Cryx
So, I hit up my buddy, and packed the following:
Lich Lord Terminus
-Leviathan
-Leviathan
10 Bane Thralls
-Officer/Standard Bearer
6 Bile Thralls
Withershadow Combine
Bloat Thrall
Tartarus
Skarlock
Darragh Wrathe
Necrotech/Scrap Thrall
Saxon Orrick
Trollbloods
My buddy brings:
Jarl Skuld
-Mulg
-Mountain King
10 Fennblades
5 Champions
-Skaldi Bonehammer
Champion Hero
Scenario - Mosh Pit., Trollbloods get turn one.
A Quick Overview
He slaps the King and Mulg in the middle; Fennblades go on one flank, the Champs go on the other. Oh, joy, they're all gonna be real fast and pathfindery and STUFF, and the two beasts he has are, well, beastly. That's ok, I'm Cryx, I've had plenty of sleep, and I'm pretty sure all the alcohol is out of my system by now. (Not that onlookers knew, but what the hell.)
I line up in the middle, Leviathans flanking Terminus, with some Banes in front, Tartarus opposite the Champs, Biles and Withershadow behind, and the Bloat opposite the Fennblades.
He starts out with Weald Secrets on the Fennblades (who promptly run screaming through terrain) and Quicken on the Champs (...because +2SPD isn't gonna make me a sad lil' zombie-panda), and jogs up the middle with the battlegroup.
My initial movement is pretty simple; Terminus hands out a focus to the Leviathans, pops Malediction, and charges up. The Blob moves on up, Leviathans getting into firing position while Saxon somehow points the undead through a forest. Biles take up defensive positions, and the Bloat takes up a firing position away from my lines.
On turn two, his champs sweep forward. Mountain King moves up and tries to spray Tartarus, he's short by about an inch and I'm sweating a lot less. Fennblades charge/run; I lose a couple Banes, and one Fennblade engages the Bloat Thrall. Mulg tactical-supremacy's after a run, and Jarl moves up.
On my turn two, I figure it's time to start killing stuff. Terminus loads the Leviathans up, and the Skarlock Maledicts him. Terminus then advances, and proceeds to stab a couple Fennblades to death. I'm gonna need souls, because Mulg is pretty close, and if I don't make an aggressive move he'll own the Mosh Pit and I'll lose.
The Leviathans burn six focus between them and account for...ONE...kill. Tartarus manages not to kill a champ on his advance, but reduces all the ones he touches to one box. Banes charge up and wreck some infantry and champs. By the time the killing stops, Terminus is sitting on 7 souls. Darragh Wrathe looks up, sees Mulg a bit close, and decides this is a good time for some 'Beyond Death'.
Terminus is sitting at ARM25, effectively ARM27 against melee.
Jarl decides that it's time for MULG TO DA FACE!, but first, tries to clear some banes (HA! I ARE CAPABLE OF MAKIN' MA TOUCH CHECKS! Sort of...) and then tries to bounce some magic bullets into Wrathe. His inability to hit with pistols is a bit of a downer, and then Mulg goes in. Mulg maxes out his fury and puts Terminus down to 5 health. The Mountain King is one inch away from making melee with Terminus. I'm down to about 3-4 banes by now, and Tartarus got a case of the Death from champions. Hardly a shock.
I've several champions still alive, a couple fennblades alive, and...oh yeah, a Mulg and a Mountain King in Terminus' face. On the bright side, Terminus is sitting on 13 focus. I do a quick measure, and find that Skuld is within 11" of Terminus. HOWEVER, getting there involves a free strike from Mulg and the Mountain King. And a random fennblade. I activate the Banes, and they manage to crush Mulg's mind. Saxon guides a Bile Thrall through the woods and he purges, killing a couple more champions that were on 1 health each.
I look at Mulg, I look at the Mountain king, and then a little voice in my head whispers to me:
PAGE 5! GO FOR THE THROAT!
I say 'hell with it' and throw Terminus at Skuld. 1d6+2 isn't enough for Mulg to hit Terminus. The Mountain king connects, but fails to break Terminus' camp...and Skuld burned his fury trying to get rid of Wrathe. (in fairness, had Wrathe died I would have lost).
Terminus proceeds to rip Skuld in half with a single blow.
End Result
Cryx Win via Assassination
Casualties -
~7 Bane Thralls (who cares)
2 Bile Thralls (who cares)
Bloat Thrall (we can build another out of all the dead trolls)
Numerous woodland creatures from a Bile Thrall Purge
7 Fennblades
Skaldi Bonehammer
3 Champions
Jarl Skuld
Closing Thoughts
I think ignoring gigantic monstrosities like battle engines, colossals, and gargantuans is a reasonable tactic. Gargantuans can be healed readily, and most people will dump another couple points to put a mechanic behind a colossal. As such, you're going to have to commit a chunk of forces to kill one, so either go big or don't commit. Half-arsing it is stupid.
Terminus is fun. I like the list (could probably tighten it up a bit) and like Leviathans, even when the dice COMICALLY FAIL on them. A lot. Like, several times over. God, I needed friggin' 5s.
The list involves a lot more traffic control than my Legion. Then again, what DOESN'T run more models than beast-heavy Legion?
Tough is annoying as hell on feat turn. I could've easily gotten another 3-4 souls, and been in much less danger.
MVP goes to Darragh Wrathe, because Beyond Death saved my friggin' bacon in this game.
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