The lists were:
pStryker
-Ol' Rowdy
-Lancer
-Charger
10 Sword Knights
Rhupert the Piper
Arlan Strangeways
Squire
VERSUS!
Reznik
-Vanquisher
-Reckoner
6 Exemplar Errants
-Officer, Standard
4-man Choir
2 Vassals of Menoth
The Book
The scenario was Mosh Pit, with a hill in the middle and me going first. There was a hell of a scrum, and at the end, there were a few Errants, a few choir boys, a vassal, and a dead Reznik. I had Stryker, Rowdy, Arlan, and a depleted Squire on the board with Rowdy presiding over Reznik's spaghetti-sauce-like remains.
Thoughts On...
Stryker
On paper, I wasn't too impressed with him; he struck me as a buff-bot. With the bloody Witch Hound and immunity to knockdown book in the back, Earthquake didn't feel like a hell of an option. Still, Arcane Shield was an MVP on Rowdy, and Snipe on a Charger makes it a hell of an assassination threat. Stryker's major contribution, other than a timely Earthquake when he switched over to the Continuous Fire passage during my feat turn, was repeatedly disrupting things with his sidearm.
Ol' Rowdy
Arcane Shield and Rowdy's natural ARM19+1 make him stupidly durable. Past that, the focus efficiency and Grudge make him nice. He basically did ALL the heavy lifting for jack-killing, and was able to go after both of them thanks to Stryker disrupting both of them.
Lancer
I'd grabbed him because of Earthquake, and because Sword Knights + Reach Jack = Happy Stabbing Action, in theory. In fact, this guy almost knocked the cortex off of the Reckoner (...then a Vanquisher boosted a hit on him and ripped the shield off...). He did boost one Earthquake onto a knocked-down sword knight, knocking both of the guy's jacks over.
Charger
This guy was ALMOST the star. Add snipe, and hilarity ensues for potential assassination attempts. He almost nailed Reznik TWICE; the first round he had a full focus load and knocked about 10 boxes off with the first shot, then...wiffed. Then, wiffed again. Then, took one more shot, missed, and Reznik went ARRGH ENGINE OF DESTRUCTION and I didn't have a Charger any more...
Sword Knights
Cheap bodies FTW. I might've buffed them, but Blessed on the crossbows of the Errants (and that 'fire' thing from the Vanquisher) meant they ran up, killed some Errants, and then pretty much died.
Arlan Strangeways
All things considered, this guy was workable enough. He's gold when, y'know, you have a caster without a ton of focus.
Squire
Um. Why WOULDN'T you bring this?
The Piper
Fearless + Tough for the win. I like the Pathfinder option, but fearless + tough is always useful and makes the Knights last a little longer.
Reznik
Engine of Destruction is painful. Iron Aggression is stupidly efficient, and if your battle plan involved upkeeping spells or allocating focus, he can screw it over. Hell, casting spells on warjacks is a bad idea period with this guy. I forgot how nasty Engine of Destruction could be, and if he'd had a way to give Reznik pathfinder, I might very well have lost this game as he would've gotten the jump on Rowdy and possible killed him.
Reckoner & Vanquisher
Honestly, disrupting one of these all game long and beating the other to death kinda neutralized them. Well, then Rowdy beat the CRAP out of them.
Errants
They spent the game killing Sword Knights.
Choir, Vassals, Book
It's solid Menoth support. Shocked? Shouldn't be.
Overall
I'm impressed with both Stryker and Reznik. Are either of them top-tier? Not necessarily. Still, I'm impressed with Reznik's ability to seal the deal himself; if he's within a foot of you and has a charge lane, you're probably going to die. Stryker's pistol was one of the bloody MVPs of the game, allowing me to get 'jack superiority in the mosh pit and let an ARM23 Ol' Rowdy go through a pair of heavies. Past that, infantry died/was irrelevant. All things considered, it was fun just because it was one of those epic slug-fests.
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