Now that the Journeyman League had come to an end, it was time for a small 35-point 2-caster steamroller tournament. I was not entirely prepared for a 2-caster event, as I had largely been playing pThagrosh and I hadn’t played Warmahordes in an entire month. Bethayne and Belphagor had intrigued me near the end of the league, so I had those models on hand. I decided to go with B&B and prime Thagrosh as my two casters for the event.
pThagrosh +5
Carnivean – 11
Scythean – 9
Ravagore – 10
Max Hex Hunters – 8
Shepherd – 1
Feralgiest – 1
Bethayne +3
Belphagor – 0
Scythean – 9
Ravagore – 10
Raek – 4
Max Hex Hunters – 8
Forsaken – 2
3 x Spell Martyrs – 3
Strider Deathstalker – 2
I stuck with my pThagrosh list from
the Journeyman League as I was comfortable with it and it had worked well for
me. My B&B list, however, was just a hodge podge of models I threw together
with no knowledge of how they would work with her as I had never played her. I
knew she liked Hex Hunters and Spell Martyrs, so they went into it first. From
there it was just random pick and choose. I intended for my Thagrosh list to be
my brick list that can crack armor, while Bethayne will be my anti-infantry
list.
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Game 1: Bethanye vs. pButcher
Game 1 set me against a seasoned
veteran that helped me learn the game quite a bit. He brought his Khador with
him (Which is an army I had not beaten up until this point). I was nervous and
knew very little about most of the units in both his armies, but I knew that
Khador generally favors infantry so I tried out Bethayne. My opponent chose
pButcher. This game went by in an agonizing blur, so many of the details are
hazy.
So I won first turn. I ran my whole
force forward as far as I could. My opponent did the same. I made a charge
order with my Hex Hunters and a few engage his widowmakers and kill a few. I
move my Scythean into the zone. I move a Spell Martyr up and get counter
charged by Man O’ War Drakhun. A little piece of advice, look at cards for
models you don’t know about before a battle. B&B are just outside the zone.
My opponent is now in charge range of my Scythean with his Drakhun and charges
and mauls my heavy. A Marauder charges the Scythean and slams him back into my
objective, killing my Scythean. He moves a Demolisher into the zone. His
Shocktroopers kill a bunch of Hex Hunters but they hold. My turn comes around
and I pop feat and try to kill some stuff off but I have lost my most heavy
hitter in the Scythean so things aren’t looking good. I try to block Bethayne
from his Demolisher with my Feralgiest, only to find that everything can move
through incorporeal models with no penalty. Needless to say, Bethayne didn’t
live very long after this.
I was pretty discouraged after that
thrashing. I didn’t feel like I could go back to Bethayne after that. I just
didn’t know her spells well enough. Lucky for me, I didn’t need to.
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Game 2: pThagrosh vs.
pLylyth
My second game was against another new Warmahordes player.
She only had her battle box along with a few additions. I felt confidence in
this matchup, as I actually knew what it was I was facing, and I knew pLylyth
pretty well. My opponent won the roll-off and took first turn.
Her first turn saw her simply run everything forward. She
had Raptors on one flank, Striders in the center by a wall, and pLylyth on the
other flank with some Shredders and her Carnivean. Lylyth and her battle group
were in a nice little forest. My turn I did the same. I didn’t run the Hex
Hunters all the way forward, as she did not yet have the Strider UA for hunter.
My beasts just followed behind the little wall of infantry. My opponent tried
to stand behind the wall and shoot with the striders, but with stealth was
unable. The raptors took some shots at beasts, but unfortunately she didn’t
roll too well and did minimal damage. Shredders shot out in front of her force.
Now it was my turn and everything was well within range of charges. My Hex
Hunters went into the striders and caught two raptors as well. I did minimal
damage to both. My Carnivean and Scythean charged into the striders and killed
a couple. The Ravagore took a shot at Lylyth and missed. Lylyth tries aid her
striders. Her Carnivean charges in and kills my Scythean. Nothing else major. I
now think my Carnivean is within walking range of Lylyth. I take two free
strikes from striders, not even scratching me. I make it to Lylyth and munch
her. Legion (mine) victory!
Although this match was against a new player with a minimal
collection of models to choose from, I still felt good that I was actually able
to win a game.
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Game 3: pThagrosh vs.
eThagrosh
Game 3 was another Legion on Legion match, this time against
a veteran player. I was feeling good after getting a win under my belt. But I
was worried as he had the Archangel (I had never faced a colossal/gargantuan up
to this point). My opponent won first turn.
