Game 229: Rahn vs Anamag

Game 229 – Vs Mark Ellis – Legion – 26/07/18

My list:

Adeptis Rahn (Defenders of Ios)

-Chimera

-Phoenix

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcanist Mechanik

Arcanist Mechanik

Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios

Fane Knight Skeryth Issyen

Max Houseguard Halberdiers

-Officer & Standard Bearer

-Soulless Escort

Stormfall Archers

Stormfall Archers

Lynus Wesselbaum & Edrea Lloryrr

His List:

Anamag the Doom Feaster (Storm Division)

-Ammok the Truthbearer

-Blightbringer

Spell Martyr

Spell Martyr

Totem Hunter

Warmonger War Chief

Max Blighted Ogrun Warmongers

-Gorag Rotteneye

Max Chosen of Everblight

Max Chosen of Everblight

Hellmouth

Hellmouth

Game 2 of Rahn practice sees me up against Anamag and her Chosen for the first time. I win the first turn.

Polarity Shield is cast onto the Halberdiers and everything gets up the board.

The Orgrun all get up the table and take up aggressive positions. The unit on the right has the +2 Arm spell cast on them, and everything is within the Blight Bringer bubble

I feel that the Phoenix can be used as a decent momentum piece here to hopefully deal with a few Chosen. The AFGs shoot at the Hellmouths, destroying the one on the right and reducing the left to a couple of boxes. The Phoenix goes in and takes out 2 of the Chosen.

Mark removes the Phoenix in return and pushes further up the table.

I need to get some serious work done this turn, and take out most of the remaining Chosen whilst leaving the Warmongers alone. I take out 2 of the 3 on the left along with the Hellmouth, but some good tough and healing rolls mean I don’t take out any on the right. 0-0

Mark removes Issyen, most of the Halberdiers and my objective, taking a 3-0 scenario lead.

I can’t see a good way back from here so work out a very unlikely assassination. I manage to get Anamag TK’d around and stripped of Fury by Eiryss, but all I have left is Stormfall shooting and they can’t get the job done. I concede.

DEFEAT

-      A reasonably comfortable win for Mark in the end, but I did manage to do a reasonable chunk of damage.

-      I don’t like the Stormfalls, and will be making some changes to the list to get a couple of Ghost Snipers in there

-      Think this is a winnable game with practice, so will want to get some more reps in

Game 219: Kaelyssa vs Kallus2

Game 219 – Vs Paul Cooper – Legion – 30/06/18

My list:

Kaelyssa, The Night’s Whisper (Legions of Dawn)

-Helios

Arcanist Mechanik

Eiryss, Angel of Retribution

Dawnguard Sentinel Scyir

Dawnguard Destor Thane

Dawnguard Destor Thane

Max Dawnguard Sentinels

-Dawnguard Sentinel Officer and Standard Bearer

-Soulless Escort

Max Dawnguard Sentinels

-Dawnguard Sentinel Officer and Standard Bearer

-Soulless Escort

Min Dawnguard Destors

His List:

Kallus, Devastation of Everblight (Children of the Dragon)

-Azrael

-Zuriel

-Nephilim Bolt Thrower

Blighted Nyss Shepherd

Blighted Nyss Shepherd

Blighted Nyss Warlord

Blighted Nyss Warlord

Spell Martyr

Min Blighted Nyss Hex Hunters

-Bayal, Hound of Everblight

Max Blighted Nyss Raptors

Max Blighted Nyss Raptors

Round 2 and I drop Kaelyssa to counter the Primal Terrors drop that I was expecting, and instead got my first experience of Kallus2. Paul wins the roll to go first.

Kallus puts up Brand of Fire and everything runs up the table.

A couple of Raptors have advanced a bit too far and are in range of Kaelyssa to shoot so she Refuges herself and removes a couple. Kaelyssa Feats and everything runs.

I had intermingled my 2 Sentinel units to make is difficult for Typhon, but he manages to take out a couple from one unit, with the Raptors taking one or 2 more. Hex Hunters run to jam.

