Diversion - Battle for Gwynneville

Legion of Everblight

Standard Army

PCs: 35 / 35

8 models

[00] Thagrosh, Prophet of Everblight (0 / 5 WB)

[12]  >> Typhon

[11]  >> Carnivean

[09]  >> Scythean

[02]  >> Shredder

[02]  >> Shredder

[02] The Forsaken

[02] The Forsaken

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Cryx

Standard Army

PCs: 35 / 35

19 models

[00] Iron Lich Asphyxious (0 / 6 WJ remaining)

[02]  >> Skarlock Thrall

[07]  >> Reaper

[05]  >> Cankerworm

[04]  >> Nightwretch

[04] Darragh Wrathe

[02] Warwitch Siren

[03] Pistol Wraith

[05] Bane Thralls (5 grunts)

[09] Soulhunters (4 grunts)

This was a week ago (I've been ridiculously busy) so this is going to be a rough summary. Scenario was capture the flag. Both armies split into two groups to contest various flags.

Scythean took the left (defensive) flag and everything else went for the right. That same flag (aggressive for the cryx) was challenged by the soul hunters and a pistol wraith. Everything else went for the right flag.

On the left: Pistol wraith managed to force the scythean to forfeit either it's action, soul hunters circled around the back but eventually strayed too close to the scythean and it destroyed them. The pistol wraith was taken out by exploding forsaken.

On the right: Reaper pulled Typhon into combat wounded him and left him to be killed by the night wretch which then flow off up onto a hill to strike again next turn. Thagrosh brought Typhon back and the everblight trashed the reaper. The Cryx took out Tyhpon again (nightwretch again doing a fantastic amount of damage to the already damaged beast) and the bane's managed to put some hurt on the Carnivean. Everblight managed to kill Darragh Wrathe, the cankerworm, the skarlock thrall and most of the banes. They took out the carnivean and the warwitch siren charged Thagrosh, some lucky rolling mean that she hit (for the first time in the game - I suppose she was owed a hit) and managed to wound Thags. That left man of the match the nightwretch to charge in and finish off the blighted Ogrun. 

Thoughts - Nightwretch is fast and able to deal out a fair amount of damage to wounded models (particularly with scything touch and the banes). It would not be so good against an infantry heavy army but against everblight heavy beasts it is golden. I don't like Thagrosh, that's not to say he isn't a great caster, he's spectacular at 35 points but he lacks punch and drags games out, he's an attrition caster in a glass hammer faction. He might be a good second caster for tournaments. The Carnivean continues to underwhelm me with it's spectacular mediocreness.