Chick Fight!

Saturday night the biatch of Circle and Everblight met each other on the battlefield to settle some dispute about who was the better looking girl in Immoren... *bla* *bla*

After playing eThaggy a lot the last few months, it was time for me to look at the new star of the Legion: Vayl! Reading the big forums gave me lots of ideas for a nice 35pts list. I already tried out the list this week against my brother playing eHoarlock, but this weekend I was going to play another battle against my wargaming buddy Vincent with his eKaya list. This was going to be a tough battle, because Vincent knows his eKaya inside out!

The lists:

Vayl, Typhon, Scythean, Seraph, Shredder, Striders + UA and a Shepherd.


eKaya & Laris, WW Stalker, Pureblood WW, Gorax, Argus, Druids + UA and a Wayfarer.


We played the SR2010 Capture The Flag scenario:

FIGHT!


Round 1:

Circle runs forward, warping all over the place. eKaya advances, puts stealth up and Forced Evo on the Pureblood. Druids don't want to be bullseyes for Striders and stay in the back with clouds, elemental protection and counter spells.


Legion advances cautiously. Vayl casts leash on Typhon and tenacity on both herself and the Seraph. Typhon forces for excessive healing. Striders go wide and try to flank the Circle force.


Round 2:

Circle is not going to fall for the flanking trick and he notices that I put my Striders just a bit to close... Laris runs forward and eKaya spirit shifts into combat with the Striders, puts stealth up and uses her feat. The Gorax en Argus teleport into combat with the Striders. The Pureblood advances and sprays Vayl, but is out of range and teleports in combat too.


Hmmm, I did not anticipated this and now the bloody forest was in my way too. The four Striders not in combat, take CRA's in pairs at the druids, killing 2. Vayl moves forward, slipstreams the Seraph with her, puts up tenacity on herself and the Seraph, and pops her feat. Typhon leashes forward and stays behind with excessive healing. The Seraph slipstreams the Scythean forward and tries to shoot stuff, but is out of range. Scythean charges the Pureblood, but is 1" out of range! ARGH. Ok, during the feat I move stuff back and put the free Striders in the way to disrupt charge lanes.


Round 3:

His turn the Druids shoot my Striders, but his dice fail him horribly. eKaya, Gorax, Argus and the Stalker kill off all but 4 Striders and eKaya put primal on the Pureblood. The Pureblood warps for strength and tramples another Strider, putting him within combat of the Scythean. He buys extra attacks, but not even a Scythean can withstand a combination of warped strength, primal and forced evo.


So, this is my chance! The 2 Striders in the forest miss their CRA on the Druid Leader. The other Strider walks out of combat with eKaya and dies to a free strike (according to plan). Vayl puts up incite, slipstreams the Seraph and walks forward through the bloody bushes. The Typhon leashes forward. Seraph slipstreams Vayl up and starts shooting DEF 16 eKaya. I roll the dice and get 4 strafe shots! Measuring the distance, eKaya is just 1" out of incite range (I hate forests), bah. First boosted shot, miss. Second boosted shot, miss... Third boosted shot, MISS! Fourth shot misses too of course. Bah.

Ok, Typhon, you are my only hope. My dice are on fire; eKaya transfers the first spray and the remaining 2 sprays just do enough damage to kill her!


So, who's the biggest bitch? Vayl is!


Aftermath:

This battle did not go exactly as I planned and I should have put my Striders closer to the main force or further away from the opponent first turn. Also, the forest in the middle was really hindering my movement and I should have anticipated that from the start. I didn't make a lot use out of Vayl's spells too and with the Druids in the back, I should have put something within stealth range of his beasts and made use of e.g. rampager to pull his stuff forward.

Anywyz, lots learned from this battle and I really start like Vayl, A LOT.


Till next time!