I take out most of the Hex Hunters on the left, and charge 4 Sentinels into Raptors on the right, hitting and killing 2 of them, leaving another out of command. I charge a load of Sentinels into Zuriel but can’t take him out. Both units Mini-Feat to protect against Kallus’ Feat. 1-0 to me.

Paul attempts an Overtake assassination getting Zuriel to Kaelyysa, but he can’t clear out enough Sentinels to risk it, so just continues the attrition and puts as much damage into Helios as he can. 1-1.

I am in a good position for a strong attrition turn, and the focus is to take down both heavies. Vengeance and the Scyir take out Zuriel and Helios walks up to take out Azrael. This frees up my remaining Sentinels and Destors to clear the remaining Raptors, leaving Paul with just the Bolt Thrower, Kallus, one Raptor and support. 3-1 to me.

Paul has no option but to go for the last gasp assassination, but has to dodge a lot of free strikes to get there, and he dies to a punch from Helios.

VICTORY

-      I don’t think Kallus2 is one of Legion’s stronger casters, despite initial excitement

-      I don’t think I’ve ever assassinated someone in their own turn before, so that’s exciting

-      Solid outing for the list, with everyone having work to do, though mass Def14 plus has proven to be a concern

Game 214: Vyros2 vs Thagrosh1

Game 214 – Vs Mark Ellis – Legion – 22/06/18

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:

Thagrosh, Prophet of Everblight (Primal Terrors)

-Ammok the Truthbearer

-Blightbringer

Warmonger War Chief

Warmonger War Chief

Feralgeist

Spell Martyr

Spell Martyr

Max Blighted Ogrun Warmongers

-Gorag Rotteneye

Max Blighted Ogrun Warspears

-Warspear Chieftain

Max Blighted Ogrun Warspears

-Warspear Chieftain

Hellmouth

Hellmouth

Another go into Primal Terrors with new version of Vyros. Old version has won this match up before, but new should in theory be better. I win first turn.

Everything runs up, staying out of Hellmouth threat on the left, and using the objective as an unmoveable anchor on the right.

Mark puts up Draconic Blessing onto one unit of Warspears and Fog of War up on Thagrosh before running everything up the table.

If I can get rid of both Hellmouths this turn and jam him hard I have a possibility of having enough left to grind the game out, or at least search for an assassination angle. I remove the Hellmouth on the left but my Manticore fails on the right, leaving it alive one a handful of boxes. Vyros Feats.

Failing to kill the Hellmouth is an awful situation as it trivially deals 3/4s of the boxes of damage to my Manticore. The rest of Mark’s troops come in and deal a huge amount of damage, crippling several jacks. I try and use my Feat move to design an assassination angle but can’t come up with anything.

I have a look for a possible assassination but there’s nothing on and the attrition battle is lost. I concede.

DEFEAT

-      Don’t know how the game would go if I took out the right Hellmouth, probably still a really rough matchup.

-      May have been better taking second turn, the Ogrun are pretty slow and it would have meant the Hellmouths were further back and I could have ignored them for longer.

-      Hellmouths really are bonkers good for a free choice…

Game 202: Vyros2 vs Lylyth3

Game 202 – Vs Mark Ellis – Legion – 23/05/18

My list:

Vyros, Incissar of the Dawnguard (Shadows of the Retribution)

-Sylys Wyshnalyrr, The Seeker

-Harpy

-Harpy

-Siren

-Siren

-Siren

-Siren

-Griffon

-Griffon

Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios

Arcanist Mechanik

Arcanist Mechanik

Arcanist Mechanik

Max Mage Hunter Infiltrators

Max Mage Hunter Infiltrators

His List:

Lylyth, Reckoning of Everblight (Oracles of Annihilation)

-Succubus

-Carnivean

-Carnivean

-Carnivean

-Naga Nightlurker

-Nephilim Bolt Thrower

-Seraph

The Forsaken

The Forsaken

Blighted Nyss Shepherd

Blighted Nyss Shepherd

Blighted Nyss Shepherd

Feralgeist

Farrow Valkyries

Trying a shake-up of my Vyros list. A few of the things I first built him from have faded from the meta now so worth giving something else a go. I win first turn.

