tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18997146438906337762024-03-13T07:31:43.796-07:00Lord AK's SkullthroneDark Elves | Necrons | World Eaters | Raven Guard | 13th Co. Space Wolves | Dark EldarLord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-5853550685386085132016-07-12T22:03:00.001-07:002016-07-12T22:03:15.624-07:003k Meeting Engagement - Settra vs Skragg The Slaughterer <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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The Imperishable</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hierophant Khatep</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Herald – Great Weapon, Armour of Silvered Steel, Battle Standard Bearer (BSB)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Visionary</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Skeleton Warriors – Full Command</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Archers – Full Command</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chariots – Full Command</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Guards – Full Command, Halberd</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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away from the dangerous flowing river. Rolling for <i>Reinforcement </i>was
quite bad as I rolled 1 for my Skeleton Warriors and the Ushabtis. I don't mind
my Ushabti’s going into reserves, but the Skelleton Warriors were the
centrepiece/anvil for my army. Without them, I now have to rely on my chariots
to make the push from the centre going to the left where my <i>Reserves</i>
will make appearance. Settra joined the Skeleton Chariots while Grand
Hierophant Khatep and Herald BSB deployed within the 20 man Archers near the
Elven structure (<i>Elven Waystone, +1 to Channeling</i>).</span></div>
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opponent went for pincer move, sending two Heavy Mournfang Cavalry units to
both flanks. Following close were small units of Ogre Bulls with Great Weapons
and the Leadbelchers. Tyrant and Bruiser BSB each lead a well sized Ogre
Ironguts blocks to the center. Scragg and one Ogre Bull unit were pushed
into Reserves.</span><br />
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default, the first turn would go to my Tomb Kings and I looked
forward to my first <i>Magic Phase</i> without Scragg to deny me with his
+4 to <i>Dispell</i>. But my opponent have 1/6 chance to <i>Seize The
Initiative</i> ... <b>and he rolled a 6!!</b> Bugger!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Skragg
came in from <i>Reserves</i> and joined the Ironguts block in the center
lead by Bruiser BSB. Both Mournfang Cavalry circled to the flanks. The rest of
the ogres moved closer, carefully crossing the dangerous river. In the Shooting
Phase, both Leadbelcher units targeted my Skeleton Archers to the right and
took out 5 skellies.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Come <b>my
1st Turn</b>, I sent the Skelleton Chariots for a 1st turn charge to
the rightmost Leadbelchers unit. The ogres reacted by fleeing 8 inches and
off the table. I redirected the charge to the closest unit
within line of sight which was the Ogre Bulls to my far left. I only
need 9 inches, and was confident the Chariots could make it with <i>Swiftstride...</i> but
rolled super low. As a result, the charge failed and my wide chariot unit
was left stranded within easy charging distance to the Ogres. Should have
redirected to the unit directly in front to maintain formation. My
Skeleton Warriors entered from the left and Ushabtis came from my right to
guard the now exposed flank. My Tomb Guards <i>Combat Reformed</i> and move
forward to deal with the Mournfang Cavalry coming from my left.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magic
Phase. My opponent </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dispel Scrolled</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> the first spell from Khatep
and the Grand Hierophant rolled low on his 2nd casting
attempt (I totally forgotten Khatep can once per turn
choose to reroll his casting attempt.. sayang betul). Settra
attempted to cast a spell but failed to gather enough winds of magic. Shooting
from Ushabtis and Archers killed 1 Mournfang.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">The Ogres charged. Mournfang Cavalry to my right
went for a rear charge but rolled low (phew!). Skragg,
his Ironguts and the Ogre Bulls nearby performed a succesfull frontal
and flank charge. Mournfang Cavalry to my left charged the Tomb
Guards. Leadbelchers downed 4 more Archers from the depleted Skelly Archers
unit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Settra
defeated the Irongut Champion in combat but the whole combat went to the
Ogres with their strength boosted by a </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blessing</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> spell. The
Chariots lost combat and was wipedout due to </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Unstable</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Settra
himself suffered 2 wounds from </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Unstable</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (Allocated to the
Chariot of The Gods).</span><br />
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the Tomb Guards with Halberd (boosted with WS7 from having Settra within 6
inches and <i>Frenzy</i> (and also <i>Hatred</i> but I forgot about it at
this moment) from Ramhotep), defeated the charging Mournfang Cavalry. The
Cavalry fled (7 inches) but was pursued (9 inches) and captured. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was quite even. But things weren't looking so good for Settra, surrounded
like that.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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turn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">, Tomb Guard
reformed and readied for the next turn and move the Skelleton Warriors
forward. Magic phase was good, casted 1 hex (-1 S and T) to Skragg
unit, 1 blessing (Boosted Righteous Smiting). Ushabtis and The 20 man
Archers killed 3 Leadbelchers. The 10 man Archers killed one Bull from the unit
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by 10 Ogres, 2 of which was experienced fighters, even the mighty Settra was
having difficulties. He killed one Ogre and wounded another. With insane skills
he defended against the attacks from Skragg's unit, suffering only 2 wounds.
But later 6 great weapon attacks came from his blindspot (the flank), went
through his protection ward, wounded him 3 times and slain the mighty King of
Kings (and I just realized I forgot to do <i>The Curse</i> effect to the
Ogre Bulls). Skragg and his unit reformed to face my 10 Archers. The
Ogre Bulls went the other way, to flank-charge my main Archers
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General dead. Dang.. Now the Ogres were well in the lead.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bulls flank-charged the Skeleton Archers, but their attempt to break
the formation was denied by the Herald BSB. Great Weapons
clashed and one Bull fell dead from the encounter. The last surviving Bull
ran away.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Turn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">. Khatep
casted High Level Righteous Smiting successfully but his 2nd spell, a <i>Hex</i>
(-1 S and T) was dispelled. Archers and Ushabtis killed one Mournfang Cavalry
and wounded the last guy in the <i>Shooting Phase</i>. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Guards charged to the flank of Skragg's unit. Boosted with Righteous Smiting, <i>Frenzy
</i>and <i>Hatred</i> (I wished Settra was still around for WS7), they
defeated their enemy and forced a <i>Break Test</i> with a huge
-7 modifiers to Skragg's unit. Finally, a major breakthrough for my Tomb
Kings were within my sight bwahahaha! My opponent took out his dice and rolled,
failed (<i>Wohoo!</i>), then rerolled the test for having BSB ... <i>Insane
Courage</i>!!! (<i>WHAT??!!!?</i>) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tyrant and his Ironguts slammed into the Skeleton Warriors. Only the Champion
survived the onslaught. On the right flank, the last Mournfang Cavalry
charged my Archers, but was slain by the Herald BSB. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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centre, Bruiser BSB and Skragg defeated the Tomb Guards, causing them to
lose their <i>Frenzy</i>. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Turn 4</b>. Casket of Souls took out the last Leadbelcher with Unleashed Souls.
Then Ushabtis and Archer wipedout the 4 man Ogre unit at the center with their
arrows (Thanks to the Righteous Smiting). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Combat Phase saw Hierotitan killed the lone Ogre Bull in front of it while the
the Ogre Tyrant took out the Skeleton Warriors. Bruiser and Skragg
continued their fight with the Tomb Guards.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a long tiring game (3+ hours since we began) and I need to break my fast
in about fifteen minutes, so we decided to end it here and started
counting our <i>Victory Points</i>. The Ogres scored 1,076 points from
kills while my Tomb Kings scored 1,046 points. A draw?! But the Ogres also
managed to slay my General (100 points) and captured 2 Banners (25 points
each). With that the Ogre Kingdom won a <b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Solid
Victory</span></b> with 180 points.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what a great game.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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redirection in the First Turn was a huge gamble that I lost. If the Chariots
made it, they would have easily destroyed the Ogre Bulls and then reform and
sweep the Ogres from the left flank. But I lost the gamble, along with my
expensive General.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have a proper look at my Tomb Kings Army Book again as I kept forgetting
important stuffs like Khatep's rerolling ability (He failed twice!) and
Ramhotep's amazing buffs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fought well despite losing their High King early on. We almost win but
that <i>Insane Courage!</i> in the 3rd Turn was truly the lifesaver for
the Ogres. Well done to my opponent. It was a very fun game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-24737301113506318162016-06-27T00:17:00.000-07:002016-06-27T00:17:38.963-07:00Raven Guard vs White Scars <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This one happened a few days before the Wira Cup. We both were using our tournament list, so I agreed to delay my battle report until the tournament was over. </div>
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It was a much needed practice for us both. I actually asked the guy for a WFB match, but my opponent (who like me, also prefer WFB compare to 40k) was in dire need of 40k game to familiarize with the 40k rules before the tourney. Turned out it he did a few mistakes in his army build that would be quite troublesome if were only found out on the tourney day.</div>
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His army was the new <b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Anvil Strike Force</span></b> from the Angel of Death book.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>1 Techmarine with Servitors<br />3 units of 1 Vindicators<br />1 Land Speeder with 2 Heavy Flamers<br />1 Thunderfire Cannon<br /><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">LR Crusaders (LR Spearhead)<br />Imperial Knight Errant</span></i></td></tr>
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<b>Mission :</b> Scouring <br />
<b>Deployment : </b>Hammer and Anvil.<br />
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White Scars (WS) deployed everything forward. I reacted by deploying far away from the Vindicators. Centurions would dealt with the Land Raider Crusaders (LRC) while the Devastator Squad took position on the ruin to the left with my Shadow Captain. 2 Sniper Squads infiltrated at the middle of table.<br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><b>First Turn</b></span>. Vindicators combine shot into one big Apocalypse Megablast at S10 AP1 Ignores Cover. They targeted the Snipers near the ruins, scattered 4 inches and wipedout both the Snipers and Centurions unit. What a devastating first shot. Thunderfire Cannon and Imperial Knight (IK) targeted the Devastators, killed my Captain (First Blood and Slay The Warlord) and 2 Marines. The LRCs targeted my Snipers at the center, killing one guy.<br />
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Raven Guard's (RG) Alpha Strike wasn't so great. Two Tactical Squads dropped near the Vindicators but failed to destroyed any (even with Tactical Doctrine in effect), causing only one immobilized result to the rear most Vindi. Typhoon Speeders swerved to the right and targeted the Vindis, but my armour penetration sucks this round. The rest focused on the IK but it survived.<br />
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<i>It was now that we realized my friend has been playing the Vindicators wrongly. The Apocalypse Megablast can only be used if the Vindicators formed a squadron. But my opponent took them in three (3) seperate units to fill the requirement of Armoured Task Force formation. Dont want to restart the game, we decided that the only kill that count was the Sniper unit, and returned the 3 Devastators, Razorback and the Centurions back where they were before.</i><br />
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Scouts with shotguns came from the enemy right flank. Together with Sniper team, they took out the Land Speeder. Devastators destroyed one Vindicator and the Typhoon Speeder destroyed the Demolisher Cannon of another. Centurions claimed 3 Hull Points from the closest LRCs, immobilising it.<br />
