Thursday, October 12, 2023

Moderate Damage

 Since my Warmachine opponent moved elsewhere, we played a 50 point game using War Table website.

My list:

Orgoth - Sea Raiders

 Kishtaar, The Howling Silence - Second Sight & Hex Blast
-Jackal, Arc Node, Hunter Rifle, Pneumatic Spike
-Tyrant, Hunter, Harpoon, Ripper
Reaver Commander
Assault Reavers + Reaver Standard
Strike Reavers
Ulkor Barragers

Command cards: Break Through, Infiltration, Old Faithful, Power Swell, Savagery


Opponent had:

Cygnar Unlimited
Commander Coleman Stryker
-Cyclone
-Defender
2x units of Stormguard Infantry
2x units of Rangers
Field Mechanics
2x Trencher Sniper

Command Cards: Break Through, Blessing of Gods, Old Faithful, Infiltration, Power Swell

Orgoth started the game, and bunched up all of their infantry in the rubble just past their deployment zone in the middle. Jackal and Reaver Commander were going to rectangular zone on left, and Ulkor Barragers and Tyrant were going to right. Kishtaar was lagging behind since she wanted to cast Second Sight on an Ulkor Barrager.

Stryker cast Snipe on Cyclone and Arcane Shield on Defender. Cyclone was going to zone on the left with a sniper and rangers nearby. 

Remaining Cygnaran forces were in the middle or going to right, which was a worrying concentration of troops. A ranger or the sniper took a lucky shot at an Ulkor Barrager and killed the thing.

Kishtaars short control range was problematic, and I couldn't advance as far with Jackal as I would have liked. Jackal landed an amazing hit on Cyclone, but unfortunately missed the one gained from Open Fire after I had decided to not use feat this turn yet.

Orgoth infantry managed to thin down enemy troops - at least a unit of Rangers and some random Stormguards were removed. Not enough for me not to suffer next turn. Most notable kill was Tyrant shooting a harpoon through sniper. Yay.

Stryker obviously used feat and wreaked havoc on my infantry. Two Strike Reavers and one Assault Reaver with flag survived. Reaver Commander died as well and one additional Ulkor. Tyrant took a Defender shot, but damage roll was manageable.

Would Kishtaar's feat be enough to offset Stryker's? 
To an extent, yes. Kishtaar started my third turn and opened fire with Jackal. She also killed around three Stormguards, which was rather impressive because of that +5 armor.

Despite Kishtaar's feat Jackal wasn't able to land a critical hit on Cyclone with two attempts. Both shots dealt damage, but it started to look dubious that I would remove the heavy jack this turn. I tried my everything, though. I used Break Through card on the two Strike Reavers to get a combined ranged attack against Cyclone, which didn't do much. Even the Reaver Flag was positioned to the front to offer that -1 Arm aura. 

Tyrant made a scary activation, where it charged and killed remaining Cygnar infantry models in the middle and took a boosted, feated shot at Cyclone. What a relief it was when damage roll was not one point over the required to destroy the warjack. Thus I managed to open scenario points. 

Thanks to Power Swell, Kishtaar had a bank of one focus points. Opponent decided to go for an assassination. 

Stryker was not able to knock her down. Damage roll was moderate at best. Then Rangers used Break Through and went to mark Kishtaar, and made exceptional attack rolls. Two out of three attacks hit and dealt moderate damage. 

Defender took an aimed, boosted shot at marker Kishtaar and dealt moderate damage after she spent her only focus to block damage.

And still the warcaster was standing! With three health remaining.

Unfortunately one Trencher Sniper was left to activate. And with the last possible attack to make against Kishtaar, Cygnar dealt the killing blow with moderate damage. 

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