Game 14: Garryth vs Makeda1

Game 14 – Vs Konrad Krolicki – Skorne – 23/04/17

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:

Archdomina Makeda

-Basilisk Krea

-Molik Karn

-Titan Gladiator

-Scarab Pack

Mortitheurge Willbreaker

Tyrant Rhadeim

Orin Midwinter

Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew

Max Praetorian Ferox

Min Paingiver Beast Handlers

Legends of Halaak

Game 3 of the Steamroller saw me finally face off against Skorne in Mark 3. I have very little understanding of what they do and know that Konrad is a good player with them, having won a steamroller himself a couple of weeks before. I had basically pre-decided to use Garryth in this round regardless of match-up and the fact that 2 of his 3 lists had Ferox made me think that Helynna wouldn’t be a great answer.

Konrad took the first turn and ran, with Quicken going onto the Ferox to further increase their threat range. Much of his force gathers around the Krea and Makeda to make use of the Krea’s animus. I run everything, but only advance with the AFG to put out some difficult terrain. Two Sentinels are thrown forward as a sacrifice in order to attempt to trigger Vengeance.

A fairly uneventful turn from Konrad sees a sole Ferox sent out to kill the 2 Sentinels, but fails to break armour on either. The rest of his force just shuffles around waiting for an opportunity to present itself.

I start to try and get some work done but the proliferation of Shield Guards just mean that nothing much happens. The two Sentinels that Konrad failed to kill Apparition beyone it to charge 2 others, with the rest of the unit charging the forward one; but a missed attack and a Tough means that the one he sent in was the only one to die. The AFG lays down a decent blanket of rough terrain and Garryth moves up to try to threaten.

Anyone who knows anything about Skorne (I do not count myself amongst their number) knows that Garryth is far too close. One sidestep from Molik is all that is needed and with Carnage he only needs 8s to hit and trivially kills Garryth.

DEFEAT

A frustrating loss as the game didn’t really go long enough for me to learn anything of significance other than “Molik Karn can charge a billion miles”, which I suppose is still a useful lesson to have reinforced. Thankfully the quick game gave me plenty of time to get my head together an prepare for the final game of the day.