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The last Centurion wrecked the Immobilised LRC. Razorbacks focussed on the IK but it survived with 3/4 hull points. My Dreadnought dropped behind one of the LRC, shoot Multimelta at point blank range and ... missed! One Tactical Squad disembarked near the tower in the middle to deal with the Techmarine, which they slain without any trouble.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>Turn 4</b></span>. The front most LRC killed the last Centurion and took out one Hull Point from one of the Typhoon. The LRC at the rear turned and shoot the Dread with Assault cannon but nothing happened. IK move into combat, killed 3 marines and sent the other two running. TFC wipedout the Tactical Squad that killed their Techmarine.<br />
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In my turn, Dreadnought moved closer to the LRC and this time the Multimelta didn't missed. It penetrated the armour and the LR exploded. Tacticals and Razorback surrounded the IK and destroyed it with Plasmaguns and Lasscannons.<br />
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By this time I controlled 5 Objectives againts my opponent 0. Seeing that he can't do anything to change the result, my opponent conceded.<br />
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<b>Result :</b> Raven Guard won!<br />
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It was a fun game. My opponent's army list was tough. Though I think it would be so much better if he used Iron Hands Chapter Tactics instead of the White Scars.<br />
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It was a very important game for us both. To relearn the 40k rules and tactics. For me, this was the 1st time I brought out my Gladius Strike Force since right after the Kauyon release (Okt/Nov 2015?). As for my opponent, this was his first attempt at playing the Anvil Strike Force. We both must have gained a lot from this encounter since we ended up placing quite well, 3rd (my opponent) and 4th (me) in the Wira Cup.<br />
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That is all for today. I hope you guys enjoyed the batrep. Till next time, have a nice day.<br />
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A few more days and it would be two years since my last post. So many things happened uncharted in the past two years. I had the fun of my life during End Times until they decided to kill WFB entirely. 8th Ed is the best game system for fantasy battles and we still play it to this day.</div>
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The coming of Age of Sigmar was pretty much confusing for us all. The absence of points is the biggest let down. Fail GW.. a huge fail. Still we pushed for it, tried all kinds of format before finally settled down with the South Coast Grand Tournament (SCGT). All the while keeping our hope high for GW to mend their mistakes. Alas, our prayers were answered, and here we are waiting anxiously for the new way to play AoS. Please god let it be good.</div>
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Been doing WFB and AoS on most hobby nights, my 40k armies were mostly left to dust and my skills went a bit dull. Still, my World Eaters managed to get 3rd place in the Wira Cup 2015. My one lost in the tournament was in the first game (out of four) because I forgotten how the Relic Mission worked :lol: I did won Best Painted though and it was what I actually aimed for in that tourney. Mission accomplished. </div>
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Last Sunday was Wira Cup 2016 and this time I brought my Raven Guard. My aim was again, the Best Painted. I didn't expect to place high in the ranking because (thanks to the Renegade box) there was so many Imperial Knights this time around. Been doing so minimal 40k, I'm sure lacking the experience to go against GMC or SHV. I didn't took much pictures, but got one of each rounds, enough for a simple report. </div>
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Captain - Armour of Shadows, TH&SS, Jumpack<br />
Chaplain - Raven's Fury<br />
Dreadnought - Multimelta, HeavyFlamer in Drop Pod (Deathwind)<br />
2x 5 Tacticals - Meltagun, CombiMelta in Drop Pods (Deathwind)<br />
4x 5 Tacticals - Plasmagun, CombiPlasma in Razorbacks (2 LasPlas, 2 TwinLas)<br />
2x 1 Typhoon Speeder<br />
3 Centurions - Gravcannons, Hurricane Bolters<br />
5 Devastators - 4 Lascannons in Razorback (LasPlas)<br />
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<b><u>10th Co. Task Force</u></b><br />
2x 5 Snipers - Camo, HBolter<br />
5 Scouts - Shotguns<br />
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<b>1st Game :</b> Modified Crusade (5 Objectives)<br />
<b>Opponent : </b>Dark Eldar Venom Spam<br />
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It was a bad match up for my opponent. He went first, but there's nothing much he can do against my marines. Splinter weapons couldn't harm my vehicles while Shrouding denied him easy kill. Came my turn I crippled almost his entire army and that sealed everything for him.<br />
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His formation of 4 Razorwing Jetfighters came in on turn 3, but it was too late. There's nothing they could do to change the situation. Raven Guard won.<br />
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<b>2nd Game :</b> Modified Big Guns Never Tire (3 Objectives)<br />
<b>Opponent : </b>Chaos Space Marines - Triple Chaos Knights and Invisible Bikers<br />
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Top Scorer in the first round, I was matched against another top scorer. There was two (2) Secondary Objectives in each round, and the two in this round greatly favored my opponent. For each Troop and Heavy Support he destroyed, my opponent will get 2 VPs. There's just so many easy VPs in my list. How I wished I met the dark Eldar player in this round instead of the first :lol: <br />
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I made huge mistakes here - forgot to deploy the Centurions and the Devastators. Not that it would change the result because of the VP conditions, but at least I could've taken out a Knight or two. My opponent Seized The Initiative and start collecting points by destroying my troops. Damn I hate Knights. No need for tactics, just move forward, shoot and boom.<br />
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To prevent greater loss, i sent my drop troops behind the line to kill his Cultists, gain points myself and captured the enemy objective. That forced him to pull back his Knights and bikers to guard his own objective. But still huge loss to Raven Guard in VPs.<br />
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<b>3rd Game :</b> Relic<br />
<b>Opponent : </b>Dark Angels - Double Demi with Darkshroud<br />
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This is one opponent I looked forward to. I simply love battles between infantries where tactical maneuvers matters. Going first, I sent some units to the centre for the Relic early on. My attack came from the front and both flanks, pinning the Angels in place with the help of those two long walls.<br />
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But it was no way an easy fight. Each time I got hold of the Relic, my opponent successfully destroyed that unit. We both lost our leaders and failed to capture the Relic. However the Raven Guard controlled the game and achieved more Secondary Objectives. Raven Guard won.<br />
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<b><br /></b><b>4th Game :</b> Emperor's Will<br />
<b>Opponent : </b>Space Wolves - TWC and Rune Council<br />
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The last battle was against my good friend the mighty wolflord. His army was a scary one. 2 TWC unit with Veil of Time and the uber Tempest psychic power.<br />
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Raven Guard's initial attack was a success, destroyed 2 Rhinos and a Predator. Deathwind missiles rained down on the passengers killing half of a Grey Hunters pack.<br />
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The wolves replied with Mighty Tempest spell causing 6D6 S7 shots which took out the Centurions and Chaplain in a single round of shooting. The TWC moved forward, going after my home objective. But heavy casualties on their base forced them to pull back to support their rear and reclaimed the home objective.<br />
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Alone, my Captain made a brave attempt towards the enemy. He killed the last 4 remaining Grey Hunters and captured the enemy objective. The game ended halfway in Game Turn 3. I was lucky to get his objective just before the final whistle blew. Raven Guard won.</div>
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<b>Final Result : </b><br />
Champion was 3 Imperial Knight (3+ invulnerable) formation with Eldar Wraithknight.<br />
2nd place was my second opponent with his 3 Knights.<br />
3rd placing was a SM Armoured Might Detachment with Imperial Knight.<br />
4th place was my Raven Guard Gladius Strike Force. Not bad lah :)<br />
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Sadly, I didn't get what I came here for. The Best Painted army went to this superb looking Tau army (and damn scary too hahaha). No regret, got to try harder next time.</div>
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That's all folks. Two years is a long time. So many things to say but I guess that better be the next time.<br />
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The Whirlwind were finished just in time to win me the Third Throwdown - Heavy Support. Thanks to all the voters :-) </div>
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This also means that I completed my third vow for the E Tenebrae Lux III run by the Bolter and Chainsword.</div>
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The 2nd Throwdown happened yesterday. I threw in a bunch of Raven Guard Scouts and came out the winner! Hurrah!</div>
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With this, I also completed my 2nd vow for the E Tenebrae Lux III.</div>
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The next Throwdown will be for Heavy Support and I'll be doing a Whirlwind.<br />
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Alright, that's all for now. Have a nice weekend :-)<br />
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<i>Edited: add a picture of the Whirlwind </i>Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-42114648312150208792014-06-09T01:30:00.001-07:002014-06-09T01:30:47.309-07:00Army Throwdown : Shadow Captain Shrike<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The Dire Avengers won me the <b>1st Throwdown</b> on May 31st. My morale was high, and I proceed to the next model --> Shadow Captain Kayvaan Shrike of the 3rd Company Raven Guard. </div>
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The <b>2nd Throwdown</b> on June 13th is going to be for <b>Troops</b>, so some might ask why paint Shrike? Well... I've made a pledge to paint the Shadow Captain for the <b><a href="http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/290382-e-tenebrae-lux-iii-angels-of-death-strategium/">E Tenebrae Lux III</a>,</b> and so I want to finish him before I go to the next unit --> <b>Raven Guard Sniper Team</b>.</div>
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So here he is. The Shadow Captain. </div>
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As Raven Guard is my favourite army at the moment, expect see him on the table soon :-).<br />
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That's all for today. Have a nice day.Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-47703119903229430312014-05-21T02:02:00.002-07:002014-05-21T02:17:01.464-07:00Army Throwdown Week 2 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b><u><i>Warhammer Fantasy Battles</i></u></b></div>
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The 7th Edition of Warhammer 40k is coming. I hope they do it right this time as I find that the 6th is really killing all the fun out of 40k and I find myself looking for more and more games of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. </div>
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Sadly, even with the increase of new fantasy players, I still find difficulty getting casual friendly games at Hobby Forge. Many times did I went there for fantasy games, but couldn't find any opponent and were forced to play 40k instead. I now have allocation to start a new fantasy army (Tomb Kings!), but the fact that I may not find any opponent to play with put that idea on hold. </div>
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Lucky my elder brother suddenly had the urged to make a comeback into the game with his Beastmen army. We had 3 games so far and the latest game was had on Friday, Mei 16th. After two games of which we both had a fair share of win, Din wanted to see how his Beastmen would fare against my tournament list. So I gladly brought out Hellebrone to lead my DE and teach the Beastmen some lesson.</div>
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Din brought along a new unit, a flying Jabberslythe. It has a passive ability to cause wound with it's mere presence within 12 of enemy units. With that ability it killed one of my War Hydra, and caused several wounds to my chaff units. Such a pesky unit shouldn't be left alone so I sent my Dark Riders to hunt it down. With strength 3 crossbows, there's nothing much they could do to stop the monster. But still they managed to slowly took it down to the last wound.<br />
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Unlike all my opponent in the tournament which chose to face my large blocks directly, Din avoided Hellbrone and the Black Guards to go after my weaker troops. A duo consist of a Beastlord and a Doombull destroyed my Corsair Blocks. Nearby a pair of Chariots slammed into my DE Warriors, killing many with Impact Hits. The Warriors fled from combat and were destroyed by sweeping advance. In their pursuit, the Chariot came into contact with a Dark Rider unit that stay 12 inches behind the Warriors and destroyed them with Impact Hits. It was a massacre and the Beastmen were leading by about 700 points.<br />
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But the Seasoned Beastlord made a huge mistake on that last turn, charging a Doombull and the Jabberslythe (with 1 wound left) into my Cold One Knights which was pursuing his block of Minotaurs. The Doombull single handedly destroyed the Knights, but not before The Knights slayed the 275 points Jabberslythe (Yeay!). With the Cold One Knights destroyed, the Doombull (costed 400+ points) was now within the charging arc of Hellebrone and her Black Guards.<br />
