29 points legion vs circle (strange pointsvalue, but that is all he has...)
Legion list
Absylonia
Carnivean
Carnivean
Nephilim soldier
Shredder
Shredder
Shepperd
Forsaken
Circle list
Kromac
Feral Warpwolf
Pureblood warpwolf
gorax
Gorax
Lord of the feast
warwolf
Warwolf
shifting stones
Field is pretty much a unobstructed path in the middle with a few rocks to block line of sight just of centre of the table. there are a few forests, but they are largely inconsequential...
He starts deploying. Warpwolfs in the middle then gorax and warwolf on each side. Kromac stands behind the warpwolves.
I then deploy with the soldier in the middle, then a carnivean on each side and then a shredder on each side. shepper stands behind te right carnivean, absylonia behind the soldier and Forsaken behind the left carnivean.
Turn 1:
He moves his forces up, running everything. His lord of feast is positioned to have a good shot on something the next turn. shifting stones teleport themselves up a few inches.
I then take turn and advance everything. The right shredder Runs and uses it's animus on itself. Shepperd moves up and leaches 2 fury of the shredder. The carnivean moves up and spiny growt's itself. The other carnivean also moves and casts spiny growth on itself. the left shredder runs and puts up it's animus. the forsaken advances after the shredder and takes away 2 fury from the shredder. Soldier moves up a bit (no run). Absylonia moves up behind the soldier and casts playing god on the left carnivean. She also casts forced evolution on the left shredder boosting it's
def even further. (this is the most likely target for the lord of feast and therefore get's buffed a lot.) I then end turn.
Turn 2:
He moves his pureblood warpwolf to cast it's animus on the lord of feast. then let's his lord walk up a bit to shoot my shredder with the raven. he hits and places himself in combat. The shredder get's maimed, but lives with a few boxes left. (body lost). He walks up the beasts and wolves to center field. then kromac activates and boosts the ferals armor with a spell and casts the no magic field.
My turn I upkeep everything (free
) and then I advance the left carnivean to within striking distance of the lord of feast and pulverize it (boost hit and damage). Then he gets riled for a third fury. the shepperd moves up to make sure the shredder and carnivean will be able to boost. The shredder on the right goes rabid and charges a warwolf. he destroys it easily. absylonia moves up a bit and casts carnivore on the right carnivean. She also casts spiny growth upon it.The carnivean on the right advances and uses it's dragonsbreath to hit the right gorax, shifting stone and kromac. I figure he will hit the gorax so I want to boost damage. He then misses the gorax.. I do hit the stone and boost damage, thinking that it will be enough, but I only do 2 damage to the stone (2 ones and a 4 on the roll...) Kromac also get's hit with a boosted attack and damageroll. he takes 8 damage which he transfers to the left gorax. Then I try to block chargelanes and charge the soldier to within rach of the right gorax and the feral. I boost hit and damage taking the gorax almost out of the fight (1 box left.) I then miss with the extra attack, as I am unable to boost hit... The left shredder (who was healed 1) goes rabid and charges the other gorax, doing nice damage, but not enough to really cripple it. Forsaken takes 3 focus of the carnivean on the left after advancing a bit. I look at the field and see abs with 1 fury left and tenacityon herself. I figure she is safe enough.
Turn3:
e destroys my right shredder with the purebloods spray. My soldier get's destroyed with his feral. warpwolves. I reave 3 fury of it. He then activates the stones letting kromac shift 8 inch. then casts some spells and feats. Kromac jumps to within reach of abs and boosts hit. He hits and does 8 damage. I take the damage. He then hits me again with a boosted attack and damageroll and again does 8 damage, which I transfer to the left carnivean. he buys a extra attack and misses. he ends his turn and gives in...
I win by the skin of my teeth, because he did not activate in the right order, as kromac should have been first this turn. That would have killed me for sure. now I escape narrowly with a victory. Had the fight continued and he had not charged abs, I would have been all over him with 2 full carniveans against his beasts. That would have mauled most of them. plus the 2 sprays would probably scrap 2 of the stones, so he would not be able to teleport anymore...
I think I will have some legionaires or swordsmen in the list next time. The shepperd is good and will stay, but the forsaken is likely to go. Maybe I did not use her right, but I do not see her point if I can have a shepperd instead... the soldier did not add much, and while I like it, I think this will be dropped till I hit the 35 point mark...
It was an interessting battle and me and my opponent have learned from the mistakes we made. next time it will be a harder fight...
