I loved that there was more input from the players in this video. Jeremy and Alex have such a wealth of knowledge and tactics that it's great getting their perspectives spliced into the turns.
Spoiler... ... ... ... ... I suspected Alex had lost when he let slip during some Ardacon practice games that his dice rolling was exactly like his Conquest Finals game. But dam, I did not expect to see such jarring dice rolls. From the highest of highs killing Heroes with shooting, to the lowest of lows receiving the same in return literal seconds later. What a wild ride. Props to Jeremy. Well done mate, you have lost none of your edge even after all these years. Some of those micro positioning and exploitation of failed dice rolls was simply divine. If anyone want's to learn a few tricks, watch Jeremy's movement with his troops and heroes very carefully. He deliberately doesn't over extend in certain circumstances to hold ground in critical spaces and then goes super aggressive in other areas to draw Alex's resources away from the main fight to alleviate pressure. All of this combined with the way Jeremy engages Alex's Harad, to pin them and die slowly is a *Mhwa* Chef's kiss.
Totally hooked on this series! Been collecting this game 20+ years, but re-discovered it a couple years back and only now started really learning the game and having a ton of fun in doing so. Learning a great deal of tactical tricks from your batreps because of the exelent explanation.
I really loved the series, the terrain and the beautiful painted models!! A suggestion would be to give some stats for key models after every match. Like wounds inflicted, key moments, missed shots etc and what turn did anything occured. Of course this would require even more time and editing.! Can't wait for the next one!
Thanks for the feedback. The reason that I haven't is the editing time and keeping everything tracked. A lot of people are asking for it so I will give it a shot in a smaller video and see how hard or easy it is
Hands down this is my favourite thing on TH-cam. Love the player commentary throughout and it would be great to see more “individual player synopses” every turn.
Great job with this season Jacob! Top quality stuff. The only improvement that comes to mind for me is, occasional top-down shots of the whole battlefield with a few arrows/etc showing the macro strategy. Doesn't need a fixed camera, can just hold it up, then put on a few arrows and circles when you are describing eg 'this is Alex's strong side' or whatever. It can be a bit hard to follow which bits of the board and who is pushing where, etc, and this would help.
Great game, really could have gone either way until the very end there. Also loving getting some close ups of the archery range inspired by the one from Battle for MiddleEarth II
Great job by the players and the Conquest Creator for putting together a spectacle of a tournament. Jacob, awesome choice for scenario in the finale. I think Breakthrough is definitely an S Tier scenario. How about those late kills in this game? Each one mattered so much. MVP Tauriel. LVP The Betrayer.
I'd love to some graphics around the end of turn recaps. Just something to better help show the battle lines and to make it easier to follow along with all the important side objectives.
Spoiler warning: . . . . . Congrats and well played to Jeremy! It was a really good tournament, although I am surprised to see Jeremy win after how close his past games were! I definitely felt like Alex had the better performance across the tournament but the dice were sadly not on his side today.
It was a rough way to start the match. It was really awesome that Alex wanted to shoot out his warrior to stop Bard from heroic combatting but in the process freed him to shoot and Kill Raza
@@motoshudenyamanato921 I was tempted to but I wanted to focus on filming and producing. I would have thought is was strange if I did well at my own tournament as well hahah
@@ConquestCreations play your wierdest army list next time to be the real underdog so everybody will root for you. Also a tournement of only legendary army list would be totaly cool.
A good blue match came down to skill on the board. For next season try to at least not have so games decided by list strength in the 1st round. The last two didnt have that problem so you can do it. The scenario picking as well really compounded the list disadvantages so open scenario pack for players. That should prevent serious stomps from being the norm in rounds 1 and 2. Loved it even if 1st round was very predictable.
Hi Jacob, Nice video, as always. Thanks. I would suggest, for a next batrep, not to include in the middle of the video commentaries of the players that you recoreded after the batrep, because we coudl guess at their facial expression and tonality of voice who's won and who's lost. So, it's a bit of a spoiler, which lower the pleasure of watching. Thanks a lot, and keep on the good job. Alex.
12:52 how does model can refuse to back away? In the rulebook it says that the loser must back away. Does it have to do with spear support not wanting to make way?
Thanks for the comment, good question. You are correct the loser must back away. In this case what Jeremy meant was that he was not going to make way with the spearmen which means that the warriors in the front row did not have space to back into
When season 4 ? This is the best thing on youtube, i'm already missing it. Plus, what a finale, beautiful match, unlucky harad player, but far too skilled laketown one.
best player in Australia leaves a 75 point D5 hero facing the two best shooting heros in the game turn 1. Nice to see no matter what level you get to you can always have a brain fart!
