Lists:
Abby
Ravagore
Raek
Teraph
Angelius
4 Shredders
2 Sheperds
2 Forsaken
Gunbjorn
Bomber
Blitzer
Swap Troll
Impaler
Scout unit
Scout Unit
Chronicler
Deployment-
Turn 1 – Trolls
Impaler casts Far Strike on Gunny. Gunny casts Snipe on Bomber, Rock Wall, Shoots Crane for 9 dmg. Chronicler shouts Tale of Mists on Scouts#2 and then advanced. Scouts #1 advanced toward Docks. Scouts #2 ran 12” to one objective. Blitzer shot at his right side dock w/ objective on it, but it was outside of range. Bomber advanced and tried to shoot Crane but that also was out of range but the blast created 2 3” AOE shallow water templates.
Turn 1 – Legion
Shredders ran to try to get on the plank so next turn they could descend. Raek ran, shepherd ran, Ravagore ran and riled, Angelius charged Bomber and Riled, other shepherd ran. Abby cast Carnivore on yes the Forsaken, Playing God on the Ravagore and was not able to have range for the Angelius to get Forced Evolution.
Turn 2 - Trolls
Upkept Snipe on Bomber, dropped wall. Gunny moved and shot Angelius for 4 dmg and then put up a wall 1" in front of himself. Bomber advanced threw bombs at dock, one missed and deviated causing a water template to appear. Second shot hit for 5 dmg. Blitzer advanced shot Anglelius and got 3 shots off. A total of 10 dmg was inflicted. Scouts on his right charged the dock with the gang plank and destroyed it. Scouts on the left side of board ran to block charge lanes and secure the objective. Impaler and Swamp Troll advanced, Chronicler cast Tale of Mists on the Scouts holding the objective.
Turn 2 - Legion
One of the Shredders frenzied doing 12 dmg to its neighbor while the other shredders walked. A shepherd moved to heal the damaged shredder. The other Shepherd took control of the Hoist and transported the Teraph down from the docks. A forsaken ran to dock edge, a shredder walked towards dock edge, Abby went and cast Forced Evolution on the Angelius. The Ravagore shot and hit 2 scouts killing both but they passed their tough checks. Angelius melee'd a nearby scout who also passed a tough check. Raek jumped down from the docks.
TROLLS = 1 Obj Pt.
Turn 3 - Trolls
Scouts on right destroyed another pier causing a shredder fall and take 10 dmg. Scouts on the left repositioned yet still maintained the objective to score another point at the end of the turn. Bomber shot Teraph, second shot missed,. Gunny took a shot at Absylonia but missed and damaged the pier. Blitzer unloaded on the Teraph with a whopping 3 shots killing it. Impaler moved in shallow water and Swamp Troll advanced slightly.
Trolls - 1 more Objective pt = 2 pts.
Turn 3 - Legion
Raek Frenzied and killed a scout that was tying up the Angelius. Shepherd activated crane, dropping the platform on 3 scouts killing them. Shredder on dock fell off ledge to hope to contest objective but took 10 dmg and was KD. Another shredder ran towards Abby since the gang plank was down, a lot of the models had to reposition themselves to get down. The shredder that had fallen before stood up and missed its attack on the scout since its mind and body were out. Ravagore boosted a shot and killed a scout. Another shredder ran down pier to get to the ladder to descend. Both my forsakens followed suit. Abby moves up and pops feat healing the Angelius and shredder. Angelius attacks another scout which passes a tough check.
(*Point could not be gotten on LOE turn since unit was less than 50 percent of its starting value)
Turn 4 - Trolls
Scouts charged a shredder two of them killed it. Other scouts attacked Shredder, Raek, and Angelius. Bomber fires 2 bombs and destroys 2 more dock sections including the CRANE. Blitzer shoots at Ravagore again causing some more damage. Swamp Troll moves up, Impaler casts animus, Far Strike, on Gunny. Gunny attemps to shoot at Abby but misses since she is Def 18 on elevated terrain. Chronicler moves up to control the Objective giving Trolls another point.
Trolls - 1 more objective point = 3 pts.
Turn 4 - Legion
Threshold check on the Raek frenzies on a scout but misses. Forsaken charges scouts and pops ability killing 2 scouts but yes 1 makes its tough check. Absylonia heals since that Forsaken had Carnivore on it. Other Forsaken runs for Objective coming up short. A shredder attacks a scout killing it and snacking for 3 pts. Other shredder runs down ladder. Ravagore shoots blitzer with a miss so it scatters. Angelius Repels a scout 3", charges blitzer doing 16 pts of dmg because of armor piercing. Seeing no way to stop the Trolls from getting a 4th point, she makes a valiant attempt to charge the blitzer hoping to bait Lycane into potentially moving off the objective. She fails her charge though.
Trolls - 1 more objective point = 4 pts
Turn 5 - Trolls
Lycane does not fall for the bait yet goes for the caster kill since Absylonia is a sitting target. Her Def 16 proves to hold up while he does good damage to her. She transfers her last fury point to the Angelius. He puts up the wall behind Abby and then attempts to get a critical slam from the Impaler. He does not hit but does enough damage to get Abby down to 1 hit point. Checking his score Lycane realizes his Chronicler is still on the objective with no contesting models so he wins by scenario.
Trolls - 1 more objective point = 5 pts WIN.
It was a great game, scenario says that the defender has the advantage. I beleive this is only true if the defender brings more of a gun line force. Key tactic for the attacker - destroy the crane and gang plank. Really fun scenario Craig (Lonely Monk) did a great job with it!
ReplyDeleteFor Lycane's first time playing on lowtide, he did exactly what you need to do as attacker. He took out the Gang Plank early and then went after the Hoist Crane. As a defender if you don't have a gunline army, you have to advance and get down.
ReplyDeleteI was happy with my army selection, the Ravagore helped from a ranged perspective but my shredders and forsakens were struggling to find ways to descend to ground level and engage.
A good game, overall. More league games coming so losing by scenario was nice to see.