It was my Rask list versus Rahn with a Helios, Phoenix and loads of the mittens units. The Helois on the bottle of one moved into range of the pair of forward Boneswarms, got gutted, after which Rask didn't get an assassinatio lined up on him so we chilled through without undue stress sweat (Possibly real sweat, enough nerds in a space can usually overpower any aircon).
Oblivion Game 8 - Rask1 (Will Work for Food) vs Harbinger1 (The Faithful Masses)
I'm lazy, so this happened a little while ago. Fuzziness ahoy!
Rask is my standard multiple Bone Swarms with a Wrastler, Dahlia/Danger Noodle, Ninja Pig, probably more support than is healthy, Pots, Efaarits
Harby had a Judicator, a pair of Archons, stacks of those 3 man Shield Guard units. Idrians, thankfully only one bane of my existence (Kicky Monk).
I end up going first, it's flanking Circle zones, a central rectangle zone and an objective either end.
Mix of forests in the centre, an obstruction on the right, Menoth side gets some walls while I have a trench.
My thinking going in is f*ck Harby (yes, I know the offensive word is finger), which basically means draw the scenario out long enough to line up an assassination on her. Hoping to suicide various solos on the right and push through to counter score on the left. Quite concerned that she would end up hiding behind the Judicator and being an annoyance.
ROUND 1: Runneroo
Idrians Prey Brine, which is a nuisance as he's the best threatener of the floaty prophet. Also Archons are around and that makes me sad.
I run stuff up with a heavy leaning toward the left, various solos spread out in the backfield of the right for future suicide contesting runs.
The Menites mostly match my pinwheeling, swing around to be in a position to dominate the right side of the board. Idrians stay up front, Judicator and Harbinger in the middle. Archon/Horsey solos moving up around the obstruction shows my sheer optimist that the terrain feature was going to help.
The Kicky Monk moves up behind a wall in the left zone.
Harby also purified most of my upkeeps and stuff, which is fine. Want her in a pattern of Purifying every turn rather than having more healing. Dahlia was far enough out on the left flank that Melody got to stay up.
MINION 2: Cake's Official Music Video for Short Skirt Long Jacket is a 4 out of 10
Standard Raskism, by which we mean it's feat turn as it lacks value one the lists close in with each other at all. For me, there's probably some more legit player somewhere that feated for the auto win on turn 7.
Continuing the primary plan at this point. I'm not going to bother contesting the right zone, the Menites will easily clear the models I have in range and score their anyway.
Dahlia stays chilling on the far left, Skarath gets re-rolls off a Pot and goes into the kicky Monk. The tech here being that a crit will auto consume the little git, Martydom be damned. Alas, even with a re-roll I don't get the crit (The odds of doing so are reduced by needing a reasonable roll to land the attack versus Shifting Sands/the Wall). However, we luck out, the monk is mispositioned and is out of Martydom range, fails the tough roll and just dies. Sweet.
A Bone Swarm toes the left zone out of an optimistic hope of clearing it up.
The Pigs run next to a forest, with the Wrastler, Bone Swarms and a Mist put up. Rask feats as well, there are attacks that can get to big pig and really I'm just hoping it's to much effort.
Efaarits on the far right try some pot shots at a mounted solo, miss, then repo back.
MENOTH 2: All that matters is whether Rob Thomas thinks we are smooth or not
Mostly the Menites super bunch up. Harbby moves up and feats.
The Beasts blob in front of Brine succeeds in looking like to much work, the Idrans shuffle around to CRA the objective, they do poorly. The Judicator moves squarely up in the middle of the table.
Menites score the right zone for a point.
MINION 3: I just prefer Major Tom in German
Well, for some reason she's moved forward of the Judicator/wall, lets get Harby!
Skarath shuffles across, does a poison spray that the Hermit cancels. Fair cop, the intent was to kill him after that. I end up sending a Boneswarm into him anyway, I foolishly didn't give it re-rolls and it misses an attack. Doh. Oh well.
Rask pops Fury on Brine, moves forward, shoots down the Hermit and pops down some Mist to get Brine to Harby. Brine gets Ghostly to allow him to be smoke moved into the forest and immune to free strikes, Re-rolls come from a Pot and Boundless Charge from the Gator Soul Slave.
Charges in, manages to brutalise Harby with a boosted attack to spare.
Um.....yeah, killed Harby woo? If she hangs further back and doesn't worry about feating this is much more difficult, if she wasn't an option the plan is likely to try to get a space for the Wrastler to kill the Judicator and send a Bone Swarm missile into each Archon. Would probably hide Brine behind the forest to force Harby positioning, at least until something can be done about the damn Idrian Prey chump.
Currently content with the Rask list.
