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Hello everyone.

I'm a returning player to warmachine, and wanted to try out the mercenaries. I love the steelhead models, and the trenchers so i thought this would be an obvious choice going for Damiano with Kingmaker list. Please help me optimize it/give your comments

Damiano
- Mangler
- Mangler

Stannis Brocker (free due to theme)
Sergeant Nicolas (free due to theme)
Kell Bailoch (free due to theme)
Dirty Meg
Maximum Steelhead Halberdiers
Maxmumin Steelhead Riflemen
Maximum Steelhead Heavy Cavalry
Maximum Trencher Infantry
- UA
- 3x Rifle Grenadiers.

My overall gameplay was to keep Dead eye on the Steelhead Riflemen, Death March on Halberdiers as they are bound to die, and Sure foot on the trenchers for extra defense. I'd use the trenchers for a complete smoke cloud helping getting my halberdiers and cavalry up. Then I'd jam the halberdiers into something, and have the cavalry smash anything they might get in clutches with. Stannis would help manouvering the steelheads around and letting the Riflemen shoot through the steelhead models. Nicolas provides some tough, and Kell Bailoch would snipe enemy solos. The trenchers would from there on shoot/jam anything else, while my steelheads mop up their initial fight.

Nice list you have there. A couple thoughts: the cavalry are a big points sink that don't have the damage output they used to have. Putting those points into a second unit of halberdiers will do you more good, especially on Damiano's feat turn. This way you have more jammers that can really hurt for one turn. Also, with money shot on your riflemen, you might get more mileage putting dead eye on your trenchers when they assault or cautiously advance. I don't know what your meta looks like but in about sixty games I've probably put a cloud wall out a handful of times. Surefoot trenchers are amazing as the ultimate tarpit your opponent cannot ignore.

I'll also always suggest finding a way for getting a buccaneer into a Kingmaker list, as it really shuts down ranged assassinations thanks to feign death.