Here's the deal: I've started playing more and more 1.0 recently, and to that end, I've recently acquired some very potent KI cavalry. Here we play pre-ML nerfing (at least for now... The nice thing about playing a dead game is that you can change incarnations at a tip of the hat :p), so F&P and ML-Ram are top concerns. Fortunately, however, since I provide all of the figures for games I play in, I'll never have to worry about ADrac or Bakus -- I don't have them! The only big Bounders with which I'll have to contend are Magus Anendu (a toughy for this army, but c'est la vie), Kermit (this army laughs off a 10 attack), and, unfortunately, Corpheus (I think I'd rather face the Drac with the army...). A single OST is a legitimate concern, as is a Striker... Basically, all the biggest, baddest archetypes of 1.0 minus certain facets of Big Bound.

Anyway, after all this ranting, I'll be you're wondering what this army actually is. I'll tell you: it's a classic. All throughout 1.0, I had wished that I had the ponies with which to play this army... and now I'd got them! Ladies and gents, I present to you the Tank as Wkura meant it!

Emerald Glade Mystery-68

***Heavy Lancer-51
***Heavy Lancer-51
***Light Lancer-36
Elroodon Lightfoot-38
**Standard Bearer-13

***Fell Reaper-43

::300

My main concern is that I'm using a relatively fossilized version of a great tactic -- can this duke it out with Corphy? Is Magus Anendu's high-attack-MB-Bound too much for this steamroller? I'm sorry if these are silly questions; I really have very little experience with this army.

For those you that prefer 2.0, don't worry, I haven't forgotten you! Since I'll be lucky if any of you read this thread, I'll economize and pack a bit of everything into it... Maybe you'll like something enough to post ;) Another figure I picked up recently was the Pyre Spirit. What a bad dude! PA is an excellent defensive ability, and with all his auto-damage, he can put the serious hurt on some bad boys of the 2.0 world. But really, do you want to Ram Varatrix with 87 points? No. The solution? How about 29 points?

Pyre Spirit-87

Wraith-61

**Solonavi Shade-29
**Solonavi Shade-29
**Solonavi Shade-29

Khan Rava-91
Scroll of Invocation-5

*Tempest Priest-29
Teachings of the True Way-36
^Auraheal-8
^Fumble-6
^Call Familiar-10

Ribaya Ghost AC-0

::396

I can't think of too many figures with both damage reduction AND Ghostform, but I have a recyclable Shade to distract them all game if need be. Rava does his thing, and can Summon the Wraith or the Pyre Spirit in a sticky situation -- I can imagine that having to deal with either not once, but twice would be a nightmare for my opponent. The sorceror is very supportive, providing multiple healing options, resilience in the form of the Familiar Shade, and uber-relic protection in the form of Fumble. The Wraith can either pick on support or take their big gun head on, depending on exactly what their big gun is, while the Shades and Pyre can absolutely wreck anything without damage reduction.

There, I hope you enjoyed those, and I hope that you guys will have some armies to post here soon!

Solonavi Striker-112
Corpheus-124
*Technomancer-??
*Technomancer-??
*Crystal Protector-12
~300?

Not quite sure about the technomancer point costs. Have a little pre-ML nerf cheese!
Flame-Lightning toss baby!

Straight Rebellion?

Troll Chieftain-73
Elemental Priest-68
***Troll Artillerist-38
***Troll Artillarist-38
**Troll Artillerist-34
**Troll Artillerist-34
*Shade-12
Total: 297

Eat Troll Fist!

Magus Drac-93
Magna Drac-68
Neophant-32
**Imp-7

200pts

"Rarely is the proverb uttered aloud...three Draconum makes a victory."

Uhlrick Charger-118

***Fell Reaper-43
***Fell Reaper-43

***Nightmare Reaper-42
***Nightmare Reaper-42

*Shade-12

Fear the reaper(s)! All this army needs is a little more cow bell ;)

Straight-up Rebellion, eh? Might as well post my army mentioned elsewhere:

Storm Golem - 115
Magus - 68
*** Utem Crossbowman - 12
*Imp - 5

200 points even.

Dracs!
Heirophant 145
Magus Drac 93
Magna Drac 68
Mystic Drac 80
***Whelp Monk x 3 90
*Shade x 2 24

500 even

vs

Solonavi
Kymeseya 124
Destroyer 2.0 97
Avenger 2.0 108
*Channeler 33
*Soul Shredder x 2 80
**Solo Shade x 2 58

500 even

Who Will Win!?!?!?

Dracs Won!!!
But, I've been challenged to a rematch tonight. Lets seen if the results will be the same...

