Warmachine Tip – Deneghra vs. Kreoss

My main Warmachine army is Menoth and I often use Kreoss as my Warcaster. He can really shut down an enemy Warcaster that likes to fling spells, such Deneghra, with Lamentation. With Lamentation up the enemy warcaster is either forced to hang back to cast spells or move into the action but have effectiveness greatly reduced.  I generally prefer if your Warcaster is far back and out of the action, that way they have less of an impact on the game.

If you play Deneghra you can try this trick on a Kreoss player that has lamentation up. First move aggressively forward into Lamentation range, about 4-6 inches inside then act frustrated because you “forgot” Lamentation was up. Camp on a bunch of your focus because you can’t cast any spells. Make sure you have a couple arc nodes in running distance of Kreoss.

The next turn Kreoss will hopefully try for an assassination using his feat but Deneghra is hard to kill with stealth and high armour from camping on the focus. Hopefully the Kreoss player spends most of his focus.

When it’s your turn first stand up an arc node that was knocked down and run within spell range of Kreoss (i.e. ~6″). Then stand up Deneghra and pop her feat. This will instantly reduce Kreoss’s control area by 4” and therefore reduce Lamentation by the same. You still might have to move back a bit to get outside his now 10” control area but you shouldn’t have to move much. Now arc venom on Kreoss with his effective ARM of 12 till your hearts content.

P.S. – NOT pictures of my paint job, pictures borrowed from Privateer Press gallery.