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In my last gamble to go for a win, I sent my Battle Standard Bearer (BSB) to charge into a rallying block of 4 Minotaur (worth 300+ points), ALONE. My Sorceress then casted the greater version of <i>Word of Pain</i> on the Minotaurs, reducing their WS, BS, S and I by 2 points. With strength of 2, the Minotaurs couldn't harm my BSB who were clad in a 1+ armour and so the BSB managed to win combat by 3 points. The Minotaurs failed their break test and were cut down by sweeping advance.<br />
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At the same time, Hellebrone and the Black Guards charged the Doombull. In an act of defiance the Doombull issued a challenge which was gladly accepted by the Hag Queen. 8 swordstrokes later, the Doombull was slain and ready for Pasar Malam. With that final push, I was able to pull some 900 points to put me at the front by 205 points.<br />
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It was a tough and a fun game indeed. Din brought 3 Bray Shamans with Shadow Magic. They were there to stop me with the 48 inch hex Signature Spell that reduces my M, WS, BS, and I by D3. Such a simple spell with power level 14 but really works to help his Beastmen against my Dark Elves. Here is the funny part, 2 Shaman were killed by <i>Irresistable Force </i>(IF) and the last one standing lost all of it's magic level, also from IF :lol:. But thanks to all that IF, his Beastmen were able to lead the game all the way into Turn 6.<br />
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With the Beastmen threat pushed back into the woods, my DE went back into their casing to mend their wounds. Will they be able to find other worthy opponent soon? I surely hope so. I'll bring them to HF again this week and find out.<br />
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Two weeks into the Army Throwdown, I have gotten more work into my Eldar-Raven Guard Alliance. I finished painting a unit of Dire Avengers, but had no idea what to paint on the Exarch Banner other than the Biel-Tan and Dire Avengers Temple sigil on one side. Then I watch the movie 47 Ronin and something came to me. I'm going to do a Japanese art.<br />
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5 minutes browsing the internet, I found what I want. A set of 5 paintings, on geisha. I choose the easiest one for trial, spent the Sunday morning on it and it's done. Not bad for the first try I think :-)<br />
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With one unit done, I moved into Karandras. I had fun painting this lobsterhead. I love painting gems and this one had many large ones. I think I spent about 5 hours on this guy and now he is done and ready for battle. </div>
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Damn huge lobster, I wonder how he able to hide/infiltrate with that thing on his head. I guess that alone is prove enough that he really deserves to be a Phoenix Lord.<br />
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Next will be some Raven Guard loving. But who to begin with? Shrike perhaps.<br />
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That's all for today. Thanks again for visiting. Have a nice day.</div>
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Legio Army Throwdown began last Saturday, Mei 3rd. This is the first time I join the throwdown and I've been looking forward to it. Expecting this would take place, I've been saving up some Raven Guard models from last year. Then my elder brother, Din's sudden retirement of 40k (<i>TBH, with all the madness of 6th, I too feels like retiring from 40k sometimes</i>) left me in possession over some of his Eldar stuffs. My Shadow Captain Shrike arrived at Hobby Forge several weeks back, and now I have an army ready for the throwdown.<br />
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<i>Phoenix Lord Karandras The Shadow Hunter (230)</i><br />
<i>5 Avengers - Exarch with Power Weapon and Shimmershield (95)</i><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><i>Crimson Hunter Exarch (180)</i></span><br />
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<i>Shadow Captain Kayvaan Shrike (185)</i></div>
<span style="text-align: center;"><i>5 Vanguard Veterans (250)</i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><i>5 Snipers with Heavy Bolter (76)</i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><i>Whirlwind (65)</i></span><br />
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Dont think the list would do any good on table. But it got units for all catagories of throwdown. So okay lah kot. Some progress pics since Saturday.<br />
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Have a nice day bros!Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-45694626523280481872014-04-20T22:27:00.000-07:002014-04-20T22:27:17.587-07:00Trying out the Mayhem Pack : World Eaters VS Blood Raven 1850 points.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I've painted the Helbrutes Mayhem Pack. It's time to see how they perform on table. So last Friday, I went to the hobby night and had a game with them alongside the World Eaters.</div>
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<b><u>THE WORLD EATERS</u></b></div>
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Kharn The Betrayer (Warlord)</div>
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Khorne Prince - Black Mace, Wings, Armour, Gift (Rolled 41 - Spelleater or something)</div>
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8 Berserkers - PFist, Icon of Wrath </div>
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8 Berserkers - PFist (in Rhino with Dozer Blade)</div>
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8 Berserkers - PFist (in Rhino with Dozer Blade)</div>
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Hadesdrake</div>
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Land Raider - Dozer Blade, Dirge Caster</div>
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Mayhem Pack - 3 Helbrutes with MMelta and HFlamers</div>
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My opponent was the Blood Ravens with Imperial Fist Chapter Tactics. It was quite a scary list, but with low count of scoring unit.</div>
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<b><u>BLOOD RAVENS</u></b></div>
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Librarian in Terminator Armour - Level 2, Power Axe, Storm Shield (Iron Arm & .....)</div>
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10 Tacticals - Meltagun, CombiMeltagun, Missile Launcher </div>
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5 Scouts - 4 Snipers, 1 Missile Launcher</div>
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Storm Talon - Skyhammer</div>
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6 Centurions - TL-Lascannon, Missile Launcher</div>
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6 Centurions - TL-Heavy Bolter, Missile Launcher</div>
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His army was scary, I don't know if my Land Raider would be able to survive against all that Tank Hunter shots. But lucky the table we play was City Fight, so at least I can try my luck on the cover saves. </div>
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<b>GAME : RELIC, NIGHT FIGHTING</b></div>
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<b>DEPLOYMENT : DAWN OF WAR, WORLD EATERS DEPLOYED FIRST</b></div>
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I won the roll for deployment and chose the side where I can gain the most cover from Turn 1. The idea was to grab The Relic early and hide behind the wall of the large ruin in the centre. That way, the enemy will be forced to leave the safety of their deployment zone to reclaim the Relic. We will be waiting with our axes ready :-)</div>
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Deployment was as in the first picture.</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #ffd966;">TURN 1</span></u></b></div>
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The Blood Ravens seized the initiative and unleashed hell!<br />
Damocles Rhino called a Orbital Bombardment onto the Rhino and Land Raider, but it scattered 11 inches towards the enemy (phew!)<br />
The Centurion Sargent from the TwinLascannon team splitfire at the front most Rhino. The shot passed through the 4+ cover to instantly destroyed the transport. 8 Berserkers survived the explosion unharmed.<br />
The rest of the army shoot at the Land Raider, causing 4 glance and 1 Penetration but it was saved by the wall.<br />
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In my turn, Berserkers 2 run 11 inches forward, followed by the Land Raider and the 2nd Rhino.<br />
The Land Raider flat out forward into the ruin to block all LOS from the left flank. My Troops are almost secured in the middle.<br />
Prince flew forward, joining the rest of the World Eaters behind the ruin.<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: #ffd966;">TURN 2</span></u></b><br />
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Fire Raptors came in and shot the Khorne Prince with 7 S6 AP3 and 2 S8 AP2 shots. The Prince had no chance at all.<br />
The TwinLas Centurions shot the Land Raider, aiming to destroy it and clear the LOS to the RELIC. But they failed, the Land Raider was wrecked but will stay there till the end. From the wreck came Kharn and his Berserker retinues.<br />
Storm Talon escorted the Fire Raptor from the table edge and shot Berserker unit 2, killing 2 men.<br />
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Came my turn, all my reserves arrived. The Hadesdrake came in to the centre and destroyed the Strom Talon.<br />
The Mayhem pack deepstriked on the right flank, close to enemy table edge. They suffered <i>Fire Frenzy </i>this turn. 4 Multimelta shots destroyed the Damocles Rhino, and the last Helbrute incinerated 3 Snipers on the 1st floor of a nearby ruin .<br />
Kharn led the Berserkers to assaulted the Librarian and BolterCenturions. Kharn killed 3 Centurions and one of his men. My Skull Champion issued a challenge and was accepted by the Librarian. They caused one wound to each other but with <i>Iron Arm</i> in effect, the Librarian came out the winner of that duel.<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: #ffd966;">TURN 3</span></u></b><br />
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From the Razorback came 5 man Tactical Squad and they destroyed the closest Helbrute with 2 Melta shots.<br />
Fire Raptors flew towards my deployment zone and shot the last Rhino with Autocannon Battery. The Rhino exploded, killing 4 passengers.<br />
TwinLas Centurions shot down the Hadesdrake.<br />
Kharn slayed the Librarian in a duel (but I just remembered that I didn't roll on the Boon Table). He also killed one Berserker that got in the way of his swings.<br />
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In my turn, Berserkers 2 claimed the objective. Berserkers 3 stand around them to provide 5+ cover if the Fire Raptor came from behind.<br />
The Mayhem Pack gained <i>Blood Rage. </i>One Helbrute moved into the ruins and destroyed the Razorback, the other one assaulted the Tacticals, suffered 1 glance from Overwatch, killed 2 Tacticals and sent the rest fleeing of table.<br />
Kharn killed the Centurion Champion and I gladly rolled for the Chaos Reward. But it came out 21!! - SPAWNHOOD!! :lol:<br />
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Fire Raptor crossed to the right and shot Autocannon Battery on one of the Helbrutes, but couldn't get through the side armour of 12.<br />
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The Centurions destroyed one of the Helbrutes.<br />
The fight at the centre continued.<br />
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In my turn, the last Helbrute entered <i>Fire Frenzy</i> again and killed the last two Scouts atop the 2nd floor of the ruin.<br />
Berserkers 2 and 3 make a run deeper into the ruin. Securing the Relic.<br />
The fight at the centre saw one Centurion and 1 Berserkers dead. One more Centurions to go. This one with a single wound left.<br />
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Fire Raptor flew towards their own table edge and destroyed the last Helbrute with 4 S7 shots to the rear.<br />
Berserkers and Spawn killed the last Centurions and consolidated towards the Tacticals nearby.<br />
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Spawnlord assaulted the Centurions to deny them from shooting in the next turn. It caused 1 wound to the Centurions and suffered 1 wound. The Berserkers moved towards the Tacticals and successfully reached them with the help of the Icon of Wrath. They killed 3 men, but managed to stop the Tacticals from running.<br />
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Fire Raptors hovered 12 inches towards the centre and killed 3 guys from Berserkers 3 (It has no LOS to the Berserkers 2).<br />
Centurions killed my Spawnlord.<br />
My Berserkers wiped out the Tacticals and consolidated towards the Centurions.<br />
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Berserkers Assaulted the Centurions and killed one guy. The Centurions pulled a draw by killing one Berserker.<br />
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<b><u>RESULT :</u></b><br />
World Eaters 5 VPs from <i>Relic</i>, <i>Slay The Warlord</i> and <i>Linebreaker</i> against Blood Ravens 2 VPs from <i>First Blood</i> and <i>Slay The Warlord. </i><b>World Eaters WON!</b><br />
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This game was for me to try out the Helbrute. I must say they are fun to play with. My Helbrutes were blessed with 3 crazed results that fit perfectly with the situation they're in. <i>Fire Frenzy</i> upon deepstriking is a Godsend. Then <i>Blood Rage</i> (<i>Rage</i> and <i>Fleet</i>) when I want them to assault. And finally <i>Fire Frenzy</i> again to take out the last two Scouts :lol: <br />
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My opponent's list was scary. If we were to play on Barren Wasteland for example, he would have defeated me without much difficulty. Imperial Fist Centurions are devastating with Tank Hunters. But the list lacks body to make a push forward in this type of game.<br />