First turn he runs everything forward aggressively. The AA
is dead center by eThags, with a Scythean nearby. He has some Shredders nearby,
as well as a Raek off on a flank. I deploy my brick center with Hex Hunters on
the flank opposite the Raek. My brick advances slowly as I was worried what he
may be able to do if I move into charge range. My Hex Hunters run up the flank
to a flag. My opponent manages to charge my Scythean with the Archangel and
annihilates it. It is also close enough to be engaging my Carnivean. The Raek
advances. The Scythean runs into reach melee range with my Carnivean. Now I’m
on my back foot and not sure how to save my poor Carnivean. I decide to buff my
Ravagore and charge it into the Scythean. I leave the Scythean on one box. I
charge my shepherd in and finish off the Scythean. My Hex Hunters run and
engage eThagrosh and a few shepherds and a shredder. My Carnivean beats on the
Archangel some. The Archangel then proceeds to end the Carnivean. eThagrosh
kills a bunch of Hex Hunters. Then his shepherd fails its abomination check for
being by eThagrosh. Whoops! The Raek leaps and engages pThagrosh and pokes him
a bit. pThagrosh then proceeds to cut the Raek to pieces. I pop feat and bring
back the Carnivean and it moves to engage the AA and eThagrosh. My Ravagore
charges the Archangel and kills it. At this point my opponent has only a few
minutes and deathclocks. Legion (mine) victory!
Another really fun game. Although my opponent deathclocked,
I am pretty confident I would have assassinated eThagrosh in my next turn with
either my Carnivean or Ravagore or even my swarm of Hex Hunters.
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Game 4: pThagrosh vs.
Syntherion
My last game was against a caster that I actually had a bit
of experience playing. Unfortunately, my opponent brought a list with two Prime
Axiom colossals. Although they were pretty intimidating, I felt pThagrosh was
the guy to take them down. My opponent gets first turn.
My opponent runs Axiom’s forward, one to a wall and one to
the edge of a small hill. Syntherion moves up and casts Hot Shot (I think
that’s what it’s called) on the Axiom to my right. The shield guard solo moves
up next to him. I have my Hex Hunters deployed center with my Scythean,
Carnivean, and Thagrosh direcly behind them. The Feralgiest is to my far right
and Ravagore with shepherd to my far left. I run the Hex Hunters straight
forward. My Feralgiest runs towards the flag on my right. The Ravagore runs
towards the flag on my left. Thagrosh casts Fog of War, free spiny growth on
himself, and Draconic Blessing on the Scythean, then charges a Hex Hunter and
fails. My Carnivean runs forwards. My Scythean runs forward and a bit right
towards that Prime Axiom. My opponent starts his turn by passing out focus to
his right Prime Axiom. He stands and shoots the right Prime Axiom at a Hex
Hunter, forgot about stealth and missed. It then used its other shot to shoot
the Carnivean for minor damage. The other Prime Axiom activated with some
convectioned focus, tried to shoot a Hex Hunter and auto-missed because of
stealth. It then tried to shoot the
Ravagore and missed a fair number of shots due to Fog of War. He then
remembered to spawn his little mine thingy, which charged a Hex Hunter and
killed it. Syntherion and his shield guard just chill a bit back. I upkeep all
spells. I activate the Hex Hunters and run charge, mostly bringing the unit to
the left Prime Axiom, not doing any damage. My Carnivean charges the right
Prime Axiom and manages to engage. It does a fair bit of damage. My Scythean
then charges and engages the Axiom and the enemy objective contesting the right
flag. The Scythean trashes both the Axiom and the objective. I then run the
Feralgiest to capture that flag. My Ravagore shoots and kills the shield guard
thing. Thagrosh just wanders towards the right flag. I score two points. My
opponent starts by activating Syntherion and gives Hot Shot to the left Prime
Axiom, along with focus. The Prime Axiom activates and tramples over my Hex
Hunters. It shoots at Thagrosh with all of its right side shots, hitting every
one and doing major damage. Thagrosh is down to about 8 health. He then tries
shooting with his left side and misses every shot! Lucky, lucky Thagrosh. He
passes turn and I see that the Prime Axiom did not get close enough to contest
my left flag, so I move my Ravagore to capture it, move Thagrosh to dominate
the enemy flag and end turn, scoring 3 to win the game. Victory Legion!
I got a bit lucky that Thagrosh survived all those shots
from the Axiom. He also had some hot dice for the first 3 shots, so it kind of
balanced out. I also got lucky my opponent really didn’t pay attention to
scenario, and would have struggled regardless with only two models to really
contest. I still felt like I had the game from the start with my heavy melee
beasties.
So with that the tournament ended. Wins and losses were
tallied and I was tied with another player for second. We went to points
destroyed for the tie-breaker and I had a total of 96 points destroyed, netting
me second place! For my first tournament, I was pretty dang excited. I had to
thank pThagrosh for the victories, without him I would not have stood a chance.
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!
Andy
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