pButcher v Cryx (Skarre 2)

Normally, I would take Sorscha against Cryx, but with my Butcher list already on the table, I thought "how bad could it be?"
Turns out - pretty bad.
The only change I made was swapping out the Demolisher and Tinker for Ruin - a borrowed model I thought I might as well give a run.




Skarre 2
Deathjack
Deathripper
Satyxis Raiders, UA, Captain solo
Bane Thralls, UA
Bane Lord Tartaris
Mobius
Bloat Thrall
Saxon Orrik

pButcher
-War Dog
-Ruin
-Beast 09
Boomhowlers
Valchev
Iron Fang Pikemen, Officer & Standard
Iron Fang Konvik
Iron Fang Uhlans

Scenario - The Pit

 I lost the roll, so went second. I set up in an almost identical fashion to the last game. Same scenario, so why not?

And then this. End of Cryx, turn one, and they're right in my face, almost completely through the zone. I remember this from a smaller point game with Klaus earlier in the year. Though he didn't have Deathjack (proxied here) tagging along. I didn't really have a clue how to handle this.

In retrospect, having the Uhlans in the center would have been a much better way to start, as they were stranded on the flank. I shuffled up and spread out, mini-feating with the Iron Fang, figuring that I needed to brace for the first strike, then try to get some work done.
Q: Butcher is fine there, right?

A: No, not really.
The raiders crashed into the Pikemen, pinging a couple of points off Butcher in the process (with static?). They also got on top of Beast 09. Then the Deathjack got into the action, smashing though the Boomhowlers and getting on Butcher. Whack whack whack. Butcher on 2 health. Still, 2 health is better than none, right? Still a chance? I was thinking things through - Butcher to take out the Deathjack. Ruin and Beast to wipe through the raiders, Boomhowlers to push up and block the flag. Uhlans coming in from the right as a second wave, maybe also putting pressure on his flag.
Then Skarre feated. That feat is brutal. She either shuts down my models from attacking, or her models from being hit. So, Deathjack is now unhittable, and Butcher, Ruin, Beast 09 and the Kovnik can't hit anything. In a word, game. Technically I could have mucked around a bit, and made Eric take a turn 3, but there was little point.
So - positives? It was over quickly.