WTC 2024 Round 2 vs USA Irving

Cygnar Storm Legion Army

Major Anson Wolfe

SPELL - Arcane Shield

SPELL - Chain Lightning

7 Courser 1

1 HEAD - Shield Guard

4 RIGHT ARM - Heavy Stormthrower

2 LEFT ARM - Voltaic Punching Spike

7 Courser 2

1 HEAD - Shield Guard

4 RIGHT ARM - Heavy Stormthrower

2 LEFT ARM - Voltaic Punching Spike

13 Stryker 1

1 HEAD - Relentless Charge

8 RIGHT ARM - Electro Bombard

4 LEFT ARM - Power Fist

14 Stryker 2

1 HEAD - Relentless Charge

6 RIGHT ARM - Voltaic Halberd

7 LEFT ARM - Heavy Mag-Bolter

3 Legionnaire Officer 1

3 Legionnaire Officer 2

4 Storm Vanes 1

4 Storm Vanes 2

6 Stormblade Legionnaires

2 Legionnaire Standard Bearer 1

7 Stormguard Legionnaires 1

7 Stormguard Legionnaires 2

8 Stormthrower Legionnaires 1

2 Legionnaire Standard Bearer 2

8 Stormthrower Legionnaires 2

2 Legionnaire Standard Bearer 3

Blessing of the Gods

Careful Reconnaissance

High Alert

Hit & Run

2 Spotters

Summary

We draw USA Irving in the second round, and the top table, we will be streamed 😅 feeling the pressure now!

https://www.youtube.com/live/araWYvjhVPk?si=84COkNVAjHfOnfLB

For this game I would prefer Khymaera, Dusk or Cygnar Storm Legion. I get Steve playing Storm Legion.

Unfortunately, I did now know a recent ruling about how the Caine and Wolfe feats interact. I thought Wolfe would get one shot after my feat, but it is one shot for each model killed. So after sending in the Rangers and setting up the feat turn I had to not feat, and teleport back behind a forest, for my caster to survive. I was considering conceding at this point, but decided to fight on. Caine has a mad assasination, so it's never over until the dice are down. After basically wasting a whole turn on nothing I had lost a lot of time and tempo.

I murdered most of his infantry the next turn with Caine, but was lose on clock and scenario.

I tried a last ditch messy assassination with very little time left, and clocked out.

My bad for not knowing this ruling, but there really must be a place to easily find all rulings in this game. Why Warmachine never had a proper FAQ is beyond me. Hopefully Steamforged will fix this in the future, they did do a very good job with the Guild Ball FAQ.

Steve was super nice and it was a good game, and we swapped shirts the next day. I think the matchup is playable for me, but my opponent was clearly more experienced and just played better overall, so most likely I would have lost anyway.

Afterwards I heard that my girlfriend and her family had watched my ass get thouroughly kicked on stream. They even kinda understood what was going on, due to the extremely professional streaming setup where they could hear our discussions as we played. Kudos to the streamers, please come back and do this again next year!