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Hello all. It’s been so long but I may be coming back to Malifaux. My local Mali store has a McCabe box available. I’m wondering if he’s worth picking up. I’ve got Misaki and Shenlong crews, with archers, snipers, Yamasaki and lone samurai already.

I'm not sure any crew would be better against the Viks. Just spread out as best you can as they will destroy clumps of enemies easily. Each of them has 7 wounds iirc. It's been a long time since I used them. Burn one of them down as fast as you can and they will be less effective. Blood is the most dangerous of the too I think. Read up on the Slingshot so you know what to look for before it happens. The Viks are win big/lose big as it appears you found out.

Unless you can make it so VS can't be seen by Misaki, he's not safe. misaki has the same charge shenanigans as VS for the most part, with a huge threat range. I'm in bed and not getting my cards for it. If she wants, she'll get him. But he has the tools to weather the storm from her, as mentioned above. Keep the libby around and activate last and he may be fine.

Agreed. Strong arm is boss. Dare I say better than VS?! At least punching holes in things,.....at least things that don't have armour

Isn't that the case 90%!of the time

Slightly sad you've got rid of the outcast masters that interest me. And funny you kept the freaky korps models around.

All the monks do certain things better than the other. Take a look at pull my finger wiki to see which ones do what, and if you want them based on that and your needs.

I dare say that TT could give Guild a run in a shoot out with a proper crew. With Misaki's redonkulous charge range and rules, she will get to charge whatever she wants. She doesn't do mad damage but with stalking bisento and recalled training she will hit hard for one turn. Without knowing what else was in the TT crew its hard to say what you did wrong. But as mentioned previously, if you can kill the upgrade holder, blot the skies will be gone. Hiding in melee won't help you against them either. Your crew seems to have hampered you a bit as well. Lawyers and executioner are less than optimal from what I've gathered. I believe riflemen actually outrange TT archers by 2". Also, Misaki is hardly game breaking. She's an assassin. she should be good at that. She will die to range attacks, of which guild has plenty.

The Viks box is all female, so that give you Taelor. Hannah and Johanna come to mind, as well as the librarian mentioned above. I think Rusty Alyce might be a good addition to the crew as well. Good shot, and those traps, so no one can charge you first. Would Sue fit in? He has a female name . He could be the token dude.

If I may, I suggest learning the game with Von Schill. I feel he'd be more forgiving than the Viks. The Viks are glass cannons whereas VS can take some hits. As for other models, the strong arm suit is pretty good. There is also Bishop, Sue which are good I hear. Void wretches are great for running schemes, or the whole Tara box. Leveticus is the greatest thing since slice bread.

Is this little bugger worth picking up? I've got a store credit where I buy my malifaux and it's basically enough to cover this guy, or the guild effigy. I know the guild one is worth it buit I'm into TT more now.

There is that as well, silly bird grabbing the shiny things

Austringers have a high sh attack that doesn't need LoS, so he can shoot but not be shot at. He can push models and make them drop scheme markers if available. Just very useful model

If the $$ isn't too much an issue, get the Sonnia or Justice box for stalkers and death Marshall's respectively. Yes you can get them separately if you want, but personally feel getting the crew box is better for the masters and henchmen. Then you'll want austringers for sure. The next purchases are up to you. Brutal effigy and emmisary are useful when released.

The VS box is great for the trapper and librarian. The base troopers aren't bad, as is the man himself. If he had 1 more weak damage he be boss.

Wait until you meet her friend LJ.

If you get along with Sonia, then yes maybe child of malifaux for double flame walls, but I don't think it fits with the other masters you have. I for whatever reason can't get Sonnia to work. I'm not sold on LJ's totem so I never use it. Nino is meh imo. Doesn't have a high enough sh to me. I find him good to be a relocate beacon for Perdita and not much more. Definitely wouldn't take Nino out of family. Santiago with the rapid fire upgrade has mad potential. He's not bad otherwise, maybe less useful out of family. austringers definitely.

Supposedly you want to get Johan at some point. Everyone says he's da shiz, and you have the schill box so hanna and Lazarus might be good.

Yes. If you want to have any non LJ upgrades on her, or the Judge you will need the generalist upgrade pack. This upgrade pack is good for when you eventually get into another faction. Don't try to fool yourself, it will happen at some point.

Relocating a fast Perdita, from the student of conflict, with either trick shooting going on sounds fun

Ah that does make some sense then.

The way he is. This isn't a post him being OP or not, more a question of why he is what he is and can do what he can, in regards to his hiring pool. I'm still pretty new to malifaux so I have no reference about his "fluff". What was he like last edition? How did he come to be able to,play with half the inhabitants of malifaux?

I believe the hired swords will get you closest to 50ss since more models in the box are able to take upgrades. If you by the ten thunders you mean misaki, then that's a good buy with the hired swords as both can play in the same faction easily and cheaper. Youll need to to buy something else regardless of what you get to reach 50ss.

I'll for sure keep trying him. It's something new every game I learn with the crew.

So I'm starting out with Shen Long and the Sensei, and boy, there's a learning curve. Definitely not straight forward at all. But I've come to wonder about Yu. Is there more to him than ushering people around the board. Granted he's boss at that, but I feel im not doing enough to get value from him. Wonder same thing about Shen Long, but it's been precious few games with them so far.