Hi All,
I recently played my 3rd game of Malifaux, 50ss Lady J against Ten Thunders Misaki, the scenario was reconnoiter and the schemes, Assassinate and Make them suffer and I have to say it was the least enjoyable game I have played.
My Crew choice
Lady J
Badge of office & Implacable
Brutal effigy
2 Witchling stalkers
Guildford lawyer
The Judge (vengeance bullet)
Executioner (leadlined coat)
Pathfinder
By turn 2 we both had 1vp each from reconnoiter, however Misaki (with stalking bisento and recalled training) had made a mockery of Lady J (despite impassioned defence and spending my ss cache and badge of office) leaving her on 4 wounds.
Turn 3 Misaki slaughtered Lady J, then charged off killed the last Witchling and pushed back into safety away from any chance of retaliation.
Also the Thunder archers had been focusing during their activations and then some upgrade allowed them to shoot at the end of the TT turn, using "hail of hachinosu" to slaughter a Witchling, Executioner and Pathfinder.
All I'd managed to cause was 4 wounds to Misaki and 2 wounds to a Torakage.
I didn't even bother finishing T3 and basically (rage) quit the game.
I've been going over how it played out and cannot think of how I could have possibly done any better or why I lost so badly.
The pull my finger how to play against Misaki basically says you can't stop her killing what she's aimed at and try not to let this ruin your game plan, which is monumentally useless advice! How can one character be so ridiculously OP? Misaki is literally game breaking and makes this scenario match pointless.
Please can someone give me some advice on how to deal with Misaki as currently she is impossible to play against?