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Hello and welcome back to my journey at the ETC!

Firstly i would just like to say a big thank you to all those nice comments that people leave on my Battle Reports, it means a lot and it’s good to know people are reading them and enjoying them, so keep the comments coming.

Previously i’d just finished game 2 against VC in a very closely fought loss and now we moved onto the Saturday and Game 3. This time Team Scotland were drawn against Team Luxembourg, certainly not a bad team and they had some nasty lists that I wanted nothing to do with and only one green in the form of a daemon army that they were never going to let me play.

Here’s my list for a reminder:

600 - Soothsayer, Raiding Chariot, Wizard Master, Shamanism, Light Armour (Trickster's Cunning), Hand Weapon (Ancestral Carvings), Talisman of Shielding
545 - Beast Lord, General, Razortusk Chariot, Shield (Dusk Forged), Heavy Armour (Basalt Infusion), Beast Axe (Fatal Folly)
430 - Minotaur Chieftain, Greater Totem Bearer, Battle Standard Bearer, Light Armour (Destiny's Call), Great Weapon
305 - 3 Raiding Chariots
290 - 30 Wildhorn Herd, Shield, Standard Bearer (Legion Standard), Musician, Champion
210 - 15 Wildhorn Herd, Shield, Ambush, Standard Bearer (Banner of Discipline), Musician
140 - 20 Mongrel Herd
631 - 6 Minotaurs, Shield, Standard Bearer (Banner of Speed), Musician, Champion (Totem Bearer (Black Wing Totem))
100 - Razortusk Herd
85 - Briar Beast
85 - Briar Beast
85 - Briar Beast
330 - Cyclops
330 - Cyclops
330 - Cyclops

In the end I was drawn against the Sylvan Elves. Not an army I enjoy playing against because they are just so good at everything and are a real struggle for Beast Herds I find. The Sylvan’s main weakness in my opinion is shooting and magic missiles and I have neither of those things really. Here’s my opponents list:

480 - Druid, Wizard Master, Druidism, Sylvan Longbow, Binding Scroll, Obsidian Rock
280 - Dryad Ancient, Wizard Adept, Divination, Toxic Spores
255 - Chieftain, Battle Standard Bearer (Aether Icon, Aether Icon), Sylvan Longbow (Watcher's Woe)
215 - Chieftain, General, Sylvan Longbow (Bough Of Wyscan)
440 - 20 Sylvan Archers, Standard Bearer (Banner of Discipline), Musician
320 - 15 Sylvan Archers, Musician
368 - 21 Dryads, Scoring, Champion
525 - 10 Wild Huntsmen, Sylvan Lance, Standard Bearer (Banner of Speed), Musician, Champion
445 - Treefather
445 - Treefather
95 - Forest Eagles
95 - Forest Eagles
187 - 6 Sylvan Sentinels
175 - 5 Pathfinders
175 - 5 Pathfinders
4500

I had this down as yellow, so a draw, a lot depended upon the objective and deployment so it’s hard to predict. This list having the 2 Treefathers meant I had a target for my Cyclops at least and if I can fell one of those Trees then i’m doing OK. The hardest part of this game is going to be whether i’m able to weather that storm of shooting that is coming my way. There’s 51 bow shots from the units plus the Watchers Woe and the Treefathers shooting, that’s enough bows to wipe out my army before I even get into combat if i’m not careful.

If I can get into a fight with the army then I think I should be OK but with the Wild Huntsmen free to do whatever they want then against me (as I have no real way of getting to grips with them besides frenzy baiting and counter charging) I may not be able to push up as aggressively as I like. My ace in the hole is the Briar Beasts, those little guys will cause no end of problems for the Sylvans if the scenery is right, but as the Sylvans always bring their free wood i’ll have somewhere I can pop up in their deployment. They can easily turn around and shoot it but if the Sylvans are doing that then they aren’t shooting the rest of my army, so that’s OK.

The deployment for this game is Frontline Clash and the Secondary is Secure Target. The objective is an interesting one, with Secure Target I always put my objective on a board edge so an ambushing unit can come and get it and I can focus on my opponents objective. With just the three scoring in the Sylvans list there’s only one of those units that’s coming out to try and contest it really, the Dryads. If I can zone them then I should be able to pick up both objectives but we will see.

I won the roll for picking sides and I decided to take the side with a forest and a building on, so I had somewhere to hide from the shooting and to deny my opponent the use of the forest. It also left a field in my opponents deployment zone and a water feature on their side too. Excellent places for the Briar Beasts to come on and should help me dictate the flow of the game.

I placed my objective on the right hand side of the board, just next to a building. I was expecting my opponent to be place his objective right in the middle but he surprised me and put it on the left hand side of the board.

For spells I chose Awaken the Beast, Swarm of Insects, Chilling Howl and Totemic Summon (it’s always tough to pick Shamanism spells against Sylvans because they are all so… [Read More]

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