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Warcaster
Kommander Zerkova (+6)

Warjacks
Spriggan 10

Juggernaut 7

Berserker 6

Units
Iron Fang Pikemen (small) 5

Widowmakers 4

Greylord Ternion 4

The Great Bears of Gallowswood 5


So I've gone from wanting to use Karchev to using Zerkova. I tried this list earlier today, I liked it but it was at a point where I couldn't do anything. At all. Then Zerkova got 1-shotted by Stryker.

Now I know there's improvement to be had here.

1-shotted by Epic stryker? happens to everyone

Drop the zerker and jugger for destroyer and koldun lord.
Marshal the destroyer to the lord. so you can powerboost and then use bonus to Double boost a bombard each turn.

Then you got 2 pts spare to take a WARDOG
She needs the wardog to survive anything.
Wardog + greylord cloud and shes def 17 to ranged and melee.

Now she should be much more survivable and with more options. Plus Watcher on the spriggan breaks the game
use it to push everyone out of melee range.

Should have 1pt spare. Take reinholdt if you have him lol. additional pow 13 shot isnt bad or to use spyglass etc. may aswell

Oh dear, never thought of using Watcher with Bulldoze. Now that's just rude...

u would really advise against using Lady-Z if your looking for a decent caster. she can be OK, but is really lackluster. In a faction with no wide spread arc nodes, plus her fraillity in combat, she really doesnt shine.

if you want denial, the old witch does it better. her feat is great, she has iron flesh, she normally has stealth, and she has an arc node.

that being said, if you dead set on Lady Z then go with the decimator, prolly the ONLY time i will recommend him as well. watcher on the decimator is pretty hot for that boosted gunshot.

the thing with Watcher and bulldoze is he can opt to not attack, and if he doesnt attack the spell does not expire.
So he can bulldoze everytime something gets near zerkova

AFAIK this is still do-able.

They just officially errata-ed Bulldoze to only work during the model's activation.

Link

I've played Zerkova a number of times, and it's tough to keep her alive. This errata makes it harder.

One other thing I don't like about her is her lack of potent offensive spells. Is a jack coming your way? Razor Wind is your best option. Need to clear out infantry? You're stuck with Twister.

She's better at denial than a lot of Khador casters, but aside from her feat, she's lacking in that department, too.

i saw that this morning too.
Its a shame considering an infernal did say it was a mistake and should say once per advance not activation.

I've only really played her once and i had was using a tiered list. But with the wardog so no bonuses. (so doomies and Greylords everywhere)
Playing against Kaylessa and mage hunters >.<
and thats a seriously bad match up.
Still did really well!
In hindsight i know i could of won with a few different moves, but being my first game with her is excuse enough

So in general, Zerkova isn't Very competative, but she isn't that bad.
Which is why i recommend Destroyers! Useful in almost every situation

Aww, now you can't take advantage of tough from keeping your standard bearer waaaay back anymore... On the plus side, they finally cleared up Mortie's tier list stealth bonus!