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  1. I see this as an excellent way to get a lot of attacks out of 1AP, cycle a deck and drain your opponent's hand in equal measure. Yes, the resources required is high, but when you can have the Judge dealing 8Dg per AP minimum that's...quite brutal. - Valtyr EDIT: And also gets some use out the Judge's personal Upgrade if you left out Executioners or other high-Ml models.
  2. I think that the Young suffer, quite aptly, from being the 'middle child'. They are neither as fast as the Tots nor as deadly as a Mature but sit squarely in the middle of both. This makes them decent at everything without being particularly good at anything. Mine didn't evaporate this game, as my opponent was far more concerned with Lilith, Barbaros and the Mature, but I don't expect that to last too long. I am thinking of running one alongside a Tot down a flank, making use of the Blood Frenzy and Flush Out triggers to eat any models that try to stop the Tot doing its thing. It could work, and would force my opponent to divide his crew even more. I don't foresee myself running a Grow list outside of Nekima and her True Mother upgrade - it's just too much to juggle on top of everything else that you need to pay attention to in a game of Malifaux. Running Nekima with True Mother and Rapid Growth would at least allow her to do what she does best (kill stuff) and benefit from it directly, rather than having to mess around with For The Brood triggers all the time. Ultimately though, I'm having a blast playing and painting the Nephilim and am looking forward to getting them on the table again soon. - Valtyr
  3. Well, I'm glad that finally got resolved. =) I managed to get my first proper game of M2E about a week ago. I ran Lilith and my opponent ran McMourning. Strategy - Turf War Schemes - LiTS, Breakthrough, Frame for Murder, Plant Evidence, (can't remember the 5th Scheme) My crew was: Lilith - Beckon Malifaux - Living Blade - Wicked Mistress Barbaros - Nephilim Gladiatus Mature Nephilim - Obsidian Claws 2 x Young Nephilim 2 x Terror Tots His crew was the McMourning box with 3 x Punk Zombies thrown in and some upgrades. Unfortunately I have no more specific information of his crew make-up other than that. I chose Breakthrough and Plant Evidence for my Schemes, reasoning that the speed of the Tots would allows me to get up the flanks with ease, whilst the Nephilim and Lilith held the centre. Key points that I took away from the game are just how manoeuvrable and agile the Nephilim are. They are impossible to pin down as practically every action has a Push effect, allowing me to really dictate where my opponent's models went, and feeding them one at a time to Lilith was particularly satisfying. On one turn the Mature Nephilim was engaged by the Flesh Construct, it activated, triggered Charge Through to Push the Construct into Lilith, and charged into Sebastian, tearing him apart. These multi-layered interactions are huge fun once the synergies start to build. One moment in particular saw Lilith push McMourning into melee, flip the RJ on damage, only to have McMourning flip RJ on damage prevention. Curses! Barbaros' Challenge and Cyclone Crash were excellent in this Strategy, allowing me to control my opponent's activations, and constantly draining his hand/deck. The Tots did exactly what I wanted them to do, and dropped Scheme markers all game, securing me 6 VP. The Young were the only models that didn't really *do* much, although against an Undead/Construct crew they can't really benefit that much from their Scent Blood (sp) ability. I'll keep them for now, and see how they perform against other opponents. All in all though, an excellent game, and a serious learning experience for both players! - Valtyr
  4. Fantastic battle repot. I really appreciate watching these and (re)learning all the little nuances that Malifaux has. Keep up the excellent work! - Valtyr
  5. I think it was Joel that stated that as Black Blood is an ability, and not an action, you always count as having made the kill with it. - Valtyr
  6. I'll be using Barbaros quite a lot as he seems perfectly set up to tank for the rest of the crew. His (0) also acts as yet another way to drain my opponent's deck and hand, and armour combined with 'stones should help him last a lot longer than he really has any right to. I don't know whether his personal upgrade is that good though. I think it would be excellent in Turf War for example, but don't really see where else it would benefit all that much. - Valtyr
  7. The Black Blood Shaman and Nekima will be making their introductions once they receive new models without a doubt. Both are very thematic with Lilith, and make for a very potent Grow list. One question I did have actually: Nekima's The True Mother upgrade states that she can kill a model and have it count for another model's Grow and Mature ability - does this mean that I also need to have the Rapid Growth ability in play, or does this circumvent the need for that upgrade? I'm sure the answer is yes, I do need Rapid Growth in play, but I thought it better to ask regardless. - Valtyr
  8. Terrain, terrain, terrain. If a crew is able to straight up blow an opponent off the table with little worry is a table that has not got enough terrain. I leant this the hard way when playing Lynch vs Perdita towards the end of Wave 1. I basically got shot off the board by Turn 3 and had beer seen anything like it in about a year of Malifaux. I believe that using proper levels and amount of terrain would have balanced the game much more, and not resulted in such a horrific defeat. I find that a lot of LGSs have *just* about adequate terrain for a large-scale game such as 40k and WM/H. Very rarely is there enough to satisfy the requirements of a skirmish-level game such as this. Skirmish games are regularly won or lost on the boards they are played on, so invest in some more terrain and you'll find the game starts to balance itself out accordingly. - Valtyr
