Rednut goes away to be replaced by everyone's favourite Haley.
eHaley - Stormwall (Bonded), Thorn, Black 13th, Squire, Journeyman, Tinker, Gorman, Hawk, Anastasia, 2x Press Gangers
Objective: Effigy of Valor
Round one, into Ediman, with eSorscha on Close Quarters.
eSorscha - Conquest, Silly Wishes-he-was-a-fish, Malakoc + Ruin, Reinholdt, Boomhowlers, WGI Deathstar minus one rocket
The plan: Stare at list of spells. Be unsure what is best in life. Run stuff forward and feat, ride Cygnar wave to victory.
Cygnar Deploy -Angled the Stormwall to be able to run past that Linear. Thought was to put Haley on the safe flag and channel through Thorn to nab points on the other flag.
Khador Deploy - The Reds/ Silly and Reinhold held back in case of Ruins Abomination sillyness. The base is obviously the Conquest.
Cygnar 1 - Everything runs up, Temporal acceleration and Bond getting that Stormwall fourteen inches up the table. Deceleration goes up. Thorn, Hawk and Anastasia line up behind the Linear. Press Gangers spread around.
I forget to put Arcane Shield up because of stupidity.
Khador 1 - Sorscha gets Lucky Charm and Arcane Secrets, moves up and tries to Freezing Grip the left unit of Press Gangers.
She misses.
She then cyclones back. Conquest moves up and kills some of the left nit of Press Gangers. WGI Bob and Weave, move up and shoots down a pair of the Smurfs on the right. Ruin gets Red Line and runs up. Boomhowlers shout super tough and run up.
Cygnar 2 - I can draw a line through the WGI, so it's try to kill Malakov time. Plan is to run Thorn forward and Arcane Bolt through. If that fails I'll move the Stormwall and use a Pod to disrupt Ruin and not give him any soul targets.
Thorn runs up toward the WGI. Haley Arcane Bolts and kills Malakov. Reactive drive moves up Thorn, so I throw a Time Bomb at Sorscha. I do a mighty two points to Sorscha, but debuff her and the Conquest and kill Reinholdt. Haley then moves up to my flag and feats.
The Commies go into the Boomhowlers and kill a few. Stormwall moves up, puts down some covering fire and shoots down Greygore. Black 13th wander around, throw down a Mag Storm that misses Ruin and scatters a bit. The Smurfs spread around for a bit with not much left to do.
Khador 2 - The Boomhowlers move in, one of them sadly gets to contest range of my flag (should have engaged the smuck). Conquest kills some Commies. WGI move up. Sorascha moves to the side, toes out of the Killbox and puts Iron Flesh on herself. Joe kills the Stormpod.
Cygnar 3 - I planned to kill Sorscha, using the Mage Blast to clear Thorn, run up a Press Ganger and slam him in, knock Sorscha down and shoot her to death with the Stormwall.
I allocated out a bit, then as I tried to put the plan into action it fell apart. The problem was that Mage Storm would stop the relevant Smurf getting into place.
I ended back on the scenario play performed poorly. Thorn ends up stabbing some WGI down, the Smurfs go in and kill a load more Peasants. Black 13th put down another Mage Storm. Commies, Hawk, Stormwall, Storm Pod and Gorman kill the Boomhowlers. Anastasia runs to the right flag.
Cygnar go to 2 CP.
Khador 3 - Sorscha moves up and reactivates Ruin, then kills the Storm Pod impeding the Conquest, casts Boundless Charge and feats. WGI spray down most of the Smurfs who decide to run away. Conquest charges Stormwall, leaves it one two boxes (One Movement and one Left arm).
Cygnar goes to 3 CP.
Cygnar 4 - Two focus goes to Thorn, for we'll definitely slam properly this time.
I TK and Reactive drive Thorn to the right. I try to TK Ruin and fail because of his anti spell tech. I then boost and hit Sorscha with a TK and spin her around.
Thorn slams Sorscha into Ruin, does a good damage roll. Black 13th move up and shoot her down.
Me on the left.
Dear god, what is this Haley nonsense?! This is what the Swan forums have a problem with?!
I can practically feel the distance to the ceiling for playing Haley well. Don't think Stryker has a chance of being played again. Still keen for Darius and Caine though, so that's something.
