16 Card Mock Draft Thread

[White Knight]

Player 1: (DG) Kha (T4)
Player 2: (HS) Red Ants of Aunstrum (T1)
Player 3: (WK) Venoc Vipers (T1)
Player 4: (E) Prince al'Kahora (T3)
Player 4: (E) Van Nessing (T2)
Player 3: (WK) Chen Tang (T3)
Player 2: (HS) Jarek Guy (T2)
Player 1: (DG) Akumaken (T2)
Player 1: (DG) Kumiko (T3)
Player 2: (HS) James Murphy (T4)
Player 3: (WK) Martial La Hire (T3)
Player 4: (E) Tomb Skeletons (T1)
Player 4: (E) Cormin (T4)
Player 3: (WK) Mind Flayer Mastermind (T2)


WK final team:
Venoc Vipers x2, Chen Tang, Martial La Hire, Mind Flayer Mastermind

[Sheep]

Player 1: (DG) Kha (T4)
Player 2: (HS) Red Ants of Aunstrum (T1)
Player 3: (WK) Venoc Vipers (T1)
Player 4: (E) Prince al'Kahora (T3)
Player 4: (E) Van Nessing (T2)
Player 3: (WK) Chen Tang (T3)
Player 2: (HS) Jarek Guy (T2)
Player 1: (DG) Akumaken (T2)
Player 1: (DG) Kumiko (T3)
Player 2: (HS) James Murphy (T4)
Player 3: (WK) Martial La Hire (T3)
Player 4: (E) Tomb Skeletons (T1)
Player 4: (E) Cormin (T4)
Player 3: (WK) Mind Flayer Mastermind (T2)
Player 2: (HS) Estivara (T3)

HS Final Team:
Red Ants of Aunstrum x2 + Jarek Guy + James Murphy + Estivara

[Dr.Goomonkey]

Player 1: (DG) Kha (T4)
Player 2: (HS) Red Ants of Aunstrum (T1)
Player 3: (WK) Venoc Vipers (T1)
Player 4: (E) Prince al'Kahora (T3)
Player 4: (E) Van Nessing (T2)
Player 3: (WK) Chen Tang (T3)
Player 2: (HS) Jarek Guy (T2)
Player 1: (DG) Akumaken (T2)
Player 1: (DG) Kumiko (T3)
Player 2: (HS) James Murphy (T4)
Player 3: (WK) Martial La Hire (T3)
Player 4: (E) Tomb Skeletons (T1)
Player 4: (E) Cormin (T4)
Player 3: (WK) Mind Flayer Mastermind (T2)
Player 2: (HS) Estivara (T3)
Player 1: (DG) Tomb Skeleton Archers (T1)

Player 1 (Dr.Goomonkey)'s final team:
Kha, Akumaken, Kumiko, & Tomb Skeleton Archers x2

Player 2 (heroscaper2010)'s final team:
Red Ants of Aunstrum x2 + Jarek Guy + James Murphy + Estivara

Player 3 (White Knight)'s final team:
Venoc Vipers x2, Chen Tang, Martial La Hire, Mind Flayer Mastermind

Player 4 (Ericth74)'s final team:
Prince al'Kahora, Van Nessing, Tomb Skeletons x2, Cormin the Dark

[White Knight]

So who won the draft? Any opinions?

[Ericth74]

I like my team, but I must admit that I wasn't all that familiar with at least half of the troops.

My strategy in the 4th spot was to have the 1st picks in two of the tiers. I like the Prince a lot and felt Van Messing was the in his group.

[kolakoski]

Well met!

On 5/16, chas and I met to formally playtest Kha. The Battle Report can be found here.

Player 1 (Dr.Goomonkey)'s final team:
Kha, Akumaken, Kumiko, & Tomb Skeleton Archers x2

Player 2 (heroscaper2010)'s final team:
Red Ants of Aunstrum x2 + Jarek Guy + James Murphy + Estivara

Player 3 (White Knight)'s final team:
Venoc Vipers x2, Chen Tang, Martial La Hire, Mind Flayer Mastermind

Player 4 (Ericth74)'s final team:
Prince al'Kahora, Van Nessing, Tomb Skeletons x2, Cormin the Dark

Based on a short sample size (2 games) and chas' and my non-professional level of play, I suggest the following: Player 1 is doomed - or at least in serious trouble, IM[extremely]HO. No real screen. Kumiko is being counted on to take out any squaddies, I guess. Thanks for drafting Kha, but you could have had the Vipers or Ants first. And Akumaken? Sigh.

I like Player 2's army. No squaddies have a prayer against them, and Jarek/Estivara are OK for hero killing.

I like Player 3's army. Vipers, check. Mindflayer - see Game 4 of the Battle Report.

I like Player 4's army - not so much.

[White Knight]

Originally Posted by Ericth74

I like my team, but I must admit that I wasn't all that familiar with at least half of the troops.

My strategy in the 4th spot was to have the 1st picks in two of the tiers. I like the Prince a lot and felt Van Messing was the in his group.

My strategy was to take the Vipers and then Van Nessing to combat the Skeleton squads, but Van was gone by my second pick.

What I wanted to avoid was having Van Nessing AND the skeletons.



I like all of my pics except the Mind Flayer, and even that pick didn't bother me that much. I don't have any range or heavy hitters, but I have the Vipers and two heroes with multiple attacks, so I should be good against the squads. I wanted Murphy, but range against the skeletons wouldn't be as effective. Overall, I feel my army is solid but very swingy.

[Ericth74]

I'd vote for @White Knight

[Dr.Goomonkey]

I think I did make the least of my starting position. I envisioned Kha being my Hero killer and Akumaken being the squad killer, yes. There is no screen, sure. But... Oh well, it's pretty bad really.

I think White Knight does have the best chance here. If the Vipers work they're brutal, Cheng Tang is neat, and the Mind Flayer has a good chance at doing well. You're fairly dependent on your 20-sided die working out, and I'm fairly dependent on rolling lots of skulls and shields. I won't put in an "official" vote for winner, but my first sentence in this paragraph betrayed my opinion.

[kolakoski]

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