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Kharn turned into spawn. Again!! This is the 2nd time and it happened back to back since the last time I field him early last year against the Longinus Initiative (BA Sanguinary Guards army).<br />
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That's all for this week. Thanks for reading my batrep.<br />
Have a nice day :-)Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-10971735684644419402014-04-07T21:42:00.000-07:002014-04-07T22:02:20.700-07:00Shadows Over Nuln : Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tournament (2500 Points)Last Saturday, we finally had our very first tournament of the 8th Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battles (WFB). I can't remember well the last time we had a WFB tournament, but it was somewhere in 2009 I think.<br />
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I entered this tournament with my army of Naggaroth, the wicked Dark Elves (DE). I only had 3 games of WFB since the new DE army book came out, so my gaming experience was sorely lacking. It took me quite a while to come up with a list that I felt confident to go with. Should I bring my favorite, the Shades OR the mounted armies of Cold Ones Knights OR the 40 Darkshards? Who should lead my army? So many interesting option in the new DE army book.<br />
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In the end, I decided to go with the list that had the least number of unpainted models. With only 4 days left until the tournament, I think that was the wisest decision. When I submitted the list below, I had only 17 models to paint (Hellebrone, 1 Battle Standard Bearer, 2 Black Guards, 2 Cauldron Crews, 1 Corsairs, 10 Dark Riders) compared to any other list with 20++ models unpainted.<br />
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<b><u>THE LIST</u></b><br />
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<i>Crone Hellebrone on Cauldron of Blood</i><br />
<i>Level 2 Sorceress - Dispell Scroll</i><br />
<i>Battle Standard Bearer - Full Body Armour + Cloak + Ring of Hotek</i><br />
<i>25 man Black Ark Corsairs - Full Command</i><br />
<i>25 man Darkspear Regiement - Full Command</i><br />
<i>5 man Dark Riders - Reaper Crossbow, Musician</i><br />
<i>5 man Dark Riders - Reaper Crossbow, Musician</i><br />
<i>5 man Cold One Knights - Full Command</i><br />
<i>20 man Black Guards - Full Command, Razor Standard</i><br />
<i>War Hydra - Flame Breath</i><br />
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The list was very straight forward. Hellebrone, Battle Standard Bearer, Sorceress and the Black Guards formed a Deathstar. Everything else would support it with screening, harassing, redirecting, march blocking and whatever role I find needed during the game.<br />
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<u><b>SHADOWS OVER NULN</b></u><br />
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<b>1ST GAME : DARK ELVES VS WARRIORS OF TZEENTCH</b><br />
<b>SCENARIO : BATTLE LINE</b><br />
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My first opponent had strong control of magic with a Level 4 Sorcerer Lord of Tzeentch and a Level 2 Sorcerer with Lore of Shadows. He also had 2 solid blocks of warriors, a full 10 man Chaos Knights and a Mutalith Vortex Beast (Toughness test!) to break my army with.<br />
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To fight this army, I needed to watch out for his large blocks and the Vortex Beast. I made use of the Tower and the large rock, marching my Black Guards between the two structures to deny enemy units any chance for a flank charge. This held back my opponent from sending his Knights charging in the second turn. He wanted to fight me in the open, where he would be able do counter my unit with simultaneous flank-charge using the Knights and 2nd Warrior block. Against such a high level magic user, I wouldn't want to prolong the time my Black Guards stay in the open, so I sent them to charge the center block of Warriors. To our surprise, my Black Guards were just too strong they actually wiped out the whole block in a single charge.<br />
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With the Black Guard's flank exposed, the Chaos Knights charged them to the flank. The Black Guards make way for Hellebrone and she killed 7 of the Knights before they can strike any blow. The remaining 3 Knights were brought down by the 3 Black Guards on the flank.<br />
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On the center, my Hydra and Darkspear destroyed the other Chaos Warrior blocks with a successful flank-charge. The Cold Ones Knights slain the Vortex beast, overran into the Level 2 Sorcerer and killed him.<br />
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With only one guy left on the table (the Lord), my opponent conceded. None of my units were pushed to below half strength. It was a pure massacre.<br />
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<b>2ND GAME : DARK ELVES VS TROLLS OF CHAOS</b><br />
<b>SCENARIO : MEETING ENGAGEMENT</b><br />
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This army was said to be one of the strongest in the tournament. It had a scary block of Trolls with 54 wounds, 3 more blocks of Trolls with 21 wounds each, a Giant, a Hellcannon and 3 Special Characters to lead the army.<br />
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We were to fight on the same table I fought in the 1st game. This allowed me to use the flank denial strategy and deal with the Troll deathstar while his army had to take time circling the Tower. To achieve best result, I deployed my Black Guards 12 men wide to match the width of the Troll Deathstar. As expected, the opponent deployed his Troll deathstar right in front of my Black Guards. Such confident.<br />
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The first turn was mine, and I wasted no time charging my Black Guards towards the Troll deathstar. However the charge failed by one inch. So I sent both of my War Hydras and a unit of Dark Riders to screen my Black Guards from the enemy. Having no choice, the enemy sent Scylla Affingrym to charge my War Hydra. That was a bad mistake because now his Troll wouldnt be able to charge my Black Guards and he was forced to move his Troll 3 inches sideway to clear the route. He then sent his Giant charging my Dark Riders (Reaction : Flee) before redirecting towards the Black Guards. Crone Hellebrone slain the Giant in a heartbeat.<br />
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Came my 2nd Turn, Black Guards charged the Troll deathstars, causing 24 unsaved wounds (8 kills) after the 4+ regeneration save. Even after that many kills, the Trolls still have 30 attacks hitting back on my Black Guards. Only 1/3rd of that was a hit and I lost only 4 models after saving throws. With that, my Black Guards defeated the Trolls and they ran off table. My Black Guards overran into Valkia The Bloody who happened to be standing right behind the Trolls. She didn't stand any chance fighting against Crone Hellebrone.<br />
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From there, my Black Guards swept to the left and destroyed the Hellcannon. They then circled around tower and destroyed the Troll King and his retinues before going in to destroy the remaining 2 Troll units.<br />
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My Dark Elves won the game. Only one unit (a War Hydra) were lost to the enemy. Another massacre win.<br />
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<b>3RD GAME : DARK ELVES VS THE LIZARDMEN OF LUSTRIA</b><br />
<b>SCENARIO : BATTLE FOR THE PASS</b><br />
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The 3rd game was against a beautiful Lizardmen army of Lustria, led by a Slaan Mage Priest. This army also had a Skink Priest with Lore of Beast and a Stegadon. They would easily have control over the Magic Phase. Not only that, the amount of body they had are more than enough to back the spellcasters against any melee unit coming at them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A very nice looking army</i></td></tr>
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The table we fought were evenly divided by a river, something that would endanger my large blocks if they attempted to move through it. So I deployed everything on one side of the table, as close as possible to the enemy. My opponent (to my delight) reacted by deploying his army right across mine.<br />
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I didn't expect my shooting nor magic would do his army any harm. So for this game, the strategy was to charge straight ahead into the enemy whith all I had while the Cold One Knights closed in from the flank. And so it happened that all my front units successfully reached the Lizardmen battle line in the 2nd Turn.<br />
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The 2 Hydras charged the 15 man Saurus Warriors and destroyed the unit in 3 rounds of combat. The Black Ark Corsairs destroyed the Skinks in front of them. The Black Guards destroyed the whole block of 24 Saurus Warriors on the charge and left the Saurus Hero with only one wound. The combat were later joined by the Stegadon but Hellebrone simply killed it and the Saurus Hero in the 2 ensuing close combat round. The Black Guards then reformed to face the Temple Guards. On the left flank, the Cold One Knights destroyed both Salamander units and make a run towards the Temple Guards.<br />
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Saurus Cavalry charged my Corsairs in the 2nd turn, the combat lasted for 3 rounds when the Corsairs finally broken from combat and killed by the pursuing predators. Temple Guards attempted to charge the War Hydra, the first one succesfully fled away but the other one were captured and destroyed. But it was all part of the plan to bring them right in front of the Black Guards with their right flank exposed.<br />
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With a charge to the flank, my Black Guards destroyed the whole Temple Guards. Crone Hellebrone herself slain the Slaan Magepriest and with that, my opponent conceded the game.<br />
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In this game, I lost the Cold One Knights, a unit of Dark Riders, both War Hydras, and the Black Ark Corsairs. But it was still quite a huge win for my Dark Elves.<br />
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<b><u>TOURNAMENT RESULT</u> : 3 WINS</b><br />
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With 3 wins, my Dark Elves were at the top of the chart. They conquered Nuln and I was crowned The Best General of the tournament :-)<br />
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Seriously, I was surprised by the performance of the Hellebrone, Cauldron of Blood and the Black Guards. In the first game, I didn't realize that the Cauldron allow re-rolls on any failed rolls To Wound. So I only did re-rolls for failed To Wound rolls of 1 due to Murderous Prowess special rules. But still, they able to wipe out all enemy coming at them.<br />
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Hellebrone is a real monster with 8-10 Strength 10 Attacks at Initiative 9 and <i>Always Strike First, </i>giving her rerolls To Hit against almost all enemy and rerolls To Wound thanks to the Murderous Prowess and Cauldron of Blood. Throughout the Tournament, she killed 7 Chaos Knights, a Giant, a Stegadon, a Troll King, Valkia The Bloody, Slaan Magepriest, Saurus Hero and countless infantries be it human or trolls. Damn brutal lar this old hag.<br />
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Some people asked me how to defeat this army. The easiest way is using the War Machines, cannons of all kind, Stone Throwers or Bolt Throwers would easily be able to take out the Cauldron of Blood and Hellebrone. There was a Dwarf army in the tournament with 2 Volleyguns, 2 Cannons, and about 40 handgunners or something. I would definitely had difficulty fighting him. Thankfully, the Lizardmen defeated them in the 2nd Round and saved my DE from the trouble :-). Hellebrone could also be brought down easily in combat if you know how, but they have to find out how by themselves lah.<br />
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Okay.. That's all my report for the day. Thanks for reading through this till the end.<br />
I wish you all happy gaming and have a nice day.Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-24766673299910573162014-04-02T04:09:00.001-07:002014-04-02T04:09:53.441-07:00Triple Deathmatch : Raven Guard VS The Coven, The Knights and ... Err.. The Much Bigger Knights<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
I had three games last weekend. All with my Raven Guard. I don’t have
much time to cover all games in detail, so this time I will try to summarise as
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The first game happened on Friday, against my good friend Danntoh and his Silent Scorn Coven. This was the 2<sup>nd</sup> time we fought each other. I won
the first encounter, so this time he came back stronger with a Farseer ally to guide his shots.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">GAME : EMPEROR’S WILL, NO NIGHT
FIGHT<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">DEPLOYMENT : VANGUARD STRIKE,
DARK ELDAR DEPLOYED FIRST. </span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Earlier that day, I wanted to try a HQ heavy approach. So I came up with a list with a
Chapter Master, Shrike, Cypher and a Command Squad to fill the HQ section. Therefore, it had a
lot smaller head count compared to the usual setup I used to play with. It was only during deployment that I
felt very much lacking, and regretted the decision to use this list. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Deployment. I felt so outnumbered.</i></td></tr>
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The game began quite balanced with us both having quite a good rolls. His <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">1st Turn</span></b> shooting were superb, and so was my saving throws. But came my first turn, everything
went very wrong for my Raven Guard. The Chapter Master and the Command Squad
scattered of table and were <i>delayed</i>.
