Cygnarian Cat Lover

With the number of new Cygnar players in the local meta starting to increase I figured I would start talking about the gameplay aspects of the hobby... So today I want to share the list that many in the local meta are already familiar with... My Storm Surge list...

Cygnar - Storm Surge

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74 / 75 Army

Commander Coleman Stryker - WJ: +30
- Squire - PC: 5
- Stormwall - PC: 39 (Battlegroup Points Used: 30)
- Lightning Pod
- Lancer - PC: 10

Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord - PC: 4

Sword Knights - Leader & 9 Grunts: 13
Stormblade Infantry - Leader & 5 Grunts: 10
- Stormblade Infantry Officer & Standard - Officer & Standard: 5
Tempest Blazers - Leader & 4 Grunts: 18


This is the latest variation of this list, the models used may have changed based on what is available and changes to the rules but what it answers and what it asks has always stayed the same...

What the list answers is almost anything, but not in a particularly ovewhelming way. Infantry spam can be dealt with by the Blazers, the Stormwall, the Stormblades and to some extent the Swordknights. High armor targets can be dealt with by the Stormwall, the Stormblades and to a lesser extent the Blazers. The Swordknight with upkeeps from Stryker1 act as a decent tarpit unit. The list does suffer from lacking magical attacks, having only the Blazers and Stryker1 as the only sources. It has no direct answer to stealth either.

What this list asks however is the primary focus of the list. It asks your opponent to deal with infantry that have armor as high as a heavy jack with a high defense against melee attacks and a colossal with an insane amount of armor. Stacking the upkeep of Stryker1 with his feat is key to this and when timed properly can leave you opponent in a tight spot. The list also has the potential to assassinate a caster that is of position, arcing an Earthquake and casting Snipe to the Stormwall has the potential to kill casters that have no focus on them.

Overall this list is designed to be a jack of all trades but master of none. I find it a great list to use if you are unfamiliar with your opponent as it will most likely have a means to give you a chance against what ever they throw at you...