  9. Thanks for the feedback all! The idea behind the upgrades on Lilith is to use her as a manipulator as well as a clutch beat stick. Her upgrades allow her to create terrain, push enemy models into it, and get the most benefit out of her Living Blade upgrade. I like the Cherub as it generates terrain for Lilith to hide in in case she cannot cast Illusionary Forest for whatever reason. It also saves an AP for Vines or another melee attack. The speed of the crew will be quite daunting to get a handle on initially, and as the entire crew ignores terrain, I think I will be able to turn it against my opponent with lots of snares, pushes and pounces. Should be fun! Valtyr
  10. Hi all, I'm getting back into Malifaux after about an 8 month hiatus - I needed a break from the game and am coming back refreshed, invigorated and excited to start flipping cards! I have decided to start with Neverborn, as they are a Faction that I never touched in either 1.5 or M2E and had a very hard time choosing between Lilith and Pandora, but opted for Lilith as I really, really like the Nephilim models, and wanted to be able to make a crew that was visually thematic and very synergistic to play with. That being said, I have come up with the following list to start playing Lilith. I fully realise that Malifaux is a game that does not really work with pre-made lists, but I wanted to see whether I was going down the right path or not, or whether there was any glaring issues that I might have overlooked. I have read through all the Schemes and Strategies and see this list as being able to perform moderately well at all of them. It will not blow people away, but it will have a solid chance of scoring VPs in every game I play. So, here's the list so far: 50SS - Scrap Lilith (Pool = 4) - Living Blade - Beckon Malifaux - Wicked Mistress Cherub Barbaros - Nephilim Gladiatus Mature Nephilim - Obsidian Claws Terror Tots x 2 Young Nephilim x 2 I decided not to go with a Rapid Growth list, as I felt that, lacking Nekima and her 'True Mother' upgrade, I would struggle to grow the Nephilim as well as score VPs, deny VPs and kill enemy models. Once Nekima gets re-released in plastic I will more than likely swap out the Mature Nephilim and the Cherub for her. So what do you all think? I am just about finding my feet with the game once again, so any feedback, positive or negative, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Valtyr
  11. So I've been out of Malifaux for a fair few months now, but I still have a deep love for the models that Wyrd are releasing and the general feel of the game. I'm looking at getting a Justice crew on the go using only a few models and wanted some advice and gaming tips from the more experienced Guild and Justice players. Having said that I would be looking at getting hold of the following boxes: Guild's Judgement Lone Marshal Riflemen I could really do with some help regarding the above models and upgrades, so anything that guys could offer would be much appreciated. Many thanks! - Valtyr
  12. Misaki in M2E is still a pretty powerful model. Her base stats are good, and she has both a high damage, single target attack as well as a new attack that generates blasts (which she is also immune to). This, combined with her Diving Charge ability that lets her Cg out of melee, means she is very hard to pin down and 'tarpit' with numerous, inexpensive models. Dependant upon which Limited upgrade you take, Misaki will go down one of two very different paths. Disguise coupled with Flickering Bisento and Misdirection will make Misaki a lot, lot more survivable than she has any right to be - unable to be targeted by charges, able to gain the Defensive condition for free and, if an enemy does get through all that, she can pass those successful strikes onto other models instead. Alternatively, taking Stalking Bisento, Cutpurse and Flickering Bisento/Misdirection will turn Misaki into a very dangerous melee model. She can Stalk a target, allowing her to move closer to a model whenever it moves, gets a to both attack and damage against that target, AND gets to make a Bisento Strike as a (0). Most models will not survive that. If she desires she can use Cutpurse to steal enemy stones, whilst Flickering Bisento or Misdirection work to keep her alive. All in all, Misaki came out of the 2E evolution very well. She can still kill stuff very effectively, if you build her that way, but she has options should you decide to go down a different route. - Valtyr
  13. I'm seconding the request for Misdirection and Torakage news. I'm also particularly interested to hear if Misaki and Shang have undergone any major changes. - Valtyr
  14. His Hunpo Assault is also a Lvl 4, which takes a surprising amount of work to achieve. That coupled with focussing down Bone requires him to miss out on a lot of the survivability/manoeuvrability buffs that Ash and Spirit offers puts me off quite a bit. Also, what does DBOP mean? Kill all their stuff for free? I'm sorry to say that your entire post has me quite confused to be honest... - Valtyr
  15. My compliments for the sheer volume of minis that you've been able to produce, some paint and colour on models is always far better than simple grey/metal. That being said, I would highly, highly recommend doing some Google-fu and researching washes, shading and layering and try and input a little of each of those three painting techniques onto your figures. Right now they all look very blocky, very cartoony and very flat. A simple flesh wash over the skin will make it look 100x better than it does at the moment. Whilst overall the painting is neat, now is a good time to introduce some more advanced techniques into your repertoire to give the miniatures some real impact on the table. - Valtyr
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