Battle Report 2/16/2024
Infernals vs Cygnar
This was a game I played with Brian at Tabletop Gaming center as part of a kind of February psuedo-tournament. It was great because I got the chance to see Infernals on the table for the first time. Those models are fantastic-looking.Cygnar
- Mechanik Adept Sparkhammer
- Courser
- The General
- Zephyr
- Specialist Tyson Vas
- Storm Callers
- Storm Callers
- Storm Callers
- Storm Lance Legionnaires
- Storm Lance Legionnaires
Infernals
- Zaateroth, The Weaver of Shadows
- Desolator
- Foreboder
- Lamenter
- Tormentor
- Tormentor
- Hermit of Henge Hold
- Lord Roget D'Vyaros
- Valin Hauke, the Fallen Knight
- Cultist Band
- Master Preceptor Orin Midwinter
- Howlers
Deployment
I won the roll, chose to go second, and picked the righthand side of the board.
My board edge had a forest to hide behind, open graves, a hill in the middle, and most importantly a giant red Khador wall to hide a caster behind.
The Infernal board edge had a hill, a lake, and a forest.
In the center were two houses and a smoke cloud.
Infernals placed two barriers as defenses. Of note - Cygnar's 40mm objective ended up in a forest, and the Cygnar cache was just behind the Khador wall.
Infernals Turn 1
Infernals run forward. Zaateroth summons a soul stalker, and the howlers take the hill.
Cygnar Turn 1
Already threatened on turn one, Cygnar moves up carefully, trying not to lose any models at the top of two.
Sparkhammer and the sniper stand on the back of the Khador bunker/hill. Any further back, and they have to worry about killbox soon. Any further forward, and they're possibly already in assassination range. The courser shield guard stands just behind, and the General takes a place just in front.
Stormcallers, storm lances, and the zephyr stay far back on the left, because the howlers have eyeless sight and can see through the cloud.
Infernals Turn 2
The infernals reposition and feat this turn. Zaateroth's feat gives his army +3 defense, and if an attack misses, they can be placed 3 inches away.
One AoE spikes and does some damage to a stormlance, but Cygnar takes no other damage.
Cygnar Turn 2
The Zephyr charges a DEF15 howler, and misses a lot, allowing the howler to pop out of range. The stormsmiths miss a lot of shots as well, and then reposition back to the 40mm objective. The howlers' repositioning has brought them into the stormlances' line of sight, so the stormlances charge. The first charge attack needs an 8 on 3 dice, and misses. This allows that howler to position back, and since he's now out of the charging storm lance's melee range, none of the other stormlance attacks are charge attacks, and missing out on those three dice to hit screws everything up - everything misses.
Cygnar takes a number of other shots, and again, due to the feat, everything misses. Sparkhammer decides to take a boosted shot at the soul stalker since he's got a range 16 shot which ignores stealth. It hits and nearly kills the soul stalker, but nonetheless, it was likely a mistake due to the focus it consumed. Sparkhammer plans to run behind the Khador wall next turn, ending on one focus.
But then I realize that I forgot to pay focus to maintain arcane shield at the beginning of the turn, and to be honest, I take that last focus off of Sparkhammer. Damn it.
(Infernals 1, Cygnar 1)
Infernals Turn 3
The infernals begin planning an assassination.
The foreboder runs around the building, and Zaateroth channels a spell through it, killing a stormsmith.
The soul stalker moves forward three inches using rites of torment, and Zaateroth gives him ghost walk.
Then the soul stalker charges through stormsmiths, through the courser, and through The General, and kills Sparkhammer.
Infernal Victory!
Final Thoughts
- Ghost walk is strong.
- I couldn't have kept Sparkhammer any further back, especially since Wolves at our heels has an advancing killbox. But I could have camped more focus, or run him behind that building a turn earlier.
