It's a rarity that Chicco Cuema breaks out his Khador to play a game
against us whenever we play at Hobby Haven. But there was one day that
he honored me a game to go up against his 4-model Karchev list.
I've
never seen that wargroup in action. It's either I wasn't present when
he did play, or I was already playing a game at the same time.
Basically, all that I knew of Karchev is from what I've read and from
the bits I picked up when he was being discussed. And basically, as I
still do not own a Karchev model at current time, I don't get to read
him as I do the other warcasters.
At first blush, you'd see
three warjacks on a list as godawfully slow. With my usual play, it's
Vlad's Forced March or Irusk's Superiority that breaks the usual
Khadoran-warjacks-are-slower-than-molasses mold. My God, Karchev
warjacks are bloody maneuverable and gets in your face insanely fast.
I
was using Butcher that time we gamed. Giving me first turn, I rushed up
my whole force, throwing all caution to the wind and hoping I could
weather the Behemoth's bombards. I got served straight up with a
classic Turbine Tow powerslide. I can't recall specifically but I
remember that between those three warjacks, a big chunk of my force was
obliterated on just that powerslide turn.
I did win that game, I
think by some funky Greylord move and finishing up with a massive
Butcher charge on Karchev's rear arc with full FOC. But it made me want
to own a Karchev, too.
As I'm still saving for some more
Khadoran stuff, I took a try at using Karchev on a separate occasion. I
faced off against Jake that time, and he used Darius. Naturally, I made
many mistakes on that game. But I was enlightened with the use of
headlocks and armlocks ^_^
Chicco's approach, as he was
spectator to the game, was different from mine. He likes to use
Karchev's spells for the finishing moves. I, on the other hand,
preferred a more direct approach, using FOC for boosts or extra attacks
(in Karchev's case, extra attacks). Knocking down a target via Iron
Curtain and Karchev auto-hitting with his high-damage axe was my ideal
game play. I did win that game, but can't remember much details, too
(this one was unrecorded since there was only that game played that
day).
If I were to get Karchev, I'd have to get another Kodiak
as well. Fast-moving all-terrain Iron Curtain Kodiaks. But I guess that
can wait.
+++
Reassembled my broken MOW Kovnik and put
some more paint on one MOWDC Demolisher. Had to juryrig a paperclip for
the Kovnik's flag pole. Gotta love Greco adhesive ^_^
