The dust settles over the battlefields of Sacaellum and
Broderick Worr stands victorious. The Dark Eldar’s stranglehold on the Traxis
Sector has been broken. Even the forces of Chaos, lead my mighty Zarathur,
could not defeat the Astra Militarum Commisar. After vanquishing these
foes one last xenos army stood in his way: Old One Eye led a tyranid invasion
into the system. And despite the string of victories the legendary carnifex had
to his name he, in the end, was no match for Worr…
Another season down – and this one was our best yet! Prezi
wins with Worr (who saw plenty of action this season).
So yeah...Worr. He was the most played
Warlord with 70 appearances as well as the warlord with the highest win rate –
59%. 5 of the 8 warlords in the Top 8 games were Worr, as were 3 of the Top 4.
This Warlord might be new but he looks as though he is here to stay in
competitive play.
Kith took a bit of a dip. She tied with Zarathur for 4th
place in win rate at 55%. She also came in tied for 4th place in
popularity (her and Ragnar both showed up 51 times). She only had 1 showing in
the Top 16 and lost there (piloted by 2-time defending champ Corvus).
Zarathur made a big jump in popularity. He was the 2nd
most played Warlord (67 appearances) and tied with Kith for the 4th best
win rate at 55% (this lead Chaos as well).
Chaos was the most played faction – 123 appearances – followed
closely behind by Space Marines (110). Aside from Worr, Ba’ar Zul the
Hate-Bound was the most played of the Planetfall Warlords with 11 appearances
and a 3-8 record.
7 of the
8 factions all finished within 5 percentage points of each other for overall win rate.
That is some well-balanced game design right there! Nids finished the highest
at 55%, Eldar at 53%, Orks at 52%, SM, DE and AM all finished at 51% and Chaos
finished at 50%. The lone disappointment was Tau. Couldn’t even sniff an “around
.500” win rate. They brought up the bottom at 33%. Shadowsun and Aun’Shi both
finished 7-14 and Starblaze was the least played warlord win 1 lone appearance
and zero wins…
Speaking of bringing up the rear: Morn went 0-4 (yes she’s
new but she proved the less popular of the 2 Boundless Hate Warlords – which I
find strange because I think she’s better than Ba’ar Zul) and TC Hammer took
his time showing up and then promptly went 0-3.
In the surprise column I’d list Nids and Orks. ‘Ol Zoggy had
a strong showing – a 54% win rate and 26 appearances. This could’ve perhaps
been even better had one of the Zogwart players not had to drop when he was
sitting at 4-0. Three different Top Cut players piloted him. Also Nazdreg’s win
rate got a boost once the new Ork cards from Boundless Hate went up on OCTGN.
Nids saw a vast improvement over last season. Swarmlord
finished with a respectable 50% win rate and 22 appearances and Old One Eye (thanks
in part to DLord) did very well. He had the 2nd best win rate – 58%.
It was so close that had DLord beaten Prezi in the final game then Old One Eye
would’ve edged out Worr for the best record. He also had 31
appearances. Even if you take DLord’s games out of the equation (he went 6-2
with him), Old One Eye would still have finished at a respectable 52% win rate,
better than many of the more “well-established” Warlords.
Forward Barracks and Klaivex tied for the number 1 spot as
listed MVPs – each with 8. Drop Pod Assault, Honored Librarian, Sowing Chaos
and Preemptive Barrage all came in next with 7 MVP votes, followed by Ammo
Depot, Archon’s Terror, Gleeful Plaguebeast and Warpstorm with 6 votes.
That’s about as much Warlord detail as I’ll get into since
you can check out all the stats for yourself at DNapolitano’s webpage HERE.
As always the comments section was full of some venting and
chuckle-inducing-comments. I’ve pasted them below for your enjoyment.
So, in closing – THANK YOU! To all who participated, helped
out and donated. I hope to see all of you (and more of your friends) next
season! Registration opens April 10th, 2016. See you then.
COMMENTS:
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turn 1
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#thefallofkith
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Barlus triggered
several times, always hitting a key Chaos card.
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Bad luck on Ragnar's
draw, really good luck on Cato
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a bloodied Zara is a
sad Zara
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Your mom is so fat her
arms and legs make up her command squad.
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Secretly, Archon's
Palace was the MVP.
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The person I played
was a real nice guy!
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cacaphonic choir twice
for 7
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KustomFieldGenerator
is really really good.
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Ragnar used his
ability 4 times
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3 sowing 2 tzeench
warpfire mulligan start hand!
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First four planets
were green.
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Ragnar is too good :P
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Drawing an
Inquisitorial Fortress from an Augur on the winning planet when your opponent
has only 1 unit left is just mean >:)
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Newer player, enjoyed
the game a lot.
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Good lucky with my
Indomitable draw
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Was a good game. Atrox
OP.
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Opponent technically
resigned but it was one attack from a game win.
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No Tarrus helped a lot
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Suck it Paul!
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Preemptive barrage is
good.
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Tempest Blade is
amazing
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Doom is the best come
back mechanic ever!
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Sowing Chaos can hurt
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3 recon drones in the
first three turns!
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Infinite guardsmen for
daaaaaaaaays
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Warlord Showdown on
planet one (Iridial)
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#theplagueisuponus
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Rot for the Rotgod!
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Cacophonic Choir was a
very potent card in this matchup for the Chaos player. The first did 5 damage
and the second did 8.
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Zara Econ Engine is
really good.
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Squiffied an
Armborbaned up Autarch. Tough day for the elves.
