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Retribution Battle Reports; Warmahordes!
Topic Started: Tue 06 Mar 2012 19:30:06 (148 Views)
Black Death


Hey guys, since we've got a number of people playing Warmahordes these days, I thought I'd throw up a battle reports thread for people to follow along. My initial intention was to update it weekly during the Gnarls league (5 games per week) but I've been lazy and the league just ended. I still have notes from all of my battles so I'll just add the reports as I find time. Please feel free to comment or ask questions, I encourage it!
Former Packlord of Market and Beast Management. Feel free to role-play with me! All of my fluff stories and posts are OPEN PARTICIPATION. Feel free to post minor interruptions to my charatter and interact! You may even get to change or become a part of the story.
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Week 1:

The primary caster I've chosen for this league is Ossyan. My model collection is still hugely incomplete, so I'm using less than optimal lists and still learning what my units can and cannot do. The core list I used for the majority of the league is as follows:

Lord Arcanist Ossyan
- Manticore
- Phoenix
- Sylys Wyshnalyrr
Arcanist
Dawnguard Sentinels Max + UA
Chain Blade Protege (league model of the Mage Hunter Assassin)
Mage Hunter Strike Force Max + UA

Battle 1: Win
My opponent is Adam, one of the store owners, using Trollbloods. His caster is eGrissel and his list includes Champions with Skaldy, Fenblades, an Impaler and an Axer.
The Scenario is Prince of Thieves which works just like King of the Hill but uses a forest. Players score points for having their caster within the forest on each player's turn. First to three points wins.

This fight didn't have much going on but was really close throughout. Both forces advanced directly towards a large forest in the center and proceeded to use it to block line of sight from one another. Ossyan's shooting took out most of the troll infantry and the Sentinels waddled into the forest. Both the Sentinels and the Champions lined up perfectly with 3 inches of forest between one another to prevent their opponent from getting the charge/alpha strike. Ossyan scored in the scenario first and the trolls charged in to stop the scenario win. On my final turn all I needed to do for the win was to walk Ossyan into the forest. Unfortunately, Skaldy was in perfect position to countercharge and squash my caster. A breathtaking Arcantrik Bolt finished off the champion that was in my way and won the first league game for me. Much rejoicing was had in the victory over Hordes using Arcantrik Bolt.


Battle 2: Win
My opponent is Joe, one of the better players in the store using Cygnar. His caster is eCaine and his list includes Rangers, an Avenger, Gunmages + UA, Forge Guard, Reinholt, and a Hunter.
The Scenario is No Man's Land. Starting on the second player's second turn, anyone who has models within the entire 8" strip that runs along the center of the table while their opponent has none instantly wins.

This battle I made some huge mistakes. Severely underestimating my opponent's threat range, I lose most of my sentinels on Turn 1. In addition, my jacks get pushed out and the Manticore is wrecked. My sentinels manage to clear the Forge Guard and hold the center of the board for a turn. With almost nothing left in my army and my opponent ready to table me next turn, I manage to draw LoS to his caster with Ossyan. I pop his feat and tag his caster with Ossyan's gun. The Phoenix walks up and finishes the assassination granting me another victory.


Battle 3: Win
My opponent is Russ, the archrival and biggest ego in the store using Mercenaries. He runs casters exclusively with the Deadeye spell and always takes them with Gun Mages. His caster is Captain Damiano and he runs him with a max unit of Steelhead Halbediers, Steelhead Cavalry, Stannis, Rupert, Gorman, Aiyanna/Holt, Gorman, eEiryss, and the Gun Mages.
The Scenario is No Man's Land.

On the second turn I lost my entire unit of Sentinels (noticing a pattern here) and the Phoenix was Black Oiled by Gorman. I countered using Ossyan's feat which disabled most of the Heavy Cav and wiped out the halbediers. My Chain Blade Protege charged eEiryss. The Mage Hunter Strike Force moved into the zone to contest it. My Phoenix got wrecked in retaliation and the Gun Mages engaged the Mage Hunter Strike Force who were behind hard cover in shoot off. The Mage Hunters barely win after a few turns thanks to the benefit of cover. The Manticore walked into Stannis and killed him, then charged Damiano the following turn and assassinated him for the victory.


Battle 4: Win
My opponent is Harry, good friend of mine and now roommate, who is using Khador. His caster is pIrusk and his list includes a Devastator, Destroyer, full Winterguard Deathstar, as well as a max unit of Kyazy Assassins. Sylys Wyshnalyrr makes an appearance on both sides of the table as well.
The scenario is King of the Hill.

The Winterguard advance towards the Chain Blade Protege hoping to pick it off with sprays I assume. The Kyazy get Iron Flesh and slowly advance towards my army. pIrusk wastes no time in casting Inhospitable Ground to make my life difficult. My Phoenix and Manticore advance onto the holl while my MHSF sit in the flank. Ossyan takes the hill for an early score and casts Admonition on himself. My Sentinels charge into Kyazy and whiff completely. Ossyan pops his feat and the MHSF takes out the Destroyer's gun. The Devastator whiffs an easy 2 Handed Throw that would have knocked down Ossyan and prevented Admonition. The Kyazy pop their mini-feat and all attempt to charge at Ossyan. Admonition saves him from all but the underboss who fails to kill him on his own. Scenario victory for me here.


Battle 5: Win
My opponent is Rob, an average player from our store, who is also using Khador. His caster is pIrusk and his list is very similar to Harry's except he uses Doom Reavers and Widow Makers instead of Kyazy. In addition, he trades out both jacks in favor of Beast 09.
The Scenario is No Man's Land.

This battle I'm given first turn. I manage to pick off 2 Doom reavers who were too far up, but 4 of my Sentinels get sniped out. In addition, a lucky scatter rocket kills off the MHSF unit attachment. Ossyan feats on turn 2, casting Shatter Storm on the Manticore and Quicken on my Sentinels. Ossyan shoots into the Doom Reavers and they pass their tough roll! This hits most of them with his gun effect, since the model didn't die, which puts them at -2 Defense. The Chainblade kills off the Greylord and the Sentinels kill 3 widow makers. The Phoenix manages to kill 2 winterguard and the MHSF unload into Beast 09, but only manage to take out his left arm. Beast 09 then comes in to thresher my MHSF and Irusk takes out the Chainbalde with a spell. The MHSF continue to shoot into BEast 09 and the Manticore manages to finish it off. The Sentinels kill the last of the Widowmakers and I win on scenario.


As one of the newer players in my store I made quite an impression going undefeated during the first week of the league. Unfortunately, that winning streak didn't last for long! My biggest problems so far has been moving my Sentinels up too far. It's good to sacrifice some of them for Vengence moves but I need to start keeping them WAY back in order to keep enough of them alive.
Edited by Black Death, Tue 06 Mar 2012 20:07:59.
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