[Theme] The Devourer's Host
(Krueger 1) Krueger the Stormwrath [+28]
- Ghetorix [21]
- Gorax Rager [7]
Bloodweaver Night Witch [4]
Bloodweaver Night Witch [4]
Tharn Ravager Shaman [0(5)]
Tharn Ravager Shaman [0(5)]
Tharn Ravager White Mane [0(5)]
Death Wolves [9]
Tharn Bloodweavers [8]
Tharn Bloodweavers [8]
Tharn Ravagers (max) [16]
- Tharn Ravager Chieftain [5]
Tharn Ravagers (max) [16]
- Tharn Ravager Chieftain [5]
Bunker (Steamroller) [0]
(Kaya 2) Kaya the Moonhunter [+24]
- Feral Warpwolf [18]
- Ghetorix [21]
- Loki [19]
- Pureblood Warpwolf [17]
- Wild Argus [7]
- Druid Wilder [4]
Sentry Stone & Mannikins [5]
Sentry Stone & Mannikins [5]
Shifting Stones [3]
Fuel Cache (Steamroller) [0]
The scenario is Recon, with a forest in the middle of the table. He has Morghoul3 and Zaadesh. I'm a little worried about the amount of beefy warbeasts that Zaadesh has, but Morghoul having so much infantry feels pretty hard for my Kaya list to get through. Also, Krueger completely negates his clouds from Zaadesh which is a big part of that strategy. I go ahead with Krueger and he goes with Morghoul3 as I had expected. Here's what I recall his list looking like:
(Morghoul 3) Dominar Morghoul & Escorts [+25]
- Titan Cannoneer [17]
- Titan Cannoneer [17]
- Aptimus Marketh [5]
Extoller Soulward [3]
Paingiver Bloodrunner Master Tormentor [4]
Paingiver Bloodrunner Master Tormentor [4]
Venator Dakar [4]
Nihilators (max) [15]
Paingiver Beast Handlers (min) [5]
Paingiver Bloodrunners [9]
Paingiver Bloodrunners [9]
Venator Slingers (min) [8]
Pre-Game:
He wins the die roll and opts to go first. I take the side of the table that gives me the better position behind the forest.
Round 1:
He moves up pretty aggressively with his infantry and gets his battlegroup into position. Nothing too exciting, but he is up the table a LONG ways because of Apparition and AD. When I go, I decide that the best use of my feat is going to be using the terrain and my hazards to keep most of his guys off of my guys. I get a couple models and put the hazards in the way for him as mentioned. Additionally I put out my normal spells and position Krueger to be in a safe place.
Round 2:
He's able to see a spot where I left too many Bloodweavers too close to a Ravager, so he is able to kill most of the Bloodweavers on my right (which is not the unit I had Lightning Tendrils on). He does have trouble getting too many of his Bloodrunners on to too much. He does trigger Vengeance on both units though so that's good for me.
On my turn I'm able to get a lot of work done with Vengeance moves and attacks. Veteran Leader from the Whitemane was definitely helpful in this matchup. After I resolve that, I'm able to use my Night Witch to clear the Bloodrunners away from my right, which frees me up to use those Ravagers to kill the objective and clear most of the zone. I use the Bloodweavers on the left to kill a number of Nihilators and Bloodrunners. Ravagers on that side helped as well. I move Krueger into the zone, put up defensive spells. I go to 3 control points as a result.
Round 3:
He needs to attrition through some more of my models and hold me off. He's able to get the Blind spell onto my Ravagers on the right using Marketh. Kills some models, as well as putting his two escorts, a couple solos and one of the Cannoneers into the zone.
So I need to kill basically 4-5 warrior models and the Cannoneer. If killing them fails I do have the option probably of attempting a Tornado on the Cannoneer as well. Ghetorix can charge and get to the Cannoneer, so I'm not to worried about that. I use Tala and Skoll to kill off most of the models in the way, as well as a Ravager charge I believe. Then I primal up Ghetorix and that Cannoneer is toast.
Conclusion:
I think that he probably still needed to try to play Zaadesh here and he needed to get more stuff into the zone. That said, I'm not entirely sure that it would play out much differently since Ravagers and Bloodweavers are pretty good at killing off infantry, not to mention Krueger's feat and so forth. We'll see if this sort of scenario play is still an option for me as SR2017 continues forward.
This is ends up being the last round as they decide to stick to having three rounds even though Brian won his matchup against Brian. I would be playing likely something into Xerxis2 if we play it out, but this is maybe the first time I've been in Wisconsin and haven't played Brian. They stick to 3 rounds, we go to tie breaks and I get first on SOS. My buddy Francesc gets 3rd place as well. Good tournament! I'd love to thank the guys for running it, clean store, great experience.
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