Initially I was surprised by the Solonavi loss; I thought that with all the fancy 2.0 stuff like soaring and 21" bounds and Mindtap they'd wipe the floor with the dracs. Then I went back and looked at dials... And man are those dracs solid! If you can whip one up, I'd love to see a bit of a battle report of the rematch.

I finally got in some KI LEs I'd purchased, so I'm now I'm planning on building the tricked out Tank:

Rathgad- 61
Elroodon- 38
***Light Lancer- 36
*Standard Bearer- 11

EGM- 68

***Fell Reaper- 43
***Fell Reaper- 43

Again, it's a shame I'm 6-7 years behind the curve on this one, but better late than never :D My next project is to build an army for High Priestess Kess that maximizes her potential; so often I want to play her but just find Rowan to be the better figure.

3'x3' Battlefield
Terrain:
1 2.5" steam(R) winding through the middle of the battlefield.
4-2" wide bridges(/) interspersed across
2 concealing "peanuts"(C), on opposite corners
2 constructed stone watchtowers(T), one on each side of stream

Quick Diagram:
_______Solos___________
--------F2----F1----------
--------------------------
---ccccc-----------------
--------------------------
-----T--------------------
rrr/rrrrrrrr/rrrrrrrrr/rrrrrrr/rrrr
-------------------T------
--------------------------
----------------ccccc-----
--------------------------
________Dracs__________

Solo's

formation 1 (F1):
Destroyer
Kymeseya
Soulshredder
SoloShade
Channeler

Formation 2 (F2):
Avenger
SoloShade
SoulShredder

Dracs

1 Formation-***Whelp Monks

the rest have flight, no more formations

Solo's win initiative toss

F1 moves forward to one side
F2 move forward through concealing side
end turn

Dracs:
Monks move up into concealing
Magna moves behind them
Mystic moves to keep monks & magna in range
Heirophant moves to counter Avenger formation
Magus Drac settles near hiero for support
1 shade faithfully follows heiro & Magus Drac
other shade runs and hides behind stone watchtower

Both side wait and clear

Solo's:
Avenger formation moves toward bridge closest to edge

Other formation moves toward bridge closest to opposite side of battlefield

Dracs:
Hiero shoots SoloShade
Magus Drac moves within 5" on stone watchtower
Everyone else waits

Both sides clear

Solo's
F1 moves onto bridge, shredder up front followed by Kymeseya followed by soloshade followed by destroyer-channeler stays safely on other side of water

Avenger formation moves onto bridge on opposite side of field


Dracs:
Shade moves into soloshade
Heiro surges onto bridge, avenger takes 4 clicks
Magus Drac magic blasts through stone watchtower at Kymeseya, hits, Kyme fails dodge roll, Magus rolls 1 for damage (Kymeseya laughs...hard)
whelp monk surges soulshredder,weaponmaster roll=1
2nd whelp monk surges soulshredder, miss

Solos:
wait and clear

Dracs:
Magus drac pushes to MB Kymeseya, hits, kyme fails dodge MB dmgRoll=2
Kyme takes 1(toughness), laughs
monk 2 pushes, attacks shredder WMroll=5-soulshredder shredded
wait and clear

Solo's:
destroyer bounds hits monk2 for 3 dmg(2-toughness)
kyme charges monks, hits for 5 (sweet revenge) monk2dead
Avenger attacks hiero, misses
other soulshredder surges shade basing soloshade, misses
end turn

Dracs:
get command roll
hiero hits avenger for 4 dmg
hiero's pet shade hits shredder for 1
monk 1 rolls for breakaway, fails
wait and clear

Solo's:
kyme deals 1 venom damage to monk 1
wait and clear

Dracs:
Magus Drac MB's Soloshade for 3 dmg
monk1 pushes for breakaway, succeeds-runs into concealing
Mystic drac heals monk1 to full health
Magna Drac surges Kyme, hits, kyme fails dodge takes 4 dmg
(forgotten)shade emerges from tower, slips past kyme/magna duel, bases soloshade
wait & clear

Solo's:
Kyme hits magna for 3, magna takes 2(toughness)
avenger attacks hiero, misses
soulshredder attacks shade, WM roll=1
soloshade breaks, slips past hiero/avenger duel
soloshade on other side of field attacks shade,misses

Dracs:
Hiero kills avenger
pet shade attacks shredder, misses
magus drac moves onto stone watchtower
mystic drac moves into concealing toward magna melee
wait&clear

Solos:
wait&clear

Dracs:
Magus Drac shoots destroyer for 3
magna hits kyme for 3
shade attacks soloshade, misses
wait&clear

