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Islandscape and the Valhalla Society - Take Two

Posted June 4th, 2010 at 10:58 AM by kolakoski
Updated June 4th, 2010 at 12:57 PM by kolakoski
Well met!

As sometimes happens, while figuring out how to couch the parameters of the question when asking for advice for an army for this event, I created a couple of pretty good armies on my own hook.

185 Nilfeim
140 Phantom Knights x 2 or Theracus + ??? or Brunak + ??
100 Syvarris
80 Raelin
505

or

120 Kaemon
120 Hydra
110 Brunak
80 Raelin
80 Deathreavers or ??
510

Which would you choose?
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clancampbell's Avatar
I like army 2, but feel Raelin might be a waste. Looking at the build and the way I would play it. Charge out rats to start clogging up the board. Keamon rides Brunak out and starts whopping some @$$. Hydra rolls out after Keamon is toast. Really, all rae is doing is babysitting the Hydra until its ready to go play. I say ditch Rae for 2 more squads of rats, or Marro warriors and some Marcu/Isamu filling.

Of course, I could be all wrong and you have a different stratagy.
Posted June 4th, 2010 at 02:16 PM by clancampbell clancampbell is offline
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kolakoski's Avatar
How about . . .

120 Kaemon
110 Brunak
80 Deathreavers x 2
310 . . .

200 = Marcus/Romans x 2; Grimnak/Blades x 2; Kozuke/WoA x 2

or

150 Romans x 3
120 Kaemon
120 Mogrimm
110 Brunak
500

or (I really like this one)

140 PKs x 2
130 Tagawa Samurai Archers
120 Kaemon
110 Brunak
500

or

140 PKs x 2
140 Aubriens x 2
120 Hydra
100 Syvarris
500
Posted June 4th, 2010 at 06:56 PM by kolakoski kolakoski is offline
Updated June 4th, 2010 at 07:15 PM by kolakoski
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kolakoski's Avatar

Down to One Army

Well met!

Unless another brainstorm hits, or something happens and Chas can't/won't lend me the figures, I'm going with the following . . .

140 Phantom Knights x 2
130 Tagawa Samurai Archers x 2
120 Kaemon
110 Brunak
500

Reinforcements: 120, Hydra; 140 Othkurik, 160 Sonlen???
Posted June 5th, 2010 at 12:36 PM by kolakoski kolakoski is offline
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chas's Avatar
Uh-oh, I'd better start planning my own army, so I'll know what is available for others to borrow!
Posted June 5th, 2010 at 02:18 PM by chas chas is offline
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kolakoski's Avatar

chas spells c-l-a-s-s!

Thanks, chas! We'll have to set up a game time between 6/11 and July 10th to practice with our armies. What are you considering?
Posted June 5th, 2010 at 02:45 PM by kolakoski kolakoski is offline
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kolakoski's Avatar

I'm so fickle . . .

Potential brainstorm . . .

185 Nilfeim
140 Aubrien Archers x 2
100 WoA x 2
80 Raelin
505

Naaaaaahhhhh! Gotta have those PKs!
Posted June 6th, 2010 at 08:10 PM by kolakoski kolakoski is offline
Updated June 6th, 2010 at 09:25 PM by kolakoski
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killercactus's Avatar
Is Islandscape different from the Main Event with the reinforcement Point totals?

I think you're latest army presents some tough OM choices, and doesn't pack a whole lot of punch. 2 attacks of 4 or 3 attacks of 3 at melee is where your army maxes out.
Posted June 7th, 2010 at 09:58 AM by killercactus killercactus is offline
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kolakoski's Avatar
Killercactus, the reinforcement schedule is the same, but my first round point total is 500 rather than 510, so 110/130/150 becomes 120/140/160.

To your second point: mitigated by the PKs' extra defense vs normal range, and Brunak. The only way for me to get more "punch" would be with the Hydra and/or Nilf . . .

185 Nilf
120 Hydra
100 Marcus
100 Romans x 2
500

185 Nilf
140 PKs x 2
100 Syvarris
80 Raelin
505, or Hydra/Izumi for Syvarris/Raelin

150 Romans x 3
140 PKs x 2
120 Mogrimm
100 Marcus
510

140 PKs x 2
130 Tag Archers x 2
120 Hydra
120 Kaemon
510

185 Nilf
120 Kaemon or Hydra or Tag Samurai
110 Brunak
80 Raelin
500

120 Kaemon
120 Grimnak
110 Brunak
80 Blades x 2
80 Raelin
510
Posted June 7th, 2010 at 12:08 PM by kolakoski kolakoski is offline
Updated June 7th, 2010 at 01:48 PM by kolakoski
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killercactus's Avatar
OK - that's what I thought. The problem is the Main Event reinforcement schedule is 90/110/130, not 110/130/150.

Of that bunch, my favorites (unsurprisingly) are the Romans x3 build and the Blades x3/Nilf/Raelin build, as they're the easiest to navigate.

However, Nilf/Hydra/Brunak/Raelin is easily the most interesting. I love using Raelin to protect heroes, since heroes have life and thus will receive more benefit from Raelin since your opponent won't be wasting excess skulls on kills.

Normally, it's tough to protect Shark/Menacer type units with Raelin, but Brunak really helps out with that. Nilf and the Hydra are really Swiss-Army Knife type units that can excel against heroes or squads, and it has 2 special attacks to deal with Deathreavers, PKs, etc (which is why I like the Hydra over Kaemon here).

Again, I think it's going to have some tough OM choices sometimes (managing Nilf and the Hydra at the same time, and trying to mix in Brunak OM's to move Raelin), but I think it could do well in skilled hands.

I'm just not a believer in Samurai Archers, especially just 2 squads. I think, against anything with range (they're OK against melee, but not much of a force without Raelin), 4 of them will be dead before they really have a chance to do any damage, and then they're diminished. I might be able to see 4x Samurai Archers + Raelin + something that's a big-time range counter, but I don't know.
Posted June 7th, 2010 at 01:30 PM by killercactus killercactus is offline
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Killercactus, yes, the Nilf/Hydra/Brunak/Raelin 4-some would be fun. However, your plea for punch brought me around to this . . .

185 Nilf
140 PKs x 2
100 Kozuke
80 Raelin
505

I had put up this army with Syvarris instead of the Kozuke, but I see now, especially in light of the tiny maps, that Syvarris was a drag on an otherwise, aggressive army.
Posted June 7th, 2010 at 01:52 PM by kolakoski kolakoski is offline
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Anubians

For D2, got Anubians, made all-melee army that might work . . .

150 Anubians x 2
140 Phantom Knights x 2
110 NotW
100 Kozuke
500

then again . . .

150 Anubians
130 Tag Archers x 2
120 Kaemon
110 Brunak
510

185 Nilf
150 Anubians x 2
80 Raelin
80 Deathreavers x 2
495
Posted June 9th, 2010 at 10:18 AM by kolakoski kolakoski is offline
Updated June 9th, 2010 at 03:35 PM by kolakoski (Added Nilf)
 
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