Malexin Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Several of my friends play Malifaux and I'm strongly considering jumping in. I've done a bit of research and have had their help in sorting my way towards a Master that would be enjoyable for me to play, while not stepping on anyone's toes. The two factions that I find visually appealing are The Arcanists and The Guild. One friend already has Rasputina, so I'd kind of like to not consider her. When considering the Guild, two of my friends own Lady Justice and another owns the Ortega Master (Perdita?). That leaves Ramos, Marcus, Lucius and Sonia as potential Masters for my first crew. The Wild West feel of The Guild is nice, but I think I'd rather land in the Arcanist realm. To that end, I'm leaning Marcus (based on Visual cues), but having read the Tacticia and several other threads on Marcus I see that many players don't really like him. So my initial thoughts with Marcus were to pick up Him, 2 Razorspine Rattlers, 2 December Acolytes, Molemen, Silurids and Waldgeists. This should give me a dedicated Defender for Marcus in the 1 moleman I'd field. And the rest would be a highly mobile strike force. A bit of Guerilla Warfare. At 25 points I was considering Razorspine Rattler, 2 x December Acolytes and a Waldgeist. At 35 points I was considering 2 x Razorspine Rattler, 2 x December Acolytes, Waldgeist and a Moleman At 50 points I was considering the 35 point list + 3 x Silurids So, if one or several of you would advise me on the viability of my plan and direction I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Malexin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNybbles Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Colette is also an Arcanist, but I'm assuming you're not interested in her. The Waldgeist in your list caught my attention. They are excellent models to take in games where you have forest terrain, but for 6 Soulstones there are more effective models to take in games without forests. I would recommend getting other models before the Waldgeist and use the Waldgeists only in games with forest terrain. The Shikome is a very decent Beast that is currently out. If you have the Rising Powers rulebook I recommend taking a look at it. When the Malifaux Raptor comes out it will be useful for making enemy models into Beasts. This should go on your list of things to get when released. Molemen are great because for 3 Soulstones you have non-insignificant units. If used correctly they are worth their cost. Against Hamelin, the Plagued and The Dreamer models with Devour are good to have. (December Acolyte, Hoarcat Pride, and Sabertooth Cerberus all have Devour. Remember, Hamelin and the Rat Catchers only respawn killed rats, not anything sacrificed by Devour. The Jackalope isn't a bad totem that comes back from the dead every time a non-Jackalope beast is killed or sacrificed. Although it's not a must-have model, for 1 Soulstone it is worth the cost. Your opponent will either spend AP to kill it which could have been spent on more threatening models and it can come back from the dead, or you can charge an enemy and get some extra attacks at an enemy model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koali Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Marcus is one of the weakest masters in the game... But i like him, too. He needs more Luck as other Masters. For the time... i have two concepts to play him. They both worke realy good. Not that superb good, but you can give the opponent a hard day to punch you down. First: Magician Offence: Arcanists Crew - 30 - Scrap Marcus -- 4 Cache Essence of Power [2ss] Malifaux Raptor [2ss] Moleman [3ss] Myranda [7ss] Rogue Necromancy [10ss] Silent One [6ss] The whole concept is about Myranda copying the Spells of the silent one and the Necromancy. The raptor turns the silent one into a beast in the first turn (if you have the cards).... Than leave the opponent in a realy bad Magicians Firework.... You can Blast one or two Opponent Minions if you have the right cards... Marcus and the Molemen are the savety Unit... they try to punch everything down that suvived the Firework. Problem.. This list is not the fastes one.. so youl have problems to grap objectives... abd.. you´ll have Problems against enemys with Blastweapons, because you have to hold your Crew together. The Second List: Punch down and escape Arcanists Crew - 30 - Scrap Marcus -- 4 Cache Essence of Power [2ss] Malifaux Raptor [2ss] Moleman [3ss] Myranda [7ss] Rogue Necromancy [10ss] Silent One [6ss] With the shikome, Marcus and The cerberus turn into realy bad MONSTERS... Your opponent will not have them into melee... With the 3 Birds you can outactivate your opponent. And they are Fast and can grap Objectives as long as they are together. This list is realy Fast... But you hae to pick your targets... Pick one strong enemy and crush it down. Tghen try to run away... while you coosing the next enemy... Jackalope and Myranda healing and the rest crushing... You got a realy good fighting team. But you´ll need some good Cards... poorly... About your Thoughts... Hmm.. The rattler is not taht good. He is OK.. but you cant companion him... witch is one strong Part of a Marcus Crew i Think... and he is down fast (like almost everything in the Crew)... But his escapepotencial is not that good... so i´ll coose Myranda over him,... she can be a Rattler if you need one... Waldgeists are also great... but they do not fit into my Crews... hmmm... The Acolythe is quite good... I tryed one with my Magic List... he did well... but the silent one has the better spells... Molemen... hmm.. I like the guys.. BUT THEY ARE REALY SLOW.... If you include them... be shure that your crew will slow down. Thats a problem, because Marcus Crews are realy fast... in general... In the magiclist, where you have to stay central on one point to push myrandas magic Abilities... there the Molemen can give you a great support... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malexin Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Got my first game in with Marcus over this weekend. At 35 points my list looked like this Marcus Shikome December Acolyte Waldgeist Silurid Silurid Silurid Knowing when to activate en masse was key. The Waldgeist performed beautifully in its intended role, that of a Defend Me target that actually keeps pace with Marcus. I realized that to be successful Marcus needs to do the following 1.) Use your higher movement rates (aside from the acolyte everything is 5/8 or better and has most have some form of movement trick) to make the terrain work for you. You get to pick the engagements. 