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I'm playing a game tonight and want to try out pVlad with Drago and 2 Berserkers. This is only my 2nd game so I'm still a newb. My first game was just pSorsha, Juggs, and Destroyer. I won that game, but my friend/opponent where being coached through it. This will be my first time using Vlad. I just finished assembling Drago and 2 Berserkers and really want to try them out. We are playing a 15 pt game, so I have room for Infantry (probably WG) and a War Dog as well. But I'm curious if any other Khador players could give me some quick pointers on running this trio of 'Jacks with Vlad. I've read a bit and understand the unstable nature of the Berserkers when given Focus, but that kind of seems fun to turn them into AOE's! Thanks!

PVlad, Drago, and two Berserkers comes to 15pts together. You're never going to have the Focus to run all three effectively, I'd suggest dropping one of the Berserkers and bringing a cheap infantry unit and maybe a War Dog.

pVlad can kind of do it because he has Signs and Portents, which really helps the Zerkers hit things. But he will be running quite focus light, and he has plenty of spells.

You could pop his feat early, and alpha strike up the board 16 inches and help you get into position.

But Vlad isn't really a Jack caster, and you'll struggle with 3.

Thanks guys - I ended up taking
pVlad
WarDog
Drago
Berserker x 1
WGI full + UA + Kovnik Joe

We didn't get to finish the game, but it was a three way: My friend playing Retribution and I playing Khador (20 pts ea) vs another guy playing 40 pts of Cygnar w/ 2 casters. The weight of attack was a little unblanaced - I was taking on 1 'jack, a colossal, and whatever those big sword dudes are while my friend took on 4 jacks using 3 jacks and a squad of mage hunters. Drago nearly did a lot of damage to the Colosal with axe-to-face, but didn't survive to see it fall. I struggled on whether to load up the 'Zerker with some focus and send it at the colosal or the sword dudes, but ended up charging the colosal. He nearly killed it before exploding lol. Then Vlad swooped in for the final blow and took it down. The WG took out a few of the sword dudes and lost only 2, but we didn't get to see how they would have finished before we had to pack things up.

Signs and Portents was wonderful! I didn't even think about the Alpha strike option, but terrain wasn't really set up for any charge lanes to really get Drago or the Berzerker where they could be set up for heavy hitting early. Overall it was great fun! Next time I will make some better decisions. Still, it was a lot of fun!