Cygnar vs Retribution (eHaley vs Ravyn) 35pts - Battle Report

Went to another city for some games. I played against a new Trollblood player (his first game ever), played my first game ever against Skorne (which I lost, due to a stupid assassination attempt), and I also played my first game against Retribution as you will see in this battle report. I choose to play with eHaley since I've never played with her before, but people tell me she's da bomb. Anyway, these are the lists we played. 

Points: 35/35
Major Victoria Haley (*5pts)
* Lancer (6pts)
* Centurion (9pts)
* Squire (2pts)
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts) (6pts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer (2pts)
Stormblade Infantry (Leader and 5 Grunts) (5pts)
* Stormblade Infantry Officer & Standard (3pts)
* 3 Stormblade Infantry Storm Gunner (3pts)
Journeyman Warcaster (3pts)
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator (1pts) (I had one point left)

Points: 35/35
Ravyn, Eternal Light (*6pts)
* Hyperion (18pts)
Mage Hunter Strikeforce (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
* Mage Hunter Commander (2pts)
Stormfall Archers (Leader and 3 Grunts) (5pts)
Stormfall Archers (Leader and 3 Grunts) (5pts)
Arcanist (1pts)
Mage Hunter Assassin (2pts)

Setup - No scenario, just caster-kill

Turn 1 

Cygnar - I won the roll and went first. Everything ran up the board. Journeyman Warcaster cast Arcane Shield on Centurion. eHaley cast Deceleration for some extra protection.

Retribution - The Mage Hunter Strike Force ran forward, and so did one group Stormfall archers and Hypperion. Ravyn cast snipe on the other Stormfall unit and they shot at the ATGM. Every shot missed, but one deviation reached Haley and caused 4 wounds on her due to good dice rolls.

Turn 2

Cygnar - Gun Mages shot and killed the Mage Hunter solo and 3 Stormfall Archers. Centurion advanced towards the Hypperion and activated the Polarity Shield. Stormblades advanced and spread out to avoid the huge AoE from Hypperion. Haley once again cast Decelaration and camped the rest of her focus.

Retribution - Ravyn activated first and cast snipe on the Mage Hunter Strike force, and then she feated. Hypperion and the Stormfall archers shot at the Stormblades killing 4 of them. Then the Mage Hunter Strike Force advanced towards Haley and started to shoot at her. He managed to put her down to 4 boxes, but she survived. He also killed the Journeyman Warcaster with a few Hunters that couldn't reach Haley.

Turn 3

Cygnar - Centurion got filled with focus, and Haley also cast Temporal Acceleration on the Centurion and used her feat. Centurion charged Hypperion and did a decent amount of damage to it (crippled the left arm). Stormblades lost their UA to Hypperion, but they still charged the MHSF and killed 4. ATGM moved up and killed the last Stormfall archer and the Arcanist.

Retribution - Hypperion did a decent amount of damage to the Centurion (crippled both arms). MHSF killed another two Stormblades. Ravyn only moved a bit this turn.

Turn 4

Cygnar - The Lancer moved up to get vision to Ravyn. Haley activated and cast both Time Bomb and Arcane Bolt to try and hurt Ravyn, but only did about 5 damage to her. The Stormblades kept killing a few more Mage Hunters. ATGM started to run around Hypperion looking for Ravyn.

Retribution - Hypperion engaged ATGM but didn't manage to kill anyone. Ravyn charged the Stormblades and the Lancer. She killed the Stormblades and did a few wounds to the Lancer (crippled the left/shield arm). Mage Hunter used CMA to kill the last Stormblade.

Turn 5

Cygnar - ATGM disengaged Hypperion who couldn't manage to hit them even with free strikes. They tried to shoot Ravyn, but everyone missed. They did however kill the last of the Stormfall Archers. Lancer did a few wounds to Ravyn leaving her with 4 wounds left. Haley did a last final attempt to kill Ravyn with her magic and hand cannon, but the dices didn't roll my way.

Retribution - The 3 Mage Hunter that remained shot at Haley, but they missed with every attack. Hypperion moved closer towards Haley and shoot with a boosted Starcannon that made a direct hit. Haley was destroyed.

Conclusion 

It was fun to try eHaley. Not the best list to use her, but it gave me some ideas on how she should be played. Also I think I should have used her feat on my second turn, I kinda forgot how huge her control area is. Well, you live and you learn. Next time it'll be a different force that follow her into battle (read Stormwall).