frostwolf428 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 I just wanted to say thank you very much Joel for the great info about Zipp. I mostly play Arcanists but I'm slowing moving into gremlins Ulix was my first crew and after reading these posts Zipp will be my second crew, I was on the fence with him since he seemed like he would annoy the opponent and then...? but I see that his crew can do so much so once again thank you very much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 You are very welcome ? Any questions you have, please ask. I'll be taking Zipp out to his 5th event on Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostwolf428 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 12 minutes ago, Joel said: You are very welcome ? Any questions you have, please ask. I'll be taking Zipp out to his 5th event on Saturday Ooo I'd love to read a battle report of the tournament. If you do a battle report it does not have to be a huge one it can just be like what they do on Arcane Reservoir, I guess that's a little more of a highlight reel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 I will see what I can do 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zvejkus Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 Hello Joel and others here in this topic. First, same as Frostwolf, I would like to thank you for lot of info about Zipp crew. I am still quite newbie in the world of Malifaux, just took part on two tournaments and played few other games here in my country. This topic gave me some great ideas how to play this crew. :-) I have some questions about the crew. I got the new Lucky Emissary model. And I am curious, if someone tried to play this model with Zipp? Does anyone found out, if the Lucky Emissary will have any special ability for Zipp? I mean same as he has upgrade specially for Som'ers Teeth or Brewmaster etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 There is not a conflux for Zipp. There might be one released later (book 5 or even later than that), but the earliest we are likely to see one is August next year, and thats not a garentee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zvejkus Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 Thank you for answer Adran. I expected that. But I am afraid, that I didnt want to hear such answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four_N_Six Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 I don't like the Emissary in a lot of crews for us. I have only really enjoyed it with Mah Tucket, but I haven't given him equal chance with all my masters yet. That being said, I think he'd fit pretty well with Zipp. He's pretty heavily mobile (which is why I bring it with Mah), which fits with Zipp extremely well. More importantly though, he can move around enemy models very well. Just with him and Zipp doing it, that's a lot of moving around enemies and taking them out of position while also wailing on them very well. I personally think that's the best thing Zipp does, is displace enemies so extremely easily, so adding in another big beater with tricks that can also move models around? Great plan. Or just use its ranged attack to slow a model after Zipp moves it out of place, which is just as good as paralyzing it since it just has to walk back to where it was originally. I'd consider a crew built around that a lot in the future. Bring a lot of models that just move enemies around and mess with their positioning while you have one or two models scoring your points where the enemy can't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 emissary makes things slow and feeds them to the silurid who can paralyse them for swallow whole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 31 minutes ago, Joel said: emissary makes things slow and feeds them to the silurid who can paralyse them for swallow whole... Yeah, but that's a huge investment for a somewhat non-reliable outcome. It's kinda the first thing that comes to mind but getting it to work efficiently on the tabletop seems to be extremely difficult. Usually you could simply kill the target using Burt or some other damage dealer with the flips you need to make it work (and with a lot less investment in models and positioning). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, Math Mathonwy said: Yeah, but that's a huge investment for a somewhat non-reliable outcome. It's kinda the first thing that comes to mind but getting it to work efficiently on the tabletop seems to be extremely difficult. Usually you could simply kill the target using Burt or some other damage dealer with the flips you need to make it work (and with a lot less investment in models and positioning). Oh totally agree - but its fun to try and pull off I've had a fast first mate (thanks to becoming a robot thanks to sparks) do it himself for laughs. Personally I'm not rushing out to buy the lucky emmisary for zipp as it doesn't like like it does enough that the models I already have can't cover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four_N_Six Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 I'd find it more reliable to try and have Mancha Roja get a finishing move than the Silurid swallowing something. There's only 1 way to stop Mancha if he connects with the attack. Have Old Cranky nearby so you can burn the stone for the suit, and then when the model dies Cranky just gets it right back anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 So, tournament over and Zipp and I took first place. Game 1: standard collect bounty vs dreamer. I got a 6-4 win here by using Zipp to keep opposing enforcers/henchmen away from the centre of the board and my models as we had both taken show of force and my opponent had hunting party too. I managed to hold him back for most of the game, and Zipp got undercover entourage in his customary manner. Game 2: flank interference vs Ironsides. show of force in the pool again, so I decided to worry less about the strategy than usual. My opponent over-committed to killing burt and Gracie having taken mark for death and got himself tied up, scoring nothing for Mark and losing Cassandra and at least 2 strategy VPs