74- 43 - 1
35 Point Into The Breach (Zone, Flag, aligned Objectives)
Midas Tier 4 - Warhog, Roadhog, 4x RaBo's, Targ, Bone Grinders (Max), Slaughterhousers, Boneswarm, Dead Warhog
pThagrosh - Carnivean, Naga, Shredder, Ravagore, Warspears + UA, Succubus
Summary: I won the roll off, went first.
Farrow deploy. During Chappy's deployment I realised I had set up 10 inches in, so shuffled everything back 3 inches before doing anything.
Legion counter deploy. Blood Trackers put Prey on the War Hog.
Farrow turn 1: Everything moves up. Road Hog is further up due to the Midas Tier force giving a beast an Advance Move. Midas dropped his whole stack.
Strategic Error: My Midas play as a whole is flawed. I go in always planning the assassination, I should attempt attrition first. The Rabo's should have run in front of Midas and the larger Hogs, with the Road Hog to the right, further away from the Ravagore and able to screen the War Hog in later turns.
Legion turn 1: Everything moves up, Spiny goes on Thags/Heavies, Tenacity goes on several Ogrun. Ravagore uses Animus, kills a RaBo and injuring two others. The Ogrun spread pretty far out to avoid the sprays.
Farrow turn 2: Midas moves up, uses Calamity on the Ogrun. Road Hog charges the Ogrun in front of him, Assault sets an Ogrun on fire, misses Thagrosh. Charge attack kills an Ogrun. Targ moves up, uses Ancillary on the Roadhog to spray, hits Thagrosh setting him on fire. RaBo's move around, two run all the way up to the enemy Objective. other stuff moves up.
Legion turn 2: Fire expires on Thagrosh, much sadness. Ogrun charge the Roadhog. Take off half the health. Ravagore kills a Bone Grinder, another will die to the fire put on it. Stuff otherwise advances up.
Farrow turn 3: Calamity upkept. To much Fury on table, Road Hog Frenzies and kills an Ogrun. RaBo frenzies and does nothing. Warhog gets Massacre from Grinders, charges and kills another Ogrun. Midas casts Battlelust on the Slaughterhousers, moves over casts Bad Blood on the Ravagore. Slaughterhousers charge and remove Ogrun UA, getting rid of Prey. Boneswarm moves up.
Legion turn 3: Naga kills RaBo, Ravagore misses Bone Grinders which scatter backwards. Ogrun kills Roadhog and tough a Slaughterhouser, Carnivean kills the Warhog. Shredder moves to block charge lane on Thagrosh.
Farrow turn 4: Screwed up Fury amount, Midas cuts for two. Slaughterhousers charge, leader moving over to keep people in command radius. One Slaughter dies from the Carnivean free striking, so only one of the Housers gets to the blocking Shredder. Grunt that got in hit Shredder, damaging it. Grinders bunch up, Arcane bolt Shredder, roll poor damage. Midas activates, Curses and Hexblasts Shredder to death, charges Thagrosh. Misses with Calamity. Does a small amount of damage. Feats back beasts in Thags rear arc. They fail to do much to him. Boneswarm animuses, charges toward Midas.
Play error: Straight up two turns of screwing up Fury amounts. Even expecting the Road Hog to die would have left me either short one or overloaded with 1, The Grinders should have Massacred the War Hog and had him charge for distance rather than running.
Tactical Error: When the Shredder failed to die to the Grinder bolt, the assassination wasn't going to fly that turn. Legion had way to much Fury on the table, Midas should have fallen back after recasting Bad Blood, probably on the Carnivean. Slaughter Housers would have died, but if enough Legion Beast frenzy then Midas can charge in next turn and feat for attrition or a better assassination run.
Alternate Plan: Shredder lives after Grinder Missile. Midas charges it, Curses Thagrosh, boosts to hit Shredder, will kill it handily with Dismember, activates Soulfood to Hex Blast Thagrosh then uses fury to cast Calamity, then feats to bring beasts back. No back strike bonus, but still worth it. Also possibly cast Massacre on a Hog to allow it to charge or cast Bad Blood on something.
Note: The Freestrike happened because I assumed the Carnivean had reach. Weirded out that I made an error assuming a Legion beast was better than it was....
Legion turn 4: Fire does a little damage to Thagrosh, who then kills Midas.
Summary: 6
