How Do Hunting Party?

Huge fan of the ADHL Hellcat and Prowler ADHL in this one. Surprise B2 ADHL is just lol-worthy.

Also love the idea of Wildcat Engineer with 2 x Zonds instead of the Clockmaker: you get an ADHL on your Engineer.

I really don't think you can go past the Intruder LT for it either. 'Yes, my LT is this Camo marker, and yes it has it's own ADHL. Have at it.'

Basically, Nomads are absurd at it: embrace that absurdity.

Free ADHLs?
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GROUP 1 10
INTRUDER HMG, Grenades / Pistol, CCW. (1.5 | 42)
INTRUDER Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Grenades / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 35)
WILDCAT Engineer Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23)
ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3)
ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3)
ZERO Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21)
PROWLER Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 32)
ZERO (Minelayer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19)
DAKTARI Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 14)
ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3)
HELLCAT Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21)
HELLCAT Combi Rifle, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 23)
JAGUAR Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 10)
GROUP 2 1 3 3
MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 6)
MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 6)
MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 6)
SIN-EATER HMG / Pistol, CCW. (2 | 33)
4.5 SWC | 300 Points
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When I deployed that in a tournament, I literally went to my opponent: 'everything that isn't the Daktari or a warband has a free ADHL'.

 

I find Kriza HMG extremely sweet for hunting party. Full-Auto Stun Pistol, or Full-Auto ADHL with high BS and awesome stats make this guy a natural hunter :)

For LT I go Interventor + Cybermask. Usually Nomads are defensive enough to keep him protected turn one, so that he can Cybermask himself.

 

I forgot to mention it: but this mission is basically designed for Carlotta.

She can do absolutely everything required in the mission, and isn't vulnerable to being countered until you walk her on.

A 0 specialist, Intruder LT build will be an absolute PITA for your opponent to deal with.

 

I had the same thing happen, but in my case it was a linked Druze E/M Grenade Launcher that wrecked me. Here is what I decided:

1. Don't take Specialists if at all possible. This might be hard in a tournament, but I gifted my opponent 2 points out the gate because I brought them and he didn't.

2. The Intruder ADHL, Hellcat ADHL, Prowler ADHL, & Kriza are all B2. The Hellcat in particular would have helped me a lot. Also, the Kriza Multi-rifle can fire B2 Stun rounds. If you have an extra 3 points, buy a Warcor. They get a second Stun Pistol.

3. The Interventors are a bad choice for LT because they count towards both objectives if you loose them. The Intruder LT is good because they can't do anything to him until he's discovered. The Kriza is decent because they get the ADHL, have high BS, and are B2, but your opponent is going to throw everything they have at it. The Wildcat & Grenzer are good economy choices. They get an ADHL and have high BS. The intruder is probably the way to go.

 

He is. Vets, Elites, & HQ troops all get the ADHL.

A good compromise is to bring TO or AD specialists. Then you can decide whether or not it is worth it to bring them in on the spot.

 

Sorry I meant zero deployed specialists. Go second, keep them off until T3, press buttons with Carlotta + unglue your Intruder with Moriarty.

The YJ/JSA solution to Hunting Party specialists is Ninja specialists who don't appear until T3.

 

That's pretty much Carlotta's problem.

 

Personally I do Wildcat Core and 2 Hellcat ADHL. The AD is really useful with the double ADHL because what you need to glue changes pretty fast.

The second AD gives me a hail Mary turn 3 if I need it, direct AD on to the most valuable target. Even if it's like a 30% chance of making it between dropping, hitting and getting past the PH roll, that's a 1/3 check to turn a game and it doesn't really cost orders.

IMO Intruder Lt. is way too useful in Lt. protect missions to pass up.

 

I ran the BSG: I found that the combo of Shotgun + ADHL gave me a chunk of options. Particularly for specialists: you can glue them while they're Unc.

Also if you want to be an awful person as a TO: HC and HP in the same tournie.