Shrike and his Assault Squad attempted to assault the large Grotesque unit, but
failed to close the 5-6 inches gap between them and their target. Stranded on clear ground, they were easy target practice for the enemy. They survived the shooting phase quite well, only to be assaulted by the Grotesques. Shrike killed the Haemonculus, and would have killed the Grotesque champion if not because of one successful <i>Feel No Pain</i>. The brute champion fought back and <i>instakilled</i> Shrike with Flesh Gauntlet. My Marines fought the grotesques for two turns
before they were wiped out entirely by the end of my 2nd Turn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">2<sup>nd</sup> Turn</span></b>, my Chapter Master and Command Squad landed
near the enemy objective. I thought they would be able to tip the balance towards
my favor by contesting the objective. But the shooting phase in the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">3rd Turn</span></b> was truly devastating. The Command Squad were destroyed by 2 Liquifier Guns, while The
Chapter Master failed <i>Toughness Test</i>
against the <i>Shattershard</i> and were
removed from the game with no saves of any kind. Tough luck.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cypher and the Centurions was the only unit that performed well in the
game, but even they couldn’t stand against so many <i>Guided / Prescienced</i> <i>poisoned</i>
shots coming at them. After taking out 3 vehicles, the Centurions were destroyed
somewhere in the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">4th Turn</span></b>. From that point, Cypher fought alone in the middle of the
table. In an act that befit a mystical figure like him, survived all the shots
coming at him, then made a move towards a 10 man DE Warrior unit nearby. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>With all my forward element gone, Cypher alone had any chance to make a run towards the enemy objective.</i></td></tr>
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In the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">5th Turn</span></b>, He killed
4 with his blazing pistols and would have finished them with an assault. But the
DE Warriors failed their <i>morale check </i>and
fled 9 inches away, leaving him standing right in the middle of the table. He
later got charged by the Grotesques and died in combat.</div>
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My Storm Raven came late on Turn 4, It failed to destroy anything and went into <i>ongoing reserves </i>in the 5th Turn. It came back in the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">6th Turn</span></b> to destroyed a Venom. But by then, it was too late already. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>The Silent Scorn Coven spectacularly WON this grudge match</b>.</div>
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The Second game happened on Saturday. My opponent was a super elite GK army with only 14 models. It had
Draigo and a squad of Paladins in Land Raider Redeemer, a squad of GK
Terminators, and 2 Dreadknights. This time, I used the same list as last week. It felt so much better this way.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">GAME : EMPEROR’S WILL, NO NIGHT
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">DEPLOYMENT : HAMMER AND ANVIL, GREY
KNIGHTS DEPLOYED FIRST.</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Deployment was as follows. I decided not to <i>Sieze the Initiative</i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">1st Turn</span></b>. My opponent went first but achieved nothing much except killing 2 Marines from the Chapter Master's unit. My Dreadnought landed in front of the Land
Raider Redeemer and destroyed it with MultiMelta. The explosion caused 2 wounds to Draigo. A Tactical Squad disembarked and killed one Paladin with Meltagun. Chapter Master stay in place to call <i>Orbital Bombardment</i> on the GK Terminators, but it scattered onto the Drop Pod, causing one hull down.</div>
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On the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">2<sup>nd</sup> Turn</span></b>, both Dreadknights shunted forward. One unit targeted Shrike and the 1st Assault Squad, caused 16 wounds to the unit, but only 3 dead after
saving throws. The other Dreadknight targeted the Centurions but failed to cause any wound. Paladins destroyed my Dreadnought with Psycannons and the GK Terminators killed
Tactical Squad 1(a) in combat.</div>
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In my turn, I sent both Assault Squad to fight the GK Terminators. They
killed 3 Terminators, but the Terminators stayed in combat. My Champion fought his GK Champion to a standstill. GravCenturions killed the nearest Dreadknight while the Chapter Master entertained the other one in a close fight. Tactical 2(a) disembarked and shot the Paladin, but the only one that mattered (Meltagun) failed to hit.</div>
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In the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">3rd Turn</span></b>, Draigo left his unit and assaulted Tactical Squad 2(a), killed them all and consolidated towards the Centurions. Paladins joined the combat, killed Shrike and destroyed
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In my turn, my Tacticals in both Rhinos destroyed the GK Terminators with Plasmaguns. Centurions killed Draigo. Chapter Master went to fight the
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My Storm Raven arrived in the 4th Turn, but there's nothing on table for them to have fun with.<o:p></o:p></div>
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During my game against the Grey Knights, a guy dropped by and ask me for a
game. I knew the guy own an interesting White Scars army. I never had a chance to fight him before, so it was a game I gladly
accepted and looked forward to.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But I was really caught by surprised when he came back about half an hour
later. For in front of me was not an army of bikers, but an Imperial Guard army
with 3 Vendettas and 3 newly assembled Imperial Knights. Wow.. Seriously.. I was shocked. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">DEPLOYMENT : VANGUARD STRIKE, IMPERIAL GUARDS DEPLOYED FIRST.</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This happened to be the first time he brought this army on table. So he
was a bit too cautious with his deployment. He had 2 Knight Paladins, both deployed
at the furthest corner of his deployment zone. His single Knight Errant deployed to
my left, also at the edge of the table. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As for me, I deployed everything except the Storm Raven and Dreadnought
(in Drop Pod). They were deployed slightly hidden behind a dilapidated Aquila
Stronghold. Shrike and Assault Squad 2<i> infiltrated</i> atop the Aquila's <i>battlement</i>.
Just before the game, my Rhinos <i>scouted</i> 12 inches forward towards the Relic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My game plan was to grab the Relic early in the first turn, and run for safety. Failing that,
I would have to rely on the <i>Secondary
Objective</i>. My opponent would definitely gain the <i>First Blood</i>. To balance that, Shrike and his Assault Squad were
tasked to gain <i>Linebreaker</i> while the
rest of my army destroyed anything that step foot on my deployment zone. <i>Slay the Warlord</i> would determine the
winner.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The opponent's <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">1st Turn</span></b> wasn’t so effective due to night fighting. I took that advantage to send
my Tacticals (in 4 Combat Squads) to capture the Relic. Dreadnought made a drop
near the Knight Errant, penetrated the side armour with Multimelta, causing one <i>Hull Point </i>damage. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">2<sup>nd</sup> Turn</span></b>, 2 Vendetta came in from reserves and shot down one of my Centurions. The Knight Errant destroyed the closest Rhino for the <i>First Blood</i>. 2 Marines died in the explosion. The
Knights Errant then destroyed my Dread in assault. (<i>Super Heavy can shoot and assault different target. Then the D weapon. Damn cheese hahaha</i>). On my turn, my Tactical started moving the Relic towards safety (behind the Stronghold). The move was slowed due to the Relic special rules. Chapter Master called the
<i>Orbital Bombardment</i> onto the Knight Errant, causing 3 <i>Hull Points</i> damage. The
Storm Raven failed to come this turn. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Relic had passed into the Raven Guard territory. Now would they be able to take it to the safety zone behind the Aquila Stronghold?</i></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">3<sup>rd</sup> Turn</span></b>. One of the Vendetta flew off the board. The 3rd one, a Black Vendetta transporting IG HQ came in
from reserves and took the exact place when it left. The two Vendettas worked together to
destroy my Centurions. Knight Errant moved 12 inches closer and destroyed the other Rhino (Relic bearer inside). Then with a Heavy Stubber, it killed two marines from a Tactical combat squad,
leaving a lone Plasmagunner to guard the centre. Sly Marbo appeared inside a
trench hole nearby and threw a Demolition Charge to my Assault Squad, killed
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In my turn, my Assault Squad threw a Krak Grenade into the trench hole, <i>instakilling </i>Sly Marbo. The lone Plasmagunner shot the Knight Errant from the side and took
out one <i>Hull Point</i>. The Relic bearer ran into the trench hole. My Storm
Raven still lost somewhere.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">4<sup>th</sup> Turn</span></b>, the Knight Errant moved closer and successfully
assaulted Tactical Squad 1(a) that were pinned when their Rhino exploded
earlier. It made a stomp attack and somehow destroyed my Assault Squad 1 nearby. (<i>We made a mistake here, thinking that Stomp
roll of 6 destroyed the whole unit. It should only remove model under the blast
marker, not the whole unit.</i>) I didn’t remember what the Vendettas did this turn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My Storm Raven came in and shot one of the Vendetta. It destroyed one of the Lascannon. I sent my Chapter Master to join the Relic bearer. He would personally
protect the Relic Bearer to the safety zone. (<i>With Chapter Master right at the front to tank all the
coming wounds, I was quite confident that the Relic was safely secured and mine
for the win. But suddenly the most unlikely thing happened</i>.) The lone
Plasmagunner shot the Knight Errant and successfully took out the last <i>Hull
Points.</i> The Super Heavy Walker exploded, and the force of the explosion threw the main bulk of it's body 11 inches away. To our amazement, flew over my Chapter Master and fell on
top the Relic bearer, killing him with a Strength D explosion. (<i>WTF! There
goes my only chance at winning the game :lol:</i>)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>With no one to carry the Relic, how would this battle ended for the Raven Guard?</i></td></tr>
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In the <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">5<sup>th</sup> Turn</span></b>, my opponent targeted Shrike’s unit
but they were safe with <i>stealth</i> + the <i>cover saves</i> from the Aquila's battlement. A squad of Veterans disembarked from one of the Vendetta in attempt to kill the lone Plasmagunner.
