Seazan Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Hi all, I'm a newish player of malifaux and have been playing a Viks crew (love the Viks), with games usually at 25ss. Our gaming group consists of most of the factions and a variety of crews within. I've been running the Viks crew with either no ss cache or 1-2 ss cache, but I'm considering trying out a few games with of a 5-6 ss cache. My question is, what is your advice on a good number of ss cache for my Viks crew? Usual suspects in my crew are: Convict Gun Slinger Ronin Taelor Misaki Librarian (occationally) Trapper (occationally) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetid Strumpet Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I generally find that you will want the max Cache of 8 when running the Vicks, If you can't get to 8 I wouldn't personally go lower than 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Agree with Fetid, the Viks love ss and get more out of them than an additional model in the crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetid Strumpet Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Also remember that, as Calmdown pointed out, and I agree with him, Many of the outcast models 'feel' like they are potentially a SS undercosted. Most mercs really give value for the stones you spend on them, even if some are better than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeton Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I would definitely recommend as many stones as you can get for the Viks. Once you get used to throwing down a few stones on an unstoppable whirlwind of death in the middle of your opponent's crew, you'll never look back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaJo Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I always make sure to have at least 7; any less and I feel like I'm not doing them justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serigala Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 A Desperate Mercenary (2ss) or even the Student of Conflict (3ss) can also be very useful to get you to your crew limit when you don't want to spend 5ss on another Ronin. I don't usually play the Viks with less than 6ss, and often try and max them at 8ss. The opportunity to cash in an ailing Ronin for 2ss is also worth remembering. I've never done it but 5 Ronin in a 35pt list could give the Viks 18ss to play with. As long as you can catch the opposing crew, that should give you autowin with slaughter I suspect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seazan Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Sweet, thanks all for the guidance. I'll give it a go this week with my game. I guess I've always been a bit unsure about fielding a small crew, but lets unleash the Viks-O-Death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malersatz Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 I agree that small model count crews can seem intimidating, but the Viks are easily an exception to this. You get two masters on the board and used effectively they can really tear it up. Some of the schemes get a bit tougher, but focus on the killy ones and you will have a much easier time. Throwing sword Vik into the frey with a well timed whirlwind will wreck your opponent and quickly level the playing field if not tip it in your favor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettqpublic Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Use SS is the most powerful ability in the game, especially for combat oriented masters. While I don't play the Viks personally I have a friend who regularly does so and he doesn't roll with less than 6 and in 35SS games it is 8, always 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seazan Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) Hey all, thanks for your tips. I played a recon mission at 35ss against Ophelia crew + a boat load bayou gremlins. I took Viks-ss cache 6 Convict Ronin x2 Misaki Librarian Took Stake a Claim and Breack through. Having the stones really helped, especially when going up against the little green Pedita. I ended up winning 6pts to 3pts but for a few turns it was close. the stones saved my bacon. So Thanks again Edited March 30, 2012 by Seazan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumb Luck Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 The Viks crew is all about the girls themselves. When playing Outcasts, they are your wrecking ball but they are also fragile. Even in smaller games, first thing I buy them is a cache of eight stones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seazan Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Against some crews i can see 8ss cache will be a must, however, this time i tried taking a libraian for the heal flips so i could focus on using ss to hit. worked well but i did loose one Vik to a gremlin alpha strike ( but only just due to a set of realy high cards coming at me and Ophelia's double damage with reckless (I had my revenge though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeton Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Hey all, thanks for your tips. I played a recon mission at 35ss against Ophelia crew + a boat load bayou gremlins. I took Viks-ss cache 6 Convict x2 Ronin Misaki Librarian Hmm... just so you're aware for next time, the Convict Gunslinger is Rare 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seazan Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks Kadeton, a typo on my behalf that should be Ronin x2, I'll edit it now, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbopper Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Honestly Seazan I think you would be better of having a zero cache with the viks, they don't need them. Then you can add more models to the crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaJo Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Honestly Seazan I think you would be better of having a zero cache with the viks, they don't need them. Then you can add more models to the crew. I know I originally said that I take a full cache with them.. and honestly I still do.... but as Jeremy and I were planning our team tournament list for Adepticon (before we decided not to go) he was going to run Marcus with 7 cache and I was running a full 25pt Vik crew with a 0 cache. We had some good tactics, all in theory of course, built that could have been killing combos. Especially with Marcus to give some of my crew the beast quality to buff their WP since I did not want to take Von Schill. It would have been fun/interesting to play. Maybe next team tournament that we're able to get to, I'll try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seazan Posted April 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Ok bigbopper I'll take a zero cache if you dont do that damn Lilith switch-a-roo lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcantix Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Ever since I took an 8 pool with the Viks, I never looked back. The absolute LEAST I will allow myself is 7ss pool now. It's just too worth it to have all those uses of stones. It turns the Viks from a good crew into a bouse crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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