Strong Gaming

Overall I feel good about my performance in this Scrum.  I am still learning about better play with Skarre3, especially how to keep her alive.  My overall record was 3-2, and my strength of schedule put me in 7th place overall.  For those who may be interested, here is a link to our final results page:  Final Results - May 2018 Scrum .  We use conflict chamber to register our lists, and clicking on any player's name on the results page should take you to their lists in conflict chamber (there's a couple that don't work for some reason). I believe I am improving overall as a player, but still have difficulty keeping everything in mind when I am playing out my turn.  Usually there is at least one detail each turn that I just flat out miss.  It might be keeping my caster safe, cycling a key buff, allocating focus, keeping a key model safe or general order of activation.  For what it's worth, I did have a couple opponents who allowed me to allocate focus after it was past

Round 5:  vs Alex Kim Scenario:  Outlast This is the second round in a row that I am playing someone I played against in the previous scrum.  Last time around, Alex was playing Retribution, so I was slightly surprised when I saw trollbloods for his lists.  I know that last time we played I only avoided assassination because he forgot to cast assail on the turn he was coming in on my caster.  I would have to play more carefully this time.  Here are my lists as well as the lists Alex brought. My Lists [Deneghra 2] Wraith Witch Deneghra [+28] - Dark Host  - Deathripper [6]  - Deathripper [6]  - Stalker [8]  - Stalker [8]  - Skarlock Thrall [0(4)] Bane Lord Tartarus [0(6)] Darragh Wrathe [9] Orin Midwinter, Rogue Inquisitor [5] Soul Trapper [1] Bane Knights (max) [15] Bane Riders (max) [20] Bane Warriors (min) [10]  - Bane Warrior Officer & Standard [0(5)] Wraith Engine [15] [Skarre 3] Skarre, Admiral of the Black Fleet [+27] - Slaughter Fleet Raiders  - Kraken

Round 4:  vs Brad Park Scenario:  Stand Off This round I was going up against Brad Park, who issued me my first loss in the last scrum.  He was bringing a Lich1 list in the satyxis theme and a Goreshade1 list using infernal machines.  The more I looked at his Shade1 list, the more I thought he really couldn't drop that in this matchup.  Both my lists had too many models for him to deal with and I didn't think he could handle the counter attack.  With the thought that Brad would play Lich1 into me, I knew how to play the Denny2 list into him since we had talked through a very similar matchup after our last game.  However, the more I looked at my slaughter fleet list, the more I liked it into the matchup.  I would need to be careful and make sure his raiders didn't get a good charge on the kraken.  If I could keep the kraken alive and eliminate a few key models each turn, I liked my chances. When we showed up, I found out that my guess was right and he was going to play

Round 3:  vs Nate Magna Scenario:  Recon 2 I haven't run into Legion recently and was not sure what to expect.  Even after looking at Nate's lists, I wasn't sure which one I might end up seeing.  I felt like Skarre was the better drop into his primal terrors list, but Denny would be the better play into Thagrosh.  I was kinda hoping he would play primal terrors, using the same logic I had been using for choosing slaughter fleet:  they are the new toy.  Once again, I ended up deciding that I was going to play Skarre.  My reasoning was as much a desire to get more playtime with the list as it was a hope he would play primal terrors.  Regardless of which list he dropped, the kraken is crucial for me.  The more I examined my spells, I realized that in either matchup draconic blessing would be a crucial spell.  Being able to have a model/unit ignore fire type attacks was actually going to be relevant.  I would either not need to worry about the blightbringer's aoe, or Typ

Round 2:  vs Grant Richey Scenario:  Spread the Net Coming into this round, I was once again in the position of really wanting to run the Skarre3 list.  After looking at my opponent's lists, I figured I would be seeing Haley3 and felt that my slaughter fleet list actually had the tools to be able to counter some of her tricks.  Dirge seers would mean that my boostable guns would be able to see through the cloud wall and deceleration would help deliver my army through the hail of bullets coming their way.  My only real concern was a lack of grievous wounds to counter all the tough models across the table.  Gerlack has grievous wounds, but in my first game I found that I was keeping him back for the veteran leader bonus.  With Haley3's defense buff I knew this would be a similar situation. Upon meeting my opponent, the matchup turned out as I expected.  Both of us are just learning these lists, so clock was a concern for both of us going into the game.  He got a quick rundow