When it comes to this point level I've basically got a whole "don't even go there" syndrome, so just dropped a Wrecker and Mind Bender unit from my current Forced Evolutionists. If there ever is a third Cephalyx caster, I'll be somewhat disappointed if they don't have Forced Evo now, IT'S JUST SO FLUFFY.
Cyphon - 2x Wrecker, Subduer, 2x Mind Bender Units, Alexia1 with Undead and abusive boyfriend, 2x Agitator
Into "your Gallows dreams are made of suck":
Sorscha2 - 2x Devestator, Black Dragon IFP, Eliminators, Manhunter, Greylord Ternion, Greylord Koldun, Widowmakers, Widowmaker Marksman, War Dog
That's....pretty much everything I never want to see? Effective anti infantry shooting, Jacks that refuse to be moved, Magic attacks, threat extendenders. Ewww.
Take and Hold because I'm lazy. Literally only terrain that matters in the end is a cloud on my side, plus I lost the roll, got given second and my models where already inclined this way. Let's put some faith in the mist.
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Round 1: Khadoran stealthy stabbers move up on the left, IFP get Shatterstorm and go up the trench. Greychaps and Widows on the right. Sorscha and jacks go behind the infantry front line.
Demolishers and Iron Zeal aye? Subduer runs to the right flank, because apparently tieing up Widowmakers is the best use for it at the moment.
Overlords stab the Wreckers to give them some focus. Only one of them spikes for five damage, so woo?
Cyphon turns a Drudge into delicious man meat jelly to get a long range Breathstealer out on the IFP, then puts Perseverance on the right Wrecker. Wreckers then go either side of the Cognifexer.
Risen form a wall in front of the Wreckers, if the Reds want they can Boundless charge their skirmishing models in, which is essentially the plan. Risen are happily sacrificable if I get some Eliminators in a position to Concussion Pulse or Empathic Overload.
Drudges optimistically go on the hill. Should have Blurred them. Oh well.
The cloud I'd put faith in goes away at the end of my turn. Maybe Sartre did have a point.
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Khador 2: Sorscha, sure enough, Boundless Charges the Eliminators who go on to stab down four Risen. The Manhunter skulks forward a little bit on the left.
IFP decide to run forward so that they can get somewhere. Not like Shieldwall is going to save them.
The Greylords and Widowmakers kill half a dozen Drudges on the right they even lack the common decency of breaking the Subduer's armour for focus and Hyper aggressiveness. Just mean.
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Merc 2: Lets kill stuff!
I genuinely have no idea what to do with the Subduer and no good answer to the Widowmakers, so he runs and engages half the Snipers to at least make something happen.
One Wreckers futzes out of the way, does a lazy attack that kills one of the Eliminators, which makes me lose my impetus to Empathic Overload him.
Cyphon Breath Stealers the Black Dragons again, aims to try to spray down the other Eliminator and misses. Like you do. Feats on the right Wrecker.
Drudges from both units move forward, sprays for days!
All the Black Dragons die. All the Ternions miss, the Greylord Koldun gets hit but only take a damage point. Complete success followed by utter failure, sounds about right. I begrudge you Def 13.
Alexia moves around, the Dominator Seduces the Eliminator into a death spot, Alexia shoots and kills her.
One Agitator walks into the middle of no where and Instigates, the feated Wrecker then charges one Devastator, takes out the Cortex and Right arm, does another swing into the other Devastator to take out a column.
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Khador 3: So....fail time. I didn't re-read Sorschas spell card like an idiot and forgot about her self movement spell.
In a different fail, the Devastator bulldozes the Persevered Wrecker to clear the charge lane. Good use of your own spells there brain.
Ternion advance, hit Cyphon three times with Ice Cage to stationary him.
Dog runs up to grant parry.
Sorscha does her advance spell, Boundless charges, goes into Cyphon, feats, one shots through the focus camp.
Well.....bugger.....
My non-opposing caster card reading fail aside, happy I'm at least remembering to Breathstealer, good enabler for the mass sprays. 20 Mind Benders feels immensely worse than 30, than extra unit makes an a slight exponential difference.
My existential warmachine crisis: I love my Gorten list, but have a complete inability to find a second list that covers his particular bad matchups. Flubadubdub.
