It's some proxy minions to test out the new releases (This is because Mattous is willing to possibly enter Grolarism whereas I am not). I drop Stryker, in the standard pairs there would be a Road Hog and few things make me sadder at the moment than Caine being set on fire.
Rolled up Destruction.
eStryker - Centurion, Squire, Sword Knights + UA, more Sword Knights, Nyss + Murdoch, Runewood, Journeyman, Maxwell Finn, Lancer, Black 13th
Objective: Effigy
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Dr Arkadius (Nature of the Beast) - 6x Battle Boars, 4x Splatter Boars, 2x Gorax, Bone Grinders (Min)
Objective: Fuel
Caine Deploy: I won the roll and picked first, Arkadius is usually quick enough that giving him the first turn is a bad idea and means the Objectives can mess up his feat positioning.
One Proxy, Holt = Maxwell Finn.
Pig Deploy: Matman picks the side with the helpful hill and without the obstructive forest. One of the things the Stryker list does is not have to many issues with pathfinder, so that's fine by me. The armour and boxes of all the light beasts means that playing coy with the forest and Nyss Guns isn't going to really pan out though.
Proxies:
Posse (Front rank) = Battle Boars
Gun Boars (Second Rank) = Splatter Boars
Arkadius, Gorax' and Grinders are normal.
Cygnar 1: Everything runs up, Arcane Shield goes on the more central, larger Sword Knight unit, Deflection pops up. A few of the infantry run forward to toy with Arkadius feating.
Pig 1: The Battle Boars run forward in a sort of skirmish line, the Splatters stay behind and throw Corrosion bombs to pop off the forward most infantry models. Arkadius and the Gorax camp out on the hill with Aggravator up.
Cygnar 2: I move Arcane Shield to Stryker, Corrosion attacks made Arcane Shielding my one owund models unappealing. Everything moves up, the Nyss get Desperate Paces to put three of them assaulting in to one of the right side Battle Boars, leave it on 4 boxes.
Pig 2: Arkadius Crippling grasps the centre Sword Knight unit, Splatter Boars do a variety of shots, their inaccuracy means they actually fail to hit Battle Boars in the back to clear them off, so the Battle Boars have to activate to go Rabid and eat the models engaging them.
The net result is that the main Sword Knight Unit has four models left with Crippling Grasp, the left unit is 90% intact and I still have a smattering of Nyss. One Battle Boar also runs up and gets just shy of Ol' Rowdy.
I should have Countercharged the Boar in front of me, but feared a Battle Boar assassination that I might have missed.
Cygnar 3: Lancer gets Positive Charged and runs up to engage two of the Battle Boars on the left, Stryker feats. Nyss kill the Battle Boar on the right that they had mauled previously. The Black 13th and Finn shoot up the Battle Boar in front of Rowdy, take him to about ten boxes. Rowdy walks forward and slaps that Boar down. Healthy SK unit charges and kills a Battle Boar on the left.
Feat moves put the Lancer, healthy Sword Knights and Runewood in on the left side of the zone, they kill another Battle Boar but leave one alive on a trickle of health. Rowdy/Stryker shift over in the zone. Nyss do some points to the Objective, 13th and Finn spread out.
Pig 3: Splatter Boars, Battle Boars devastate the SK's and kill Runewood. The Gorax' go in, one on each Jack and roll appallingly. The Lancer remains all systems active , the Gorax on Rowdy perfectly takes out the left arm.
Arkadius tries to shift Crippling Grasp to the Nyss and misses the boosted attack, casts Forced Evo on one Gorax. Arkadius feats, none of the beasts do that well.
Cygnar 4: Arkady is 12 inches from Stryker with one Transfer. The Nyss try a CRA on him that misses, the last Sword Knight from the centre unit charges him and misses. Stryker Velocities for one, charges in, Overloads for 2 dice (8 strength, 3 damage). Boost the attack rolls, first hit does 25 damage which kills a Gorax, second lops Arkadius' head off.
Me on the right, I'm liking the Stryker list but again the Nyss Go to Ground was ineffective, this time due to Splatter Boar nonsense (Corrosion damage roll not being Blast damage...). The list also really lacks staying power, need to position better I think, no obvious changes to make at this time.
