Garbin
11-10-2010, 07:56 AM
Last weekend my local club ran 30ss Malifaux tournament. 2 lists, one master. I didn't have much gaming time with my gremlins but gave it a try... And it came up, a good one. There will be no fluff stuff in report as I'm to rubbish to write a good story. :P I went with full LaCroix crew complimented by 7 Bayou boys giving me 12 models and 1 ss of cache for fully painted crew. There may be some terminology problems but I'll try to explain what I mean. :)
Onward then:
1 game against Ramos, Cassandra, Corphiee, Arachnid Swarm and small arachnid that got sacrificed when Ramos died.
My strategy was Claim Jump with announced Breaktrough and Hold out shemes. Ramos played Slaughter with announced Bodyguard and 2ss bonus.
First turn saw me trying to get rid of Corphiee using 2 gremlins and Rami (failed on this one). Beginning of turn 2 Cassandra's breath fire put down same Rami and 2 bayou boys. Turn 2 Francois with another 2 bayou boys tried to shoot down Arachnid Swarm standing to close to my Claim Jump objective, but failed and Francois got killed instead by combined forces of Ramos and said swarm.
Raphael tried to shoot Ramos late in turn 2, but didn't do enough damage.
I won initiative and beginning of turn 3 resulted in dead Ramos, gunned down by Raphael with Dumb luck from Ophelia. I managed to kill Corphee and left Cassandra on a last wound. Cassandra and Swarm went trough my gremlins killing Pere, Raphael, Ophelia, 2 gremlins and left only one alive. :( We started to hurry a bit as time was running out and ended at turn 4 after my failed attempt to kill Cassandra off. He had swarm half way trough wounds and Cassandra on a last one, I was left with 1 Bayou Gremlin.
Ramos crew:
4vp Slaughter
minus 1vp for failed Bodyguard
LaCroix:
2vp for Hold Out
Result: 3-2
Second game was against Sonia Crid, Nino, Santiago, 3 Witchling Stalkers and 2 Guild guards.
My strategy was Treasure Hunt with announced Eye for an eye and Thwart shemes. Sonia played Claim Jump with announced Bodyguard and Assassination.
There is not much to say except I got really lucky with my hand and turn 2 Pere did 8 damage in a big circle around him killing all Witchlings, Santiago and putting five wounds on Sonia and one of the Guards. Rami then gunned down Nino and Sonia killing himself in the process. Rest of the game was to finish off 2 remaining Guards. There was no Guild models on the table by the end of turn 3.
Result: 6-0
Third game was again against Sonia Crid, Nino, Santiago, Francisco and Peacekeeper.
My strategy was Destroy the Evidence with announced xxx(the one you need to kill most expensive enemy model) and Stake a Claim shemes. Sonia played Claim Jump with announced Stake a Claim and Bodyguard (AFAIK)
This is another game turn 2 saw Pere did five damage in a big circle around him wounding Santiago and Francisco. Bayou guys finished them off next turn. Rami gunned down Nino. On my right flank 2 Bayou gremlins pooed themselves when they say Peacekeeper advancing towards them. Ophelia put Dumb Luck on Raphael and he moved in gunning Peacekeeper down. Strike flip: 13, damage flip: Red Joker, and a 3. 1st turn, 14dmg headshoot (minus 2 armour)! I actually felt bad after doing it. Sonia was gunned text turn leaving table to Bayou forces.
Result: 8-0
I came up 2nd in the tournie. 1st place was taken by Showgirls and 3rd by Lady Justice. It was an awesome tournament with loads of awesome people and painted minis. I was bit surprised by tabling 2 opponents, but I believe this is due to good hands and some astonishinig flips (Peacekeeper).
Conclussion:
Pere is so good, Raphael and Rami too. Francois is kinda meh, and I'll replace it with Slop hauler for sure. Also young LaCroix instead of gremlins will help as they have Companion(kin). All in all crew worked good and was awesome at dmg dealing, not that much in surviving games.
Advice for people playing against LaCriox: Kill Pere! always try to kill him first or position yourself so he can't explode efficiently.
