Friday, March 2, 2018

Analyzing The OTC Cygnar Lists

The Ontario Team Championships begins tomorrow, and the lists have been posted online for a while now - enough for analysis. I've pored through the 21 Cygnar list pairs looking for trends, and I have a few things to share.








Nemo 3 was the most common caster, showing up in 12 of the lists, followed closely by Stryker 2 in 8 lists and Haley 3 in 7 lists. I actually found it surprising that Stryker 2 was in more lists than Haley 3. Next after that was Seige 2 in 4 lists. Stryker 1, Caine 3, and Sloan appeared in two lists each, and Stryker 3, Siege 1, Darius, Kraye, and Maddox each made a lonely single appearance. Take note: zero instances of Haley2. None.

Other than Sons of the Tempest, which was used only twice, the themes had pretty even representation. Storm Division 15, Heavy Metal 13, and Gravediggers 12.

Now the interesting part - looking at the top three most taken casters, which themes did they most commonly appear in?

With Haley3's tactical supremacy cloudwall shenanigans, it should be no surprise that she was in gravediggers every time. But it's interesting that Nemo3 tied between Heavy Metal and Storm Division, with six lists in each theme. While Storm Division seems like the natural fit, since it makes his entire list immune to electricity, Heavy Metal works well since Finch grants extra focus to his jacks. Stryker2 appeared six times in Storm Division, and twice in Heavy Metal. I've always preferred him with stormblades and lances over sword knights myself.

That's the summary for now. I'll be looking more closely at the lists over time, whether or not I post about them!

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