daniello_s Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Has anyone actually played Levi and his mounted friends? The list is fairly simple: Levi 3x Horsemen Hodgepodge Emissary with proper upgrade 2x Waif That leaves us with 4SS to be spent (6SS in pool at the moment). What upgrades would you suggest to take on Levi? I was thinking for cheap version and get Tally Sheet only or Desolate Soul only. Crew has 7 activations only but from turn 2 Mechanical Rider can start summoning his friends so that shouldn't be major problem. I also wonder how Levi and Waifs would keep up the pace with Riders. Any thoughts guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimH Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 My first thought is that Levi's Waif mechanics really limit the list. The Riders benefit from being hyper mobile but unless you constantly have one of them close to the waifs then the waifs wont be anchored and Levi will just stay buried after dying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxypoo Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 One of my friends and I have played this list multiple times, and we think the best upgrade is Desolate Soul. Having Abominations running around takes some pressure off the Riders and gives you extra activations. We've found that keeping the Waifs and Levy close to the Riders isn't terribly difficult unless you're trying to spread out all over the board (in which case, why run this list?). When I play Levy, I tend to have 1 "safe" Waif and one more aggressively placed Waif. Conveniently, two of the Riders are ranged and can babysit the "safe" Waif, while the other two melee focused Riders can babysit the aggressive Waif. Levy himself is always mobile since he can teleport to the Waifs at the end of the turn, and remember that they're Undead so are targets for a big teleport from Rebirth. Overall, I think this list is very solid; you're probably not going to be taking any major tournaments with it, but when played well it can be very difficult to deal with. As long as the Riders don't take crippling damage within the first two turns, they become really insane. Also, keep in mind that you don't have to sacrifice the Hodgepodge Emissary - you can always keep it in play if you think that it will be more beneficial than the 4th rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDeathTrout Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 How do you get the fourth horseman? Something to do with sacrificing the Hodgepodge Emissary it seems, but I don't see how that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxypoo Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 How do you get the fourth horseman? Something to do with sacrificing the Hodgepodge Emissary it seems, but I don't see how that works. The 0SS Levy specific upgrade for the Hodgepodge Emissary allows it to sacrifice itself on the first turn to summon one of the Riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniello_s Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 As for keeping up with Riders - I think Hooded ne can tow friendly model with him thanks to his 0 action. True, it can be done from turn 2 but after it should be crazy good. Also what I found is that Emissary, before committing ritual suicide can give one Trinket to one of the Riders. Reactivation at the last turn can be a game breaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freman Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Funnily enough I just received the four riders in the post. Metal of course, but that doesn't worry me. I just need a Hodgepodge Emissary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Seriously waiting forward to playing this list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDeathTrout Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 The 0SS Levy specific upgrade for the Hodgepodge Emissary allows it to sacrifice itself on the first turn to summon one of the Riders. I must not have the last beta PDF's or something. Aethereal Conflux doesn't have that on the version I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxypoo Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 I must not have the last beta PDF's or something. Aethereal Conflux doesn't have that on the version I have. Just looked back through my records, and the action appeared on the 2/24/15 update. Here's the text for that action: (1) They Gather: Summon a Horseman model into base contact with this model, then sacrifice this model. This Action may only be taken on the first Turn and only if this Crew hired three or more Horseman models at the start of the game. The upgrade also lets your hire the three Riders even though you normally wouldn't be able to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDeathTrout Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Just looked back through my records, and the action appeared on the 2/24/15 update. Here's the text for that action: (1) They Gather: Summon a Horseman model into base contact with this model, then sacrifice this model. This Action may only be taken on the first Turn and only if this Crew hired three or more Horseman models at the start of the game. The upgrade also lets your hire the three Riders even though you normally wouldn't be able to. Thanks, that's very cool. Definitely not on my version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxypoo Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Thanks, that's very cool. Definitely not on my version. No problem! Hope you have fun trying out the list! Another thing I should mention is that Justin said somewhere (maybe during the Beta, can't remember) that the old Avatar models are official proxies for the Emissaries. So you can use the old Levy Avatar as the Emissary to keep the visual theme. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freman Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Nice. Goes to look for Avatar Leveticus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Nice. Goes to look for Avatar Leveticus. It's a really nice model. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freman Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 One of the few Malifaux models that there isn't a shortage of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 One of the few Malifaux models that there isn't a shortage of. Also true. It's quite easy to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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