He survived! The Vendettas targeted my Storm Raven but failed to cause anything
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Came my turn, I sent the Storm Raven off table. The Chapter Master
jumped to behind the Stronghold, safely out of enemy sight. Shrike and his squad split and jumped off the battlement into the enemy deployment zone for the <i>Linebreaker</i> point. If the game ended now, it would be a <b>DRAW</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But the game went into <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">Turn 6</span></b>, and the opponent now had a chance to amend his mistakes. Two
Vendettas straightaway made a move into my territory. A squad of Veterans made
a successful drop near the trench hole where the Relic was dropped to claim a <i>Linebreaker</i> point. A Knight Paladin
closed in towards Shrike (now alone from his squad) but failed to kill the
Shadow Captain with both shooting and assault. IG now led by 1 VP from <i>First Blood</i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This could be the last turn, and I had two option. First is the
easy one, destroy the Veterans and let it ended as a draw ... OR ... try to grab a win by killing his Command
Squad (in Black Vendetta). The gamble : It would be my lost if even one member of the Command Squad survived. I decided to go for the kill. To clear the enemy <i>Linebreaker</i>, I sent the Chapter Master.
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My Storm Raven came in
from <i>ongoing reserve</i> to tailgate the Black Vendetta. Multimelta shot to the
rear got through the armour and destroyed it in the air. There were 6 passengers inside the Vendetta and they suffered S10 hits
with no armour saves due to the explosion. If I succeeded, I would win with <i>Slay The Warlord. </i>But failing that, the
opponent would gain back his <i>Linebreaker </i>point
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I rolled the dices and … one of the dices came out 1. (<i>Damn!</i>) </div>
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Seriously, the Knights were really scary. I was lucky my opponent went defensive and deployed his Knights far away. Things would have been so much different if they were to deploy right at the front. He learned that already in this game, so I really pity his next opponent :lol: </div>
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As for the weakness. One weakness I found was movement. The Knights would really be slowed down by <i>difficult ground</i> since their maximum move were restricted to just 6 inches instead of the usual 12 inches when moving on clear ground. It wasn't so much of a weakness, but was the reason why the 2 Knight Paladins failed to reach my line. It would have ended in a massacre otherwise.</div>
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It was a long one this time. Maybe I should have separated the battle reports into 3 separate posts. </div>
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Anyway, I'm glad I finally finished it and I hope you guys enjoy the read.</div>
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Oh yah.. I have a WFB tournament coming this saturday. Wish me luck okay :).</div>
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Thanks again. Happy gaming.</div>
Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-83142552833094028532014-03-26T06:58:00.001-07:002014-03-27T08:59:29.944-07:00Gundam Wing : Raven Guard vs Farsight's Enclave<div style="text-align: justify;">
Last saturday I went to Hobby Forge for the March Monster Madness (and the free burger hahah) with my <i>Cauldron of Blood</i>. At first, I wanted to bring my Dark Elf for a fantasy session since we will be having a fantasy tournament in two weeks time. But with no time to pack my fantasy stuffs (painting the <i>Cauldron</i> took all the time I had since the night before), I just grabbed my Raven Guard box and went off to the Hobby Forge. Upon arrival, I met Joe Soon, the Tau guy I fought last week and we had a game.<br />
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My list were about the same as before, but with Kayvaan Shrike instead of the Typhoon Speeders.<br />
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<i>Chapter Master</i><br />
<i>Shrike</i><br />
<i>2x10 Tactical Marines (in Rhinos)</i><br />
<i>2x10 Assault Marines</i><br />
<i>Dreadnought in Drop Pod</i><br />
<i>3 GravCenturions</i><br />
<i>Storm Raven</i></div>
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My opponent's.. was a scary Riptide Wing.<br />
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<i>Buffmander - no ignore cover</i><br />
<i>Farsight</i><br />
<i>Earth Caste Riptide (IC?) - heavy burst cannon</i><br />
<i>4 Riptides - Ion Cannon, Interceptors, 3 with Skyfire</i><br />
<i>3 Crisis Suits</i><br />
<i>2x6 Firewarriors</i><br />
<i>2x4 Pathfinders</i><br />
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With such a small number of troops. It wouldn't be much trouble if we were to play objective based mission. But my opponent rolled the worst possible mission to go against such list -- Purge The Alien!!!<br />
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<b>GAME : PURGE THE ALIEN, NIGHT FIGHTING</b><br />
<b>DEPLOYMENT : DAWN OF WAR, RAVEN GUARD DEPLOYED FIRST</b><br />
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Seriously... I had no chance at all against such list in this kind of mission. But to hell with it, I now wanna see just how far I can push the enemy. Some more I made it my personal mission to survive until turn 5. If the enemy failed to wipe out my Raven Guard by turn 5, then it would be a morale victory equal to winning for me. Now to see how many Riptide could my marines kill before they got TAed :lol:<br />
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<b>Deploy:</b><br />
- Raven Guard deployed on my left quarter.<br />
- Tau deployed on their left quarter, faaaar away from my marines. (see picture in TURN 1)<br />
- Shrike and Assault Squad 1 <i>infiltrated</i> on my right, right across the enemy.<br />
- Both my Rhinos <i>scouted</i> towards the enemy, circling a large ruin in the centre.<br />
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Enemy failed to <i>seize the initiative</i>. My Drop Pod came down right in front of enemy troops. Dreadnought disembarked, survived the incoming <i>interceptor</i> shots and burned 4 Pathfinders, claiming <i>First Blood</i> for the Raven Guard.<br />
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The rest of my army moved as fast as possible to close the gap between them and the enemy.</div>
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Tau retaliated fiercely, killing 9 marines accompanying Shrike and wrecked the front most Rhino.<br />
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Storm Raven came in, survived all interceptor shots and shot the Riptide 3, scoring some wounds.<br />
Dread and Drop Pod targeted the 2 Firewarriors unit on top the ruin, killing 6 in one unit and 2 from the other one.<br />
Tactical Squad 1 advanced slowly while taking a shot at the Crisis Suits team. They succesfully took out 2 out of the 3 man team.<br />
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Kayvaan Shrike and the lone Veteran Sargent easily close the gap to assault a 4 man Pathfinder team.<br />
The Centurions continued their slow walk towards the enemy line.<br />
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Enemy shot back and wrecked the Rhino bearing Tactical Squad 2. This time they also managed to wreck the Dreadnought.<br />
Further attempt at taking out the Storm Raven failed so they changed their focus to Shrike, easily killing the Shadow Captain and the Veteran Sargent.<br />
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<b><u>TURN 3</u></b><br />
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Storm Raven moved forward, leaving the wounded Riptide 3 (1 wound left) for the Tactical Squad 2. It targeted Riptide 4 causing two wounds.<br />
The Tactical Squad 2 rapid fired Riptide 3, hit twice with the plasmagun but failed to cause any wound. (<i>Damn! I was so confident they could bring it down this turn</i>) It easily shrugged off wounds from the HOLY bolters.<br />
The Chapter Master and Assault Squad 2 destroyed the 4 Firewarriors atop the ruin.<br />
Tactical Squad 1 killed the last guy from the other Firewarrior unit at long range.<br />
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With me failing to take out Riptide 3, the enemy had more than enough shots to wipe out Tactical Squad 2 in a single shooting phase. Not only that, they also killed 8 marines from Assault Squad 2 before assaulting the Chapter Master.<br />
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Farsight cut down the last 2 marines while the Chapter Master fought Riptide 1 in a challenge where they both caused a wound to each other.<br />
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<b><u>TURN 4</u></b><br />
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Storm Raven hovered backwards and shot Riptide 2, causing a wound. Tactical Squad one tried to bring down Riptide 4 (1 wound left) with plasmagun, the shot hit but failed to wound it (No luck with plasmagun today)<br />
Centurions finally got into range and killed Riptide 3 with the Gravcannons.<br />
The fight between Chapter Master and Riptide continued in a draw with no wound. The large unit performed <i>Hit and Run </i>9 inches towards the Centurions.<br />
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On enemy turn, The big unit decided to continue the fight against my Chapter Master. They poured many shots to him (causing 1 wound) followed by a charge. This time the Chapter Master fought the EarthTide since Riptide 1 failed to <i>overcharge</i> it's Shield. The Chapter Master suffered another wound, hit back and caused a wound to the EarthTide but was denied by a <i>Feel No Pain</i> roll.<br />
Riptide 2 tried to bring down my Storm Raven with shooting but achieved one glance only. It then assaulted and wrecked it with <i>Smash Attacks</i>.<br />
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<b><u>TURN 5</u></b><br />
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Centurions killed Riptide 2.<br />
Tactical 1 targeted Riptide 4 for the second time, but still the plasmagun failed to wound.<br />
The fight between Chapter Master and EarthTide continued with no wound caused. The opponent performed another <i>Hit and Run</i> move, but this time towards the Tactical Squad 1.<br />
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The lone Crisis Suit and and Riptide 4 killed my Chapter Master with shooting.<br />
Don't remember what shot the Drop Pod, but it was wrecked in this turn.<br />
EarthTide targeted the Centurions with <i>overcharged</i> Heavy Burst Cannon, killing one.<br />
Farsight lead his team to hunt down Tactical Squad 1.They killed 6 with shooting, and the remaining 4 in the assault phase.<br />
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<b><u>TURN 6</u></b><br />
(<i>Note : I achieved my target already, surviving till the end of turn 5!</i>)<br />
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Centurions easily get into range and killed Riptide 4. With only 4 wounds left on table, this might be the turn I got TAed.</div>
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The Enemy tried to wipe out the Centurions, but the Crisis Suit were out of range, and the EarthTide had no Line of Sight to them. So they only managed to cause another kill. leaving me with one Centurion by the end of the turn.<br />
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I rolled for TURN 7, but the dice came up 3. The game ended.<br />
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<b><u>RESULT :</u></b> Raven Guard - <b>8 VPs</b> (7 kills, First Blood), Tau - <b>12 VPs</b> (11 kills, Slay The Warlord). <b>TAU WON!</b><br />
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The Tau list was really strong. I didn't mention in the battle report, but the enemy failed about 6-7 <i>overcharge</i> roll, <i>Gets Hot!</i>, armour saves, low penetration roll and more. But still ended as the winner. With such an army, you don't have to worry about making a mistake, as the army can either recover easily from that mistake or simply ignore the mistake altogether.<br />
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I lost the game, but I was seriously satisfied with how my Raven Guard performed. The lost was well within my expectation (and my guess... everyone who watched since we did attract quite a few of spectators). But I had fun. My Raven Guard fought bravely, killed 3 Riptides, wounded the two that remained in the game, and was not TAed. Yup, it was a fine game if you ask me :-)<br />
