{"id":349,"date":"2015-03-10T15:54:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/?p=349"},"modified":"2015-03-10T15:58:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:58:21","slug":"sealed-warband-5-feeling-blue-deathknell-boosters-x-2-200-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Sealed Warband 5: Feeling Blue (Deathknell Boosters x 2, 200 points)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"couatl\"<\/a>

Hiss, Hiss!<\/p><\/div>\n

I loved the Couatl<\/strong> back when I originally played.\u00a0 It is one of the prettier minis in the DDM line.\u00a0 Like many commanders (such as Cleric of Sune<\/strong> and Guardian Naga<\/strong> in our previous warbands) in the 40-50 point range, the Couatl brings a lot of utility to the table, if not much damage.\u00a0 His Commander 0<\/strong> is really bad, and will often cost the team some important rolls. In this upcoming matchup however (Feeling Blue vs. Lightning Arm<\/strong>s), Couatl’s<\/strong> commander effect becomes very relevant (Followers gain Resist 10 Acid, Cold, Electricity, Fire, Sonic<\/strong>); this hurts both the secondary hitters in Lightning Arms, the Bluespawn Stormlizard<\/strong> and the Red Hand War Sorcerer<\/strong>.\u00a0 Her spell selection is good…for the first 2 rounds she casts, Snake’s Swiftness<\/strong> on the Skullcrusher Ogre will likely be the play.\u00a0 Then she definitely needs to hit the Marilith with both uses of Empowered Lesser Sonic Orb<\/strong>, as it’s the warbands most reliable damage.\u00a0 Legion’s Undeniable Gravity<\/strong> is often a wasted spell, and I wonder how many of Couatl’s<\/strong> 42 points they costed it at.<\/p>\n

Feeling Blue<\/strong> has almost no magic damage (Catfolk Wilder’s<\/strong> 5 Magic Damage is underwhelming) and this is the first time we’ve really seen that in our sealed drafts.\u00a0 Thus, killing the Marilith<\/strong> will be very challenging.\u00a0 To make matters worse, the Large Blue Dragon’s<\/strong> breath weapon is Lightning<\/strong> and both the Stormlizard<\/strong> and Marilith<\/strong> are immune, so the Dragon might end up being a 68 point paperweight.\u00a0 Flanking and picking off weaker members of Lightning Arms<\/strong> will more than likely be his play, though if that can even help secure a win remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Booster 1<\/td>\nPoints<\/td>\nRarity<\/td>\nBooster 2<\/td>\nPoints<\/td>\nRarity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large Blue Dragon<\/td>\n68<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nCouatl<\/td>\n42<\/td>\nR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skullcrusher Ogre<\/td>\n31<\/td>\nU<\/td>\nRenegade Warlock<\/td>\n30<\/td>\nU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grell<\/td>\n26<\/td>\nU<\/td>\nCatfolk Wilder<\/td>\n28<\/td>\nU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deathlock<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nU<\/td>\nSoldier of Thrane<\/td>\n20<\/td>\nU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dolgrim<\/td>\n10<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nDeathlock<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Celestial Dire Badger<\/td>\n9<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nKruthik Hatchling<\/td>\n10<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orc Savage<\/td>\n7<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nOrc Savage<\/td>\n7<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bullywug Thug<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nSkeletal Dwarf<\/td>\n6<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Team<\/td>\nPoints<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large Blue Dragon<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Couatl<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skullcrusher Ogre<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catfolk Wilder<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Celestial Dire Badger<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orc Savage<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orc Savage<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skeletal Dwarf<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Other Picks:<\/strong> I always want to like Renegade Warlock<\/strong> for his automatic damage, however at 30 points I wonder if he’ll get enough uses out of it to make him worth it.\u00a0 Once he’s based he has to \"couatl<\/a>take an AOO to use his Eldritch Spear<\/strong>.\u00a0 Even with Conceal 6<\/strong> his low 45 HP will get chewed through pretty quickly by most creatures.\u00a0 I decided to leave the Warlock out, and in that point range both the Catfolk Wilder<\/strong> and the Skullcrusher Ogre<\/strong> made the cut.\u00a0 The Ogre is the best we have available for a 2nd tier bruiser, with respectable AC, HP and Attacks\/Damage.\u00a0 The Catfolk is the wildcard of this band.\u00a0 In a couple of turns Mind Thrust<\/strong> can put out a LOT of damage if creatures fail their saves…however, I am tentative to use him because if a creature saves all damage is negated.<\/p>\n

Everyone else is fodder, though if the Orc Savages<\/strong> can get a charge off and activate their Savage Frenzy, they can do still be a threat for low-point critters.<\/p>\n

Prediction:\u00a0 <\/strong>Without a reliable source of magic damage I don’t think Feeling Blue<\/strong> will be able to put out enough damage vs. the Marilith<\/strong>.\u00a0 It may end up being like last match, with basically Marilith<\/strong> vs. 4 creatures at the end, with her tying up too many points to win via Victory Points, and too hard to kill.\u00a0 My guess is Lightning Arms 200, Feeling Blue 140<\/strong>.\u00a0 Feeling Blue<\/strong> definitely needs an open map to give the dragon some breathing room.\u00a0 The Tomb map most battles have been fought on so far favors the Marilith<\/strong> team as it allows her to abuse the enemies inability to close by using fodder to block and her mobility to get off full attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I loved the Couatl back when I originally played.\u00a0 It is one of the prettier minis in the DDM line.\u00a0 Like many commanders (such as Cleric of Sune and Guardian Naga in our previous warbands) in the 40-50 point range,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}