Thursday, May 30, 2013

Cygnar vs Khador (eHaley vs Vlad3) 50pts - Battle Report

My Khador playing friend recently bought Vlad3 and a bunch of Uhlans and wanted to give them a try. I said "Sure, but I'll bring the same eHaley force I used at the tournament"... he really hate to play against Haley. We're playing the "Supply and Demand" scenario from Steamroller 2013, and theses are the lists. 

Points: 50/50
Major Victoria Haley (*5pts)
* Lancer (6pts)
* Stormwall (19pts)
* Squire (2pts)
Storm Strider (9pts)
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team (4pts)
Tempest Blazers (Leader and 4 Grunts) (10pts)
Captain Arlan Strangewayes (2pts)
Journeyman Warcaster (3pts)

Points: 50/50
Tiers: 3
Vladimir Tzepesci, Great Prince of Umbrey (*5pts)
* Conquest (19pts)
* War dog (1pts)
Battle Mechaniks (Leader and 3 Grunts) (2pts)
* Battle Mechanik Officer (2pts)
Iron Fang Uhlans (Leader and 4 Grunts) (11pts)
Iron Fang Uhlans (Leader and 4 Grunts) (11pts)
Fenris (5pts)
Kovnik Markov (4pts)

The battlefield

Setup - Khador won the roll and choose to be player 1 and get the first turn of running. He deployed everything pretty much in the center and placed the mechanics behind Conquest, and finally decided to put Fenris on the flank to my left.

I choose to deploy Stormwall and B13 on one flank to handle a unit of Uhlans, and I thought that Tempest Blazers and Lancer could take care of the other unit. The Storm Strider got the middle to try and find an angel to electrocute the mechanics later in the game.

Round 1
Khador - Vlad cast "Infernal Machine" on Conquest and "Dash" before he moved forward. The Uhlans ran almost their full distance. He was a bit unsure when I would use the feat, so they stopped about halfway across the field. Conquest ran 16"(!!!) into the control zone. Mechanics followed behind. Fenris ran down the flank and hid behind a chest-high wall.

Cygnar - I gave Stormwall 3 focus because one of the Uhlans groups was well within firing range. eHaley cast "Temporal Acceleration" on the Stormwall and "Dead Eye" on the Blazers. Stormwall moved up and shot with his cannons, killing one Uhlan and wounding another. Tempest Blazers tried to shoot Fenris but only did 2-3 boxes of damage, the last Blazer instead shot and killed a Uhlan from the other unit. Lancer moved up behind the Blazers, and the Storm Strider moved a few inches forward. Journeyman Warcaster cast Arcane Shield on the Stormwall and then kept it on him the rest of the battle.

Round 2 
Khador - eHaley was within shooting range for the Conquest so he moved it forward and gave it a shot... and missed. Fenris and Uhlans on the flank charged the Blazers but not a single attack hit due to poor dice rolls, and my Blazers made their command check against the abomination Fenris. A single Uhlan from the second unit ran and engaged the Stormwall in melee, the rest of the unit prepared for a charge the following turn.

Cygnar - Stormwall got 4 Focus this turn. B13 shot and killed the engaging Uhlan giving the Stormwall a clear path to the Conquest. Blazers and Lancer killed a few of the Uhlans engaging them and Storm Strider managed to kill one. eHaley activated and cast Temporal Acceleration, moved up behind the Storm Strider and popped her feat... I did however kill box myself this turn giving Khador 2 free Control Points. The Stormwall then charged the Conquest and just did enough damage to destroy his left grid.

Round 3
Khador - Not much he could do this turn as Haleys feat prevented everyone except Vlad and the Mechanics from doing their full action/movement. Conquest did some damage to Stormwall, but not much. Fenris and the Uhlans that was still alive didn't manage to inflict any damage or kill any models this turn, once again thanks to poor dice rolls. Only one mechanic made his repair roll and repaired 2 boxes on Conquest.

Cygnar - Stormwall wrecked Conquest and electro leaps killed all the mechanics. Blazers and Storm Strider shot and killed Fenris, Markov and the few Uhlans that was still standing. eHaley moved forward just so she wouldn't be kill-boxed again (not that it would have made any difference). She was now camping 5 focus but perhaps she was within reach for Vlad.

Round 4
Khador - Vlad only had one option. Go for the assassination. He popped his feat and moved forward towards Haley. However one of his attacks missed the Stormwall (snake eyes) and he only had 5 focus when he came within reach of Haley. First boosted attack did 10 damage. Second attack did 2 damage. Third and final attack did... 2 damage. Haley was still standing with 1 box left. Khador forfeited the game.

In the end I killed 47pts of his army and he killed 0pts of mine. Victory for the Swans.

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