Saturday, March 26, 2016

WINTER 2016 - RECAP & REVIEW

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:
plaguefather banner turn 1
#thefallofkith
Barlus triggered several times, always hitting a key Chaos card.
Bad luck on Ragnar's draw, really good luck on Cato
a bloodied Zara is a sad Zara
Your mom is so fat her arms and legs make up her command squad.
Secretly, Archon's Palace was the MVP.
The person I played was a real nice guy!
cacaphonic choir twice for 7
KustomFieldGenerator is really really good.
Ragnar used his ability 4 times
3 sowing 2 tzeench warpfire mulligan start hand!
First four planets were green.
Ragnar is too good :P
Drawing an Inquisitorial Fortress from an Augur on the winning planet when your opponent has only 1 unit left is just mean >:)
Newer player, enjoyed the game a lot.
Good lucky with my Indomitable draw
Was a good game. Atrox OP.
Opponent technically resigned but it was one attack from a game win.
No Tarrus helped a lot
Suck it Paul!
Preemptive barrage is good.
Tempest Blade is amazing
Doom is the best come back mechanic ever!
Sowing Chaos can hurt
3 recon drones in the first three turns!
Infinite guardsmen for daaaaaaaaays
Warlord Showdown on planet one (Iridial)
#theplagueisuponus
Rot for the Rotgod!
Cacophonic Choir was a very potent card in this matchup for the Chaos player. The first did 5 damage and the second did 8.
Zara Econ Engine is really good.
Squiffied an Armborbaned up Autarch. Tough day for the elves.
Using OCTGN on a laptop sans mouse = Nightmare
Ragnar had big advantage in cards over Kith
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!
#strakenhuntisscary
helluva game. Won with just Bannered Ku'Gath left at last planet!
Technically a turn 6 concede, but in the face of an inevitable last planet win from me. Very exciting game!
Nullify > Drop Pod
It helped that Scott whiffed on a DPA at a critical time
Frostfang was the first shield used.
Great opponent!
Down to the wire, great game very close
Awesome game and great player
Doom for the win again!
#spreadthenurgle
Best OCTGN Comment Rogue Trader goes to attack (Flails Uselessly)
2 units deployed during first phase killed by power from pain.
Your mom is so ugly, she can equip Blight Grenades.
The choker became the chokee!
Incedibly close game.
Strong opening hand backed up by dual Ammo Depots
SpaceMarine tricks #1
troop transport is op
Auxiliary Armor is an okay card
out for blood
#feelthepowerofZoggy
Soaring Gargoyles are awesome!
I felt like I was losing until I suddenly wasn't. I kind of love Ragnar.
Opponent pulled a Taider54 and played 5 as 1 and vice versa. Hard to come back from that.
A 3/7 that heals 2 per turn and readies after a kill is like, SUPER worth 6 resources...
Silly Archon. *pets Khymerae*
Zarathur made my enemy's Kannon kill his 2 HP unit - this is one of the craziest mirrors!
Be sure to check out matches from The Black Crusade on http://youtube.com/c/TheHiveTyrant/
KILL! MAIM! BURN! (Also, Daring Assault Squad plus Indomitable is scary).
Vile laboratory op
Brutal Regenerating Harpy ftw!
Good, brain burning game.
Nullify sowing chaos won the game, I would have lost otherwise.
Stacking AoE is fun!
need to add troop transport to mvp cards they were the real mvp omega was second
mew
I AM THE WORRMASTER
I was about to lose ammo depot gave me a Weirdboy Maniak that destroyed the kith swarm!
Excellent sportsmanship from my opponent
I didn't get to Space Wolves Pred :(
Nullify > Drop Pod
Kugath hates nulify
Planuum was game defining
God damn, Plaguebeast x2 Plus Kugath nurglings is a ton of damage.
Very very close game. For the losing player, Slaanesh's Tempation really shined.
My opponent did not win command on any planet he didn't have a warlord at.
Hot marine on marine action!
your mom is so fat, she's got terminators fighting tyranids inside of her.
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.
Subdual OP
Most heartpounding dial reveal of my life.
Zarathur so uber v Kugath
mew
Kingsley couldn't draw any combat units.
Ragnar reigns supreme!!!
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!
3 missed ECTs are not fun
BASHY BASH BASH!
Opponent conceded, I would've won in the next round with Planets.
WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!
I did not draw my nullify but he did not draw his fetid haze either. No doom this game :(
Obvious Hypex Injector win, but double visions left opponent with 0 cards in hand at end of first turn.
Troop Transport + Ammo Depot is rough stuff
bad luck for the eldar turn 2 , 8 cards 7 reasources no units
Worr math is hard
Awesome opponent and a great game!
Temptation turn one fucks with people.
The horror! THE HORROR!!!
The Hive Tyrant sucks and doesn't deserve to win
Great opponent
Opponent kept a soul grinder in play since the first planet by using fallback three times
Was put against a guy from my locals.
Archon's terror ruined catachan outposts
Very tough, close game!
Cato's Blade says "FU Zara!"
Broderick is so fun to play.
I decked myself! Well apart from 1 card
i hate drop pod assault
Yay! No Doom!
Drop Pod is scary
Not gonna make the cut :(
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
Great game, Mitch is awesome. Yay for going undefeated!
Old Dirty Zogwort Baby
Regen and initiative saves the day from Klaview
I suck at Kith mirrors
Thank god for firestorm. Nuke em from orbit!
Ammo Depot Sucks
Fetid Haze is broken.
"Corvus, that opening hand was dirty as fuck" - Whiteblade
I feel like I got pretty lucky here.
Very close game. 1 toughness off.
NOW YOU WILL SEE THE TRUE POWER OF CHAOS
No one expects 10 shields on turn 2
Fuck this game
Worr very OP.


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