Cast Synergy and Deceleration and run

Escort is cast. Carniveans Spiny Growth and Trample. Everything else runs.

Jacks move up, put some shots into a Carnivean, dealing reasonable damage. Vyros feats and recasts Deceleration.

Mark puts some shots and sprays into me, dealing some damage, but Deceleration and Oracular Vision ignore the worst of it. Mark doesn’t want to kill any Infiltrators that would trigger Feat moves. 1-1 on scenario.

Load up jacks and give 3 Concentrated Power. Some shots do some damage. Infiltrators charge in and do decent damage. Jacks go in and finish off 2 Carniveans with 2 spare Focus

Vyros is camping nothing and is shot to death by Lylyth.

DEFEAT

-      Big mistake leaving Vyros on 1 Focus, felt I needed to get more work done than I realistically did on that turn.

-      Camping the 2 that I had spare at the end of the turn would probably have kept him alive

-      List in general feels great, plenty of guns, and the Infiltrators are a really useful unit.

Game 201: Kaelyssa vs Vayl2

Game 201 – Vs Mark Ellis – Legion – 23/05/18

My list:

Kaelyssa, The Night’s Whisper (Defenders of Ios)

-Helios

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcanist Mechanik

Aelyth Vyr, Blade of Nyssor

Fane Knights Skeryth Issyen

Eiryss, Angel of Retribution

Max Ryssovass Defenders

-Soulless Escort

Max Ryssovass Defenders

-Soulless Escort

His List:

Vayl, Consul of Everblight (Oracles of Annihilation)

-Succubus

-Carnivean

-Carnivean

-Naga Nightlurker

-Seraph

Throne of Everblight

Throne of Everblight

Blighted Nyss Sorceress & Hellion

Blighted Nyss Sorceress & Hellion

Bog Trog Mist Speaker

Blackfrost Shard

New Kaelyssa list trying to combine Rahn Defenders list with Kaelyssa Legions, hoping to cover both of their good matchups. Legion probably not the best matchup for it, especially with sprays threatening the Ryssovass. Mark wins first turn.

Mark runs up with everything.

All run. Refuge on closest AFG, Banishing Ward on Kaelyssa.

Occultation on one of the hellions, both put up no shooting bubble and move up. Rest of force moves up behind.

Kaelyssa Feat. Contest Mark’s zone with Defender, don’t want to commit solo to my flag yet. Both Hellions die. 1-0 lead to me

Battle Engines shuffle around, Stealth on the right one, left clears zone. Sprays and guns into central ryssovass, killing 6 or so. 2-1 to me

Helios kills Seraph, AFG and remaining Ryssovass kill Carnivean. Helios misses 2 of 3 6s to hit remaining Carni, hitting 2 would have pushed it out of threat, essentially winning me the game. Another Ryssovass contests. 3-1 to me.

Harm, Vayl’s Feat, and the Carnivean all get involved to take out Helios clearing the central zone for Vayl to score. 4-3 to me.

AFG slams a Blackfrost Shard member over Vayl, knocking her down and dealing some damage. Kaelyssa walks up and finishes her off.

VICTORY

-      Had Helios push worked he would have survived and been in a great position for next turn

-      Maybe should have been braver with Kaelyssa and switched Baninshing Ward onto Helios, and get to the hill camping 3. Would have been long odds for a Vayl assassination and Helios would almost definitely have survived

-      Like the list, more testing needed

Game 198: Rahn vs Abby2

Game 198 – Vs Jan du Toit – Legion of Everblight – 20/05/18

My list:

Adeptis Rahn (Defenders of Ios)

