Epic Recon
Final round, into one of the locals. NorthIll we will name them.
It's Ret. Filthy elveseseseseses. Gollum no likely.
It's Ossyan and Kaelyssa. I opt to drop Arkadius, feels like Rask just gets shot up by Ossyan. Plus I'd rather drop the list I'm better with into the faction who has Jacks I've never successfully identified on the first go.
Recon is also one of the scenario's that's quite strong for the Piggy list, given it has beasts for days and has solos explicitly for one off scoring/contesting. More people should get on this Chef bandwagon. Not actual Chefing as it were, that job looks horrible.
I lose the roll, pick the side with a friendly obstruction/trench/hill deal. Questionable how much those things will matter, however it is definitely a stronger side. I mostly took it because the Ret side of the left zone has a wall that basically stops them toeing to score easily on their end.
Also a central forest.
That AoE4" is the edge of the small obstruction on my side, cause sod that piece of terrain otherwise.
Kaelyssa has double Sentinels with UA's, a pair of Lights with Crit Knock down guns, a pair of Heavies with....things? Definitely guns and pointy bits. A Sentinel Solo, triple Arcanist, Silly Willy.
Walked in with an unhealthy fear of Kaelyssa assassination on Arkadius.
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Ret 1: Everything Elfy and hateful runs forward. A few sentinels toe each zone. The lights lean left, the heavies go central. Blur is on the right unit.
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Minion 1: Hmm. Legolas and all his little satan peons are to far away for an easy to plan feat turn. I opt to wait things out, first scoring chance is on my next turn anyway.
Everything moves forward tepidly, Razor Boars mirror the Sentinels in dividing up equally and sitting at the edge of their zone. Fair number of dudes gives the Battle Boar hope so he gets Forced Evo.
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Ret 2: Not Much moves here aye? Begin yelling and turning the black hair to blond to save on ink.
A few of the Sentinels move forward in either zone to bait out the Vengeance triggers.
Kaelyssa feats to make life difficult.
The Jacks all shoot at the forward Road Hog after being given the whatsit to see through the forest, they roll poorly and don't kill it, a handful of boxes remaining.
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Minion 2: Hmm. Road Hog is on the verge of death and I'm not keen to move Arkadius up given the forest isn't in the best place, Ret Jacks could just move around. If either War Hog was in feat charge and walk into the Ret Heavies I'd probably have gone for it.
As it is, weird Cold War standoff stuff it is.
One Razor Boar runs up to contest the Ret flag to prevent the offensive score, the damaged Road Hog has pathfinder from the objective and gets healed by Surgery and Targ. The Pig Big then moves up, hoping to set Kaelyssa aflaim and kill Sylyss. Misses both, so that wasn't great.
A couple Razor Boars on the right pop their Animus, Arkadius camps four and chills out in a Gobber cloud.
I score my flag,now 1-0.
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Ret 3: Left zone wise, the light Jacks shoot down a Razor Boar, another dies to a charging Sentinel. The last Rabo gets slammed out of hte zone by whatever Ret gun does that, it loses two aspects and is on a handful of boxes. The Sentinels here flood the zone and pop their mini feat.
Around the Ret Objective, the heavies try to kill the 10ish box Road Hog and absolutely sod it up. It takes a pair of Sentinels coming in from the left side to finish it off.
Right wise the flag contesting Razor Boar gets mulched by the Sentinels, who also pop their mini-feat and flood forward, they engage a couple beasts on my edge of the zone.
Ret score their flag and the left zone, now 1-2.
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Minion 3: This is my feat turn, so....cmpplicated shit goes down.
Left wise, that Sentinel unit gets Crippling Grasped. The previously damaged Razor Boar gets Primal from this flanks Gorax, frenzy activation shakes it and lets it get up in and eat a Sentinel.It then clears off a blocking Sentinel to let the Battle Boar and War Hog through, the Battle Boar eats one Sentinel on the Frenzy then another four with the lawnmower actions.
War Hog goes up, doesn't have Primal so only kills one Light jack and takes out an arm on the other.
Centrally, the surviving Road Hog kills two of the left unit Sentinels that killed its brother, sets the central Ret heavy and objective on fire. Frenzy clears its Fury, a Swarmp Gobber puts a cloud in front of it.
Right wise Gorax and Razor Boars flail at clearing off the Blocking Sentinels, eventually the Pathfindered War Hog gives and takes a Freestrike to go through the forest, kill one of the Ret heavies and the Sentinel Solo on the Ret flag. Frenzy clears the War Hog Fury and lets a few more Sentinels die to the lesser/light beasts.
Content with that turn, killed a fair bit. Ideally more of the right Sentinels or the other Heavy would have popped, such is life.
I score my flag, 2-2.
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Ret 4: All the Ret forces converge on the War Hogs, the heavy going left, healthyish Sentinel unit on the right.
Left Hog pops without to much issues, the right side Sentinels flub once more and leave it alive on a few boxes.
The remaining light jack gets healed by an Arcanist, tries to shoot down the Gobber Chef and completely flubbs it.
Said Flubbing of attacks mean I score my flag, 3-2.
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Minion 4: War Hog, Battle Boar and left Razor Boar all frenzy from Primals and do light dinging work.
Things are looking okay at this point, just have to keep my friendly flag score and play it out, the right zone should fold to me shortly.
The Road Hog gets buffed up, goes into the surviving Ret Heavy and kills it. Has to Max Fury to do it, so sadly doesn't get to Sprint away.
Otherwise attacks just get spent killing most of the remaining Sentinels and Sylyss.
I score my flag again, 4-2.
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Round 5: Kaelyssa charges up to kill the Road Hog. I was somewhat shocked to discover she has melee attacks. She does some damage, though it was ultimately underwhelming, forcing the light jack to finish it off.
Right wise the handful of Sentinels finally finish off the War hog.
Alas there aren't enough Ret Pieces left to meaningfully contest, i score my flag in their turn to get up 5-2.
My turn the Gorax kills the last three Sentinels in the right zone, Targ runs to the Ret flag and I win on scenario 8-2, this time intentionally.
Weirdness. Sentinels were surprisingly garbage, 5's to hit is hard.
Still liking my Arkadius list, no desire to change it.
