Game 255/6 - Fiona vs eVlad/3Gaspy

Allrighty, Sunday Slam! is back. Or at least, that's what everyone else was doing. I have this viewpoint that it is poor behaviour to denigrate your own skill to much, as it demeans the prowess of your opponents, who after all do need to capitalise on your mistakes for them to really matter.

That said, I numptied hard this day. Worse than that, I knew I was bitching about it at the time, but couldn't stop myself.

I think I either need to have a break from Fiona or make an entirely different list from the ground up, likely I'll have worked that out after reliving these games.

Serious junk out of the way, onto the slapstick play!


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

You happy list? You happy? Gorman and Anastasia going out for tea again? This is, like, your fourth and fifth date, you guys going serious or what?

I don't think the caffeine has hit yet.... (After the slam, I went home and had some sleep. Sweet, delicious sleep. Shift work hours are balls.)

Game 1

Incoming (Two zones/objective).

Edinators eVlad - Behemoth, Nyss + Valachev, Aiyanna + Holt, 2x Eliminators, War Doge, Greylord Ponies, Yuri, 2x Manhunters, eEiryss

I won the die roll, picked first.

By the power of hindsight this was not the proper choice. Some Jerk (also known as me) who set up the terrain had given one side a lovely hill and a linear, the side Ed rightly threw me on had this Obstruction that blocked off Huge bases until the Objective was destroyed.

The Boomhowlers split deployed, for no particularly good reason.

The initial placement of the Khador oppressors. I really like the addition of Manhunters in eVlad, potential early feat targets and good users of Transference.

Merc 1: Everything runs up. I'd put Eiryss on the flank out of habit, choosing the left to not get killed by the Spray Donkeys. I reasoned if nothing else she might pull a manhunter out, which she then runs away from and gets killed by the Gun Mages. The Piper put pathfinder on the Boomies, because I didn't think about where models were going to run, should have dirged the Boomies. Roth ends up on the Boomies, Telgesh on Anastasia and Nonokian on the Gun Mages. Alexia pops out a Thrall who runs to the left.

Khador 1:
Behemoth gets a focus.
Vlad throws out Hand of Fate on the Nyss, Assail on Behemoth, then walks up near the Objective to put out Transference.
Ed points out I didn't activate and move Anastasia. I sigh.
Eiryss casually walks up into cover, my Gun Mages roll my eyes at me as they explain they ignore Concealment. She pops a Boomhowler, knocking off Roth. I pass the tough.
Behemoth tramples forward, scatters some blast shots out. The first deviates onto Gorman and kills him. The second deviates onto two Gun Mages, who wish that their armour wasn't as protective as a pair of speedos.
The Ponies all move up and do Winters Chill.
Nyss walk up, Zephyr, shoot down a Boomhowler. I display my skills to the world (Rolling tough is totally a skill).
Yuri runs toward Eiryss, but I decide his red ark marking is offensive and don't get him in the picture.

Merc 2:
Ed reminds me that this game has feats. Yep, that's how well I was braining. If only it was a zombie apocalypse, my brain would have been safe....
Nonokian upkept, Galleon a couple focus.
Piper puts dirge on the Boomies.
Boomies run forward, 4+ tough. A few get to charge the Eliminators, it was a fine display of not rolling the elevens to hit.
Gun Mages move up, they kill the most central Manhunter.
Galleon walks up, shoots at Behemoth hoping to scatter into more important stuff. Behemoth is actually in range, so most of the shots sadly hit.
Ragman walks into the forest.
Drawn by Ragmans charisma, Eiryss runs to his forest.
Thrall Warrior runs forward into the zone.
Fiona moves forward, puts Telgesh on a Boomhowler, tries to arc a Soulfire to Valachev, is way out. I look down, see that the Eliminators are within 13.5 of Fiona, ponder life choices. Fiona Feats.
Anastasia runs in front of Fiona, screams PAY ATTENTION TO ME, IGNORE THE WARCASTER BEHIND ME.
Alexia and some Risen run forward.
Tinker hides behind the Galleon, strikes heroic pose.

Arcing with Soulfire: As I realised on the drive home, Valachev had his unit in command. Ergo, he had to be within 9 of the front Nyss. The Boomhowler just had to be in line with one of the chumps on the hill, and I would know well ahead of time whether or not arcing was a remotely workable plan.

Khador 2:
I think Assail drops, Transference and Hand of Fate stick around.
Nyss demolish the Boomhowlers on the left.
Vlad walks up a bit, hot swaps Hand of Fate to the Ponies. Feats for the minimal amount, picks the Manhuntress and three of the Eliminators.
Ponies kill some Risen, knock down some Boomies.
Manhuntress wipes Anastasia off the face of the globe.
Eliminators charge Fiona. By the power of dice ignoring average results, Fiona hangs on with six health left. The three feated ones are in Fiona face, the last non-feated one is in her back arc engaging her and the Galleon.
Yuri runs to the left edge of the left zone.
Doge goes woof.

Hot Swapping would be so much better if you could have some kind of attachment do it instead. That would be awesome. It could be called the-villain-from-lion-king plus mechanism-used-to-secure-a-door.

