Ossrum
- 6 Gunners
- 2 Blasters
Thor
- Avalancher
Kell
max dwarfs
2 artilleries
ADR: Eiryss1, Alten, Eliminators, Orin, Reinholdt, Aiyana and Holt
74 points / 35 in ADR
Cyphon
- 3 Wreckers
- Warden
2 Max benders
max Slavers
Alexia with Dominator
2 Agitators
ADR: Max benders, Warden
74 points / 21 in ADR
My second game was against Moritz Riegler with Protectorate of Menoth. I played Cyphon and he had Amon.
I changed nothing in the list.
Hist list was:
The creator's might
Amon
- 2 Dervishes
- Crusader
- 3 Devouts
- 2 Templars
- Vigilant
Covenant
2 Vassals
Mechanic
Wrack
3 min choirs
The scenario was Entrenched, and I got the first turn. I was planning to go for dominating my own zone and pushing hard with heavies there, destroying anything that gets too close. His zone would be contested by ambushers and a unit of slavers. Alexia and another unit of slavers were to jam the middle, making it impossible to get to my zone fast enough.
I deployed accordingly, and I had some difficulties deploying in the middle. I was not 100% sure how to deploy the three units so that they can get where I need. I was also not 100% sure where I actually need my unit of benders in the center.
On my first turn, I allocate three for running and keep 4 for casting. I then cast Onslaught and intend to cast Perseverance on the Warden by force of habit, when I realize my opponent has no shooting. I semi-unjam my infantry, although the central benders are pretty jammed and aren't likely to get anywhere useful.
Moritz basically just runs his army forward on both flanks. I see that his jacks are up in my face on the right, and I have no infantry there to screen with, because the central benders are out of position. So, I decide instead to feat and get some of his jacks.
Only two of my wreckers are able to get targets, and it's not like I have focus to load more of them up (perseverance last turn was a mistake, I should have given focus to more wreckers from the start). I also barely get my Agitator into instigate position, and after enliven on the Templar I have to use beat back to step towards him, which takes me out of instigate bubble, reducing damage output drastically. The other wrecker kills a light with just the two initials. On the left flank, I jam hard, but also suffer some losses from defensive strike.
In response, Moritz take my two wreckers and also kills Alexia, whom I placed too far up the field - hence cutting out a big source of recursion that I had. The attrition is really bad for me at this point.
I take the light he had in the zone, using a combination of Gallows to drag him into LOS of he remaining wrecker and then being able to charge out of the rubble where I had placed him last turn. I also walked Cyphon into the zone, and tried to screen the access to the zone as much as possible with the limited forces I now had. I also try to do some damage to the objective and the Templar on the left flank with my slavers.
On his turn, Moritz clears my screen with lights and some help from Choir boys to finish the toughed guys, then takes my last wrecker with his Templar. On the left flank, he cleans up my forces and goes in with Amon to score.
I look for any assassination chance but it isn't there. There is nothing that I can do at this point to win the game, so I decide to at least try and score a point by killing he crusader and the one choir boy.
The Warden does some minimal damage, and Cyphon himself misses with all attacks. He scores one more, and has the choice of either killing Cyphon next turn or killing the warden, the objective and the last Overlord to get 5 points. Victory to Protectorate.
The matchup seemed very tough to me after the game, but now analyzing the pictures and doing the write up I realize it's very playable. The plan could have worked if I had simply placed the benders in a line before my heavies during deployment and ran them forward to act as a screen in turn 2 instead of feating. Of course, the way I placed Alexia was also very foolish. She should stay at her maximum 9" soul collecting distance from the screening models, with all the risen in a big clump before her (Amon has no AOE-s). I am pretty sure that the matchup is totally playable for Cyphon.
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