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Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-17326428237192542992014-03-15T20:06:00.003-07:002014-03-18T00:41:32.218-07:00Flight of The Valkyries : Raven Guard vs Catachan AirCav 1850 pts<div>
I had a game on Friday, against one of the most veteran player around here. Haven't fought him for more than a year, our last fight was his Alaitoc Rangers vs my 13th Company Space Wolves.<br />
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This time, he brought one of his Imperial Guard armies. The Catachan AirCavalry.<br />
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<b><u>RAVEN GUARD</u></b></div>
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Chapter Master - Thunder Hammer, Shield Eternal, Artificer Armour, Jumpack, Auspex</div>
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Dreadnought - Multimelta, Heavy Flamer </div>
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Drop Pod with Deathwind Launcher</div>
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2x10 man Tactical - Plasmagun, CombiMeltagun in Rhino</div>
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10 man Assault Marines - Thunder Hammer</div>
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10 man Assault Marines - Power Axe, Meltabomb</div>
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2 Typhoon Speeder</div>
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3 GravCenturions</div>
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Storm Raven</div>
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<b><u>CATACHAN AIR-CAV</u></b></div>
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Colonel Straken + Command Squad</div>
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5x10man Veterans - 3 Special Weapons each</div>
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2 squadrons of 2 Vendettas </div>
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2 Valkyries<br />
Basilisk</div>
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<b><u>GAME :</u></b> Big Guns Never Tire (5), Night Fighting</div>
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<b><u>DEPLOYMENT :</u></b> Hammer & Anvil, Raven Guard deployed first</div>
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<b><u>RG deploy:</u></b></div>
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- Deployed everything as forward as possible. Both Tactical Squads broke into 2x5 man combat squads but stays in their Rhino.</div>
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- in reserves : Grav Centurions (inside the Storm Raven), Dread (in Drop Pod).</div>
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<b><u>IG deploy:</u></b></div>
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- a Basilisk right before the table edge, 3 Veteran squads doing a blob formation to protect the Basilisk from <i>Drop Pod Assault</i>.</div>
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- in reserves : Straken unit (in Valkyrie), 2 Veteran Squad (One in each Vendetta Squadron).</div>
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Before the game began, both Rhinos <i>scouted</i> 12 inches forward. Then the Catachan attempted to <i>seize the initiative</i>, but failed.<br />
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Drop Pod <i>deepstriked</i> with minimal scatter, putting the Dreadnought within 12 of the Basilisk. The Dread shot it with the Multimelta, hit, but I rolled 3 on 2D6 for <i>armor penetration</i>. The rest of the army moved forward, but stays 36 inches away from the Basilisk to take advantage of the <i>Night Fight</i>.<br />
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Vet 2 circled around the Dreadnought and wrecked it with several shots to the rear armour. Basilisk shot the front Rhino, <i>immobilising</i> it.<br />
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Storm Raven didn't came (<i><u>Note</u> : this is okay result since I will need it to counter the Vendettas</i>)<br />
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4 Combat Squads disembarked from the Rhinos. Supported by the Deathwind Launcher from Drop Pod, and Storm Bolters from the Rhinos, they wipedout Vet 1 and killed several in Vet 2.<br />
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Chapter Master called Orbital Bombardment to take out the Basilisk. The shot scored a penetrating hit and I rolled 3 for result, which turned into <i>immobilised</i> due to the shot being AP1. Typhoon Speeder followed through with 4 Krak Missiles and destroyed it.<br />
(<i><u>Note</u> : back home only I remembered that Basilisk was </i>open-topped vehicles<i>. Which means that the Orbital Bombardment would have actually destroyed it</i>).<br />
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The Assault Squad 2 moved forward to support the Tacticals.<br />
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With an officer giving them +1 to reserves, all the Catachan's air support came in on time. Vedetta Squadron 1 killed 6 marines from Assault Squad 2 while Vendetta Squadron 2 annihilated the Typhoon Speeders.<br />
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The Valkyries targeted Tactical 1(b) with 4 S4 <i>large blast</i> and numerous support weapons, causing 9 wounds to Tactical 1(b), 4 wounds to Tactical 2(b) and 2 wounds to Tactical 2(a). However my armor saves were superbly good here and each squad suffered only 1 casualty.<br />
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On the ground, his Veteran unit 3 shot plasmaguns at Tactical 1(a) and killed 3.<br />
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Again, my Storm Raven failed to come. I really need it to come this turn. Too bad.<br />
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Tactical 2(a) and 2(b), reembarked their Rhino and make a move towards Vet 3 by circling the Drop Pod. Tactical 1(a) tried their luck, <i>snapfiring</i> the closest Vendetta Squadron but achieved nothing. Tactical 1(b), Deathwind Launcher and Storm Bolters from the Rhinos reduced Veteran Squad 3 to just 4 guys, and <i>pinned</i> (they choose to <i>go to ground</i>) the Veteran Squad 2.<br />
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Assault Squad 2 moved closer and tried to assault Vet 2, but failed to roll anything higher than 4 inches when <i>assaulting through the difficult ground</i>.<br />
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Chapter Master and Assault Squad 1 moved forward.<br />
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Came enemy turn, both Vendetta Squadrons flew out into ongoing reserve to counter my Storm Raven.<br />
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The Valkyries hovered backwards, safely out of my Chapter Master assault range. They shot the Tactical 1(b), causing 8 wounds but none got through the 3+ armour. Then Vet 2 (<i>Snapfiring</i>) and Vet 3 shot the same unit and killed 2 hahaha.<br />
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Storm Raven came in and targeted Valkyries but failed to cause anything.<br />
(<u style="font-style: italic;">Note</u><i> : I knew it wouldn't survive the next turn, but decided to keep the Centurions inside because at that moment I mistaken the </i>Crash and Burn<i> result to be S6 AP-. Not something that my Centurions should worry about</i>)<br />
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Having no range for assault, I pulled the Chapter Master and Assault Squad 1 backwards to guard the 3 objectives in my deployment zone. I sent Assault Squad 2 to assault Vet 3. They lose one guy from <i>overwatch</i> and the assault failed.<br />
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The rest of my army shot at Vet 2 (2 guys left), but the Catachans showed us why they are the best at jungle fighting, surviving through all that shots, coming from all angle.<br />
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The Vendettas came in from reserves. One squadron destroyed the Storm Raven in the air with 6 TL-Lascannons. The explosion instakilled 2 Centurions, and the lone survivor were later killed by 6 TL-Lascannon from the 2nd Vendetta Squadron.<br />
(<i><u>Note :</u> It was now that I realized my mistake, the Crash and Burn causes S10 hits with no armour saves to passengers, not S6! The S6 was for damage from falling debris. What a silly mistake.</i>)<br />
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The Valkyries shot my Tacticals but didn't kill a single model.<br />
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This could be the last turn, so all Tacticals disembarked to capture the objectives. Chapter Master and Assault Squad 1 moved further backwards to prevent the Catachan from getting close to the objectives in my deployment zone.<br />
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All bolter and Deathwind Launcher focused on the remaining 2 guys from Vet 2, but again they survived like Rambo in The First Blood.<br />
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Assault Squad 2 destroyed Vet 3 in assault.<br />
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Colonel Straken and his unit disembarked from the Valkyrie into the forest. From the Vendettas 1, Veteran Squad 4 disembarked behind the immobilised Rhino. The other Vendetta Squadron flew across the table.<br />
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This time the Catachan's shooting was devastating. Gone was my spectacular armour saves and the IG successfully wipedout all 4 Tactical Squads in this shooting phase.<br />
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Without anymore troops, there's nothing I can do to stop the Catachans from winning since they held 3 VPs (<i>First Blood</i>, 2 Heavies) already against my 1 VP (<i>Linebreaker</i>), but we kept on playing.<br />
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I tank-shocked a Rhino 12 inches into Vet 2 causing them to flee. The path went straight into Straken and his boys but did nothing since they are <i>fearless</i>. </div>
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Deathwind Launcher shot the Vet 4 and killed 4 guys including 3 guys with special weapons. The rest of were later destroyed by the Chapter Master and Assault Squad 1, coming from 10 inches away. </div>
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Since Vet 2 required <i>Insane Courage</i> to rally, Assault Squad 2 ignored them and moved to assault Straken. They die to <i>overwatch </i>fire. <br />
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To my surprise, Collonel Straken can force the Vet 2 to rally with the "<i>Get Back To Combat</i>" order or something. They rallied and proceed to capture the objective nearby. Veteran Squad 5 disembarked from Vendettas 2, into the woods to capture the same objective.<br />
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With nothing else on table, the Catachans now focused on the Chapter Master and Assault Squad 1. All that shots killed 9 Assault Marines and wounded the Chapter Master once.<br />
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Straken led his unit to assault the Chapter Master. At initiative 3, they wounded the Chapter Master twice and killed the Assault Veteran Sargeant. Chapter Master fought back with 4 attacks but not a single blow hit the enemy. All that wounds must have reach some vital organs, affecting his swing. Suddenly a Priest came from the back and hit him with the Eviscerator. The attack got through the Eternal Shield and killed the Raven Guard Chapter Master.<br />
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With that the game ended.<br />
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<b><u>RESULT :</u></b> Catachan WON by 5 Victory Points to Raven Guard 0. With not a single infantry left alive, We can say the Catachans even succesfully TAed my Raven Guard forces! Wow!<br />
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<b><u>POST GAME ASSESMENT:</u></b><br />
The Air Cavalry was certainly good. My list had no means to handle so many Flyers, and so I focused on killing the Veterans. The hard part was keeping my men alive untill turn 5 when the IG would begin to make their move towards the objective. I think I would have better chance if I were to play my Shrike+Cypher (Shadows of The Fallen?) list with <i>Stealth, Shrouded</i> and <i>Infiltrate</i> to take advantage with.<br />
