Battle Report #69: Nemo3 vs Coven (Team Tournament #3)

In the last round we face Team Odden in the finals! I get matched up with Coven. Nima gets Amon and Kuba gets the birds again. All our opponents are strong players so we know this one is going to be pretty hard.

I haven't played Coven since I had a long string of fights playing Caine2 against Jonas in Mk2. I know their spell assassination is a bit weaker now, but still they have a really strong feat and are quite dangerous.

Artificer General Nemo (75 points)

Artificer General Nemo & Storm Chaser Finch (Nemo3)
* Reinholdt
* Dynamo
* Firefly
* Thorn
Journeyman Warcaster
* Firefly
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Major Katherine Laddermore
5+3 Storm Lances

The Witch Coven of Garlghast (75 points)

The Witch Coven of Garlghast

* Skarlock Thrall

* Barathrum

* Deathjack

* Deathripper

* Slayer

2x Machine Wraith

Necrotech

5 Soul Hunters

10 Satyxis Raiders

* Sea Witch

Deployment

Unfortunately he wins the die roll and goes first, which is going to put a lot of pressure on me. I spread out my troops, and so does he. 

Turn 1

Coven runs up.

I am able to sling a Chain Lightning into the Satyxis, taking out a couple.

Turn 2

Witches run in to jam and the Coven feats.

I clear all the jammers, but Nemo3 ends up too close to the front lines.

Turn 3

I guess I am a bit tired at this point, but I completely forgot he could kill the objective. One jack murders the objective and Deathjack snacks on Nemo3.

Cryx wins by assassination!

Post Mortem

Damn, I keep getting Nemo killed. Killbox against Coven when they get the first turn is rough, though. Afterwards we discussed the situation, and there was actually a rock on the right side that was outside the killbox. Probably I should have moved towards there instead.

I am bit sad to go 0-3, but after this quick loss at least I get time to look at what my more competent teammates are up to.

Tournament Results

Unfortunately, Nima loses to Amon after a long and hard fought match!

Kuba finishes in style and has a personal 3-0 in the tournament!

The happy winners - Geir, Kenneth and Asbjørn!

Team Odden takes the win!

All in all Team Lightning Shroud ends up in 3rd place! A good showing for the team (and the Norwegians)!

Team Lightning Shroud!

Battle Report #68: Nemo3 vs Una2 (Team Tournament #2)

After the fight against Karchev we move on to the second round in the team tournament, facing a trio of Norwegian farmers from Samvirkelaget. This time I get a really good matchup. I face Una2 (this is of course before the Una2 nerf). Nemo3 has the volume of lightning to zap all the birds to death!

Artificer General Nemo (75 points)

Nima and Kuba on the other tables

Artificer General Nemo & Storm Chaser Finch (Nemo3)
* Reinholdt
* Dynamo
* Firefly
* Thorn
Journeyman Warcaster
* Firefly
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Major Katherine Laddermore
5+3 Storm Lances

Lars Erik is breeding chickens

Una the Skyhunter (75 points)

Una the Skyhunter (Una2)

* Druid Wilder

* 5x Scarsfell Griffon

* Pureblood Warpwolf

* Feral Warpwolf

* Woldwyrd

2x Sentry Stone & Mannikins

2x Shifting Stones

Deployment

Birds win the die roll and fly up. Ka-ka!

I spread out to threaten both zones, planning to start capping as soon as possible and put on the pressure.


I make a major mistake by a) not measuring the right side Woldwyrd's movement, and b) casting Lightning Shroud on Thorn.

Turn 2

Brick of chickens with wind wall go into the left zone, leaving not much in the right zone. The Woldwyrd is barely within shooting range of the buffed Thorn and three Purgation shots later, Thorn is a wreck.

I kill the left sentry stone and spread out as much as I can in that zone to make it harder to clear.

On the right flank, I kill the few contesting models.

2-0

Turn 3

Birds to the bird thing and jam the right zone. One Lance remains in the right zone, good job!

