Got a match into the Ruslato, running Trolls. Out came the armour cracker.
MacBain1 - Galleon, Dahlia + Skarath, Alexia2, Anastasia, Gorman, Ragman, Aiyanna + Holt, Kayazy Assassins + UA, Piper
Objective: Effigy of Valor
The dreams of double Mountain King lists have fallen and made way for multi-heavies.
Doomshaper2 - Rok, Mauler, 2x Bomber, Axer, Bouncer, Whelps, Feralgeist, Lannysa Ryssl
Rolled up Outlast, ye old two Circle zones.
Won the roll as Anastasia continues to make a case for her inclusion over Lanyssa.
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Merc Deploy: I picked first, again for the upkeeps getting out. There's an awkward forest in the centre of the table, thankfully this is also the pathfinder list.
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Troll Deploy: Alright, proxies, left to right.
Waritch Siren = Lannysa
Pair of Cryx Jacks = Bombers
Snapjaw = Rok (Or, as War room has correctly identified, R÷K)
Skarlock Leader Dudette = Feralgeist
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Merc 1: Failsafe on Galleon, Countermeasures on Kayazy, Fortune on the Snake.
Everything keeps back of feated shooting range of the bombers, though note I'd not taken Rush into account and thus could have lost all my Kayazy to Bomber shots if Rusanelides had been willing to burn his feat.
Anyway, Alexia goes waaaay to the right, same side as the Feralgeist for easy pickings.
Troll 1: Early on the picture taking buggers up.
Rok/Snapjaw gets Wild Aggression and runs into the trench that occupies thetop of the right zone.
Lannysa goes into the left zone, stealths it up in the forest via Prowl.
Everything else, including the Feralgeist, runs onto the hill (Alexia sadface). One of the Bombers/Helljacks does a Sniped shot at Galleon, with the intention to blow up Anastasia that it succeeds at.
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Merc 2: Simple plan, feat, jam, lols it.
Alexia runs full pelt into the middle of the board, the Welps are happily placed base to base with the front trolls, being the only models I can easily ping for souls.
The Galleon advances, rolls up a few shots, blows up two whelps that feed Alexia and kills Lannysa.
MacBain feats, I roll a one.
Well, bugger. I feat on Aiyanna, Alexia, Dahlia and three Kayazy, but it doesn't feel good. The penalty of a random feat. I throw Fortune on Aiyanna/Holt.
MacBain hides behind the Galleon, Gorman/Ragman hang near him and pop a cloud.
Kayazy get March from Piper and run up and around, I eyeball the front ones to be within 3 inches of Alexia. I could have measured, but didn't want to give the Arcane Vortex potential away.
The Snake runs into the central forest, Dahlia keeps her upkeep going and contests the right zone.
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Troll 2: Because I didn't feat on Gorman or Ragman, there's an assassination vector of the Mauler charging Gorman, overtaking to MacBain and killing him. The trigger doesn't get pulled, the only thing that could save me is a miss on a Boosted 9 triggering MacBain's Dodge.
Doomy feats, sure enough tries to Hex Blast the nearest Kayazy which I stop with Arcane Vortex. yay poker face! (Face it, Gaga has been on a decline for the last few Albums).
Rok tramples over three Assassins, killing two and causing the feated one in the right zone trench to be knock downed. he then buys an attack to kill the Underboss, overtakes to Aiyanna and knocks her down, being just out of Overtake/Melee range of Holt/Skarath.
The Mauler goes into the central forest, kills three more Kayazy.
the Bouncer goes into Alexia, doesn't do immensely well and leaves her on five boxes.
The Bombers/Helljacks go, one darts left and fails to get a scatter on the feated Kayazy in the middle of the left zone. The other goes in and knocks down Alexia.
At some point the Axer popped his Animus and wondered into the right zone in the trench, a whelp runs over and stands next to him.
Feralgeist runs to the top edge of the left zone.
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Merc 3: Doomy is on the hill with 2 transfers. I can put attacks in, though I don't expect him to die, worth it for some battle group damage though.
Plan is fuel up Alexia, kill the forward Beasts, send Thralls where ever they need to go.
I drop Countermeasures, it's finished being useful.
Aiyanna stands up, Holts toes the right zone. She Harms Rok, he lands a shot on the Whelp in the trench and fuels up Alexia.
Ragman moves into the forest, pops Deathfield.
The Snake arcs up, with an initial and three buys kills Rok, then hits the Mauler for Paraylsis and a good chunk of damage.
The Galleon wonders up, rolls up sod all little shots. I do a few dings on the Bouncer then drag him in and do a free punch for a good amount (Yay damage +6!).
MacBain then has three focus for Jackhammers, the first finishes off the Bouncer, the next two do the requisite 25 damage boxes to finish off the Mauler.
I don't like the odds of Dahlia surviving, so she runs into the trench and engages the Axer (Well, is engaged. Flutes make poor weapons of war).
Random attacks into Doomy happen, one Kayazy charges, another runs in for the Gang bonus, the last stands up and limps into the open. They do 10 damage which is flicked to the left Bouncer and takes out his Mind.
Alexia stands up, pops out three Thralls. Two charge Doomy, one does a mighty five damage that gets transferred, the second lands a hit for 9 that he takes. He's camping a transfer, so I throw the last Thrall on a charge into the left Bomber/Helljack to annoy him, he lands a hit for moderate damage.
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Troll 3: It's looking bad for the trolls, I've come out quite well on the trades. Had Skarath been reached by Rok and killed that wouldn't be the case.
Doomy himself punches out a Thrall and Hex blasts a random Kayazy down.
The Axer goes into Alexia, kills her and Overtakes to back up.
Feralgeist goes into the left zone, smites down the Thrall engaging the Bomber.
The left Bomber/Helljack charges the Kayazy on Doomy, kills them and the last Thrall.
The remaining Bomber goes into the right zone, tries to kill Dahlia with blasts and fails.
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Merc 4: Skarath to my surprise passes his Threshold check. Plan is to grind out and start scorring.
Aiyanna/Holt toe the right zone, Harm the right Bomber.
Ragman casts Deathfield.
Galleon moves up, shoots down the Feralgeist, drags in the right Bomber and pulverises it.
Skarath wonders up in the forest and sprays the Axer.
Dahlia runs way to the right.
MacBain hides behind the Galleon.
Mercs go to 3 CP.
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Troll 4: Consoling time.
Axer goes in and kills Aiyanna/Holt, Bomber goes in and fails miserably to kill Skarath.
Merc 5: Bomber dies to Galleon, I go to 5.
