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Battlereport of a battle I played yesterday. It was my first time playing coven, thats the reason I made the huge misstake you will read about in a minute List are not 500 spot on, we give each other a bit of leeway (he had 507, I had 506)

My list:
Coven
- Slayer
- deathripper
- deathripper
- skarlock
10 mechanithralls
6 bilethralls
6 banethralls
pistolwraith

His list:
Stryker
- lancer
- lancer
- Ironclad
Journeyman
- Charger
6 swordknights
gun mage captain adept.

he went a bit jack heavy because he likes the figs

I got first turn and started deploying in a broad line. He put everything to my left side.

My First slayer and a deathripper on the right get a focus. The units run up, the slayer runs with a focus. The biles get occultation from the skarlock. Coven give infernal machine to the slayer. Slayer, Biles and pistolwraith are going headon. Mechanithralls and a ripper are making a flanking move. all are covered by ruins and containers (our terain)

His first turn stryker gives a focus to each jack he controlls. Journeyman gives 1 to charger. he runs his jacks up. journeyman casts arcane shield on charger (did not know why..) stryker casts arcane shield on ironclad. Rest of the focus gets used, but I do not know on what... Swordknights move up and take up defensive line.

My second turn I upkeep occultation and keep all other focus. I think off a cool plan to deny him his focus for jack control and start off with the wraith. he shoots the right lancer and hits it 3 times (minor damage from first two shots hits third (most important one). Biles move up and take up threatening positions to purge next turn. Mechanithralls run and take up a flanking position to take on the journeyman and charger next turn. the deathripper on the right hides behind a wall, ready to jump out next turn to deliver death... The other node moves up to stand beside the biles. Banes move up a bit. Coven moves up and casts imprison catching the Irionclad and the left lancer. They also stygian abyss the right lancer, boosting damage. Nothing serious. I then give the turn to my opponent.

He starts his turn and I realise I have not feated. Since everything has stealth I hope for the best. He upkeeps the ironclads arcane shield. he gives 1 focus to the lancer in the prison and 1 to the ironclad). The journeyman blows up the prison. Stryker channels a eartquake at the mechanitralls, catching the ripper lurking nearby he then feats. He shoots a mechtrall with the charger and the journeyman. he then charges the ironclad who had 1 focus. His hammer strikes and he rolls a 12 to hit my ripper. the thing survives, but is knocked down. The fist finishes it off. Then the gunmage captain moves up and takes out 1 witch of the coven. (forgot it ignores stealth. Can it see past a model with stealth btw??) he sets his swordknight up so they cover stryker from the worst damage. He then charges the lancer into the banes, killing 1 and ends turn.

My turn I almost cry as my plan has falen short. The feat would have saved me, because the gunmage would not have LOS if I had feated... As it is I try to make the best of it with my meagr 6 focus... I keep all focus. The banes are not in combat any more and charge the lancer. 3 are more than 3 inches away, 2 are not. they do some minor damage, but at least they engage the jack (stopping channeling). The pistolwraith chills the other lancer again. the mechthralls stand up and move into a better position. biles move in for a purge. first one gets the right lancer, the charger, 6 swordknights, the captain adept and stryker. I do almost no damage as he has feated, but it is all corroded. only the captain recieves 4 damage. I pop another one to make sure he dies. this also kills a few swordknights. I then cast occultation on the mechs with the skarlock. The witches feat and repositon a bit. they also cast imprison on the ironclad. this ends my turn.

His turn He loses a few stoermknight to corrosion and a few points on the jacks. He has 2 knights left. he kills 2 biles and another coven-member trough a unexpected move. I have to look at what can be coming. He used the lancer that the wraith had shot to move to within 5 inches of my coven and then channels a bolt. another witch gone, this is getting hairy...

My turn I give the slayer 3 focus. He gets infernal machine from the skarlock. The channeling lancer is broken in a boosted combohit on the charge. 2 Banes turn towards the ironclad, enganging it. The other lancer is taken out by the banes. the 2 that turned around do minor damage on the clad.. the 2 remaining biles purge all over the journeyman, stryker and 2 swordknights. Except stryker who is left at 4 wounds they all die. The mechthralls charge the inert charger and destroy it. the pistolwraith takes shots at stryker, but misses both shots. Coven move over so egregore grants stealth to skarlock, remaining deathripper and the last member of the coven. I end turn.

He looks at his force and conceeds.the ironclad was my next target to take out and the pistolwraith and mechtralls are in a good position to threaten stryker.


Short overview:
Witches are good!! the do need the feat on turn 2 though. That would have saved me a lot of grief and would have let me end it on turn 3. Ah well, for a first time it was not all bad