Game 148: Kaelyssa vs Saeryn

Game 148 – Vs Dan Price – Legion of Everblight – 24/02/18

My list:

Kaelyssa, The Night’s Whisper (Legions of Dawn)

-Helios

Arcanist Mechanik

Arcanist Mechanik

Eiryss, Angel of Retribution

Dawnguard Sentinel Scyir

Max Dawnguard Sentinels

-Dawnguard Sentinel Officer and Standard Bearer

-Soulless Escort

Max Dawnguard Sentinels

-Dawnguard Sentinel Officer and Standard Bearer

-Soulless Escort

Min Dawnguard Destors

Min Dawnguard Destors

His List:

Saeryn, Omen of Everblight (Oracles of Annihilation)

-Carnivean

-Naga Nightlurker

-Nephilim Bloodseer

-Seraph

-Zuriel

Throne of Everblight

Blighted Nyss Shepherd

Blighted Nyss Sorceress & Hellion

Spell Martyr

Blackfrost Shard

Min Blighted Nyss Hex Hunters

-Bayal, Hound of Everblight

This Saturday I went over to Sheffield to play in a 26 man Steamroller, which was definitely one of the biggest shark tanks I’ve ever had the pleasure to swim around in. I brought my usual Vyros2/Kaelyssa pair for the last time before trying some other bits and pieces out, with the only change being switching Eiryss1 out for Eiryss2 to make things like 9 Slayer lists feel a bit more manageable. Round 1 saw me drawn against Dan Price, who’s Legion has given me no end of issues in the past. He dropped Saeryn into my Kaelyss, and with me winning the role to go first we got moving.

A standard first turn sees me running up with my forces, with Soulless in the front hoping to be killed, and the Destors flanking each side. Kaelyssa puts Refuge out on herself and Banishing Ward onto Helios, to make it more difficult for Saeryn to land a Blight Bringer onto him.

 

Dan moves up his forces, and goes for the big Shadow Bind + Blight Bringer play onto Helios. A Slipstreamed and Apparitioned Hex Hunter is able to get to Helios, hitting him to apply Shadow Bind, but then is missed by the Arced Blight Bringer, which thankfully scatters off into irrelevance. The rest of his troops stay out of threat for the most part and prepare for a later turn.

I probably got a bit lucky not having Helios locked down for the turn, so it is time to make the most of it. It will definitely be Feat turn so I can afford to get pretty aggressive, so Helios walks up and puts 3 boosted push shots into the Carnivean, pushing it into threat of Sentinels who charge and kill it, putting their Mini-Feat up in the process. The rest of my forces work on clearing out the Hex Hunters, leaving just 3 at the end of the turn. Kaelyssa moves up to the flag behind Helios to hopefully score on the next turn.

If Dan’s eyes lit up when I Refuged Kaelyssa onto the flag he hit it really well. He immediately starts lining up an assassination run. He can get The Naga, Zuriel, 2 Hex Hunters and a Spine Burst from the Throne onto her, with me camping 3. Originally Dan thought he could get a spell or 2 from Saeryn in as well, but lack of Eyeless Sight prevented it. Dice were rolled and with a single attack remaining Kaelyssa goes down.

DEFEAT

Oddsmachine (a dubious calculator at best) puts the assassination run at 11.25% (before fire), which is a rough one to take, but realistically I should never have given him the chance at it. There was really no reason to have her up there on the flag, she should have just Refuged 6” backwards and just continued the attrition game. Always disappointing to start an event with a loss but Dan is always a pleasure to play against, and at least I had 3 more games to claw something back.