Nemo feats and I start zapping and leaping. Every bird except one goes down! I fail to clear the zone so no-one scores, but I am crazy up on attrition now.

Turn 4

I have not measured out Una2's shooting threat range, though. I know that he can get a Pureblood spray and a Mannikin spray unto Nemo3, but turns out that with Snipe Una2 gets pretty far. After hitting me with sprays, Una2 lands enough shots on Nemo to kill the old man!

Circle wins by assassination!

Post Mortem

Well played by my opponent Lars Erik there! Una has a hard time against Nemo, but he found an angle and killed Nemo off.

I should have played Nemo a bit further back so that he could not get hit by quite as much. Possibly casting 2 Chain Lightnings was a bit much. Camping 3 more would have helped a lot, but of course that would have increased the risk that 2 birds would have lived to flank Nemo.

Again, my team-mates carry the day and win both their matches. We can still win this!

Battle Report #67: Nemo3 vs Karchev (Team Tournament #1)

In the first game in the team tournament I get thrown under the bus end end up with a pretty bad matchup against Karchev, played by Odd-Erik. Nemo3 may hit hard, but Karchev has too many boxes to assassinate easily, and 8 Heavies is a lot to chew through.

Artificer General Nemo (75 points)

Artificer General Nemo & Storm Chaser Finch (Nemo3)
* Reinholdt
* Dynamo
* Firefly
* Thorn
Journeyman Warcaster
* Firefly
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Major Katherine Laddermore
5+3 Storm Lances

Karchev the Terrible (75 points)

Theme: Winter Guard Kommand

* 3x Juggernaut
* 2x Kodiak
* 2x Marauder
* Devastator
4 Battle Mechanics
6 Winter Guard Infantry

Deployment

I win the die roll and go first, and spread out. Karchev bricks up in the middle, as Karchevs have done since time immemorial.

Turn 1

I run up and fan out, hoping to be able to get some angle.

Karchev moves up. Winter Guard fan out behind him, ready to be sacrificed.

Turn 2

Well, I guessed I played that a bit too defensively, probably I should have had the Lances a bit closer.

Anyway, I think I see an opening. A firefly runs in and jams up everything on the left flank, getting within 5" of Karchev. Thorn moves up. Nemo feats ands arcs a couple of Chain Lightnings through Thorn at Karchev, removing all his sac pawn targets. The GMCA moves up and tries to tag Karchev (should have done that first!), but missing on his 4+ roll. Lances assault as well as they can. It's all down to Dynamo! He needs 6's to hit... and misses on the two first rolls.

Nemo is well within reach of several Khador jacks so we shake hands.

Khador wins by assassination!

Post Mortem

Difficult matchup for Nemo, so I think I was right to go for it when I had a possible opening! A feated Dynamo does around 40 damage to ARM 19 Karchev if all the shots connect, and with the Chain Lightnings, two shots from Nemo, a Firefly shot, and a couple of assaulting Lances it could have happened.

My teammates win both their matches, so even if I failed Team Lightning Shroud is now 1-0, which is good!

Norwegian Masters Team Tournament 2017

After Norwegian Masters I teamed up with my friends Nima and Kuba from the 2D6 gaming club to do a 3-round team tournament. We each had one list - Nima played Kaelyssa, and Kuba played Ossrum and the Gunbunnies. I had played 4 Haley2 games in the Masters yesterday, so I went with Nemo3.

