Game 11: Garryth vs Kaya2

Game 11 – Vs Paul Sheard – Circle Orboros – 15/04/17

My list:

Garryth, Blade of Retribution

-Sylys

-Helios

Arkantrik Force Generator

Dahlia & Skarath

Arcanist Mechanik

Arcanist Mechanik

Lanyssa Ryssyl

Lys Healer

Max Dawnguard Sentinels

-Officer and Standard

His List:

Kaya the Moonhunter

-Laris

-Druid Wilder

-Feral Warpwolf

-Ghetorix

-Warpwolf Stalker

-Wild Argus

-Rip Horn Satyr

Blackclad Wayfarer

Gallows Grove

Sentry Stone & Mannekins

Shifting Stones

-Stone Keeper

My first game with the Retribution forum flavour of the month sees me up against Paul, a Retribution player himself who is making the switch over to Circle. As a side note, in my first 11 games with Retribution I have now played 10 different factions. The only change I made to the accepted Garryth wisdom was droppin the 3^rd Mechanik and the Soulless Escort for a Lys Healer, with the thought that it saves Garryth needing Heightened Reflexes on himself, or allows him to cast it on the Sentinels.

I won the first turn and ran my models up. Sentry was cast on the AFG and Mirage on the Sentinels. Paul responded by running his forces up and attempting a couple of Mannekin sprays on Skarath, but none of them did any damage.

My turn 2 was fairly uneventful with the huge amount of Stealth in the Circle force making it hard for me to damage anything. The AFG put a load of difficult terrain on the table and Lanyssa moved to within command of the Feral with Winter Storm up to deny it Pathfinder. Skarath sprays off the 3 Mannekins and Garryth shoots a stone like a badass.

Kaya’s feat turn strikes and is pretty devastating. The Stalker charges in assisted by Dogpile and Hunter’s Mark and killed around 6 Sentinels before teleporting back. I had misplaced Lanyssa by about 1/8^th of an inch so she met a similar fate by the hand of the Feral. A spawned Mannekin contests the left flag and sprays another Sentinel, and the Gallows Grove moves up to score on the right flag. 1-0 Circle

Despite being 1-0 down on scenario I realise that I can score 2 points this turn fairly safely and start to put pressure on Paul. His feat has probably moved his beasts too far back and as such I have a turn of relative safety. The Sentry shot kills the Gallows Grove and the Vengeance and Apparition moves put the Sentinels in position to charge. I have never played a list where there is so much to do in the Maintenance and Control phases. Skarath clears out the Mannekin, Helios charges and kills the Sentry Stone, pulls in the Argus and puts some damage on it, while on the right flank the AFG runs to the flag. In the centre the Sentinels kill the Wayfarer and generally just get in the way. 2-1 Retribution

Primaled, Forced Evolutioned Ghetorix hits pretty hard, and leaves the Helios on about 4 boxes. The Argus combostrikes and finishes it off but vitally fails to get within range of the flag. Not being able to charge the AFG is an issue for him so he opts to just run the Feral in to engage. All of my Sentinels give up their lives for a good cause. 3-1 Retribution

With Skarath sat on one flag getting my 4^th point I needed to remove either the Feral or the 2 Stones and Keeper. Either way the Feral needed to be on the ground so my Sentry shot knocked it down and did a few boxes of damage. The AFG could then aim and either put 2 POW 16s into the Wolf leaving Garryth to finish it off, or as I went with, put a shot into the Keeper and one in the stone, killing both. Garryth charged the last stone in contact with the flag and score the 5^th Control Point.

VICTORY

Well I wasn’t expecting scenario to be Garryth’s course to victory but I was pleased with how I switched up to a scenario game after Paul’s feat turn. He could and should have contested the left flag during his turn but I may still have been able to clear the 3 flags. The 3 AFG shots and 2 from Garryth would have gone into the Warpwolf (or even better, Gallows may have pulled it far enough away) and the Stones could have been removed by Skarath but it would have been tricky. I think had he not moved as far back on his feat turn I would have been in real trouble but that comes from experience. In general I really enjoyed Garryth and can’t wait to get more games in with him.