Game 247 - Fiona vs 3Gaspy

Outflank

Fiona - Galleon, Silly Wishnailer, Boomhowlers (Max), Gun Mages + UA, TAC, Alexia + Risen, Anastasia, Reinholdt, Ragman, Piper, Gorman, Tinker
Objective: Arcane Wonder

3Gaspy + Vocifiveraorin - Kraken, Cankerworm, Helldiver, Mechanthalls + Brutes x3+ Skarlock Commander, 2x Mechanithralls, 2x Necrosurgeon + Stitchthralls, Pistol Wraith, Withershadow Combine, Nercotech + Scrapthrall, Warwitch

Tier 4 Orchestrations of Annihilation, which is a sweet name.

Vociforon refuses to enter my list of words I can actually pronounce.

Merc deploy: I won the die roll, picked first. I spread a couple boomies on the left of Galleon, the theory being that it would allow the Boomies a more even coverage. I'm dropping the Galleon for the next game, but if I ever throw it in I think what I need to do is just plonk it on one side and anchor there, which likely telegraphs which side I'm aiming to contest and which I'm aiming to clear out.

That blank base out the front is my Tinker, set up for a lols play.

Cryx deploy: The Drudge unit is actually the largest Mechanithrall unit with the Brutes, played to help differentiate the units. Gaspy 2 is actually number 3, the skarlock represents Vociforon.

Merc 1: Tinker runs forward for the lol play, theorising that if Fiona charges, she can Telgesh the Tinker, then arc a blast on the front Necrosurgeon. Gaspys tier gives a boost to deployment range, but still not far enough, the plan needs advance deploy models to work.

Everything runs up, Boomies get pathfinder to run into the forest. Telgesh ends up on Anastasia, Nonokian on the Gun Mages, Roth on the Boomies. Alexia pops a thrall that runs to the left.

I think this is the first time I didn't run my Galleon top of one.

Cryx 1: Rob, self-declared-not-that-into-jank, does the Mechanithrall self murder with Necrosurgeon spawning to engage some of my front line. Kraken shot knocks down a pair of Boomhowlers. Ashen Veil goes on the big Mechanithralls.

Merc 2:
Popped a Risen behind the middle engaging Mechnithraal.
None allocated to Galleon, all spells upkept (Telgesh, Nonokian, Roth)
Boomies get Dirged.
Alexia walks up, spawned Risen kills the Mechanithrall, Alexia rewards him with an upgrade to Thralldom.
New Thrall walks over to the Mechanithrall on Greygore, hits and kills.
Anastasia runs through the Boomhowler line up to the hill, ten inches away from the left Necrosurgeon.
Gun Mages go, one of them moves over onto the hill to get out of Fiona's way. They shoot all the Stitch thralls attached to the right Necrosurgeon, a Mechanithrall or two and the Skarlock Commander.
Boomhowlers run/charge, Greygore himself charges up the middle to a Mechanithrall, Rage Howls the Kraken.
Reinholdt Lucky Charms Fiona.
Silly Wishnailer Arcane Secrets Fiona.
Fiona walks up to the hill, feats, boosted Arcane Secreted Lucky Charmed Soulfire kills the left Necrosurgeon.
Gorman/Ragman engage in some brief and surprisingly skilful ballet in the forest.
TAC move up, one of them throws an optimistic Firebomb that hits a Boomhowler and Greygore, fails to break armour, the other two shake their heads and pops two clouds, one of them touching Fiona.
Left Thrall runs directly to the Scrapthrall, just engages.
Galleon walks up, AoE's on a Mechithrall blob kills half a dozen or so.

As a clearly excellent player, I almost forgot to activate my Galleon....