-Sylys Wyshnaylrr, The Seeker

-Chimera

-Phoenix

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcanist Mechanik

Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios

Fane Knight Skeryth Issyen

Max Houseguard Halberdiers

-Officer & Standard Bearer

Max Houseguard Halberdiers

-Officer & Standard Bearer

Lynus Wesselbaum & Edrea Lloryrr

His List:

Absylonia, Daughter of Everblight (Oracles of Annihilation)

-Succubus

-Proteus

-Carnivean

-Carnivean

-Seraph

-Blight Wasps

-Raek

-Shredder

-Shredder

The Forsaken

The Forsaken

Spell Martyr

Spell Martyr

Farrow Valkyries

The next morning I woke up fresh and ready to go. The aim from the start was always to win Best in Retribution and there was another player on 4-0 overnight who needed to be hauled in. The first game in the morning saw me up against Jan’s Legion, and we ended up playing Rahn into Abby2. It was a matchup that I felt reasonably confident in but that could easily go wrong. I won the first turn and we got moving.

Everything gets up the table with a bit of care for the impressive threat ranges that Abby can put down. Both AFGs are TK’d and Polarity Shield goes on the left unit. Lynus and Edrea again have nothing much t do and go position ready to contest the right zone in later turns.

Both of Jan’s Carniveans put up Spiny Growth and Trample up the table, with Proteus keeping in line with Bracer cast on him. The Seraph moves up to shoot at a couple of Halberdiers, killing one. The Wasps move up the left flank with the Raek on the right, and Abby herself moves up behind the main line.

Abby’s threat ranges are incredible, but I can tone them down a bit if I can take out the Seraph. The Phoenix moves up for Rahn to Arc a TK into it, and the AFG on the right opens fire, leaving it on a handful of boxes, which are taken care of by a couple of charging Halberdiers. On the left I hold back a bit, waiting for Jan to commit something to the zone.

Abby’s Feat turn, and it does an incredible amount of damage, taking out the full unit of Halberdiers on the right as well as the Phoenix and Eiryss. Jan has to run incredibly hot on Fury to do it as many of the Beasts had ran away from the Forsaken, so that offered some hope for next turn. Jan clears the right zone but is unable to score it, so we start at 0-0.

I need to get some serious work done this turn, ideally killing 2 heavies, and it just doesn’t happen. I turn around Proteus before shooting into him, but miss 2 shots with the AFGs, leaving him pretty comfortably alive. On the left Skyreth Issyen triple 1s his attack roll into the Carnivean, meaning I have to commit a whole unit of Halberdiers to it, thankfully taking it out. I clear the left zone for a 1-0 lead.

Jan continues to push, completely taking over the right flank by removing Lynus and the AFG, whilst killing off a number of Halberdiers on the left. He decides that ideal position for attrition is more important than scoring CPs at this stage, so just scores his own flag to level at 1-1.

I just keep doing what I can, knocking down the Carnivean and killing the Raek. I try to clear the left zone to start scoring back but just can’t get there, leaving a Shredder on a single box. Jan scores his flag again for a 2-1 lead.

With the game all but secure Jan moves the 2 remaining Valkyries into the right circle to accelerate the scoring and just concentrates on keeping Abby safe. He charges and takes out the Arc Node with Proteus (who is starting to look worse for wear) and just floods my zone with his remaining models. He scores 2 for a 4-1 lead.

I finish off Proteus. The game is long gone but I consider it a personal victory. Again I narrowly fail to clear my zone, leaving just a Shredder. I contest all the elements to hold the score at 4-1.

Jan just kills my 2 contesting models to win 6-1.

DEFEAT

This game is a real example of how a couple of small mistakes can steamroll into a crushing defeat. I don’t think that going for the Seraph on turn 2 was a mistake as such, but I shouldn’t have risked my Phoenix to do it. Ideally it and the Chimera should have been the other way round, but as they weren’t I should have just put faith in 5s to hit with the AFG. As it was I lost my heavy jack and just couldn’t pull it back from there. Jan was an amazing opponent, apologetic when the dice went a bit weird and finished the event as best in Legion.