Indian Summer Game 2 (#239): Haley2 vs Kreoss1

:: Prologue ::

For my second game I met a really nice player who unfortunately had never met Cygnar before. I won't lie, playing Protectorate and not having faced Haley2, let alone Cygnar, is one of the harder things in this game.

:: Lists ::

Cygnar:

(Haley 2) Major Victoria Haley [+25]
- Thorn [13]
- Stormwall [39]
- Squire [5]
- Ironclad [12]
Journeyman Warcaster [4]
- Firefly [8]
Captain Arlan Strangewayes [4]
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress [3]
Storm Lances (min) [12]

Opponent:

High Exemplar Kreoss - WJ: +29
-    Crusader - PC: 10 (Battlegroup Points Used: 10)
-    Reckoner - PC: 16 (Battlegroup Points Used: 16)
-    Templar - PC: 15 (Battlegroup Points Used: 3)
-    Vanquisher - PC: 17
Exemplar Errant Seneschal - PC: 4
High Paladin Dartan Vilmon - PC: 6
Paladin of the Order of the Wall - PC: 4
Paladin of the Order of the Wall - PC: 4
Vassal of Menoth - PC: 3
Vassal of Menoth - PC: 3
Choir of Menoth - Leader & 5 Grunts: 6
Exemplar Errants - Leader & 9 Grunts: 16

:: Pre-Battle Thoughts & Deployment ::

The scenario was Extraction and I got first turn. There was a forest piece in the middle of the table and I knew that would be huge here. On top of that I could hide Haley away with a cloud should I want to because he had no tech to see through it. I positioned the Stormwall on one flank and Lances on the other.

:: Game ::

I run stuff up. Thorn runs really far to get the most angles. I brainfart with the Lances as I don't leave room for the Firefly to move through them.

Everything advances and Passage is sung.

It's go time! I wanted the Firefly to move up so that I could get +2 dmg on the Errants. They had Defender's Ward and the +2 could really come in handy vs ARM18. In any case I got it up to catch at least 4-5 of them. Without Shielding the Protectorate jacks got toyed with and through various tricks I killed almost 2 with just the Ironclad as a potential target for retaliation. Lances, Firefly, Haley herself and a pod killed the Errants. I camped 2 just to be safe, if an Errant or three had survived I didn't want to lose to pop-n-drop.

My opponent discovers how helpless his list is when everything is caught in Temporal Shift.

I consolidate my advantage and start scoring. I disrupt the only non-crippled jack left alive.

There is just no damage output left in the Protectorate forces and I eventually move to 5CP.

Victory to the Swans!

:: Evaluation ::

There is not a whole lot to say about this game from an analysis point of view. Haley2 is a unique caster to play against and you really need practice, lots of it. On top of that I think Kreoss1 is one of the worse Protectorate casters to go into this matchup with. In theory he looks fine perhaps with Purification and a feat with both threatens Haley herself, but possibly more importantly also Thorn. However in practice he lacks the speed buffs and the shenigans which is typically what Haley struggles with. I also find that the game moves too fast for his feat or Purification to take effect.