Deployment
Björn wins the dice roll and decides to go first. He deploys his troops more towards his right flag with his Warlock in the middle.
Matthias deploys in more central way, but has his Warcaster directly opposite his right flag. His Fireflys are spread out on both flanks, so some Triangulation are prone to happen.
Turn 1
Legion Turn 1
On Björns right flank both Shredders use Rabid and run into the forest. His Carnivean uses his animus Spiny Growth, riles for 1 Fury and tramples.
The Forsaken advances behind the Carnivean and consumes his 4 Fury.
On his left Flank his Shredders and the the Sheperd run, the Angelius advances.
Thargrosh advances, casts Fog of War, uses Spiny Growth on himself and discards 3 Fury.
Cygnar Turn 1
Both of his Fireflies receive 1 Focus and they both run while his Chargers advance.
Nemo casts Polarity Shield on the Firefly on his left flank and Failsafe on the Charger on his left flank.
Strangeways gives his Defender one Focus and marshalls him for a boosted attack. The Defender then advances and tries to shoot a Shredder but the target is too far away.
Round 1 Overview
Turn 2
Legion Turn 2
Thargrosh upkeeps Fog of War.
As Matthias has deployed his forces just out of reach of Björns army he decides to advance just a litte bit in order not to receive the alpha strike from Matthias.
Thus, on his left flank, he advances his Angelius and his Sheperd into the forest and both Shredders behind the boulder. The Shredders also use their Animus Tenacity for extra defense.
On his right flank he advances the rest of his troops into the Forest and Thargrosh behind the Carnivean.
Thargrosh uses Spiny Growth and discards 2 Fury.
Björns army is now split into two parts. Will Matthias be able to abuse this?
Cygnar Turn 2
Nemo upkeeps both spells, takes one Focus from the Squire and allocates three Focus to both his Chargers.
On his right flank the Firefly advances and shoots a Shredder behind the boulder (who got no cover from the position of the Firefly). The shot hits and deals 4 damage, electroleaps to the other Shredder and deals 2 damage to him. The charger on his right advances and shoots the Shredder (this time with cover) using his Powerful Attack ability but misses twice.
On his left flank the Firefly advances and misses a Shredder behind the boulder, but the Defender has more luck: having a boosted hit and extra Focus form Strangeways he manages to deal 14 damage the Shredder, killing it. First blood!
Then the Stormsmith Triangulates. The Shredders behind the boulder are inside the triangle. Both are hit but only 2 damage are dealt.
The Charger advances and shoots a Shredder in the forest and kills it using his Powerful Attack ability.
Matthias gets 2 Victory points.
Round 2 Overview
Matthias moves on aggresively and is rewarded with 2 Shredder kills and 2 Victory points from the flag on this left flank. This gives him a tactical advantage, but now his Warjacks are in the open and in reach of Björns forces. Can his Warjacks withstand the brunt of Björns attack that is about to happen next turn?
Turn 3
Legion Turn 3
Now its Björns time to deal as much damage as possible and to regain the flag on his right flank.
The Shredder behind the boulder has a Fury but does not frenzy. Thargrosh upkeeps Fog of War.
On his left flank the Shredder uses Rabid and advances in melee with the Charger but only deals 2 damage. The Angelius charges the Firefly and deals 16 points of damage due to its armour piercing attack. All other attacks miss (but they should have hit because the Firefly's movement system was crippled and we forgot that this reduces the DEF). The Sheperd then takes the Fury off the Angelius.
On this other flank Thargrosh advances and sprays at the Firefly with boosted hit and damage, dealing 11 points. Then he casts Draconic Blessing on the Carnivean and Spiny Growth on himself.
As the Firefly got Polarity Shield the Carnivean now tramples towards it. With the remaining three Fury it attacks the 'jack and when the dust settels the Firefly has one box left!
Now the Shredder in the wood uses Rabid, advances in melee with the Firefly and destroys it with the first attack.
No victory points are awarded this turn.
Cygnar Turn 3
Nemo upkeeps no spells and allocates 1 Focus to the Charger on his left flank and three to the Firefly in melee with the Angelius.
The Firefly then activates and attacks the Angelius and misses. He buys another attack, boosts to hit and damage but only deals 4 points.
The Stormcaller now is in a good position and does a Surge attack dealing 1 damage to a Shredder and 1 damage to the Angelius.
Strangeways marshalls the Defender for boosted damage. He advances and sprays over the Shredder and Carnivean, hitting only the Carnivean but dealing no damage.
The Defender shoots the Carnivean with an aimed shot, dealing only 6 points.
