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Hierarch Severius 6
Blessing of Vengeance 7
Reckoner 8
Vanquisher 8
Choir of Menoth (Leader and 3 Grunts) 2
Holy Zealots (Leader and 9 Grunts) 6
Holy Zealot Monolith Bearer 2
Anastasia di Bray 2
Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord 2
Vassal of Menoth 2
Vassal of Menoth 2
Khador (Dick)
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Zevanna Agha, the Old Witch of Khador3
Destroyer9
Destroyer9
Man-o-war Demolition Corps (Leader and 4 Grunts)9
Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts)4
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios3
Kell Bailoch2
Widowmaker Marksman2
I've had about 8 games with the Hierarch and so far the win / loss ratio is 50%. Not so bad all considering. As you can see from the above list, I've made a big mistake from the get go by not bringing Rhoven into the army to negate the stealth issue with the old witch. I've also realized that at 35 points it is very hard to create enough fire power to take down the enemies. I couldn't remember the game that much so this will be a bit brief.
Early game
Both armies deployed as usual and Anastasia is not deployed due to ambush rule. Actually I keep forgetting to bring her on until the end of the game lol. Wasted 2 points :D. Because both armies were shooty armies, by the end of turn 2, shots started to be fired and the reckoner took down one man-o-war with its gun. The destroyers decimated the entire choir squad due to their awesome arcing fire abilities. You can't really hide from anything at the end of the day. Only distance would save severius from getting shot in the early turns. Old witch popped her feat early, forcing the zealots to run backwards.
Mid game
Severius popped feat and took control of 3 man - o - wars (shouldn't have killed the first one) and a sniper. I ran the sniper into the 5 aoe murder of crow to kill it, and the 3 man - o - wars beat up one of the destroyers, but unable to take out any important systems. Cortex out would have been nice guys! The reckoner and vanquisher took shots at the other destroyer but did little damage. The blessing of Vengeance got drawn out by Eiryss and was out of position.
End game
It was a matter of time before the destroyers would start being in range of the Hierarch. Being in old witch battle group means that they ignore forests etc. So nowhere to hide lol. I was also unable to shoot the old witch due to stealth. After a couple of turns shooting at it, my caster died due to shell to face.
Lessons from the game
I knew Dick was going to use old witch from the beginning so I should have factored Rhoven into my army. I feel at 50 points I could also include a devout to stop the Hierarch getting shot so much in the last few games. His defense is so low and his feat requires him to be in range of the long range guns. A devout would ensure I get spell ward and one free hit taken away. However at 35 points I can't fit all that in unless I dismantle the Zealots and the support. I might consider bringing the TFG 6 man shield wall next time and see what happens.
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