Sonnia Vs. McMourning...Need a little help

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Hey all. I'm part of a league and I just played a game against McMourning and lost horribly. For some reason I just couldn't keep up with McMourning. I never thought of him being all that fast of a Master, but when I went against him I completely got slaughtered. At the time I was playing Lady Justice, but I don't think that things would have gone much better with Sonnia instead. I'm going to be playing this same guy again soon and don't have any clue as to what I should do. Know this, I'm still pretty new to Malifaux in general, so some obvious things might not be that way to me as of yet. Any help that you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

[morpsele]

I am a McMourning Player and the best thing for us to help you is to know what your opponent is fielding.

In general if you are facing McMourning trie and kill him in a single activation or not let him activate after because of his healing ability and his 6inch push that let him get out of melee range.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

He ran Bete, Mortimer, and nurse and then 6 or 7 Canine Remains. He used his dogs as springboards to launch McMourning around the table. The Nurse didn't end up doing anything because I killed it quickly, but Bete was on a rampage. Throughout the game he also summoned 3 Rogue Necromancies, those really hurt.

[SpiralngCadavr]

Throughout the game he also summoned 3 Rogue Necromancies, those really hurt.

Wow, you might want to check this--

First, that isn't very easy to accomplish, since it requires decently high cards and things going well in general to have that many body parts.

Second, it's rare 1, so only one should be on the table at a time-- were you killing them that quickly?

If all of that is the case, I'd suggest taking a decently ranged list and obliterating his resources, since he's clearly relying on them a lot: each canine remains can reasonably yield 6 body parts if he kills it, but only 2 if you do.

[dunce002917]

I suggest bringing in the Executioner and some Guild Hounds to get rid of the corpse/body parts counters... starve that Resser and you'll be fine.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

So that's why I struggled so much. Nope he had all three out at one time. I was wondering about whether that was allowed, but didn't know the rules well enough to call him on it. Truthfully, just that right there would have been a huge changer in the game. Now I feel stupid lol. Oh well. Another thing I just found that he was doing wrong: For You, Master. He was using it across the entire table. I'm realizing that I just ended up getting beat because a lot of rules were completely skewed in that game.

[dunce002917]

So that's why I struggled so much. Nope he had all three out at one time. I was wondering about whether that was allowed, but didn't know the rules well enough to call him on it. Truthfully, just that right there would have been a huge changer in the game. Now I feel stupid lol. Oh well. Another thing I just found that he was doing wrong: For You, Master. He was using it across the entire table. I'm realizing that I just ended up getting beat because a lot of rules were completely skewed in that game.

oh... you got cheesed... do you have the mini rule book? best $15 you can spend on Malifaux.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Yeah I have it. The problem is the guy I was playing against has been playing for a long time so I just expected him to know his rules. Guess I'll be studying that little book again lol

[dunce002917]

Yeah I have it. The problem is the guy I was playing against has been playing for a long time so I just expected him to know his rules. Guess I'll be studying that little book again lol

LOL

I get that experience with Warmachine/Hordes players... ;)

But one game I played, I "cheesed" my opponent by using Hoffman's Linked In ability incorrectly... I still activated my Linked In target model...

[SpiralngCadavr]

LOL

I get that experience with Warmachine/Hordes players... ;)

But one game I played, I "cheesed" my opponent by using Hoffman's Linked In ability incorrectly... I still activated my Linked In target model...

Off topic-- I play WM against someone where, every game, he incorrectly cites Eyeless Sight, Cover, and Concealment. Guess which army he plays?

On topic, yes, Malifaux has tricky rules-- I'm sure I'm still playing something wrong. If something seems off, ask on the forums. Alternatively, learn the book-- it can be hard to find things, but if you start to understand how the layout is designed, it becomes a lot easier than you'd expect.