from this choice. The first mate got 5vps single handed with show of force and take prisoner while shutting off detonate charges at the same time and croaking models into the centre of the board. Zipp had a poor game missing 5 "up we go" attempts at johnan in a row! But did manage to draw some attention. Game ended 7-1 to me. game 3: corner stake a claim vs seamus leave your mark and exhaust forces in the pool seemed a natural fit. Rooster riders scored points or killed enemy models here while Zipp and first mate burnt through stones in the middle of the board drawing attention. I made mistake here (forgot constant yammering and the gift of gab soulstone thing) but my opponent forgot to unbury the forgotten Marshall 2 turns running. Game ended 10-3 to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four_N_Six Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Game 1 there I would have just annihilated Dreamer with Zipp. 2 attacks would have gotten it and he can't protect himself on Zipp's Ml attack. That's probably Dreamer's worst match up right now, to be honest. Well done on the wins. I'm hoping a tournament will pop up around here soon so I can run gremlins in it again. Had 1 recently but I had to work and could only play 1 round. I'm happy Zipp is turning out better than some haters originally thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniello_s Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 @Joel If you were to advice a Gremlin noon such as myself how to start with Zipp what would you recommend to get, except the Sky Pirates box of course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 4 hours ago, daniello_s said: @Joel If you were to advice a Gremlin noon such as myself how to start with Zipp what would you recommend to get, except the Sky Pirates box of course? Burt, Gracie, creative taxidermy set, roosters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 In the first game I couldn't get to dreamer turn 1 and he spent turns 2/3 as chompy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnternalVoid Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 26 minutes ago, Joel said: In the first game I couldn't get to dreamer turn 1 and he spent turns 2/3 as chompy I imagine you might agree that sounds like it was a win in itself for you. If you cannot kill Dreamer having him restrict his own options to prevent you is not a bad trade off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 26 minutes ago, EnternalVoid said: I imagine you might agree that sounds like it was a win in itself for you. If you cannot kill Dreamer having him restrict his own options to prevent you is not a bad trade off. Yep, you take what you can get against a skilled dreamer player. He went on to take 3rd at the event Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted December 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 So, I'm finally coming to a point with Zipp that I am ready to ditch the safety blanket - I'm going to drop Earl from the auto-include position in my lists. Dropping a 3ss significant minion with 5wds?? I must be nuts, right? right?? I'm not sure I am though - Earl and Zipp have a good deal of counter synergy - both often want the other one to have activated first, and either which way you do it, you lose out somewhere. I'll be trying some lists without Earl for a while to see the overall effect of taking him out, and then objectively examine where he best belongs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted December 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 I've got 3 games at an event this weekend - I should have a fair idea on Earl's necessity by then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four_N_Six Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 I wouldn't call him a necessity for me, I just have a hard time losing the built in mask and to attacks for Zipp. I'm also considering a full construct crew and trying it out once I have Sparks, so at that point Earl is going to be a little more necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted December 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, Four_N_Six said: I wouldn't call him a necessity for me, I just have a hard time losing the built in mask and to attacks for Zipp. I'm also considering a full construct crew and trying it out once I have Sparks, so at that point Earl is going to be a little more necessary. losing the suit is an issue - but often I find myself wanting it so that the walks are certain - and I want that so that Earl can drop a scheme marker - but then I can't because I already activated earl to put the masks on in the first place! I've never got the pos flips off yet - never seem to have the handy scrap marker nearby. Zipp can drop one, but then he won't benefit from the effect as he has already activated!! It will be interesting to see if the crew flows more smoothly without me mentally tripping over the activation order of these two models as much as I do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four_N_Six Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 4 hours ago, Joel said: losing the suit is an issue - but often I find myself wanting it so that the walks are certain - and I want that so that Earl can drop a scheme marker - but then I can't because I already activated earl to put the masks on in the first place! I've never got the pos flips off yet - never seem to have the handy scrap marker nearby. Zipp can drop one, but then he won't benefit from the effect as he has already activated!! It will be interesting to see if the crew flows more smoothly without me mentally tripping over the activation order of these two models as much as I do. Yeah, I definitely see the issue. I think this is one of those ideas where Earl benefits if you have the full construct crew like I'd mentioned. Have the porkchop drop that marker you need the turn before, Earl gets that effect off, and then most of your crew is stomping ass. For sure requires a set up. Are you trying out Old Cranky as a replacement? Or just losing the totem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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