Battle Report!

After my last Battle Report game (rule blunder and all) we decided to follow it up with a 2nd match. Infernals player swapped out a few units and his Master. Game was much more intense and it really showcases the “Omodamos Brick”.

Calling this game: The Battle of the Unyielding. (Locked Horns vs. Storm Division)

Lists, Turns, and Afterthoughts to follow…

Lists

Cygnar – Positive Charges

[Theme] Storm Division

[Stryker 2] Lord Commander Stryker [+28]

– Ironclad [12]

– Lancer [10]

– Lancer [10]

– Stormclad [17]

– Squire [0(5)]

Journeyman Warcaster [4]

– Firefly [8]

Major Katherine Laddermore [8]

Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord [4]

Savio Montero Acosta [0(6)]

Storm Lances (max) [20]

Stormblade Infantry [9]

– Stormblade Infantry Officer & Standard [0(5)]

Infernals – Omo’ N The Howlers

[Theme] Dark Legacy

[Omodamos 1] Omodamos, The Black Gate [+28]

– Soul Stalker [13]

– Tormentor [12]

– Tormentor [12]

– Lord Roget d’Vyaros [4]

Alain Runewood, Lord of Ash [0(5)]

Eilish Garrity, the Dark Seeker [5]

Hermit of Henge Hold [5]

Nicia, Hound of the Abyss [4]

The Wretch [4]

The Wretch [4]

Valin Hauke, The Fallen Knight [7]

Cultist Band (max) [7]

– Dark Sentinel (3) [0(6)]

– Master Preceptor Orin Midwinter [4]

Cultist Band (max) [7]

– Dark Sentinel (3) [0(6)]

Howlers (max) [15]

Terrain/Scenario

Scenario: Spread the Net (SR 2019 Packet)

Terrain List:

Smouldering Fire & Burning Earth (Top left); LOS blocking Cloud; Passing through = 1 Dmg + Set on Fire; Rough Terrain.

2 Small Walls

1 Large “L” Wall (Blocks LOS for Small Bases; Med+Large treat as a wall)

Trench line (Bottom left) Homemade trench on the left side of the map. At one point, I was hoping to make a WW1/2-esque table with pillboxes and trenches. It kind of stalled after making this piece.

Two LOS blocking buildings (Toolshed and Pillbox).

Deployment

Infernals win roll and choose side. Cygnar to go first.

Storm Lances position to push the opposing flag. Big field on right side looks good for charging. Ironclad/Lancer position for Cygnar’s rectangle zone.

Stryker2 deploys in the center with the Stormclad, Firefly, and Laddermore. Stormblades are off to the left intending to get into the circle and contest farside rectangle as-needed.

Savio positions for the left side flag. Lancer is there as well to apply Positive Charge for the Stormblades.

Infernals opt not to ambush any Cultists. Majority of the force deploys central across from the circle zone. One unit of cultists is on the far right side to push Cygnar’s rectangular zone. Tormentors appears to be slightly to the left in case the rectangle needs to be scored. Solos/Cultists are there with them as support.

Nicia ADs on the left. Savio stares at her across the table at her with intense fear. (Nicia has not been kind to Savio and my other Solos in the past)

Turn 1a (Cygnar)

Cygnar runs. Laddermore & Lances form a line for charges. Stormblades hang back intending to take the circle as it becomes live.

Savio hides in a trench within distance to sit on Cygnar’s flag.

Stryker casts Deceleration and positions to exploit the central wall. Jr. puts Arcane Shield on the Stormblades.

Turn 1b (Infernals)

Nicia advances and shoots at Savio in the trench. Savio dodges the attack (and the 2nd attack taken with Lucky), and steps out of the trench to mock Nicia. Savio’s DEF 19 in the trench was his saving grace.

Everything else advances to stay mostly out of Cygnar’s threat ranges.

Omodamos casts Locked Horns (I think. Memory may be failing me.) Wretch uses Black Mantle to keep Omodamos safe from Cygnar’s limited shooting.

Turn 2a (Cygnar)

Left: Savio retreats back into the Trench for safety. Stormblades move forward cautiously and layer up to counter any Tormentors coming in. Rhupert gives the ‘Blades tough.

Center: Stryker2 casts Deceleration and positions behind the wall. Stryker also casts Rebuke through the Lancer (after it has advanced) on the right side Cultists. In hindsight: the Howlers may have been the better target.

Right: Laddermore and Lances advance, shoot, and repo backwards. One Howler and a few Cultists ride the lightning. Firefly joins them in this strategy for the +2 Dmg buff. At the end of this Ironclad, and Lances are all within 11’ of the Infernals line. Laddermore was able to stay a little further back by choosing the foremost Howler as her target and then repoing backwards. Ironclad advanced forward ready to join the fight next turn.

Turn 2b (Infernals)

Left: Nicia attempts to shoot Savio again. Misses. Savio dodges to be B2B with the flag. Tormentor moves into left zone.

Center: Omodamos feats. Tormentor charges the Stormblades and kills two. New Tormentor is summoned (I think by sacrificing Roget, but I could be wrong).

Right: Howlers charge the Stormlances and the Ironclad (supported by a Tormentor). Two ‘Lances and the Ironclad are vanquished. (Ironclad was only in range due to Omo’s feat) Soul Stalker advances on the Lancer and leaves it with a few boxes afters it attacks.