The key thing was that when he was moving Bard was engaged in Combat so he was only facing Legolas without expecting that Bard would be shooting because he was fighting
Tauriel had such a good game. She more or less killed everything were she was. But then again, Tauriel should be like 20p more expensiv, really don't understand who made her only 85 points
and now replay that last match with a map that allows shooting! (and maybe even a game in the series that isnt auto won by random deployment) :) no offence to jeremy, congrats! #iamreallyafraidofhisshooting proceeds to shoot the opponents hero to death while suffering 0 losses from shooting.
If we had a map that was more open this game would have been very different. The rulebook states that you should have 33% - 50% terrain coverage and this was well within that range for a normal board
It’s a great question. But there is a precedent in this game that you can’t re-roll re-rolls. Since Alex already activated the Betrayer’s ability, and it allows for ALL wounds to be re-rolled, I think they played it correct.
Thanks for the comment! This was played correctly. Suladan got to re-roll all the dice to wound because he was affected by the Betreyers "Master of Poison" special rule which means that every model within 6" of the Betreyer can re-roll all failed wounds for poison rather than just ones. This means that the re roll he got was his poison
Thanks for the comment. The Lake Town heroes are all balanced by havings strengths and weaknesses. Braga for example gets free heroic actions on a 4+ when within 6" of the Master but him and any Lake Town guard within 3" of him aren't affected by Bards Heroic actions. Bard gets free combats and +1 fight when within 6" of the daughters but if they die he must do everything in his power to kill the model that killed his daughter.
I loved that there was more input from the players in this video. Jeremy and Alex have such a wealth of knowledge and tactics that it's great getting their perspectives spliced into the turns.
Thanks for the comment. It's something I am really trying to focus on with future battle reports
The fact that a fisherman is the same fight value as the serpent lord is amazing to me
He's a bargeman actually 😉
Samwise gamgee, a hobbit gardener, is as skilled as a minas tirith veteran.
@@shishisei that makes sense
The hobbit lists are such actual bullshit
It gets better! When he is within 6" of his daughter he gets +1 fight to be better at fighting than the serpent lord!
For the next Conquest Champions league you should do a doubles tournament to show a different play style and different army lists.
What a game - I really enjoyed the match and the series! Keep up all the good work and congrats to both Jeremy and Alex for a great tournament run!
Really nice job guys. I can't wait for season 4. This is the best show on your channel
Thanks mate, Season 4 should be even better
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I suspected Alex had lost when he let slip during some Ardacon practice games that his dice rolling was exactly like his Conquest Finals game. But dam, I did not expect to see such jarring dice rolls. From the highest of highs killing Heroes with shooting, to the lowest of lows receiving the same in return literal seconds later. What a wild ride.
Props to Jeremy. Well done mate, you have lost none of your edge even after all these years. Some of those micro positioning and exploitation of failed dice rolls was simply divine.
If anyone want's to learn a few tricks, watch Jeremy's movement with his troops and heroes very carefully. He deliberately doesn't over extend in certain circumstances to hold ground in critical spaces and then goes super aggressive in other areas to draw Alex's resources away from the main fight to alleviate pressure. All of this combined with the way Jeremy engages Alex's Harad, to pin them and die slowly is a *Mhwa* Chef's kiss.
Shhh! You’ll give away my secrets Kylie. It is just lucky dice rolls.
Totally hooked on this series! Been collecting this game 20+ years, but re-discovered it a couple years back and only now started really learning the game and having a ton of fun in doing so. Learning a great deal of tactical tricks from your batreps because of the exelent explanation.
Thanks for the comment mate! This game is a heap of fun
Same here.
Great series that captures both the Tolkien we love and the gaming expertise
I really loved the series, the terrain and the beautiful painted models!!
A suggestion would be to give some stats for key models after every match. Like wounds inflicted, key moments, missed shots etc and what turn did anything occured. Of course this would require even more time and editing.!
Can't wait for the next one!
Thanks for the feedback. The reason that I haven't is the editing time and keeping everything tracked. A lot of people are asking for it so I will give it a shot in a smaller video and see how hard or easy it is
It’s the best MSBG on the internet for sure
No Alex, keep playing this awesome army! Absolutely love it
Absolutely love the energy in all your videos. Would love to get all your terrain, and may be able to in the future, it all looks so beautiful.
Thanks mate! We are having a heap of fun putting it together
Epic conclusion to a fantastic series. Every league has got better and better, cant wait for the next one
Thanks for the comment mate! I am hoping to make Season 4 even better than this one
Jacob has been doing a fantastic job of making each series better and better
Brilliant Game. Love the board and the Armies look great
Great series, fantastic production
This is great content. Fantastic armies, great terrain and good gameplay.
Thanks mate!
