Jesy Blue

Why would you need Flicker? It's a 7+ to create a marker, and the suit to move the marker is built into the melee attack. But no, there is no real use. If you're playing Oni and the opponent is playing a summoner, maybe 4 more points to card cycle.... but not really. It used to be a totem, but wasn't as good as Amanjaku; it was a minion Oni, but unsummonable specifically because it was a totem; only one is allowed in play and you can't get more than 1 Dust Devil marker in play at a time; it needs to use the melee attack on an enemy to move the marker, but it has a 0" melee range and 4 wounds. I think they kept it in 3rd for completeness, but unfortunately it's useless.

In 2nd, the purpose of her was charging without line of sight.... now everyone can. In 2nd, she caused everyone around her to get Flay trigger (cheat damage on a negative flip)... now very few models have that trigger and no Oni does. I'm finding her hard to place in something Ama No Zako is not better at.... and I love Ohaguro Bettari and her folk lore so it makes me sad!

Well, I play old school still: 12 Malifaux Rats. I just can't bare to give them up (unless I'm playing against Qi & Gong because that's impossible).

The only problem with Violation of Reality is since you place, you don't get the Blade Rush.

Granted, given a 13Would get you a summoned one from Asami with Flicker or replaced one with TW without flicker.... go for the one without flicker. I don't play Last Blossom, but isn't there something an action to create Smoke Markers for Misaki they can copy? If there is, that might be more useful, but yes, Oni is really good for them! It can also get you Amanjuko back on a 6+!

If only you had to kill both of them for Assassinate or Deliver A Message to both of them to get the points! The would be the greatest joy of all!

I'm really only finding Plague success in Reckoning currently, due to so many Insignificant models; I'm finding it the worst in Cursed Idols because you give up so many Pass Tokens you cannot Manipulate where the markers drop.

I have done something similar, but instead of Jorogumo, I used 2 Katashiro both with Masked Agent. When McCabe "Rides with Me" the Katashiro, it places and attacks due to "Made to Kill". The other Katashiro charges, which Blade Rushes, then places the other Katashiro using "With Me", which attacks due to "Made to Kill", then the original Katashiro attacks from the charge, then places and attacks again due to its "Made to Kill". Finally, if there's anything left, the first Katashiro can place and attack again, or just attack, or if there's nothing left, charge something else and "With Me" The other Katashiro ... there are many options. Then, on top of all of that, you could add the Timeworn Blade to the mix. Also, 2 more things to take with Asami: Terracotta Warriors can copy Asami's "A Mother's Love" to remove Flicker, and Tengu can force another friendly model to take an Interact action which is key in games like Turf War and Cursed Idols, or if the Scheme pool is very marker heavy.

So call me paranoid, but I put trained ninja on Youko & Tannen to prevent alpha striking them; they're just too important as I learn them still.

Mr Tannen is the Bomb in Qi & Gong!

..... I think the "best" answer is still Tanuki.

There are PLENTY of female masters to pick from! That's what drew me in. I started with Viktoria which is a very easy master to start with, but half of the masters are female.... just did the math, 46% of masters are female!

Quit stepping on Hamelin's toes. Having 2 crews in the same faction with the same type of volume of models is not good. Pick a different build of Amalgam models when you play Reckoning; this is why you know the strategies and schemes before you pick your crew.

He's gonna be the next big thing! Best to get in on the ground floor before it's too late!

What, no Steam Trunk? That's bold! No, it's cool. Minion heavy is a good way to go, too. Do you stay in keyword or venture out?

There is no box, but this is the art that was dropped. Seeing as Abominations are (8) and the Desolation Engine (2), they'll most likely be in boxes of 4 & 1, A&D will be it's own box for all three models, which only leaves Marlena to be her own box. Going by all the other core boxes [Master, Totem(s), Henchmen, & 3 Minions], this looks like the route they will go.

Necropunks..... I don't actually play ressers or levi so they all blend together.

I often see Jack Daw with Marlena Webster for the added middle finger directly in the face of your opponent, but it's expensive! Montresor & The Midnight Stalker both with Eternal is demoralizing, but an additional card drain on the card drainiest crew in the game. Since you're bubbling up, Johan adding an area heal to people is nice. And the Malifaux Child is always a good addition. Don't forget to use Dead Outlaws to force your enemy models At Gunpoint to kill your Guilty at the end of the turn! Gotta build that hand size up!

The person I play normally doesn't have Scavengers yet, but I hear from other people they are a game changer... luckily, they come in the new core box. Punk Zombies without a doubt are your next important purchase... maybe even before A&D, honestly. I personally am a Hamelin player, so I'd be the jerk running all 8 Abominations. But since Abominations lost the ability to create more Abominations, I'd say Desolation Engine would be your next major buy after A&D. I don't know where Marlena fits in as I have yet to play against her in this keyword.

Had the idea for a bubble build for a Reckoning game once, which had a Freikorp gun line in the shadow of loosely spaced pianos to prevent melee, Lazarus' Bodyguard cover Pulse, Zipp's conceal Aura, and Emissary's healing bubble, plus Earl just kept fixing the constructs when he wasn't replacing Piano Markers. It was okay, just too few models.

Always remember, not all Shockwaves are : i.e. Merris Lacroix's Bombs Away.

... and yes, would risk her not making the TN.

Rapid Fire on a Shockwave might be a little on too much with Elimination Protocol, that's 4 shockwaves an activation. If you got Rapid Fire instead of Elimination Protocool, I would say you might be worth it. But there's so much you still lose with his only shooting action being a Shockwave; it should have just been a double blast, I think they got Shockwave happy.

Good come back! Youko is not good in less than 50 ss in my opinion, she NEEDS all those Leverage models and negative willpower auras. I bet you could do a Henchmen Hardcore with the keyword, but it wouldn't be the same type of build. I've seen her crew kill off Jack Daw in full sized games turn 2.

STOOOOOOOOPID EXPENSIVE!!!!!