Four player Henchman team ups

[GamerCr0w]

Quite simple concept: Four players in two teams, each having 20ss crew. which pairs are most effective/nice to play and why?

Edit: in addition no restrictions on factions and mercs/dual factions work as they would normally work in any 20ss game.

[Hateful Darkblack]

That sounds fun!

 

Can they be in different factions?

Does it matter if the Henchman is also a Mercenary?

[Rodregeus]

I have played a few games like this. But with 35SS per crew. 

Lady J, and Lilith crew boxes on one team. (We didn't go for fluff.)

It works incredibly well. Lady J with blindfighter, and lilith not needing LoS to cast. Plus the ability to pull and swap models from lilith/cherub/judge meant we could very easily single out models and kill them in 1 hit. 

We were against Sonnia and Nicodem. Turn 2, Sonnia was dead, turn 3, nicodem and mortimer were dead. We lost a lot of liliths crew, because we used them essentially as sacrificial models with the intention of getting the enemy masters into the middle of Lady Js crew.

it was fun.

[GamerCr0w]

I have played a few games like this. But with 35SS per crew. 

Lady J, and Lilith crew boxes on one team. (We didn't go for fluff.)

It works incredibly well. Lady J with blindfighter, and lilith not needing LoS to cast. Plus the ability to pull and swap models from lilith/cherub/judge meant we could very easily single out models and kill them in 1 hit. 

We were against Sonnia and Nicodem. Turn 2, Sonnia was dead, turn 3, nicodem and mortimer were dead. We lost a lot of liliths crew, because we used them essentially as sacrificial models with the intention of getting the enemy masters into the middle of Lady Js crew.

it was fun.

nice but only problem is that 20ss game has to lead by Henchman. Making that slightly irrelevant, but good pair.

[MasterDisaster]

I'd go with

 

Toshiro - 4ss Pool

 + Command the Graves 1

 

Punk Zombie -7

Punk Zombie - 7

Rotten Belle - 5

 

and Tag Team him with this

 

Mortimer - 4ss Poole

 + Corpse Bloat - 2

 + My Favorite Shovel - 2

Chiaki - 6

Rotten Belle - 5

Nurse - 5

 

Morti can create the Corpses for Toshiro's summoning. Toshiro buffs the minions, Belles Lure stuff into the Punks who gain Fast/Focus from Toshiro. Nurse heals or buffs and Chiaki is there for additional healing and condition removal. 

[Dirial]

Francisco Ortega and one of the survivable Henchmen like Kang or Joss might be a tough nut to crack.

 

Samael and a few Witch Hunters and the Captain or the Firestarter with their typical tech seems like a good fit, as well.

 

Hungering Darkness and anything that can take a Metal Gamin. *Shudder*

[Hateful Darkblack]

A Valedictorian/Philip team-up would be neat. Valedictorian smashes up everything while Philip takes care of objectives.

 

Rusty Alyce/Nix could make a very solid team of summoners, which helps a lot in smaller Henchman games.

 

Vasilisa/Widow Weaver would have a lot of synergy.

[11th Thunder]

Nekima/Barabos would be quite strong due to crew crossover and synergy I would think.

[MasterDisaster]

What about Samael Hopkins + The Firestarter. They could put together a really quite deadly crew. Incredibly unfluffy but still the pain those two could inflict is quite scary!