PS. I believe Pere can use Oopsie! twice a turn to kill himself dealing 10dmg around. It didn't happen on the tournament (not enough AP), but it looks like he can create 12" deadzone around him, right?
Onward then:
1 game against Ramos, Cassandra, Corphiee, Arachnid Swarm and small arachnid that got sacrificed when Ramos died.
My strategy was Claim Jump with announced Breaktrough and Hold out shemes. Ramos played Slaughter with announced Bodyguard and 2ss bonus.
First turn saw me trying to get rid of Corphiee using 2 gremlins and Rami (failed on this one). Beginning of turn 2 Cassandra's breath fire put down same Rami and 2 bayou boys. Turn 2 Francois with another 2 bayou boys tried to shoot down Arachnid Swarm standing to close to my Claim Jump objective, but failed and Francois got killed instead by combined forces of Ramos and said swarm.
Raphael tried to shoot Ramos late in turn 2, but didn't do enough damage.
I won initiative and beginning of turn 3 resulted in dead Ramos, gunned down by Raphael with Dumb luck from Ophelia. I managed to kill Corphee and left Cassandra on a last wound. Cassandra and Swarm went trough my gremlins killing Pere, Raphael, Ophelia, 2 gremlins and left only one alive. :( We started to hurry a bit as time was running out and ended at turn 4 after my failed attempt to kill Cassandra off. He had swarm half way trough wounds and Cassandra on a last one, I was left with 1 Bayou Gremlin.
Ramos crew:
4vp Slaughter
minus 1vp for failed Bodyguard
LaCroix:
2vp for Hold Out
Result: 3-2
Second game was against Sonia Crid, Nino, Santiago, 3 Witchling Stalkers and 2 Guild guards.
My strategy was Treasure Hunt with announced Eye for an eye and Thwart shemes. Sonia played Claim Jump with announced Bodyguard and Assassination.
There is not much to say except I got really lucky with my hand and turn 2 Pere did 8 damage in a big circle around him killing all Witchlings, Santiago and putting five wounds on Sonia and one of the Guards. Rami then gunned down Nino and Sonia killing himself in the process. Rest of the game was to finish off 2 remaining Guards. There was no Guild models on the table by the end of turn 3.
Result: 6-0
Third game was again against Sonia Crid, Nino, Santiago, Francisco and Peacekeeper.
My strategy was Destroy the Evidence with announced xxx(the one you need to kill most expensive enemy model) and Stake a Claim shemes. Sonia played Claim Jump with announced Stake a Claim and Bodyguard (AFAIK)
This is another game turn 2 saw Pere did five damage in a big circle around him wounding Santiago and Francisco. Bayou guys finished them off next turn. Rami gunned down Nino. On my right flank 2 Bayou gremlins pooed themselves when they say Peacekeeper advancing towards them. Ophelia put Dumb Luck on Raphael and he moved in gunning Peacekeeper down. Strike flip: 13, damage flip: Red Joker, and a 3. 1st turn, 14dmg headshoot (minus 2 armour)! I actually felt bad after doing it. Sonia was gunned text turn leaving table to Bayou forces.
Result: 8-0
I came up 2nd in the tournie. 1st place was taken by Showgirls and 3rd by Lady Justice. It was an awesome tournament with loads of awesome people and painted minis. I was bit surprised by tabling 2 opponents, but I believe this is due to good hands and some astonishinig flips (Peacekeeper).
Conclussion:
Pere is so good, Raphael and Rami too. Francois is kinda meh, and I'll replace it with Slop hauler for sure. Also young LaCroix instead of gremlins will help as they have Companion(kin). All in all crew worked good and was awesome at dmg dealing, not that much in surviving games.
Advice for people playing against LaCriox: Kill Pere! always try to kill him first or position yourself so he can't explode efficiently.
PS. I believe Pere can use Oopsie! twice a turn to kill himself dealing 10dmg around. It didn't happen on the tournament (not enough AP), but it looks like he can create 12" deadzone around him, right?