Bloody amazing finish to another cracking season! This is by far the best battle report format on TH-cam. My only request is MOOOOORRRRREEEEEE!
Daamn that last turn was huge for the outcome! Great battle report and congrats Jeremy!
Hands down this is my favourite thing on TH-cam.
Love the player commentary throughout and it would be great to see more “individual player synopses” every turn.
Great job with this season Jacob! Top quality stuff.
The only improvement that comes to mind for me is, occasional top-down shots of the whole battlefield with a few arrows/etc showing the macro strategy. Doesn't need a fixed camera, can just hold it up, then put on a few arrows and circles when you are describing eg 'this is Alex's strong side' or whatever. It can be a bit hard to follow which bits of the board and who is pushing where, etc, and this would help.
oh and could track stats on heroes (as they use their resources/lose wounds/etc) and model counts (on each turn)
Thanks for the feedback. That is a great suggestion and something I will focus on
Putting the model on screen during rolls is soo good!
Great game, really could have gone either way until the very end there.
Also loving getting some close ups of the archery range inspired by the one from Battle for MiddleEarth II
Hahah I am glad that you could see the inspiration! I love that game so much
Awesome, love these Battle Reports 👌
Great video and great tournament. they are always such a pleasure to watch, thank you Jacob and thank you to all the participants aswell.
A great finish to a great series! Enjoyed every battle! Can’t wait for next season!
Braga was definitely the MVP of lake town
Thanks for the comment he absolutley was. I can't wait to paint up my Lake Town and play with him
Jeremy, what a player! Congratulations! Great game!
Awesome video it's been great to watch your channel grow and see the love an effort you put into the work you do
Great Series and nothing really to improve but upload speed :D
Thanks for the comment and the feedback!
Great final game with a brilliant start. It felt like the stakes were high.
Great job by the players and the Conquest Creator for putting together a spectacle of a tournament.
Jacob, awesome choice for scenario in the finale. I think Breakthrough is definitely an S Tier scenario.
How about those late kills in this game? Each one mattered so much. MVP Tauriel. LVP The Betrayer.
Betrayer definitely stunk it up with his magic. Getting off any of the spells would’ve been great
@@ajcolasante I play Angmar. Some of those rolls were hitting too close to home. Great job this tournament!
Another epic battle report. Thanks.
So great !
Loved it !
Cannot wait to watch next ones !
Thanks for the comment mate
Great video and awesome tournament guys! 😃
I can't wait to see what you do next!
Thanks for the comment mate!
Fantastic finale
Next season should have each player take both a good and evil army list! Double the games 😁
Awesome! I can’t wait for season 4!
Thanks mate we are already planning it out
I'd love to some graphics around the end of turn recaps. Just something to better help show the battle lines and to make it easier to follow along with all the important side objectives.
Great series!
Very good series!
Ngl I thought in the beginning “there’s no way lake town will win” and boy did I eat those words great last fight guys!
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Congrats and well played to Jeremy! It was a really good tournament, although I am surprised to see Jeremy win after how close his past games were! I definitely felt like Alex had the better performance across the tournament but the dice were sadly not on his side today.
Nice intro. Congrats Jeremy.
Thanks mate, this intro was a lot of fun to put together
GOT DAM Jeremy looking like he got some serious drip
Losing raza was catastrophic
It was a rough way to start the match. It was really awesome that Alex wanted to shoot out his warrior to stop Bard from heroic combatting but in the process freed him to shoot and Kill Raza
I'm so sorry to Jeremy, but he's become such a boogeyman I always root against him
He is a true veteran in this game, so don't be jealous man
He is a true veteran in this game.
don't be jealous man
Thats great! Everyone against him is an underdog!
As you should! It is much more entertaining when a variety of players win. ~Jeremy
The mouvement of Bard at the end was a 8 inch mouvement.
But it was à good game. Evil was very unlucky with dice.
Everything gets measured out we just don't capture everything on Camera, perspective can be tricky
Pretty sure you do. BUT still I will defend evil! 😆
EVIL SHOULD ALWAY WIN!!!!!!
Love your content!
@@ConquestCreations also why don't you participate
@@motoshudenyamanato921 I was tempted to but I wanted to focus on filming and producing. I would have thought is was strange if I did well at my own tournament as well hahah
@@ConquestCreations play your wierdest army list next time to be the real underdog so everybody will root for you.
Also a tournement of only legendary army list would be totaly cool.
21:25 That is a MASSIVE toilet!
Great game! Congrats to Jeremy! :)
A good blue match came down to skill on the board. For next season try to at least not have so games decided by list strength in the 1st round. The last two didnt have that problem so you can do it. The scenario picking as well really compounded the list disadvantages so open scenario pack for players. That should prevent serious stomps from being the norm in rounds 1 and 2. Loved it even if 1st round was very predictable.
