Captain Night's Whisper

Played a 50 point game of Warmachine earlier this week.

Since I finished painting Captain Aiakos, why not give him a try?

My list:

Captain Aiakos [+29]
- Corruptor [14]
- Nightmare [18]
- Reaper [13]
- Deathripper [6]
- Satyxis Blood Priestess [4]
Black Ogrun Ironmongers [6]
Satyxis Raiders (min) [10]
- Satyxis Raider Sea Witch [4]
Warwitch Siren [1]

And opponent had:

Kaelyssa, the Night's Whisper [+29]

- Banshee [18]
- Chimera [8]
- Manticore [14]
Arcanist Mechanik [2]
Arcanist Mechanik [2]
Dahlia Hallyr [17]
Mage Hunter Assassin [4]
Mage Hunter Assassin [4]
Mage Hunter Strike Force (min) [10]


And suddenly, out of the blue, a hard counter for at least Aiakos' feat.

Well, of course charging and assaulting isn't mandatory. Anyway. Scenario was the one from main rulebook where you have three flags in the middle line.

Skarath sprayed Satyxis command attachment dead. Three models were under the template, and despite having def 16 all attacks made by the RAT 6 model hit.

Banshee knocked Reaper over. Reaper had Backlash on it, and then mage hunter strike force started shooting. Main gripe here was that Reaper lost cortex - no walking and harpooning now, under Kaelyssa's feat. This was by far the worst that could happen, and could have been easily avoided by 1) asking the total threat range of Banshee's cannon and 2) measuring distance from Reaper to Banshee.

From then on game was a struggle.

Mage Hunter Assassin one-shotted Deathripper, so no White Squall shenanigans either.

Desperately trying to do at least something Aiakos cast Scything Touch on Satyxis Raiders, who then charged Skarath. Only two got into contact, but they brought it down to five boxes remaining or so. Corruptor probably took a shot at it, too.

Chimera came to finish Reaper, and at the same time it jammed my forces badly.

So I'd be able to kill Chimera with Nightmare, and then receive Banshee shot again along with full volley from Strike Force. No thanks. Need to do something to Chimera.

And oh boy, did I mess that one up.

First Ironmongers activate and put a curse on Chimera. And since they are equal to P+S 12 weapon masters against warjacks, why not take every possible little extra swing at it?

There is one reason, though. For example, not to engage it in melee. Which is exactly what I did, and the Ironmonger attack did not even hit.

Then Corruptor and Aiakos manage to remove Chimera from board, but Nightmare's charge lane was blocked. So it could only charge Manticore that was behind a wall. Succeeded in destroying the myrmidon, though. But it was the Banshee I would have needed. Now it just took a shot at Aiakos and killed him with a damage roll of 5,5,6 with collateral damage or something like that.

Even Tough roll failed. Which is good, because Aiakos was already knocked down from momentum hit. Forgot about that.

It wasn't exactly a promising prospect for my career as an Aiakoneer. But at least it gives some comfort to think that had I not made a few critical mistakes, I would've stood a chance even after losing Reaper so early on.