Sunday, 7 May 2017

Battle at Lund Steamroller Game 3: Cyphon vs Morvahna2

I played the last game of the steamroller against Morvahna2.

The list was in Devourer's Host theme:

Morvahna 2
- Gorax
- Stalker
Bloodweaver Night Witch
Tharn Ravager Shaman
Death Wolves
Shifting Stones
Max Blood Trackers
2 x Max Wold Riders
Max Tharn Ravagers + Chieftain


I don't think this is a good match up for me, but his other list was Baldur2 IIRC, so I decided I shouldn't drop Ossrum into this pair. I won the roll off, and in my first turn send everyone forward at full speed. The upkeeps that go up are Onslaught on Cyphon and Blur on Overlords.


Morvahna advances cautiously, and I now make the huge strategic mistake of going full throttle ahead instead of spreading out. I also forget to Ambush. The thing is that I'm more used in my recent games to use drudges as living shields instead of spray fuel, while monsrosities have been the ones doing work. This is not the correct approach here, but I haven't realized it yet.


As you can see from the result of Morvahna's turn 2, I am out of drudges, risen and overlords.


I start cleaning things up with monstrosities, and as you can see do a reasonably good job of this.


Morvahna feats and brings back almost everyone, and takes the Subduer. I kill several more models, and also finally (in turn 4) remember to bring out the ambushers. There are a few more turns of grinding, but I'm too low on attrition now to be able to get the game, and eventually Cyphon is killed.

Lessons learned:
1. Cyphon actually can play reasonably well into infantry with this build, but I have to use my Benders sprays, and I have to spread bodies around much more.
2. The main reason it went so badly for me is because I was 100% sure that I am losing in this matchup, so I made it worse by forgetting to bring ambushers and doing some other stupid decisions.

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