Dark_apostle Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Yan-lo 5ss cache soul porter (totem) 2ss Izamu, the armor 10ss chiaki the niece 5ss ten thunders archer 6ss ten thunders archer 6ss ten thunder brother 5ss So this is the first list I've written for malifaux and i wondered what peoples thoughts are I have spoken to other people and someone recommened Torakage in the list are they any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argentbadger Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 That seems like a decent list to learn the game, or for some strategies. I’ve found that Yan Lo’s core crew (i.e. the Ancestors) tend to want to stay close to him so that he can collect their Reliquaries if they die. Archers are pretty fragile so they don’t want to stray too far from the protection offered by scarier threats like Izamu, and one of the Brother’s most interesting abilities is Companion so he doesn’t really want to be alone either. I would say that this list would do quite well with strategies like Master of the Hill where you want to deliver your mob of doom to a single point, but be less powerful at something like A Line in the Sand where you have to spread out. Chiaki has been rather hit-and-miss for me. Some games she earns her keep, other times she’s not really much more than an objective sitter. Don’t rely on Harmless to keep her going as it won’t stop anyone determined. As for Torakage, they are another interesting tool. I’m not sure that they’ll give you much in this particular crew as Izamu isn’t a possible target to be swapped into position. You can use them to get Yan Lo into or out of trouble though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_apostle Posted May 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 I was thinking of getting Toshiro and some Ashigaru instead of izamu and chiaki but then i could swap and change depending on scenarios and strategies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enki Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 You may want to increase your pool a bit Yan Lo really wants to spend 3 of your 5 before the game starts for df 7 and regen 1. This would leave him with 2 left over or he's a wet napkin with 5 stones. I would suggest trading out one of your archers for (trying to think of 3 point TT minions) 2 clockwork traps if you have them. This would leave you with 4 after the chi upgrade of the max 5 and make Yan Lo alot more durable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_apostle Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Yan-lo 5ss cache soul porter (totem) 2ss Ashigaru 4ss Ashigaru 4ss Ashigaru 4ss punk zombie 5ss punk zombie 5ss Toshiro, the Damiyo 8ss 3ss converted to chi for df 7 and regen 1 leaving me with a ss pool of 5 for the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enki Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) That is definitely a scary crew to play against! You may have to adjust it a bit for more spread out or mobile strats like line in the sand but you should be able to kill about anything (except Pandora of course) I wouldn't be afraid to switch out a punk zombie with chiaki or a torekage based on the strategy. Edited May 14, 2013 by Enki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokaji Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Agreed on that last part. That list is going to be a bit hard-pressed to quickly respond to threats. Depending on what your strategy/schemes are, I like Night Terrors with Yan/Toshi. They become insanely fast for objective grabbing. Yin is also a fast objective grabber, and she can hold objectives like nobody's business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_apostle Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Yan-lo 5ss cache soul porter (totem) 2ss Ashigaru 4ss Ashigaru 4ss Ashigaru 4ss desparate mercenary 2ss Yin, the Penangalan 8ss Toshiro, the Damiyo 8ss 3ss converted to chi for df 7 and regen 1 leaving me with a ss pool of 5 for the game Yan-lo 5ss cache soul porter (totem) 2ss Ashigaru 4ss Ashigaru 4ss Ashigaru 4ss desparate mercenary 2ss desparate mercenary 2ss night terror 3ss night terror 3ss Toshiro, the Damiyo 8ss 3ss converted to chi for df 7 and regen 1 leaving me with a ss pool of 5 for the game would these work a little better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enki Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 These lists look alot more versatile, but remember you would have to run Yan Lo as resser to have access to the night terrors. Night Terrors = Liquid Awesome in mobile lists I for one have always ran Yan Lo as a Resser just because they have a BUNCH of awesome low cost minions. Ten Thunders has some good models but you seem to have to pay alot more in TT for what you get for super cheap with Ressers (unless you run some clockwork traps which are amazing). I play ressers alot so I might be biased though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_apostle Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 i am going to run yin as a resser itll be fun being my first proper list ive given thought to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sliverwind Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 There is a Yan Lo list where you get to just kill a significant portion (or maybe all) of the enemy crew on turn one inside of their deployment zone. You will need: 1 chiaki 5 1 flesh construct 7 4 dogs 8 1 datsue-ba 7 1 student of conflict 4 Then you launch forward a yan lo with fast using chiaki, the flesh contruct and datsue-ba. This will put yan lo 5 inches from the enemy deployment zone. After killing the dogs and the student plus the two gaki you can make with the datsue-ba's weigh sins you will have 10 chi points. This gives you path of sirit 3 and path of bone 3. Ypui then weight of ages the enemy to deal damage and fragile bonds at them. You need kill only one model to get path of bone 4 and then trigger hun po assault to kill all their guys. Then you have won the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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