2.) Tag Team and kill your targets while moving away to prevent charges in return. Marcus, Shikome and Silurids are all capable of these hit and run tactics. For me it worked very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buhallin Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I like Marcus better than most, due to his flexibility. I'm playing my Rezzers in our current league, but we rolled Rubble for our last game - I would have killed to have Marcus then Plus I was facing Pandora - the slow movement kept her bubble of emo from being too big a problem, but Howl makes Pandy players cry. The Shikome is brutal with Marcus. I like pairing her with a Cerberus against a high-value target - there's not much that can absorb those two slamming into it together. Don't forget that Marcus is a beast for Hunting Partner, too - giving him Fast solves the constant "I can't Howl and Alpha" gripe. I've got the Waldgeist as well, but he's very dependent on forests. I'd have another option for backup in case there aren't any woods on the table. While his speed certainly doesn't fit your hit and run approach, the Lawyer is another option. Even though he's slow, he can bring a ton of funky denial effects to the table. And since everything he throws has a Wp resist... <glances meaninfully at Howl> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malexin Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I like Marcus better than most, due to his flexibility. I'm playing my Rezzers in our current league, but we rolled Rubble for our last game - I would have killed to have Marcus then Plus I was facing Pandora - the slow movement kept her bubble of emo from being too big a problem, but Howl makes Pandy players cry. The Shikome is brutal with Marcus. I like pairing her with a Cerberus against a high-value target - there's not much that can absorb those two slamming into it together. Don't forget that Marcus is a beast for Hunting Partner, too - giving him Fast solves the constant "I can't Howl and Alpha" gripe. I've got the Waldgeist as well, but he's very dependent on forests. I'd have another option for backup in case there aren't any woods on the table. While his speed certainly doesn't fit your hit and run approach, the Lawyer is another option. Even though he's slow, he can bring a ton of funky denial effects to the table. And since everything he throws has a Wp resist... <glances meaninfully at Howl> IMO, the relevant text for the Waldgeist is Walk 5/ Charge 8 with Scout, Beast and Armor 2. With Marcus effectively having a 10" threat range, the Waldgeist is golden in that he's a damage sponge that can actually keep up. Sure, they're devastating in a scenario with a bunch of forest terrain, but for a body guard, I think they're superior to molemen in that they don't require solid flips to activate their higher armor and they have have the speed to be right there in the thick of things to better facilitate an alpha strike mentality that I think is played up by Marcus and the rest of the beasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buhallin Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 The Cerberus may suit you better than the Waldgeist in that case. He's only 2 more stones, is even faster with Leap, and has dramatically more damage potential. Certainly not as tough, though, and you would lose your bodyguard. And I agree with you on the Moleman, though for different reasons. The flip for Tunneling really isn't that hard to get off - sure you need an 11, but you only need it once. I think that's relatively easy to make happen in the first few turns. The biggest problem he has is keeping up, though, and if you're playing Marcus that mobile then it's certainly going to be a problem. BTW, if you really wanted to make it happen, Marcus' threat range is 26"... You'd almost certainly hang him out to dry if you weren't careful with it, but ability to cover terrain is certainly not one of his shortcomings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malexin Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 The Cerberus may suit you better than the Waldgeist in that case. He's only 2 more stones, is even faster with Leap, and has dramatically more damage potential. Certainly not as tough, though, and you would lose your bodyguard. And I agree with you on the Moleman, though for different reasons. The flip for Tunneling really isn't that hard to get off - sure you need an 11, but you only need it once. I think that's relatively easy to make happen in the first few turns. The biggest problem he has is keeping up, though, and if you're playing Marcus that mobile then it's certainly going to be a problem. BTW, if you really wanted to make it happen, Marcus' threat range is 26"... You'd almost certainly hang him out to dry if you weren't careful with it, but ability to cover terrain is certainly not one of his shortcomings I looked at Cerebrus at the 8 slot, however the Shikome looks like it will just perform better than the Cerebrus. The moleman's speed is definitley the biggest issue that model needs to overcome. The flip is secondary. I think he'd be better deployed acting as a screen for Rasputina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malexin Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I've now played a couple of games with the following 35pt list Marcus Shikome December Acolyte Waldgeist Silurid Silurid Silurid I have a feeling that the Acolyte will likely get replaced soon with something else. The other models perform very well (even the Waldgeist in non-forest scenarios) but the December Acolyte is very hit or miss in my list. I'd love some cheap, high movement models to go in place of the Acolyte, probably going to grab another Silurid and the Jackalope to replace the acolyte with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I agree on the waldgeist, I almost wouldn't run Marcus without one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozzy Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Thiers currently a marcus thread down started by rath..where we are discussing tactics I recommend getting involved thier....i love marcus personally and hes my favorite melee master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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