Epic Pit!
Dollies!
Now is our time. Our time to face some elves controled by a pluckster newish to the game, so we tried to talk through the game and make suggestions.
No real pairing process around, picked Arkadius because I was to lazy to bring the Dracodile and proxying is kinda lame when I have other options. Need to find a way to make that thing conveniently transportable.
Standard Arkadius list at this point, though I completely spaced on the Gobber Chef. HOW DO I STILL DO AFTER ALL THIS TIME?!
Minion Army - 75 / 75 points
[Theme] Will Work for Food
(Arkadius 1) Dr. Arkadius [+32]
- Battle Boar [7]
- Gorax Rager [7]
- Gorax Rager [7]
- Razor Boar (2) [7]
- Razor Boar (2) [7]
- Razor Boar (2) [7]
- Road Hog [16]
- Road Hog [16]
- War Hog [15]
- War Hog [15]
- Targ [0(4)]
Gatorman Witch Doctor [0(4)]
Hutchuck, Ogrun Bounty Hunter [0(6)]
Orin Midwinter, Rogue Inquisitor [0(5)]
Swamp Gobber Chef [1]
Swamp Gobbers Bellows Crew [2]
Being utterly confuzzled by:
Retribution Army - 75 / 75 points
(Helynna 1) Magister Helynna [+30]
- Griffon [8]
- Hydra [15]
- Imperatus [22]
Arcanist Mechanik [2]
Fane Knight Skeryth Issyen [8]
Mage Hunter Assassin [4]
Mage Hunter Assassin [4]
Dawnguard Invictors (max) [16]
- Dawnguard Invictor Officer & Standard [4]
Dawnguard Sentinels (max) [18]
- Dawnguard Sentinel Officer & Standard [4]
Didn't realise it was themeless. Oh well, will mention it next time, pretty sure Imperatus isn't super worth it?
Epic Pit, so central circle zone, a rectangle either side with an objective in each one.
I win the die roll, pick first, get given a pretty good side.
It's a large blob of clouds on the left, a forest relatively out of the way on the right and more importantly a defensive wall. Outside of the zones, but still lovely for Arkadius cowering.
Otherwise there's some water and a forest in the centre zone, Ret have a trench on the left that's somewhat mweh and a hill on the right.
It also became super apparent that I don't know squat about Retribution, every time I asked a stat I got it wrong without fail. Damnable elves.
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Minion 1: Forward my piggies employed in a system of forced Servitude! Onward!
Aggravator goes up as there are opposing guns. Forced Evolution is recieved by a War Hog, with the expectation I'll have to overkill Imperatus at some point.
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Retribution 1: Damn adulthood absorbing my time, I have valuable war dollies to wax poorly about! (Ok, this has been because I've been playing Stellaris and Rogue Trader instead but.....but.....your parental figures have good odds of being nice people).
Retribution runs up aggresively, hellynna feats on everything bar the Dragoon dude who goes up the left.
Shooty dudes left, stabby dudes right, jacks up the guts. The Griffon goes in front of Imperatus, so that's not very nice.
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Minion 2: I can get some regular charge off, so the plan is to do that and give up some models to wait out the feat turn. Key things I want to pop are the Assassins and one of the jacks, the only one I'll reeasonably be able to deal with is the Griffon which is a shame, however it has the bonus of likely stopping easy rectangle zone scoring as the Ret heavies will have to be involved in the bashing.
Left wise, I primal one of the two left Razor Boars. Primal smuck then goes in and dismounts the Dragoon, who then gets eaten by the unbuffed boar. That's called rolling up the Curve, at most I expected to dismount him.
Unfortunately I can't get to the assassin on this side due to Objective, I can live with that though.
The...leftier....of the Road/War Hog duos chills around the clouds, waiting to acewnge their soon to be dead bro. Arkadius wonders up, puts Crippling Grasp on the Hydra, Primal on teh Forced Evo'd War Hog, then repositions back camping zero. The Swamp Gobbers move up and cloud in front of him, Orin chills with the good Doc.
Centre pair of Razor Boars charge up into the Hydra to be annoying. They do sod all damage, per expectations.
Buffed up War Hog gets Ghostly from the Witch Doc, he then charges the Griffon. Kills it on Initials. Wasn't placed to Overtake to either Retribution Heavy, because I set my expectations so low. Good throw away of a heavy that move was.
Right wise, Targ has to run up to get the Herding up and to the right. This lets a Primalled Razor Boar get in and kill the Mage Hunter Assassin on this side.
The Road Hog on this side shuffles around, flame throwers the Sentinels, thankfully doesn't break armour to trigger Vengeance. Sets a few of them on fire.
Remaining Razor Boar on this side moves to be in front of the Road Hog, for the greater piggy good.
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Retribution 2: Left wise the Invictors shoot down a Razor Boar, heavily wing the Primalled Lesser beast however he survives long enough to Hyper Aggresive into melee and survive.
The Mage Hunter Assassin charges the left Road Hog, hits but rolls appalingly on damage.
Hydra tries to punch the Razor Boars, the results are disappointing.
Centrally hellynna moves up, Imperatus has no trouble punching the forward War hog to death.
Right wise, the Sentinels charge in and easily crush the pair of Razor Boars and Targ into the dirt, redirected charges jsut incidentally kill my objective.
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Minion 3: Hellyna's in range, let's murder! Razor Boars frenzy on things, they ding the Hydra an embarrisng amount.
Orin lightnings the Road Hog to get rid of the Mage Hunter Assassin, Arkadius Crippling Grasps Imperatus then feats the Road Hogs and Wars up, I luck out and knock down Imperatus off a Road Hog Frenzy Crit.
One Road Hog shuffles, mauls Imepratus pretty good, leaves him on a couple boxes after Phoenix Protocol. not what those things normally do.
War Hog gets Forced Evo, Primal and Ghostly, charges Hellynna, Crit knockdowns with the Gore then easily eats her.
Early War hog placement was poor, particualrly with teh random assumption that he wouldn't overkill a light. Beork. Also didn't palce the Battle Boar very well throughout, should have been aiming to Crippling Grasp the Sentinels and fully buff the Boar to wipe them out in the mid game, though that didn't end up becoming relevant.
Extremely content with the list, don't think I've really regretted having an individual model in it.
