Epic Lylyth

Epic Lylyth is a bit different from most of Legion. For one she's the only really top tier 5 Fury warlock. For two she's the only one that runs Legion as a nearly pure gunline. You still need a heavy that can do the job in melee, like a Carnivean, but the rest of her army is going to be about the shooting. Fortunately she does it well.

Epic Lylyth brings two big things to the table. First she increases the armies threat range with her feat, and second she makes it hard for the opponent to respond in any way except melee due to all the stealth. She's not an auto-win or anything though, because as soon as your opponent closes the armies damage output drops like it fell off a cliff.

Throne of Everblight

The Throne has been a lot of work. I really wanted to get it done by the end of the month so I've been putting in a bunch of extra nights to get it finished. The colours are a bit different on the Throne since GW changed its paint line up. The green base is Vallejo Game Colour Cayman Green Highlighted up to the new GW Elysian Green. The brown is based with Vallejo Game Colour Charred Brown highlighted up to a mix of Charred Vrown, GW Skrag Brown, and the old GW Blazing Orange.

It has been playing decently as well. It's not going to beat up enemy heavies, but it does its job in the role of anti-infantry monster. The magic attacks are also a nice addition. Plus it looks great on the table.

 

 

League Rules

Typically our group plays 50 point games, but every now and then we like to mix it up a little. When that happens we run a league. Armies are 25 points so players can get two or three games in a night, and everyone takes warcasters and warlocks they don't normally play. It's a fast fun way to familiarise yourself with a new warlock and get an idea how you'd like to expand on them.

We've done a couple of leagues now, and I though I'd put up the rules in case anyone wanted to try it out themselves. It's not confined to 25 point games, those are just what we felt like doing.

Season Format

The Season Schedule will be randomly determined. Each player will play each other player twice over the course of the season. This season has six players for a total of 10 regular season games per player. Players will have 6 weeks to complete their games. This schedule expects players to average one game per week. If the players complete their games prior to the end date of the season, the play-offs may start early. Players are responsible for ensuring that their games get played and organizing times to play their games. The season schedule will be posted at the beginning of the season. Each round will be a different SR2012 Scenario, not including any Reinforcement scenarios. Scenarios will not be repeated over the course of the season unless all scenarios have already been played through.. Games may be played any time players find it convenient. All games will use Deathclock, with each player recieving 27 minutes on the clock. This does not include set up time.

Lists: Each player shall have two 25 point lists and is responsible for sending copies to the League Organizer within one week of the beginning of the league. Each player may play the list they like for each game, with the one restriction being that they must play at least a third of their games, rounding down, with each list. This league will therefore require you to play at least three games with both lists.

Scoring: The results of each game must be emailed to the League Organizer by one or both players. The following information must be included for each player: Caster Used, CP’s Scored, Army Points Destroyed, whether they won or lost and whether they scored an Assassination. Include the round number of the game played in the email. The email is not necessary if the League Organizer was present for the game.

Example of Scoring Submission:

Player: Birch Helander

Scenario Played:

Caster: Kommandant Irusk

W/L: Lost

CPs: 2

Army Points Destroyed: 15

Assassination: No (This field is only applicable to the winner. The loser of a game may leave this field blank).

Playing the Wrong Scenario: If players accidentally play a scenario for which they were not scheduled, they may opt to submit the results for scoring. However, no CPs or Army Points Destroyed will be tabulated. Only the result of the game and whether an assassination was scored will be considered for scoring.

Failing to Complete Games: Players that fail to complete games will have their season evaluated based on the games they did play. If a player failed to complete their games and did not attempt to play a game in the final week of the regular season, they will be removed from the play-offs. This may require that the play-offs be reduced to one round if there are not enough players to support a multi-round play-off.

Proxies: Proxies are not permitted in league play.

Trades

Players have a 10 point trade pool. Players may drop anything except Warcasters/locks from their lists and add Units/Solos/Jacks/Beasts to reach the point maximum of their list. Track the number of points dropped and replaced. This total is removed from the player’s trade pool. This total is shared between the player’s two lists.

For Example: Player A removes a Manhunter from their first list and replaces it with a Widowmaker Marksman. Then removes Widowmakers and a War Dog from their second list and replaces them with The Great Bears of Gallowswood. The first trade was 2pts (the cost of the Marksman) and the second trade was 5pts. Player A has used 7 points of their trade pool.