The Battle Reports

Round 1: Nemo3 vs Karchev
Round 2: Nemo3 vs Una2
Round 3: Nemo3 vs Coven

Artificer General Nemo (75 points)

Kuba playing Ossrum

Artificer General Nemo & Storm Chaser Finch (Nemo3)
* Reinholdt
* Dynamo
* Firefly
* Thorn
Journeyman Warcaster
* Firefly
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Major Katherine Laddermore
5+3 Storm Lances

General Ossrum (75 points)

Nima playing Kaelyssa

Ossrum
* Reinholdt
* 2x Blaster
* 8x Gunner
Anastaia Di Bray
2x Horgenhold Artillery
10 Forge Guard
Ayana & Holt

Kaelyssa, The Night's Whisper (75 points)

Kaelyssa
* Discordia
* Imperatus
2x Arcanist
2x 10 Sentinels + CA
2x Electromancers

Battle Report #66: Nemo3 vs Stryker1 (Norwegian Masters 2017 #5)

Of course it had to happen after I got list locked into Nemo3. I face Cygnar and Lasse is list locked into Stryker1. Nemo3 is all about lightning and in theme Stryker1 is immune. I have no feat, and no shooting. Essentially half my army does nothing, and I cannot win.

Artificer General Nemo (75 points)

Objective: Armory

Artificer General Nemo & Storm Chaser Finch (Nemo3)
* Reinholdt
* Dynamo
* Firefly
* Thorn
Journeyman Warcaster
* Firefly
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Major Katherine Laddermore
5+3 Storm Lances

Commander Coleman Stryker (75 points)

Theme: Storm Division

Commander Coleman Stryker (Stryker1)
* Squire
* Stormwall
* Charger
Journeyman Warcaster
* Charger
Captain Arlan StrangewayesMajor Katherine Laddermore
Stormblade Captain
5+3 Storm Lances

The "Game"

What happens is that we play three turns, I grab the two control points that I could possibly manage to grab before getting tabled, and I concede. We shake hands, I grab a beer and we relax and watch the other games!

An impotent force hits an immovable object

Post Mortem

Everyone cracked up completely when we told them what happened. :D

Bit unlucky with that one, and of course kicking myself for not dropping Nemo3 in the first game against the double Gargantuans. I ended up going 3-2, and in 17th place out of 64 players. My strength of schedule was of course poor since I lost the first game. I had a great day, and my goal for the tournament was getting more wins than losses, so all in all it went rather well. Also, I got to play good games with friendly people all day!

Me, Nima and Kuba then decided to register a team for the 3-round Team Tournament next day, and then I went home to sleep.

Battle Report #65: Haley2 vs Vlad2 (Norwegian Masters 2017 #4)

After one of the Haley2s winning the last game, I meet Scottish player David Kane. Again I think I will need Haley2 against this, leaving me list locked for the last match.

Major Victoria Haley (75 points)

Theme: Storm Division
Objective: Armory

Major Victoria Haley (Haley2)
* Squire
* Stormwall
* Thorn
Journeyman Warcaster
* Firefly
Major Katherine Laddermore
5+3 Storm Lances

Vladimir Tzepisci, The Dark Champion (75 points)

Another Dark Champion!

A different Khador list from what I am used to see, this is going to be exciting!

Vladimir Tzepisci, The Dark Champion (Vlad2)
* Conquest
Man-O-War Kovnik
Saxon Orrik
4 Battle Mechanics
10 Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters
* Koldun Kapitan Valachev
2x2 Kayazy Eliminators
5 Man-O-War Shocktroopers
* Man-O-War Shocktrooper Officer

Deployment

Vlad wins the die roll. Conquest takes the center, with Nyss on the left and the Shocktropper brick on the right. I place Haley2 in the center to try to feat on as much as I can later. Laddermore goes with the left side Lances in order to hopefully electroleap many Nyss. Firefly and Max Lances go on the right,

Turn 1

Vlad moves up. I move up, I shoot the Conquest a bit.

Turn 2

I had forgotten about Hunter. The Nyss shoot away all the left side Lances, but play by me to leave all within shooting range. One right side Lance also gets shot. At this point I am starting to feel a bit worried.

A charging Laddermore clear some Nyss on the left side. Stormwall moves in and starts punching the Conquest, taking out about half of it and murdering some Nyss with electro leaps. Haley feats, and I use Telekinesis on some of those shield walled Shocktroppers, making them easy prey for the Lances, which kill half of them on the charge. I am a bit worried about the Conquest just shooting Haley and spiking, so I stay a bit back. Unfortunately that means I cannot get his back line in my feat. Good job for my opponent spreading out so well!