Nemo advances, casts Failsafe on the Charger in melee with the Shredder, pops his Feat allocating the maximimum amount of Focus to all 'jacks and removes three from the Firefly that had already activated. Then he casts Polarity Shield on himself.
The Charger on his right flank advances out of melee with the Shredder and receives 7 damage from the free strike. Then he uses his Powerful Shot ability and gets his revenge by killing the Shredder. The second shot targets the Carnivean but misses.
The other Charger on the left flank advances just short of melee with the Shredder and shoots him twice. "Maybe it would have been better to attack him in melee…", Matthias mumbles inside his beard as both of the shots go astray.
No vicory points are awarded this turn.
Round 3 Overview
The armies still look quite balanced after three turns, with Matthias having lost one Firefly and Björn three Shredders. Matthias also has the advantage of having 2 Victory points.
But on the other hand Matthias used his Feat already and was not able to deal any significant damage on his turn. Having a very shooty army the advantage now shifts towards Björn as both forces are engaged in melee.
Will Björn be able to deal a decisive blow on his turn?
Turn 4
Legion Turn 4
Thargrosh upkeeps Draconic Blessing and Fog of War.
The forsaken advances and takes a Fury form the remaining Shredder. The Shredder then goes Rabid, advances in melee with Strageways but misses him.
The Carnivean charges the Charger, Sprays with his assault ability and manages to deal 15 boosted damage to the Charger on the other flank.
With his initial attacks he manages to crush the Charger with ease.
On the other flank the Angelius attacks the Firefly and destroys it with the first armour piercing attack with boosted damage. The Sheperd again takes the fury away.
Thargrosh just advances and casts Spiny Growth on himself and the Carnivean.
Cygnar Turn 4
The battlefield looks rather bleak for Matthias: On his left flank he still has his Defender, but as it is Jack Marshalled it is not that dangerous in melee where it needs the Focus to be of real danger. On his right flank he has a Charger against an Angelius which is not a fair match by any means.
Matthias upkeeps both spells, takes a Focus from the Squire and and allocates three Focus to the Charger.
Strangeways then activates and marshalls the defender to charge. His melee attack against the Shredder deals 7 damage but the Shredder is still alive.
The Defender then Charges the Carnivean. It hits him for 1 damage but receives 2 damage from Spiny Growth.
The Stormcaller /Surge/s the Forsaken and does 3 damage.
Nemo advances in base to base with the flag and shoots a boosted Galvanic Bolt at the Angelius but misses.
The Charger charges the Angelius and deals 13 damage with its attacks, crippeling the body of the Angelius.
Matthias gains his third Victory Point this turn.
Round 4 Overview
Matthias failed to do significant damage again on his turn. Therefore he tries to win the game by scoring Victory Points, which seems to be the only option that is left for him.
Now Björn can seal the deal, but he must hinder Matthias from scoring again because then Matthias could win on his turn!
Turn 5
Legion Turn 5
Björn upkeeps Fog of War and Draconic Blessing.
The Sheperd heals the Angelius for 2 points. The Angelius then advances around the Charger in hopes that it is now within 4" of the flag. Then it attack the Charger and with a boosted armour piercing attack and a boosted damage roll the Charger is destroyed.
On the other flank the Carnivean attacks the Defender. He boosts the hit rolls and the damage rolls and manages to destroy it with his inital attacks.
The Shredder uses Rabid and kills Strangeways.
Thargrosh advances in base to base with his flag and sprays a boosted attack at the Stormcaller, killing him.
The Forsaken runs towards Matthias' flag.
Björn mangages to deny the Matthias' flag with both his Forsaken and the Angelius. He scores 1 Victory Point at his Flag. Matthias still has 3 Victory Points.
Cygnar Turn 5
As Matthias has only his Warcaster and the Squire left and his flag is contested his only option is to go for an assassination attempt: He advances Nemo towards Thargrosh and shoots a Galvanic Bolt at him, dealig 1 damage with a boosted to hit and damage roll. Then he casts Electrical Blast twice, but both miss.
Turn 6
Legion Turn 6
The Forsaken advances in base to base with Nemo. She attacks Nemo with a boosted to hit roll, dealing 9 points of damage with a boosted damage roll.
Legion Turn 6
She buys another attack and kills Nemo with boosted to hit and damage. Game over!
Round Result
Legion of Everblight won this round.
| Player | Force | tournament pts | control pts | army pts destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Björn | Legion of Everblight | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| Matthias | Cygnar | 0 | 3 | 6 |