 

They get the Combi anyways and the 2 B ADHL racks the stick chance up even if they aren't reacting. But I do take the BSG in like 40% of lists anyways so I wouldn't say you shouldn't.

And personally I love tourneys like that, Biotechvore for the 3rd! I do well when everyone struggles, success through adversity and improvisation is my game, not polishing perfection.

 

Why take REMs in Hunting Party?

They don't particularly offer you anything for the mission over the plethora of Vet, Elite or HQ options we have.

Something like this would do what we're discussing:

Free ADHLs?
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GROUP 1 10
INTRUDER HMG, Grenades / Pistol, CCW. (1.5 | 42)
INTRUDER Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Grenades / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 35)
PROWLER Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 32)
ZERO (Minelayer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19)
ZERO (Minelayer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19)
JAGUAR Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 10)
JAGUAR Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 10)
JAGUAR Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 10)
KRIZA BORAC HMG / Heavy Pistol, CC Weapon. (2 | 54)
HELLCAT Combi Rifle, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 23)

GROUP 2 1 2 2
MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 6)
MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 6)
CARLOTA KOWALSKY Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Adhesive Launcher, D-Charges + Moriarty / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 34)
MORIARTY Electric Pulse. (4)

5 SWC | 300 Points

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Or this:

Free ADHLs?
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GROUP 1 10
INTRUDER Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Grenades / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 35)
INTRUDER HMG, Grenades / Pistol, CCW. (1.5 | 42)
KRIZA BORAC HMG / Heavy Pistol, CC Weapon. (2 | 54)
PROWLER Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 32)
HELLCAT Combi Rifle, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 23)
ZERO (Minelayer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19)
MORAN Combi Rifle, CrazyKoalas (2) / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 21)
JAGUAR Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 10)
JAGUAR Adhesive Launcher, Panzerfaust / Pistol, DA CCW. (0.5 | 13)
JAGUAR Adhesive Launcher, Panzerfaust / Pistol, DA CCW. (0.5 | 13)

GROUP 2 1 2 2
MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 6)
MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 6)
TOMCAT Engineer Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, D-Charges + 1 Zondcat / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 26)
ZONDCAT Electric Pulse. (4)

6 SWC | 300 Points

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REVEREND MOIRA MULTI Rifle + E/M Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Shock CCW. (1 | 34)

REVEREND MOIRA Combi Rifle + E/Mitter / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0 | 28)

These two profiles are also worth considering. In paricular if deployed in a full core link.

Spoiler: sticky situation

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10
CLOCKMAKER Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18)
PROWLER Spitfire, D-Charges / Pistol, CCW. (2 | 36)
PROWLER Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 32)
REVEREND CUSTODIER Hacker (Hacking Device Plus) Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 34)
REVEREND HEALER Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, EXP CCW. (0 | 32)
REVEREND MOIRA Combi Rifle + E/Mitter / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0 | 28)
REVEREND MOIRA MULTI Rifle + E/M Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Shock CCW. (1 | 34)
REVEREND MOIRA HMG / Pistol, Shock CCW. (1.5 | 34)
REVEREND MOIRA MULTI Rifle / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0 | 30)
ZERO (Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle, E/Mauler / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19)
ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3)

5 SWC | 300 Points

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Also @Tom McTrouble against Tohaa you should try to go for the 2nd turn in order to hinder your opponent to just let his IMMed / isolated symbioarmoured Troops slip out of their armours.

 

If you're worried about specialists, then drop the second ADHL Jag for a Prowler Spec Ops.

Mostly I've found it not altogether difficult to specialist/Lt hunt. But mostly I find people don't run especially optimised lists so there's a bit of that going on.

You really want to get your Sensor off T1 or 2, so I'd go Grenzer FO or Pi-well if I was building for anti-HD: T3 is probably too late to do much about it. Grenzer FO, 2 X Transductors + Salyut with Tomcat Engineer off the table isn't awful.

I usually don't get to more than 15 orders. 13-14 is where I naturally sit. 15 orders with lots of REMs would be extremely painful to deploy in my meta.