4thstringer Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Alright, we have been playing for about 2 months now. I want to see how people think the master's crews stack up. Lemme get your list. 1. Lucius 2. Sonnia 3. Nellie 4. Daschel 5. LJ 6. Perdita 7. Basse 8. Hoffman I'm honestly pretty unsure about all of these, so I would love to see yours too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cursed25 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 I've heard Hoffman can be scary but I never played him and I think he is a bit too easy to counter pick! For me Sonnia and Lucius are top tier in Guild and LJ is in the middle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thstringer Posted August 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 23 minutes ago, Cursed25 said: I've heard Hoffman can be scary but I never played him and I think he is a bit too easy to counter pick! For me Sonnia and Lucius are top tier in Guild and LJ is in the middle TBH I think I am just bitter because I think Hoff is better in Arc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trikk Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 1. Nellie 2. Sonnia 3. Hoffman 4. Lucius 5. Dashel 6. Justice 7. Perdita 8. Basse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longfanz Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 3 hours ago, trikk said: 1. Nellie 2. Sonnia 3. Hoffman 4. Lucius 5. Dashel 6. Justice 7. Perdita 8. Basse Nellie on top? I'm still have not played her. What is your tipical list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 I've only played Sonnia since the full release so can't really compare keywords, but i can say the people i play against are urging me to paunt something else because she just blasts things off the table consistently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizuriel Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 Just curious what are people fielding with Sonia they consider her a top master. She looks powerful, but her crew seems kind of meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thstringer Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, wizuriel said: Just curious what are people fielding with Sonia they consider her a top master. She looks powerful, but her crew seems kind of meh I've been pretty impressed with them so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trikk Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 5 hours ago, longfanz said: Nellie on top? I'm still have not played her. What is your tipical list? I played with Jury, Rider+LLC, Judge +LLC, Steward, Effigy+upgrade and it worked really well. You can swap Judge +Steward for Dashel+Dispatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameSoHard Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 2 hours ago, trikk said: I played with Jury, Rider+LLC, Judge +LLC, Steward, Effigy+upgrade and it worked really well. You can swap Judge +Steward for Dashel+Dispatcher Haha does is count as the ‘keyword’ if it’s only the master??? I’ve only played Lucius, Dashel and Nellie and I would put them in that order for power. Might try your list Trikk and see if it changes my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cursed25 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 9 hours ago, wizuriel said: Just curious what are people fielding with Sonia they consider her a top master. She looks powerful, but her crew seems kind of meh Sanctionned spellcasters are amazing scheme runners and Samael can easily follow them so they retain fast while doing potshots at opponent that come close! in 2 turns with Samael behind they can move 25'' and put a scheme down! this is impressive mobility for those far away schemes. But they are very squishy! I habitually keepthem far away from anything nasty and use my big threatening pieces to keep attention away form them. Witchling Thralls are amazing beaters! paired with a handler they are crazy fast too! I give them LLC habitually for survability! I tried it with No Prisonners and the results were meh! He is way stronger when punching someone to death! ahah! Once did the feared 9 dmg in 1 attack to Seinsi Yu with a lucky flipped red joker The Thralls are the reasons people are afraid to come close to Sonnia! Steward is a must with Sonnia because when she has focused she's a monster! I know he is not in keyword but I consider him a must take with her! another very good out of keyword model for Sonnia is the Pale Rider (he is good with any master in fact ahah!) but Ride with me is just perfect for Sonnia and help tremendously to bring her in the middle of the table where she really shines! The only models I don't use a lot in her crew is the stalkers (I only summon them) and I never use the Quellers! I found them weak and counter intuitive with my way of playing Sonnia (burn everything! ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thstringer Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 I know I'm breaking the theme of this but as of right now pale rider goes into every list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cursed25 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, 4thstringer said: I know I'm breaking the theme of this but as of right now pale rider goes into every list. this is perhaps deserved but I think all the horseman will get a bump in price because they are really strong and they can change the results of any game if played well! I think they have masters level's of power/weight in later turns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord J Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 8 hours ago, trikk said: I played with Jury, Rider+LLC, Judge +LLC, Steward, Effigy+upgrade and it worked really well. You can swap Judge +Steward for Dashel+Dispatcher This is sad news. Trikk is a veteran and a good player, if this is his M3e Guild Top 1 crew, then i am worried M3e is not as far away from M2e as i thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legislat Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 Well Pale Rider is almost everywhere. I expect his nerf in the future. Guild steward is our cheapest way for OOK condition removing and focus stacking in faction, so no surprise here. Judge is not that