I score the right flag.

1-0

Turn 3

Mechanics fix the Conquest, he punches back. Vlad feats and some Eliminators do a number on the Storm Lances, but luckily Laddermore survives and keeps on contesting.

Laddermore kills more Nyss. Stormwall punches more Conquest, electroleaping all the repair dudes. I think the Conquest was left at one Movement box or something like that. I try to spell away the contesting Eliminators with Haley and Thorn, but they live. Squire moves into position to try to grab the left flag.

Turn 4 and 5

We are getting short on time, so no more photos until the end. I can't recall exactly in what order what happened, so I'll summarize the action on each flank,

On the left flag, I grab the left flag first with the Journeyman, and then with the Squire. Haley moves in that direction to add some Arcane Bolts to the mix. Everything there dies in the back-and-forth, leaving me with a Squire on the flag and Vlad with nothing to contest on the left flank.

In the center, my badly dinged up Stormwall finally murders the Conquest and also the contesting Man-O-War.

With me firmly in control of the left flank, and a Stormwall in the center, there is no way for Vlad to contest me. If I remember correctly the final score is 5-2, with almost everything dead.

5-2

Post Mortem

The best and most exiting game I had during the weekend! I was pretty sure I would lose when I went down on attrition right at the beginning, but Haley is Haley, and when I managed to clear the left flank then the win was assured. I am happy that I managed to play the scenario and move models to flag capping positions, it's something I still sometimes forget.

My opponent was very nice all through the match, we played a clean and enjoyable tactical game that was tense all the way through. Afterwards we grabbed a beer and waited for the last round to begin.

I was list locked into Nemo3, and all I could hope for was "please, please, no Cygnar Storm Division mirror in the last match". Guess what happens.

Battle Report #64: Haley2 vs Haley2 (Norwegian Masters 2017 #3)

Oh gods, please, no no no, not this bullshit again. After the previous game against Vlad2 I draw Cygnar and Morten with his Haley2/Haley3 pairing. Same opponent as the Internal Affairs VII tournament, almost identical list, at least one Haley too many on the board. Again, everyone who saw it said we deserved each other! Where is the sympathy for the Swan, I ask?

Nice Major Victoria Haley (75 points)

Theme: Storm Division
Objective: Armory

Major Victoria Haley (Haley2)
* Squire
* Stormwall
* Thorn
Journeyman Warcaster
* Firefly
Major Katherine Laddermore
5+3 Storm Lances

Naughty Major Victoria Haley (75 points)

Why U Do Dis Morten

A slightly worse version of my list. Morten did not have time to paint everything, so he loses a free solo compared to me.

Theme: Storm Division

Major Victoria Haley (Haley2)

* Squire

* Ironclad

* Stormwall

* Thorn

Journeyman Warcaster

* Firefly

3+3 Storm Lances

Deployment

I win the die roll. Line of Lightning Immune models on both sides. These guys have the most expensive clubs ever.

Turn 1

I run up

Stuff stands away from each other.

Turn 2

I Dominate out the Ironclad and shoot it a lot with the Stormwall, but it does not lose any systems.

Ironclad smashes Thorn, not good. But, Morten had placed Haley2 too far back to move into the killbox without running. He decided to lose two points instead of not casting any spells. Either way, it's a total disaster for him.

2-0

Turn 3

Normally whoever feats last wins, but Morten's misplay gives me a golden opportunity. I go up to the flag, feat, and jam so that he cannot possible get anything in to contest. The game is in reality done at this point.

3-0

Morten counterfeats, but cannot contest.

4-0

Turn 4

I pass.

5-0

At least it was over quickly

Post Mortem

Morten derped and I won. If I never, ever, play this bullshit matchup again, it's too soon. On the plus side, the game was done in 40 minutes or something, so we got a lot of time relax and grab a beer.