These Trades must be submitted to the League Organizer before they can be used in a game. If the alterations have not be distributed to the League participants by the time a list that has been altered is to be used, the date stamp on the email sent to the organizer will be used to determine the list’s legality. It must be made very clear to an opponent that an unpublished trade has been made prior to list selection and the details of the trade must be announced.

Trade Deadline: Players must complete any trades they want to make before their sixth game . No more trades may be made after this point. Date stamp of the email or date of verbal confirmation of trade will be used as the trade date.

Determining Standing

League Standings will be determined by the following scores, in order of tie breaking priority:

1. Wins
2. Control Points Scored
3. Army Points Scored
4. Assassinations

Play-off Format

Seeding: The higher seeded player in any play-off round has +1 to any starting rolls they make.

Playoffs and Semi-Finals: In cases of leagues of six or less players, the top four players of the league will advance to the semi finals. In larger leagues the top eight players will advance. The top player will play the bottom player, 2^nd ranked will play the 2^nd from the bottom, and so on until the two middle players will play one another. This is an elimination round. In eight player playoffs the winners will advance to the Semi Finals. In four player playoffs the Semi-finals will be held immeadiately. The winners of the semi-finals will be decided in a best of three series. The winners of the round will advance to the Finals.

Playoffs and Semi-Finals Rules:

• The scenario schedule for the Playoffs will be determined after the season finishes and all results are submitted. Each game of a best of three will be from a different Scenario Group in the Steamroller 2012 Rule’s Set. Thus it will be impossible to see two games played from the Radial Scenario Group, for example, during the same round of the Semi-Finals. After a Best of Three has been completed, it may be possible to see the same Scenario Group in the next round. Scenarios will not be repeated in the Play-offs unless the number of games required to determine a season champion requires a scenario be played multiple times.
• Every player must play each of their lists at least once per round.
• After a game has been played, the winner must announce whether they are switching lists prior to the loser doing so. The loser will be privy to the opponent’s list prior to choosing a list.

Finals: Finals will be played in the same format as Semi-Finals.

Annyssa Ryvaal, Talon of Everblight

Annyssa is one of Legion's best characters. She has a few things going for her. First of all, she does what you buy her for and does it well. She can shoot and back up all day long, harassing the flanks and circling around to get at rear support pieces. Second, she's relavent all game. She transitions from shooting up infantry to smacking preyed warcasters very nicely. And third, she makes the Raptors, already one of Legions best units, even better. Veteran Leader kind of sucks on Finn, but on a large base that the Raptors can see through most of two armies it's really solid.

Incubi

Incubi aren't something you see a lot of. Legion tends to run beast heavy, and people prefer to have their five point investment on the table at the beginnng. I've found them to be decent though. They aren't spectacular, but they aren't bad either. The big thing they have going for them is that they let you push deeper into your opponents force. The two front lines clash, and all of a sudden you have guys behind their front line charging into support solos and getting in the way of their second wave. I have more than once forgotten to use them though. Out of sight out of mind as they say.

Nephilim Bolt Thrower

The Bolt Thrower is a solid beast. At six points it's at the high end for what you pay for a light, but is solid enough in its specialised role of denting large targets and picking off solos and officers that it still sees play . If I'm running beast light I'll often throw one in as extra fury and to keep my opponent honest at range. I don't ever take two except with Epic Lylyth, and even then that will probably change once the Naga comes out.

Nephilim Protector

The Nephilim Protector is a rather limited model. It has no ranged ability and is also pretty blah in melee with MAT 5 and POW 12. It's job is to take it to the face, either with Shield Guard or blocking charge lanes. And on the occasional time you run into deadicated knockdown his animus can protect you.

The only warlock I have found that I'm willing to take it regularly with is pThagrosh. Because of Fog of War and Death Shroud, once you put Tenacity or Spiny Growth on the Protector it can actually stand up to enemy damage. At ARM 20 (with Spiny Growth) at range he can take a few big hits, and at DEF 15 ARM 21 against charges (Set Defense + Tenacity + Death Shroud) he can actually get in the way and block the charge lane to a heavy without dying.