Result: Loss
48 - 26 - 0
50 Point Close Quarters (2 aligned flags).
League effect: Irrelevant region, Strakhov picked by opponent (Axis was his only caster, so no pick for me or it would have been Aurora). Greylord Escort has Deathbound instead of Tough (Brings Doomreavers back to play)
Strakhov - Conquest, Gun Carriage, IFP (Max), Kayazy (min) + Underboss, Doom Reavers + Escort, Drakhun
Axis - Inverter (Heavy with Macro-Pummeler), Cipher (Heavy with special mortar), Diffuser ("Lucky" light), Corollary (Improved Squire), Perforators + UA (Medium Infantry with Assault), Reciprocators + UA (Medium Infantry with Shield Wall), Reductors + UA (Infantry with short range spray), Enigma Foundry (Soul absorber, returns models to play)
Summary: CoC Jacks in Centre, Perforators and Reciprocaros on either flank, Reductors in a long line behind it all. IFP, Conquest, Kayazy and Strak in the centre, Gun Carriage and Doomies on the right.
Both armies advance straight ahead, IFP screen Conquest, Doomies run to the far right. Gun Carriage gets woeful scatters and doesn't put terrain in good places.
Second turn CoC advance again, Strakhov pops feat and charges forward for extra distance, gets all the front elements of the enemy. IFP charge the Perforators to make room for the Conquest to get to the enemy Jacks, midway through disaster. The Diffuser triggers Countercharge to get placed in a blocking position. a few IFP charge it, one of them now in a blocking position, so another IFP charges his friend in the back. The attack rolls are a disaster, the Diffuser in barely scratched but the IFP pops. Perforator casualties are slight. The Kayazy pop mini feat and charge up, one gets to Axis and misses, the rest jam around the place. Doomies charge the Reciprocatrs, kill half, Escort hides behind some terrain for Deathbound. Conquest moves up and hits the Inverter for some damage, but not enough to take any system out. Drakhun and Gun Carriage join the Udnerbosss in blocking positions around Strakhov.
CoC commit butchery. More specifically, Axis pops feat, getting everyone but the Greylord Escort. He also kills the lone Kayazy on him. The Reductors lay waste to the IFP and Kayazy, killing most. A mortar shot flares Strakhov and his covering units, then a Power 6 mortar shot takes off a third of both Strak and the Gun Carriage. The Inverter charges, killing the Carriage with ease then brutalising Strak.
Performance: 4/10. Strak's one trick pony-ism wasn't suitable here. The Doomreaver placement, with the well hidden Greylord with Deathbound was good, aside from that a bit shambolic. Alternative was to not pop feat, run Strak to Dominate the Friendly objective, Shield wall the IFP and put most of them in the covering forest I ignored for the match, while Conquest moves up and blasts at the Invertor, Drakhun hangs back with Strak, Gun Carriage blocks line of sight to Strak, gets Sentried at some point and lays tempaltes. Next turn CoC would have done some light casualties, probably killed Kayazy, some IFP and some Doomies, likely hit up the conquest for a reasonable damage but leaving at least one arm to kill it. Felt threatened by the thought of both wasting feat and needing to fight back through Axis' feat. Blergh.
