Hey Everyone,
So there is a tourney coming up and it will be the first time I will test Yan Lo in a more competitive environment. There will be a fixed faction 40SS hiring pool, and the games will consist of three rounds (40SS, 30SS, 20SS) with random strategies. From what I know about my meta is that there are primarily Neverborn, Arcanist, and Outcast players with a large assortment of masters. I have built here a 40SS hiring pool that I think is versatile enough to deal with most threats (Pandora may be the only challenge) and provide me with enough options for specific strategies/schemes and different load-outs that provide for versatile model selection in each game. Let me know what you guys think of it, as it was hard to figure out what models to fit in when I had around 8SS left.
40SS Hiring Pool: Yan Lo (5SS Cache)
Soul Porter (2) - movement for Izamu and emergency heals
Chiaki (5) - extra movement for undead, minor heals, effects removal, bonus +dg for Weight of the Ages, Chi and Relic absorption, undead characteristic removal.
Izamu (10)- beat stick, tank
Ashigaru x2 (8) - minor damage, objective camper, defensive barrier, damage soak
Datsue-Ba (7) - gaki/onryo summons, spirit support, high maneuverability, Denial of Sanzu, ignore armor, 2'' AOE.
Night Terrors x2 (6) - objective cappers, range reduction on enemy guns
Canine Remains (2) - chi/gaki/onryo/corpse counter sacrifice, filler
I am pretty sure I will be going with this list, but I want to hear what you guys have to say about it. I know that the 1 canine remains is somewhat of a poor choice, but it is filler and may prove to be useful in the lower points games when I want to get a gaki and an extra chi. Also, I could take Drowned to deal with Pandora, however that would require taking out Datsue-ba (removing my only anti-armor and source of possibly summoning other anti-armor with Onryos) or the Night Terrors (which I would want for objective grabbing strategies). Thanks for any advice!