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Using OCTGN on a
laptop sans mouse = Nightmare
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Ragnar had big
advantage in cards over Kith
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GravyK was great to
play against, I was new to OCTGN and he did not mind my sometime slow turns.
This said he forgot at one point to take his command struggle resources and
cards (from 3 planets) it was technically already to late, but being a true
player I had no issues with him taking it. Thanks for the game GravyK wow
that was crazy!
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#strakenhuntisscary
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helluva game. Won with
just Bannered Ku'Gath left at last planet!
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Technically a turn 6
concede, but in the face of an inevitable last planet win from me. Very
exciting game!
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Nullify > Drop Pod
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It helped that Scott
whiffed on a DPA at a critical time
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Frostfang was the
first shield used.
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Great opponent!
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Down to the wire,
great game very close
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Awesome game and great
player
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Doom for the win
again!
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#spreadthenurgle
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Best OCTGN Comment
Rogue Trader goes to attack (Flails Uselessly)
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2 units deployed during
first phase killed by power from pain.
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Your mom is so ugly,
she can equip Blight Grenades.
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The choker became the
chokee!
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Incedibly close game.
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Strong opening hand
backed up by dual Ammo Depots
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SpaceMarine tricks #1
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troop transport is op
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Auxiliary Armor is an
okay card
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out for blood
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#feelthepowerofZoggy
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Soaring Gargoyles are
awesome!
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I felt like I was
losing until I suddenly wasn't. I kind of love Ragnar.
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Opponent pulled a
Taider54 and played 5 as 1 and vice versa. Hard to come back from that.
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A 3/7 that heals 2 per
turn and readies after a kill is like, SUPER worth 6 resources...
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Silly Archon. *pets
Khymerae*
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Zarathur made my
enemy's Kannon kill his 2 HP unit - this is one of the craziest mirrors!
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Be sure to check out
matches from The Black Crusade on http://youtube.com/c/TheHiveTyrant/
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KILL! MAIM! BURN!
(Also, Daring Assault Squad plus Indomitable is scary).
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Vile laboratory op
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Brutal Regenerating
Harpy ftw!
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Good, brain burning
game.
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Nullify sowing chaos
won the game, I would have lost otherwise.
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Stacking AoE is fun!
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need to add troop
transport to mvp cards they were the real mvp omega was second
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mew
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I AM THE WORRMASTER
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I was about to lose
ammo depot gave me a Weirdboy Maniak that destroyed the kith swarm!
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Excellent
sportsmanship from my opponent
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I didn't get to Space
Wolves Pred :(
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Nullify > Drop Pod
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Kugath hates nulify
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Planuum was game
defining
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God damn, Plaguebeast
x2 Plus Kugath nurglings is a ton of damage.
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Very very close game.
For the losing player, Slaanesh's Tempation really shined.
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My opponent did not
win command on any planet he didn't have a warlord at.
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Hot marine on marine
action!
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your mom is so fat,
she's got terminators fighting tyranids inside of her.
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Concession round 4,
because my win on turn 5 was inevitable - either I kill his warlord with
triple catachan outpost, ragnar's camp and frostfang (attacking for 20) or he
cedes the planet to me losing the game. Insert as assassination/planets
victory accordingly.
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Subdual OP
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Most heartpounding
dial reveal of my life.
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Zarathur so uber v
Kugath
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mew
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Kingsley couldn't draw
any combat units.
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Ragnar reigns
supreme!!!
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In the grim darkness
of the far future there is only Worr!!!!! 3 pre-emptive barrages after turn 1
command helped. What's that? Nullify? Here, have another!
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3 missed ECTs are not
fun
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BASHY BASH BASH!
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Opponent conceded, I
would've won in the next round with Planets.
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WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!
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I did not draw my
nullify but he did not draw his fetid haze either. No doom this game :(
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Obvious Hypex Injector
win, but double visions left opponent with 0 cards in hand at end of first
turn.
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Troop Transport + Ammo
Depot is rough stuff
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bad luck for the eldar
turn 2 , 8 cards 7 reasources no units
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Worr math is hard
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Awesome opponent and a
great game!
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Temptation turn one
fucks with people.
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The horror! THE
HORROR!!!
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The Hive Tyrant sucks
and doesn't deserve to win
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Great opponent
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Opponent kept a soul
grinder in play since the first planet by using fallback three times
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Was put against a guy
from my locals.
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Archon's terror ruined
catachan outposts
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Very tough, close
game!
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Cato's Blade says
"FU Zara!"
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Broderick is so fun to
play.
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I decked myself! Well
apart from 1 card
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i hate drop pod
assault
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Yay! No Doom!
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Drop Pod is scary
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Not gonna make the cut
:(
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Technically
assassination, but only because he tellyporta pad'd his warlord to the planet
with no hope whatsoever. Very tense game with an awesome opponent
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Great game, Mitch is
awesome. Yay for going undefeated!
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Old Dirty Zogwort Baby
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Regen and initiative
saves the day from Klaview
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I suck at Kith mirrors
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Thank god for
firestorm. Nuke em from orbit!
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Ammo Depot Sucks
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Fetid Haze is broken.
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"Corvus, that
opening hand was dirty as fuck" - Whiteblade
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I feel like I got
pretty lucky here.
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Very close game. 1
toughness off.
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NOW YOU WILL SEE THE
TRUE POWER OF CHAOS
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No one expects 10
shields on turn 2
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Fuck this game
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Worr very OP.
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