Solo's:
Kyme hits magna for 3 (2-toughness),heals 1-vampirism
soloshade attacks shade, misses
soulshredder attacks shade, misses
channeler moves into healing range
other soloshade moves toward channeler from other side of field

Dracs:
Pet shade says "Leave me!" then attacks soulshredder, misses
Heiro says "okay."-moves away
Magna pushes to attack kyme, misses
wait&clear

Solo's:
wait&clear

Dracs:
Magus Drac shoots Destroyer for 3 dmg
shade attacks soloshade, hits for 1
wait&clear

Solo's:
Kyme kills magna, heals 1-vampirism
soloshade hits shade for 2dmg, heals 1 (mindtapped vampirism)
soulshredder attacks shade, hits WM roll for 1dmg
other soloshade moves toward channeler
wait&clear

Dracs:
Hiero moves closer to battle
mystic drac shoots kyme for 2dmg
monk surges kyme, misses
end turn

Solo:
wait&clear

Dracs:
Monk3 emerges from the weeds and attcks Kyme, kills her(finally!!!)
magus drac shoots channeler (what? she was in range that whole time!?)
HAH!

Solo:
Soulshredder finally kills shade
soloshade kills other shade
destroyer blasts monk 2 into the grave
channeler makes a run for it

Dracs:
Hiero shoots channeler & soloshade, kills both
wait & clear

Solos:
wait&clear

Dracs:
Mystic & Magus Dracs depart on assassination mission for remaining shredder
Hiero moves into destroyer range

Solos:
Destroyer makes a run for it
shredder makes a run for it

Dracs:
Hiero pushes, blasts remaining soloshade & destroyer-destroyer destroyed...soloshade too
Magus drac pushes, surges soulshredder for 3 dmg
Mystic pushes, surges soulshredder for 2 dmg-shredder shredded

All in all, it wasn't a very long game. It would have gone a lot worse for me, but my opponent was horribly allergic to pushing damage, so he avoided pushing at all costs.

Sounds like luck was not with either of you; all those 1's and 2's on MB's and WM's. Personally I would've tried to take more advantage of the healing as the Solo player, but hey, I also probably would've played Varatrix :p Thanks for the report, it was a great read!

Hard to field a good second beater to back up Varatrix in a match that small.

I play only Mage Knight 1.0, 'cause I hate MK 2.0 (relics and the making useless the old figures are disgusting, even if rules are great).

This is one of my favourite 300 point army (2nd placed at the last tournament played) :

- Solonavi Striker 112p
- High Elf General 60p
- Infantry Captain *** 28p
- Infantry Captain *** 28p
- Infantry Captain ** 23p
- Elven Recruit ** 10p
- Grave Robber * 14p
- Corrupted Priest * 48p
- Imp *5p
TOT 300p

The Infantry Captain leads the KI squadron fastly (12'') through the battlefield, following the all-purpose Striker, and the High Elf General slays everything in front of him (using the KI formation, if needed).
Corrupted is often 6-7'' before them, ready to heal or to strike some advanced enemy figures.
The little, beloved Imp is -as usual- a human-shield or a rope around the leg of some enemy.
Fast, strong, resistent.
The only weakness is the lack of another ranged attacker.

The backbone of this army is: Solonavi Striker, Corrupted Priest *, Grave Robber (any) and Infantry Captain ***.
With this backbone and its combination with other figures I won several tournaments.

Theese days I'm playing MKConquest and I use almost the whole set of KI horsemen (the ones with BattleArmor) with 2-3 figures with Def18+Defender (like Paladin Priest and Sir Mishler) behind them, so they have 20 of defense against ranged attacks.
Strong.

The majority of the time, when my friends and I play games, we prefer not to use relics and spellbooks. It keeps the game more balanced. That, and since I have practically everything, it keeps me grounded too.

Eheheheh...I guess!

Many old friends of mine left MK when MK2.0 came in our comicstore, because they felt themselves...teased from wizkids (the most of the old miniatures were banned), and the remaining part abanoned it when a young boy played, in a tournament, a single unique figure equipped with 2-3 relics: it was immune to every type of damage...

I think that relics could have greater potential in Dungeons than in Rebellion matches, but they were realized too...mmmh...we say "sgrave
"...too powerful.
In my opinion, with MK2.0 the Wizkids tried to realize a product with some good improvement in rules and in miniatures, but I think that at the end they surrendered to their thirst of dollars and renounced to test relics and domains in the right way, realizing an unbalanced game.

Err...sorry for the terrific use of articles and prepositions! XD