Krueger 2 was the reigning champion from the last game, eeking out an assassination vs. Vlad 2. Today he fights Zerkova 2 and her army of magic slingers. Normally vs. a shooty army, Krueger 2 would be safe with Windstorm but now he has to deal with magical spray army which is a great counter for it. Let's see how it goes!
Deployment - Circle wins the die roll and decides to go first. The amount of Advanced Deploy allows him to counter deploy the druids vs. the Greylord Outriders since their UA can protect them from their Cold Magical Sprays.
Khador notices that Krueger 2 is deployed towards his friendly flag in hopes of some early domination and sets up their magical assassins accordingly.
Turn 1 Top: Circle Orboros - Circle runs up and prepares to dominate their friendly flag next round. The Druids get some protection in the forest and wait for the advancing Greylord Outriders which they will be immune to next turn.
Krueger 2 casts Windstorm to protect from short ranged shots but it seems he is too far back for it to apply to anything that matters since most of Khador's attacks will be sprays.
Turn 1 Bottom: Khador - Khador gets their magical units in position to run into Krueger 2's range next turn. The Greylord Outriders run up against the Druids in a tiered formation in hopes that a few survive next round.
Behemoth moves in and launches 2x shots at the Druids in the forest which are about 1" out of range but gets lucky with the deviations and kills 3 Druids.
Eiryss moves in to try and kill the Blackclad Wayfarer and needs an 8 to kill him but rolls a 4. She is in trouble.
Zerkova 2 activates and gets Telgesh Mark on the Kayazy Eliminators and moves up the field. The Kayazys are now Arc Nodes and run up behind Aiyana & Holt who have also safely advanced up.
Turn 1 Overview- It was pretty dumb for Eiryss to move up so close to the Blackclad Wayfarer. It's a bad trade. The Behemoth's deviating 4" AOEs really helped open up the battlefield for the Outriders.
Turn 2 Top: Circle Orboros - The Druids activate first and see how much damage they can do to the Greylord Outriders. The UA casts his Elemental Protection so the Druids are immune to their cold damage spells while the other Druids plink away at them. There were a few bad rolls but with the help of the Stone Keeper, they are able to remove an Outrider.
Behemoth is still too far up to charge with the Warpwolf Stalker, even with Gallows and Telekinesis so he just runs up just out of his charge range. The Blackclad Wayfarer is pissed at Eiryss and unleashes a spray which annihilates her. The Wold Guardian is able to Geomancy and kill a Ternion with a Gallows.
Krueger 2 is able to set up and dominates his friendly flag and will score a point as long as no one contests next turn.
Turn 2 Bottom: Khador - Zerkova 2 sees an opening and plans out her assassination attempt. The order of activation has to be just right for it to work. She allocates 1 to the Behemoth and upkeeps Telgesh Mark and prepares for battle.
The Greylord Outriders are in a great position as they can be in melee and still cast their spells. They activate and take out 1 of the Gallows Groves and plink at Krueger 2 doing 3 damage to him after he transfers a 7 pointer to the War Argus. The Greylord Ternions run into position. The rough terrain gives them a little bit of a hard time.
Aiyana and Holt then activate and Holt is able to hit Krueger for a couple damage but Aiyana misses Kiss of Lyliss. The Kayazy Eliminators run through models and get into place just out of melee range of any Circle units.
Zerkova now activates. She casts Occult Whispers giving all Friendly Faction models an extra die on attacks and moves up. She has 2 Focus left and pops feat which allows all Friendly Faction models in her control area to cast a spell for free. She casts Hoarfrost through the Kayazy Eliminator Arc Nodes and boosts it giving her 4 dice to hit because of Occult Whispers. Zerkova 2 lands a critical which makes Krueger 2 Stationary. She hits him for 6 damage with boosted dice.
Next, Aiyana & Holt activate. She casts Kiss of Lylsiss and it sticks. Holt then shoots Krueger 2 for a couple damage leaving him with only a few. The Greylord Outriders activate and shatter Krueger 2 into tiny bits of blood and ice.
Turn 2 Overview - Behemoth and the two remaining Ternions didn't even activate yet which would have added a POW 12 shot and 2x Boosted POW 14s. Krueger was not surviving that barrage.
Final Shot - This seemed like a bad match up for Krueger to begin with. The fact that Windstorm only works vs. ranged attacks really made it so he had no defenses. He couldn't block LOS because most of the shots were sprays and Behemoth would have just arced over whoever was in front of him. Krueger 2's feat didn't really play that much of a part in it since most of the models were outside of 14" when they began their turns.
The only way for Krueger 2 to survive that assassination turn would be to camp 7 fury and ride it out. It would probably really hurt his battlegroup but he would be able to heal them and hopefully take out most of the threats next turn.
Zerkova 2's feat and spell list are amazing against high DEF low ARM casters. You have decent odds of getting Crit Stationary on Hoarfrost with 4 dice. I think I might pick up a Koldun Lord even through he's pretty lame otherwise. A second unit of Outriders would be amazing but just expensive monetarily and I wouldn't use 2x in any other list.
Zerkova 2 is really fun and I plan to get her on the battlefield more often. Stayed tuned for her next match up!
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