Sonnia Vs. McMourning...Need a little help

[dunce002917]

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.

As a fellow Legion of Everblight player, I find it hard to mess up eyeless sight, cover and concealment. But sometimes, it can get tricky.. hehehe...

[SpiralngCadavr]

Yeah, but it's probably not quite so fun when he calls it wrong, and I point out that it's wrong, and he (repeatedly) ends up loosing the game because of it. I can't tell if he's a poor learner or a poor cheater, but army-specific rules are the ones you should know backwards and forwards (like the summoning example for a resser player).

[dunce002917]

Yeah, but it's probably not quite so fun when he calls it wrong, and I point out that it's wrong, and he (repeatedly) ends up loosing the game because of it. I can't tell if he's a poor learner or a poor cheater, but army-specific rules are the ones you should know backwards and forwards (like the summoning example for a resser player).

I usually learn because i was once on the receiving end of army-specific rules... like Kirai's Instinctual and Spirit summoning spam...

[Requirement]

As a Sonnia player who goes against McMorning with frequency... Kill the hell out of him. *grins*

He is a seriously hard matchup for her. I would definitely suggest an Executioner, Exorcist, or ranged models. If you can figure out a companion chain to take him down (Austringer's have the Deliver Orders to pseudo-companion.) It takes a lot of energy and resources to take him down but it's just about your best shot.

[Math Mathonwy]

I feel really sorry for the guy if he has bought those three Necromancies...

[SpiralngCadavr]

I feel really sorry for the guy if he has bought those three Necromancies...

1- his fault for gaming the system incorrectly-- that's the sort of thing I'd check, but, then again, I've always been a big opponent of spamming (I can't get myself to paint 20 of the same dude, and it's boring to play against)
2- he could always make them look different, for some project, or if he wanted to do something cool, like make his RN look different each time he summoned it.
3- he could patiently await the "Malifaux: Super-Duper Big Games!" expansion, where you can give Wyrd all of your money for corner-case advantages in bloated games play characterful, large forces, with your whole collection. All the cool companies are doing one!

[gretster]

Sonnia's blast ability should be great at taking the canine remains down? Cheat in to trigger placing them further away to kill more in one casting, then cast again

This should reduce the good doctors ability to scapel sling around.

Use the stalkers to get in close (they can handle themselves in melee), activate their anti-magic bubble to reduce the effectiveness of his casting.

Hope this helps.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Thanks all for the help. I'm actually playing against Marcus tomorrow and was planning on running something along the lines of:
Sonnia - +7
aSonnia - 2
Samuel - 8
Guild Austigar - 5
Witchling Stalker x2 - 8
Death Marshal - 4
Watcher - 3
Desperate Merc - 2

What do you all think? Originally I wouldn't have taken the DM but I decided that I could use a little more ranged threat, as well as the ability to bury things

[Headcase2]

I'd drop Sam for an Executioner and an extra stone, because Sam will just get targetted and die. Then again, that's the sensible me talking and I'd porbably play him myself if I had to select a list on the fly.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

You have a point there Headcase. Samuel has died on me every game that I've played him, but he usually is the one that takes down one of the opponent's heavy hitters or Master. But the Ex can do that too. I just thought that I would have too much melee if I added him in too.