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There is no such thing as a WAAC unit.

What do you have and what do they have? Different casters and different opponent setups require different strategies.

correlation2 wrote:
Once your opponent understands your bum rush, they'll take advantage of it. Iron Fist requires that the target models be in his meager 12" ctrl area, which means he's always horribly out of position on his feat turn. Of course your charging models have gotten the alpha strike, but if your enemy has properly prepared for that you're kind of a sitting duck.

You know the 'jack doesn't have to be in command to use focus. Starting the run from 12" away from Strakhov doesn't matter if you've set it up correctly. Your "counter" of if they're prepared counters most every assassination run out there.

He's also got lots of good spells but very little focus.

This is true for alot of casters. This is also why his second jack is a Kodiak. Load up a Beast/Spriggan, Upkeep Superiority, cast overrun (if needed)/Dump focus on the Kodiak and feat. Everything he needs right there. Charging for free is a huge benefit for Warmachine armies.

Cool looking model though. Great fluff. Definitely a caster that requires some finesse to get the most out of. Terrible tier list though - AKs sucking so harshly and all.

If you consider multiple jack bullets to be finesse, then ok. Most of the Warmachine tiers are terrible so this isn't really news or a drawback.

correlation2 wrote:
You still can't load a jack outside of ctrl range, which should be a non-issue since they should be in. What I mean is that in order to benefit from Iron Fist, the target of the charge has to be within 12" of Strahkov. That means that if your target is say, a caster deeper in enemy lines, Strahkov has to end his activation basically at the very front of your army.

Who said anything about loading it outside command? I said USE focus. And yes, he has to be forward and then everything else moves up in front of him or engages the threats.

From there you've got Beast and a Kodiak, apparently. Your mileage is going to vary. Beast can kill virtually anything, but, against a good opponent you should only catch him with Beast's 21" assassination once. I mean if you have an easy opponent you can pretty much exploit any character endlessly.

You're hard to impress if you think that two of the most reliable jacks are YMMV. This is also where strategy comes into play is setting it up. If you're only good enough to pull it off once, that's not a fault of the caster. Against a good opponent, most tricks should be counterable, but you still see the same Legion, Skorne, Cryx, and Circle lists winning time and again.

It's not that he's bad strictly say, but he isn't nearly as powerful as say Sorscha or Vlad. I'm even willing to say that unusual casters like Old Witch are better. If I had to tier the casters he'd be down with Zerkova in terms of overall greatness.

Uh, Old Witch is one of the top tier casters just like all the other IF casters. Most of the consensus puts Strakhov is just below the IF's casters since he makes things so insanely fast.

FWIW, I do hope you're not talking about pSorcha, who every horde player loves to see since they can effectively negate her feat for very little effort.