neccesary, he is good, but not for everything. The thing is you are trying to maximise value. It always will come to the breaking point of using only "the best" models OR relying on keyword/other synergy and overall flow. Thats just the preference. Keywords are certainly lots easier and can still be plenty competitive and fun. But there are no harm in elite lists. They are still beatable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thstringer Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lord J said: This is sad news. Trikk is a veteran and a good player, if this is his M3e Guild Top 1 crew, then i am worried M3e is not as far away from M2e as i thought... It might speak to the missing models in the keyword. One of my problems with guild right now is that I don't really feel the synergies between in theme models (the big exception being elite and augmented). The tax is the thing keeping me from playing superfriends again. And since pale rider, effigy, and steward have a ton on synergy with Sonia, it's amplified here. Edited August 14, 2019 by 4thstringer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Tooth Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 It could also speak to veterans of M2E falling into habits of M2E. I'm really curious to see how lists look come winter time! Hopefully keywords will prevail. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 23 hours ago, wizuriel said: Just curious what are people fielding with Sonia they consider her a top master. She looks powerful, but her crew seems kind of meh I go witchling heavy. The thralls are scary good and i had one two shot Vin Schill in one game, but they also act as overall damage amplifiers for sonnia and Sam, hokding targets in combat while they blast them with No Love for Witchlings avoiding the negative flips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thstringer Posted August 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 19 minutes ago, Mikes said: I go witchling heavy. The thralls are scary good and i had one two shot Vin Schill in one game, but they also act as overall damage amplifiers for sonnia and Sam, hokding targets in combat while they blast them with No Love for Witchlings avoiding the negative flips. When I was talking about lack of synergy above I forgot no love for witchlings. My opponents hate that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 It's easy to forget but crucial to her and sam doing their thing. Not much can stand up to a thrall/sonnia beat down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myyrä Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 On 8/14/2019 at 8:23 AM, trikk said: I played with Jury, Rider+LLC, Judge +LLC, Steward, Effigy+upgrade and it worked really well. You can swap Judge +Steward for Dashel+Dispatcher You play such weird lists... Here's my rankings. Take them with a grain of salt, because I haven't actually played all of these yet. 1. Hoffman 2. Justice 3. Sonnia 4. Nellie 5. Dashel 6. Lucius 7. Basse 8. Perdita I put less weight on the master itself than some people seem to do (though Hoffman would land very near the top even if I ranked just the masters). I think a lot of the keyword's power comes from the available models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thstringer Posted August 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, Myyrä said: You play such weird lists... Here's my rankings. Take them with a grain of salt, because I haven't actually played all of these yet. 1. Hoffman 2. Justice 3. Sonnia 4. Nellie 5. Dashel 6. Lucius 7. Basse 8. Perdita I put less weight on the master itself than some people seem to do (though Hoffman would land very near the top even if I ranked just the masters). I think a lot of the keyword's power comes from the available models. Do you agree that Hoff is better in Arc than in guild? I love these threads because it really shows both 1. How differently we all see these things and 2. how wrong I probably am on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myyrä Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 10 minutes ago, 4thstringer said: Do you agree that Hoff is better in Arc than in guild? I think the difference isn't that significant. Diesel Engine is nice, but so is LLC. Magical Training is the only thing I would really miss on Guild side compared to Arcanists. Cheap spiders might be useful on occasion as well, but there are very few scenarios I would actually use them in. I know some guys are pretty hyped about Arcane Emissary with Hoff, but I don't think it's that great because it cannot actually benefit from power tokens, and those form a very significant portion of Hoffman's toolkit. Edit: Actually forgot about SS Miner, those are nice as well. Arcanists have such good versatile models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theamazingmrg Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 23 hours ago, 4thstringer said: And since pale rider, effigy, and steward have a ton on synergy with Sonia, it's amplified here. What specific synergy does the Effigy have? I'm probably missing something! Pale Rider and Guild Steward, yes (the Steward is probably my favourite Guild model in M3E so far), but the Heal and ranged attack feel generic (and without the Focus, the heal just isn't as good as the Steward). The Pine Box is nice, but doesn't really synergise with Sonnia as far as I can tell. You can't set fire to something that's Buried, after all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thstringer Posted August 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, theamazingmrg said: What specific synergy does the Effigy have? I'm probably missing something! Pale Rider and Guild Steward, yes (the Steward is probably my favourite Guild model in M3E so far), but the Heal and ranged attack feel generic (and without the Focus, the heal just isn't as good as the Steward). The Pine Box is nice, but doesn't really synergise with Sonnia as far as I can tell. You can't set fire to something that's Buried, after all! Since you are usually putting armor on her, the effects of the heal are amplified by that and her shielded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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