Merc 3:
A Risen pops behind the Eliminators.
Nonokian hangs around, Galleon gets three focus.
Ragman walks up, Death Fields.
Galleon shoots said Risen, hits, boosts the blast damage rolls on the three feated Eliminators, killing them all.
Alexia moves into the last Eliminator, boosts the to hit roll and kills her. One Risen optimistically engages the Manhuntress.
Gun Mages move up, between them they kill Yuri.
Fiona camps, walks into the Forest.
Boomies move up, the one that gets to Eiryss is missed by Vlads Defensive strike and the charging war Doge. Greygore Rage howls, the various units pass their command checks.
The remaining solos dance a merry jig.

While needing to put Dark Shroud on Eliminators is depressing, I am at least happy with the blasting Risen to get them, probably the best play I did all day.

Khador 3:
Transference and Hand of Fate upkept.
Ponies wipe out some Risen, kill all Boomies Grunts and leave him knocked down and fleeing.
Aiyanna and Holt go on the hill, she tries to Harm Fiona and misses.Holt kills the Risen engaging the Huntress.
Eiryss moves up, misses Fiona.
Vlad moves Hand of Fate to the Nyss.
The Nyss move, go into three man pods where they can, shots at Fiona do another two damage.
Manhuntress walks over to Fiona, first attack cuts her head off which is then booted into the Galleons face.

Khador on left, Merc on right.

Game 2

Outflank

El Shherdo's 3Gaspy + Vociferon - 2x Helldiver, Mechanithralls + Skarlock Commander + Three Brutes Thralls, Mechanithrall squad with no trimmings, 2x Necrosurgeon, Darrel Wrathe, Aikos + Kraken, min Soul Hunters

I won the die roll, pick first.

Cryx deploy, with Aikos cowardly hiding behind the Kraken (So unlike Gaston, who strategically places himself behind the Galleon whenever he's controlling one).

Merc 1: Standard spells pop out, Galleon runs up, Boomies and Gun Mages fan out before the evil that is the sparkly Rainbow Unicorn Cannon shoots them all. Eiryss is totally brave. A Thrall is born, screaming, thrashing, covered in gunk and running to the right.

Cryx 1: The Doom March begins.
Aikos throws out Escort.
Kraken wiggles forward, kills a Boomhowler and knocks one down. I Roth Mercy the death to a second rower, I pick one out of Alexia's collection range for reasons I don't comprehend.
Helldivers move up and dive.
The units all move, I'm completely thrown by the lack of self murder and Necro spawnage among the Mechanithralls....

Merc 2: The misplacening.
Spells upkept.
Anastasia runs up to the left.
Galleon moves up, throws out some blasts that get a couple Mechanithralls.
Boomies run up, one stands in front of the Kraken for a dare. He swears that if he lives through it he will just play Spin the Bottle in the future. 
Silly Wishnails and Reinholdt do their Fiona buffs.
Fiona moves up, feats, arcs a soulfire that kills the left Necrosurgeon.
Gun Mages move up, the right Necrosurgeon is allready loaded with three souls so they kills a few more Mechanithralls.
Thrall Warrior runs up into the zone.
Alexia runs to the far left.

Cryx 2: Knocked down is best down.
Gaspy knocks off Roth's Mercy.
Soul hunters clear out the right zone, aside from the lone grunt in front of the Kraken.
One Helldiver engages Boomies in the left zone, the other goes back to bed.
Kraken and Darel try to kill the Boomie Grunt in front of them. I pass five odd tough rolls.
Mechanithralls move in, mainly hovering around the edges of the left zone. They kill off the Boomie that had stood in front of the Kraken.
Necrosurgeon falls back, hides behind his stitchthralls.
Other stitchthralls surround Anastasia, laugh at her lack of Acrobatics. Anastasia regrets not studying Ballet like her mother wanted.
Cryx control the right zone, go to 1 CP.

Merc 3: Necrosurgeon murder is the path to moral victory.
Galleon gets a pair of Focus, spells upkept.
Gun Mages walk up, one of them goes for a lol shot at Aikos which is sadly out. 
Fiona gets buffed by Reinholdt and Silly.
Galleon moves up, tries to kill the Stitchthralls in front of the Necrosurgeon, buggers it up. Or has a vendetta against that piece of ground four inches behind the Necrosurgeon at any rate. Harpoon and melee attacks kill the Helldiver.
Gorman blinds a pair of the Brutes.
Alexia charges and clears off a pair of the Stitchthralls on Anastasia.
Anastasia runs up to get line of sight on the Necrosurgeon.
Fiona moves behind the Galleon, arcs a soulfire at the Necrosurgeon with Arcane Secrets and Lucky Charm. Misses. I fire another one, which hits and puts him on one hit point.
Eiryss sprints into the face of the Kraken.

Cryx 3: Gorman di Sea Wulfe wishes he was back at sea.
Gaspy pulls the souls off Vociferon.
Helldiver pops up, gets focus.
Helldiver charges and reduces Gorman to his component particles (Blood and glitter).
Soul Hunters kill Eiryss and the Gun Mage in the right zone.
Mechanithralls swarm around, killing a bunch of Boomies.
Gaspy hides behind Darrel in the Right Zone.
Cryx go to 3 CP.

Telgesh hangs around, Galleon gets max focus. Anastasia runs to get line fo sight on Gaspy.
Fiona Sould fires Gaspy, does nothing, puts Nonokian on Galleon.
Galleon walks up, rolls max shots, does about four damage to Gaspy, I concede.

Merc on the left.

Blergh. I don't usually make Monday night games, I think I'll try for one today to get past this showing.