting in a 11 man CRA
from the left unit first to ding it up a bit. The dice tell me that
this was a stupid plan, and though I have a 75% of destroying it, I
end up only doing around half boxes and taking out just the right
arm.
John
lines up an assassination on Elara. He has a lot of work to do as he
needs to clear out a landing spot for the Arc Node. Use Eilish to
remove Marked
for Death from
Deathjack (to allow it to become incorporeal) and land Damnation
on
the Siren next to Elara. The luck comes for John when he manages to
land the Breath
Stealer on
Elara needing a boosted 13 in cover, which changes Deathjack from
needing 8s to hit to 6s. From there the assassination was a pretty
simple task, and Elara dies.
DEFEAT
Tough
one to take that. I was pretty certain DJ would be out of commission
by the time I had finished with it, but it wasn’t to be. Missing 2
of 6 5s to hit and doing no damage with a third was well under the
curve. From there John played the assassination really well, and
absolutely deserved the win. Congratulations to him, and I was just
glad to still be competing in finals, especially with a list I’m
not completely confident with yet. Tomorrow is another Steamroller,
and whilst I was planning on potentially changing my pair up, I like
this list a lot and still want to play Goreshade, so decide to just
crack on.
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