Infernals end turn. Cygnar scores 1 (Flag) and Infernals score 1 (Left Rectangle).

Score: 1:1

Turn 3a (Cygnar)

Left: Lancer gets Positive Charge from Stryker2 and runs into the center Tormentors. Savio charges a Tormentor and does about 16 damage between the two attacks. PS 15 (w Positive Charge) 4d6 Charges are Nice (even at Dice -6 as Tormentors are Arm 21 with Unyielding). Rhupert gives tough to the Stormblades and then runs to the flag to take Savio’s job. Tormentor in the left zone Countercharges Savio, misses, and takes a Riposte attack in the process (Savio normally doesn’t survive this long!).

Center: Stormblades charge two Tormentors in the center zone. One is removed, and the other limps along. Stormblades mini-feat. Stryker2 puts Positive Charge on the left Lancer and the Stormclad.

Right: Storm Lances attempt to remove the Howlers engaged with them, and fail. Laddermore charges a Howler and fails to remove it. Stormclad charges the Tormentor and at PS21…Fails to remove it (Arm 21 on the Tormentors with Omo is very nice). Firefly tries to finish the job and fails. Crippled Lancer pokes a Stalker for some damage.

Cygnar ends turn with Infernals score 1 (Left Rectangle) and Cygnar scoring 2 (Left Flag and Right Rectangle).

Score: 3:2 (Cygnar Favor)

Turn 3b (Infernals)

Left: Omo summons a Shrieker that advances into the left zone. Cultists advance forward to assist. Nicia charges Rhupert and misses against all odds.

Center: Tormentors tear the Lancer, Savio, and one Stormblade to pieces. Hermit used his -2 Arm buff to assist.

Right: Valin charges the Firefly and puts down some damage. Eilish uses Hex Blast to remove Rebuke from the Cultists, who charge (and kill) the Lancer and move forward. Flag is being scored by Eilish (I think). Howlers remove the Lances. Stalker charges Laddermore and dismounts her. Tormentor lays down some pain on the Stormclad.

Infernals end turn scoring 2.

Score: 4:3 (Infernal Favor)

Turn 4a (Cygnar)

Stryker is running out of targets for his feat. Its now or never…and maybe should have been earlier.

Left: Rhupert charges Nicia. Misses unsurprisingly.

Center: Stryker2 dishes out Positive Charge to the Stormclad, feats, and sits (he is where he is after his Feat move). Stormblades charge and between their assaults, and main attack …Remove two Tormentors. Stormblades use their feat attack to attempt to kill the hermit (5 of them). One Stormblade misses and Hermit lives on one box. Remember: One of the Tormentors was hurt from Savio’s work.

Right: Stormclad is able to remove the Tormentor (which was weakened), the Stalker, and the Howler (Full focus for attacks and feat attack at PS 21). Laddermore attempted to leave combat to contest the Infernal’s flag, but the Stalker hit its free strike and killed her. Firefly used its attacks (with Positive Charge) to assist with attacking the Tormentor and feat attack to kill Valin. Electro leaps helped with this process from the Stormclad. Two Howlers remain in Cygnar’s zone.

Cygnar ends turn scoring 0. Infernals score 2 (Left Rectangle and Right Flag). Admittedly: I had miscalculated the Scenario situation in my fluster to kill Tormentors. Something needed to contest the Infernal’s flag, and Nicia needed to die. Ultimately the brick of Tormentors made it hard to get to the Infernals’ objectives, and Cygnar’s flag was too poorly defended. The Squire also could have ran to contest a flag, or the Jr. for that matter (Oops).

Score: 6:3 (Infernal Favor)

Turn 4b (Infernals)

Infernals only need to end turn to win. However, the Infernal player takes some time to show Omodamos’ true power.

Left: Nicia kills Rhupert out of spite and to score (finally).

Center: Omodamos moves in on the 5 remaining Stormblades. Omodamos removes all 5 easily, even with Arcane Shield and Unyielding on the ‘Blades (Arm 20 in Melee). Flashing Blade is a beast of a spell.

Right: Howler moves around to kill the Stormclad but fails.

Infernals end turn scoring 3 (Flags and Left Rectangle).

Final Score: 9:3

Infernals Win by Scenario

Afterthoughts

Unyielding is a great ability. However, when both sides have a DMG fix (Positive Charge vs. Synergy) it largely leads to a wash. It felt as if this game was decided a lot by positioning and attrition. Omodamos was able to get his Horrors on the right (One Tormentor in particular) into a key position and summoning additional horrors put Cygnar on the backfoot.

All of this, with Omo’s feat, ultimately led to the Ironclad biting the dust without ever taking a swing. Cygnar also waited too long to use Stryker’s feat. Stryker’s feat could have been used on Turn 3a and it may head led to more survivors for Turn 4a.

Also – talk about lucky with Savio and Rhupert vs. Nicia! I would not have expected Savio to survive two rounds of Nicia shooting, or Rhupert to survive being charged by Nicia.

It was a fun game and felt like it had lots of action (which is always nice)

Please feel free to leave your thoughts and suggestions in the Comments!

J