“FUMBBL Smack Scheduled - Brawl 53 Finals:
We decided to kick into the rain, but the ball bounced out of bounds giving them a free ball. We managed to give ourselves a 4+ dodge with dodge skill chance at a 2BD sack on their 4 ag blodged wolf, we succeeded the dodge and powed the ball carrier, seriously injuring him.

We tried to cover up the ball but their 4 ag weight managed to scoop it up. This forced us to 4+ dodge and 1 BD pow him and injure him (regen). Their wolf managed to blitz us out of the way, scoop the ball and run off to safety. We managed to again 4+ dodge and pow and knock down the ball-carrier but again he was able to recover, scoop and create separation. This time, we were unable to catch him.

We played tough defensively, managing to knock the ball carrier down 3 times and remove one wolf and one ghoul from the game, despite it, we found ourselves down 1-0 with our opponents still having a wizard. Wizard aside, they were left with only 3 legitimate ball carriers, which we felt looked good for us, if we could find a way to somehow force OT.

Thankfully, the weather changed to nice, and we were able to pickup the and proceeded to KO two zombies, which helped because it made it 9v9. We managed to out flank the necromantic team when suddenly a wizard fireball struck down, RIP (regen) our best player and knocking down a skeleton, giving them a fairly easy shot at our ball carrier. They only managed a push, and then their wolf failed a tough dodge, KOing himself, leaving their wight in a vulnerable position. We surfed him and BH him, but he regenerated.

We managed to gang-foul and BH their other wight but our skeleton got sent off, a wonderful trade-off on our part. We scored on T8 to force OT. KO rolls favoured the necromantic, as they had 3 in the KO box to our 1.

We entered OT 10v9 for the Necromantic team, but the Khemri team won the coin toss and was receiving. A quick snap gave us a few extra blocks, which we translated into a KO and a few knock downs.

They managed to get their flesh golem in our ball carriers TZ. Our tackle/frenzy tomb guard was unable to move him, so we were forced an OT hand-off to our other throw-ra, which thankfully succeeded. Even if it failed, we would have been covered up pretty well.

This allowed for us to press the ball forward and we managed to protect him for the duration of OT, knocking down their wolf and managing to walk in without too much concern. We did need to make a gfi or two to help seal the deal but overall, the process was relatively painless given that we had some great luck with our armour rolls, KOing approx. 5 zombies.

Overall, it was a great tournament for us, and an excellent tournament win. Some very tough matches along the way and a very challenging final that easily could have gone the other way.

We picked up two new skills, Skeleton Crotch Puncher earned his with 2 casualties and an MVP, picked up tackle, and our best blitz-ra, Mdjaibaraka, picked up a +Ag! That should help his wild dodge to blitz attempts that he seems to do far too frequently.”