Love this!
Great game, very close!
Hi Jacob,
Nice video, as always. Thanks. I would suggest, for a next batrep, not to include in the middle of the video commentaries of the players that you recoreded after the batrep, because we coudl guess at their facial expression and tonality of voice who's won and who's lost. So, it's a bit of a spoiler, which lower the pleasure of watching. Thanks a lot, and keep on the good job.
Alex.
12:52 how does model can refuse to back away? In the rulebook it says that the loser must back away. Does it have to do with spear support not wanting to make way?
Thanks for the comment, good question. You are correct the loser must back away. In this case what Jeremy meant was that he was not going to make way with the spearmen which means that the warriors in the front row did not have space to back into
great season again CC, do you think you could rase pint level so that players can bring more higher models
I'd like to see some Beornings or ents.
What a great game, is it maybe possible to get the army lists of both players, so I can try some nice stuff on my on 😁
You can find them here: www.conquestcreations.net/champions-league
love the board with so mush buildings. But it makes it verry hard to follow as the visuals are not that clear
I definitely agree with you here. For future games with terrain like this I will have more top down shots
When season 4 ? This is the best thing on youtube, i'm already missing it. Plus, what a finale, beautiful match, unlucky harad player, but far too skilled laketown one.
Love this series
Just woke up i hope the serpent horde won
best player in Australia leaves a 75 point D5 hero facing the two best shooting heros in the game turn 1. Nice to see no matter what level you get to you can always have a brain fart!
The key thing was that when he was moving Bard was engaged in Combat so he was only facing Legolas without expecting that Bard would be shooting because he was fighting
Laketown is such a goofy army, I was kind of hoping to see them get smashed! Great game though from two great players.
congrats jeremy
More Mordor please. :)
Tauriel had such a good game. She more or less killed everything were she was.
But then again, Tauriel should be like 20p more expensiv, really don't understand who made her only 85 points
😂 omg that 1st turn shootout!!
@@testermatt89 that was like rohan vs isengard with the old man
@@motoshudenyamanato921 absolutely! Hence Alex's reaction afterwards
@@testermatt89 you were able to feel the sadness of both player after round one
@@motoshudenyamanato921 hell yeh! Haha I would. But then it was also hero for hero so not too much I hope haha
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and now replay that last match with a map that allows shooting! (and maybe even a game in the series that isnt auto won by random deployment) :) no offence to jeremy, congrats! #iamreallyafraidofhisshooting proceeds to shoot the opponents hero to death while suffering 0 losses from shooting.
If we had a map that was more open this game would have been very different. The rulebook states that you should have 33% - 50% terrain coverage and this was well within that range for a normal board
Suladan has poisoned sword, he rerolls 1s to wound, alex should get additional dice on Bard at 18:00 no?
It’s a great question. But there is a precedent in this game that you can’t re-roll re-rolls.
Since Alex already activated the Betrayer’s ability, and it allows for ALL wounds to be re-rolled, I think they played it correct.
I’m sure someone can do the math, but what are the odds 15 dice are rolled and not a SINGLE 4 is rolled. 😳
Thanks for the comment! This was played correctly. Suladan got to re-roll all the dice to wound because he was affected by the Betreyers "Master of Poison" special rule which means that every model within 6" of the Betreyer can re-roll all failed wounds for poison rather than just ones. This means that the re roll he got was his poison
The early bird gets the video.
Thanks for the comment mate!
Lake town seems overpowered at least their heroes
Thanks for the comment. The Lake Town heroes are all balanced by havings strengths and weaknesses. Braga for example gets free heroic actions on a 4+ when within 6" of the Master but him and any Lake Town guard within 3" of him aren't affected by Bards Heroic actions. Bard gets free combats and +1 fight when within 6" of the daughters but if they die he must do everything in his power to kill the model that killed his daughter.
YEEEES JEREMYYY WOOOOOO
I’ve really enjoyed this series, though please bring back the random battles for the next season!
First for Harad
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You're missing 1 video of this? There's the 4 initial fights, 1 semi final then the grand final. Where's the second semi final?
The two Semi finals are Lake Town vs Army of the Dead and Serpent Horde Vs Mordor
Alex is gonna get ruined when he comes to the U.K. Not a bad player but certainly not up to the U.K. meta.
lol when?
I guess we will find out soon. The lack of terrain over there will make his army a lot more powerful than it is here in Aus
Well, I'll take all the extra help I can get! Please let the UK know to take it easy on me - Alex
@@MtnGoatGaming I’ll see you there 😁
Haha he’s obviously a top player I’m sure he will be more than good enough to compete.