Game
307 – Vs Rob Brown – Trollbloods – 15/02/19
My
list:
Magister
Helynna (Forges
of War)
-Chimera
-Discordia
-Manticore
-Manticore
-Manticore
Dawnguard
Trident
Dawnguard
Trident
Arcanist
Mechanik
Arcanist
Mechanik
House
Shyeel Arcanists
House
Shyeel Arcanists
-Soulless
Escort
His
List:
Borka,
Vengeance of the Rimeshaws (Storm
of the North)
-Trollkin
Runebearer
-Earthborn
Dire Troll
-Pyre
Troll
-Rok
Fell
Caller Hero
Valka
Cursebor, Chieftain of the North
Max
Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes
-Northkin
Elder
Northkin
Bear Handlers & Battle Bears
Northkin
Bear Handlers & Battle Bears
Northkin
Fire Eaters
Northkin
Fire Eaters
Max
Northkin Raiders
Second
practice game with Helynna and I’m up against Borka2 played by my
clubmate Rob, who inexplicably had avoided being on this blog up to
now. I win the first turn and we get moving.
Helynna
puts up Deceleration
and
everything gets up the table, with Rhythm
of War allowing
everybody to get into Discordia’s Kinetic
Field bubble
for some extra armour.
I’ve
kept my support far enough back to be out of the Fire Eater’s
threat (as much by luck as by judgement) and so they get lit up by
the Pyre Troll and set some of my Jacks on fire. Other than that he
gets up the table, with the Bears taking the snow drift to give
themselves Stealth. Borka Feats.
Much
like the last game, I don’t want to Feat this turn. If I can hold
back just out of threat I can then take a strong attrition position
next turn. I shoot off the Fire Eaters that had come forward, and
Discordia sprayed down the conga line of Bears and Handler, killing
one bear and Deafening
the
leader. She was then Slipstreamed
and
Rhythmed
back
to safety. I shoot off a handful of Raiders.
I
had left both Tridents just within range of the ambushing bears,
doing rough maths to work out that they shouldn’t kill it. And I
was right; the unit ambushing on the left and rolling fairly well to
leave me on 7 boxes. What I hadn’t calculated was Rob killing the
Deafened
leader,
allowing the last Bear in the unit to charge and finish it off. Rob
then turned to an attempted assassination, with my caster being on
zero camp (probably an error). 2 Fire Eaters could get sprays on her,
but one was killed by Covering
Fire and
the second missed. Rok’s spray made contact and left her on a
handful of boxes, so Rob went all in and went for Borka’s Sprays.
The first hit and left her on a single box, with the second
(unboosted and needing a 10) thankfully missing. I survive the turn.
0-0
Despite
Borka being right in front of my with no Fury, this still isn’t a
trivial assassination as he ran up with everything he had to jam me.
Eventually I solve the problem by smiting the Earthborn at Borka with
a Chain
Attack from
Discordia, knocking him down and clearing a route for a Manticore to
finish him off.
VICTORY
My
mistake this game was thinking I needed Hand
of Fate to
take out the Fire Eaters. This cost me three focus on Helynna, but my
jacks would still have easily been able to remove them. With 3 extra
Focus (and ideally being in range of Kinetic
Field)
the assassination would never have been on. As it was, I had to rely
on a bit of good luck to survive. Rob was a great opponent and we
have a lot of fun in this game, Helynna isn’t as bad as I feared.
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