Cryx 2:
Helldiver pops up, positioned to slam on Fiona
Helldiver gets allocated three
Mechanithralls surge forward, one Brute positions to get slammed over Anastasia
Helldiver slams the Brute Thrall, kills Anastasia and a Boomie
Cankerworm and Mechanithralls engage Boomhowlers and one Gun Mage
Stitchthralls run into the left zone
Pistol Wraith kills a TAC
Warwitch gives Kraken a focus
Combine moves back, puts puppet strings on the Kraken
Kraken kills a Boomhowler
Goreshade moves up, feats

Merc 3:
Three Risen join the Battery
No allocates
Piper puts Dirge on Boomies
Boomhowlers run up/around, flail meaninglessly, Rage howl gets Cankerworm/Helldiver
TAC charges/runs, misses a Mechanithrall
Silly Wishnails puts Arcane Secrets on Fiona
Fiona fully boosts a Soulfire on the Necrosurgeon, kills it, walks over to the left zone
Gun Mages go, three of them waste shots on Vociferon, three of them shoot Mechanithralls on the right zone, one engaged by a Mechanithrall stabs him to death
Galleon walks up, does two point to the Brute thrall in front of Gaspy, scatters onto some Boomies doing nothing, scatters off the Warwitch to no effect
Ragman hits the Pistol Wraith, fails to kill
Alexia charges the Helldiver, burns a bunch of Risen to kill it
Gorman walks up, puts down a cloud in a not great spot
Reinholdt runs into the forest, tells Gorman he's right bloody famous he is

I had a plan at the beginning of the turn. I then decided to not do it because....um......Saturn was rising in the seventh phase.

The original intent was for the Galleon to clear out the Stitch Thralls and jam a Boomie in front of the Kraken. For that it really needed to have full focus allocated to it, I could have still done the zap on the Necrosurgeon without the boosted damage, Arcane Secrets means it's still extremely viable.

Ideally the Galleon also gets to tow the hill and boost a Harpoon on the Helldiver. I didn't do that because Boomhowlers were in the way, they had to run out of the way first. I could have targeted the offending Boomie with the TAC as an option. The Gun Mage shots wasted on Vociferon (minus seven on damage...) could have potentially sniped those stitch thralls or knocked the Brute stopping the drag on the Helldiver out of the way, Cankerworm can then be killed by Alexia while Risen jam.

Cryx 3:
Gaspy gets to 12 focus from soul collection
Pistol Wraith Death Chills the Galleon
Gaspy casts Carnage, goes into the Wrack marker on the hill
Kraken toes the zone
Mechanithralls kill a bunch of dudes

Cryx go to 1 CP

Merc 4:
Galleon moves out of the way
Fiona charges Gaspy, does two points, I concede

Spells I arbitrarily added restrictions to that didn't exist:

Roth Mercy - For reasons only Cthulhu knows, I thought you had to sac to models with 5".
Nonokian Brand - Was certain that it only let you ignore friendly models.

Truly my gifts are many.



Changing the Fiona list to the below, though some solos may have to be swapped out to make a better pairing for the tourney planned for Saturday.

Fiona the Black 6
Vanguard 5
Vanguard 5
Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker 2
Alexia Ciannor & the Risen (Alexia and 9 Risen Grunts) 5
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts) 6
Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer 2
Greygore Boomhowler & Co. (Boomhowler and 9 Grunts) 9
Horgenhold Forge Guard (Leader and 9 Grunts) 8
Anastasia di Bray 2
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution 3
First Mate Hawk 2
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist 2
Ragman 2
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator 1
Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord 2

As a theoretical Cryx drop, I have no idea what I was thinking not including epic Eiryss. Galleon and TAC subbed out for the Vanguards and Hammerdwarves.

If I owned Lanyssa I'd throw her in for Hunter's Mark for the Hammerdwarves, I haven't used them before but speed four infantry look agonising. I should have some knowledge from running Shocktroopers in Khador, But I'd rather forget about those games...

Hawk/Gorman are in danger of going to another list, which is either MacBain! Gorten or most likely a random third part I'll pick on the day.

I had started thinking about ADR, but given Wintercon is liable to be under a different ADR spread I'm not going to invest that much time into it.