Battle Report #9: Harkevich1 vs High Reclaimer1

January 11, 2017
Scenario: Incursion
Opponent: Bryan Taylor
Initiative: Bryan

Harkevich1
Kodiak
Kodiak
Kodiak
Juggernaut
Juggernaut
Marauder
Marauder
Ogrun Bokur (c: Harkevich)
Ogrun Bokur (c: Ragman)
Ragman
Orin Midwinter

High Reclaimer1

Scourge of Heresy

Reckoner

Knights Exemplar

Max Vengers

Max Idrians + CA

Rhoven and co.

Min Cleansers + CA

Min Choir

Ok so there's a lot of proxies in this report but I remembered pictures again. My models are out being painted and Bryan just bought a bunch:

Here's the proxy legend:
Winter guard infantry = Idrians

Storm knights = Vengers

Ternion + IF Kovniks = Rhoven & co.

Risen = ChoirRockbottom = Cleanser CA

Templar = Scourge of Heresy

Large bases with Khador jack pictures on them

End of Round 1.  I run up, he runs ups.  His Idrians advance and shoot the prey'd Kodiak (shield wall token kodiak). He does something like 16pts doing 2 man CRA's with Hof.

(Forgot picture)

Hark casts mobility, moves up and shoots an Idrian. Kodiaks tample up and make a cloud wall spanning from the forest on the left to almost the house on the right.  Maurader on the left charges venger closest to him and such an angle that the combo slam slams him into the leader.  Killing the charge target and knocking the other down.  Other stuff moves up

The standing vengers charge the maruader which was right beside the house, as does the reckoner.  I could have moved hark a little to the left and put the maurader out of LOS of the reckoner, oh well, dead marauder.  Idrians move up and shot my juggernaut, as do the cleansers.  About 9 damage is done.  Other stuff moves up.

It's feat turn!  Ragman moves up so that dark shroud will be applied to the templar.  Full kodiak charges into templar, hits it twice, throws it into the building and continues to beat on it.  My dice are terrible tho and leave it on 9.  Other kodiak charges it to finish it off instead of fighting vengers.  Orin, and kodiak kill some Idrians, juggernaut tramples the rest, finishing off the unit and buys a couple attacks into Scourge.  Decent damage on Scourge and I hit the crit so he's stationary.  Marauder kills 3 cleaners then repo's back to the flag to score.  Silly me doesn't repo the kodiak onto the flag

(Couple missing pictures)

1-0.  Bryan is in a rough spot and reponds by trying to do damage to my jacks, not much is done.  I respond by killing all but 1 vengers (mistake on my part leave the last one alive) and I kill some exemplar as well as Rhoven and co. I run Harkevich away but do it haphazardly not respecting the crazy threat range of HR.  I also score a flag.

2-0.  Bryan has his feat for a last ditch assassination run, he is far to down on attrition.  He is able to get one exemplar onto Hark as well as 2 HoF'd Vengers.  But Hark is camping 3 and Hark lives with lots of life to spare.  I kill HR.

Not to much to say about this matchup.  Bryan made a mistake by letting me kill all the Idrians, if he held one back his assassination would have had more attacks.   However, the amount of armour and clouds I bring HR can't really deal with effectively (it's possible Bryan didn't leverage the Exemplar well enough, perhaps they can tip the scale). The match should be in Hark favour if and ONLY IF I can keep Hark safe.  That is what this match hinges on and it will likely be difficult to keep him safe against a cagey opponent.