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Another difficulty was to keep up with the speed of the Flyers. They are fast and can easily cover large ground to suddenly drop their passengers on objectives at the other side of the table. So the best approach to prevent this from happening is to keep the objectives close together. That would cancel the advantage of such mobility, and keeps the objectives within charging distance of my jumpacks. In this game I made mistakes by putting 3 objectives on my line, forcing me to split my forces in order to guard the objectives. Now I knew better.<br />
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I really missed Shrike in this game. My alpha strike felt lacking without him and 10 Jumpackers infiltrating somewhere. Maybe I should put him back in the list, replacing the fragile (though certainly useful) Typhoon Speeder. </div>
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The Deathwind Launcher works really great in this game, killing Veterans many times over the 15 points I spent on it. </div>
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In the end, my Raven Guard was totally butchered this time. I did several mistakes in the game, the biggest mistake cost me 2 heavy supports casualty in a single shooting phase. This is one of the game where even a single mistake would cost me dearly compared to my opponent. Some more my opponent is a veteran with many tricks under his sleeves. I should be extra careful but went the other way instead hahaha. </div>
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But what a fun game it was thanks to the funny moments we had such as the invincible Veteran Squad 2 that refused to die and my funky armour saves (8 wounds - 1 dead, 4 wounds - 1 dead, 2 wounds - 1 dead, 1 wounds also 1 dead :lol:) in the first four turns. Thanks to my opponent, Bro Lan a.k.a Spunkybass for the fun game.<br />
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You wait, I will have my revenge someday :-)</div>
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That's all for today. Thanks for reading through the battle report.</div>
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Have a nice day.</div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Dreadnought with MMelta and HFlamer</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">- Drop Pod with Deathwind Launcher</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">10 Tactical with Meltagun and CombiMeltagun</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">5 Snipers with 1 Heavy Bolter and Camo</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">5 Snipers with 1 Heavy Bolter and Camo</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">10 Assault Marines with THammer</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">10 Assault Marines with PAxe and MBombs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">3 Grav Centurions</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">3 Hive Guard</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">2 Hive Guard</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">6 Raveners</span></div>
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<b><u>Mission :</u> Emperor's Will, Night Fighting</b></div>
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<b><u>Deployment :</u> Hammer & Anvil, Raven Guard deployed first</b></div>
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We use preset table so the ADL was deployed after we choose table sides, adjusting the terrain a bit to fit the 3 inches minimum requirement. Then I deployed the 2nd Assault Squad in the middle of my deployment zone. The rest would <i>infiltrate</i> or came in from reserves.</div>
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1st Sniper squad deployed in a forest, and the other behind the ADL to man the Quadgun. Cypher <i>infiltrated</i> with Grav-Centurions some 18 inches from the Ravener brood 1. They are tasked to take out the Tyrant at all cost. Shrike and 1st Assault Squad <i>infiltrated</i> behind them.</div>
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Tyranids failed to <i>Seize The Initiative</i>. Cypher left the Grav-Centurions to join Shrike and the First Assault Squad. Grav-Centurions moved 6 inches forward to get in range of the Tyrant and shot it, leaving the Tyrant with only 1 wound. My Dreadnought which had just dropped, finished the job with Multimelta shot to the back and wounded the Hive Crone with Heavy Flamer at the same time. Mission Accomplished! <i>First Blood</i> and <i>Slay The Warlord</i> belongs to my Raven Guard.</div>
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The death of the Tyrant almost has no effect on the Tyranid hordes. They advanced forward. Ravener brood 1 and fleeting Carnifexes destroyed the Grav-Centurions in a devastating assault. The 2nd Ravener brood advanced swiftly atop the Mountain of Skulls to assault my 2nd Assault Squad. The Assault Squad lost about 5 guys but managed to kill a Ravener.</div>
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Hive Guards and Zoanthropes failed miserably to harm the Dreadnought, succeeded only one <i>glancing hit</i> to the AV12 machine. So they now had to send the Tervigon to destroy it, which it did, but suffered one wound in the process.</div>
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Both Biovore's shots scattered, producing Spore Mines near the 2nd Assault Squad and Sniper unit 1. Hive Crone flew off the board to safely engage my Storm Raven if it turned up in the next turn.</div>
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Storm Raven came in and targeted the Carnifex brood, caused 3 wounds, not enough to down even a single Fex. Sniper unit 1 followed up and took that last wound, leaving only one Fex. Cypher took down 2 wounds with his plasma pistols, and the unit caused another with bolt pistols. They later assaulted the Carnifex, killing it Raven Guard style, with <i>Hammer of Wrath</i>.</div>
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Hive Crone entered from <i>Ongoing Reserves</i> and shot the Storm Raven with <i>haywire</i> missiles. It missed, even with rerolls! All 5 Hive Guards did the same, causing 2<i> penetrating hits</i>. Lucky the result was only <i>Crew Shaken</i>. Phew! I would have lost my 10 man Tactical Squad if the Storm Raven crashed this turn.<br />
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Biovore's shot scatter again creating another batch of Spore Mines to threaten my Snipers. Zoanthropes failed their <i>Psychic Check</i> to cast S10 lance.<br />
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Ravener brood 2 continued to kill more of my and 2nd Assault Marines, leaving only two guys left to fight. By this time, there's 4 Ravener still in the brood.<br />
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Ravener brood 1 assaulted, took 2 wounds from Cypher's <i>overwatch</i>, but easily closed the gap. They caused 7 unsaved wounds, which killed the Veteran Sargent and wounded Shrike once. One Ravener were killed in the fight. My marines passed their break test, but I decided to do <i>Hit and Run</i> 13 inches backwards to allow new tactical arrangement next turn.<br />
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Tactical Squad disembarked within <i>Rapid Fire</i> range to the Ravener brood 1. Cypher left the Shrike's team and joined the Tacticals. They shot the Raveners, killed 2. Sniper unit 1 followed through and killed another. Storm Raven skimmed 12 inches and <i>Snap Fired</i>, destroying the brood.<br />
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Shrike jumped over the Tacticals to support the fight against the 2nd Ravener brood. The assault was a success, killed 2 Raveners and reduced the other 2 to one wound each. RG lost only one guy from Assault Squad 2.<br />
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Manning the Quadgun, Sniper unit 2 wounded the Hive Crone and the thing suffered another wound when it fell to the ground. Drop Pod again targeted the Termagants, but this time scattered, caused 3 wounds but all was saved with 4+ cover from <i>area terrain</i> and +1 cover due to <i>mysterious objective</i>.<br />
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Biovores moved forward and shot towards the Tacticals. Despite major hit with large blast, none of the wounds caused got through the 3+ armour. The Hive Crone flew closer and spit a S5 flamer weapon, hitting 8 but killed only 1 marine. Very good armour saves on my part.<br />
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Hive Guard took this chance to take down the Storm Raven. First brood failed to go through the armour, but the second brood <i>penetrated</i> twice. Storm Raven downed.<br />
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Zoanthropes destroyed my Drop Pod with S10 <i>lance</i>. Shrike killed the last two Raveners. Spore Mines tried to assault my Snipers, but was destroyed with <i>overwatch</i>.<br />
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Tervigon gave birth to 13 Termagants. It rolled a double 6 in the process and lost that ability.<br />
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The Raven Guard did good so far, but there were still too many Nids on the table. I need to somehow take care of the enemy objective, and only the jumpacks had any chance to do anything. So despite having only 4 jumpacks left, I sent Shrike and both Assault Squads towards the enemy objective, coming from the other side of the Mountain of Skulls.<br />
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Cypher and Tactical squad moved to behind a stone ruin for cover against the Zoanthropes, spread out in anti-template formation,<br />
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Shrike and his team killed 2 Spore Mines nearby. Tacticals killed 2-3 Termagants at long range. Quadgun caused another wound to the Hive Crone, it fell down and died. But the best shooting was from the 1st Sniper Squad. They shot at the Tervigon, 4 hits causing 2 <i>rending</i> and 2 normal wounds. The Tervigon failed all saving throws against that and was left with one wound. Wow!<br />
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The Tyranids continued to advanced. Biovores began pounding S4 AP4 <i>Large Blast</i> on my back unit, aiming to deny me my objective. 3 Snipers died, but they passed their <i>Pinning</i> and <i>Moral Check</i>. Hive Guards targeted Shrike's team. But all that S8 shots killed only one guy.<br />
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Cypher and Tactical started to move backwards, but I rolled 1 & 2 for <i>moving through difficult ground</i>. They shot and killed some more Tarmagants. 2nd Sniper Squad destroyed a Hive Guard unit with Quadgun and Sniper rounds.<br />
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The 1st Sniper Squad finished the job they started earlier, killing the Tervigon with well placed <i>sniper</i> shots. That in effect killed some Termagants from both units that happened to be within 12 inches from it..<br />
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Shrike and the Assault Marines assaulted the Termagants holding the Tyranid objective. Only Shrike made it to combat and he single-handedly destroyed the whole brood of 13 Termagants. He suffered one wound. My gamble paid off, the Tyranids were denied their home objective.<br />
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In Tyranids turn, Biovore succesfully took out my Sniper unit 2, clearing my home objective. Zoanthropes moved back and casted S10 lance towards Shrike, but it was cancelled with <i>Deny The Witch</i>.<br />
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Termagants 2 assaulted Shrike but they were easily defeated by the Shadow Captain.<br />
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Cypher and the Tacticals moved as fast as they could towards the home objective. But failed short by a few inches. I need another turn.<br />
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The lone Veteran Sargent made it into combat, but failed to wound the Biovore. Shrike wiped out the remaining Termagants fighting him.<br />
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The Hive Guards killed 2 Snipers. Zoanthropes attempted to cast another S10 Lance towards Shrike, and again it was denied! The Veteran Sargent wounded the Biovore.<br />
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Cypher and his team reached the home objective and held their ground. Shrike assaulted the last Biovore, but it stayed alive with one wound. The other combatants striked the air.<br />
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Hive Guards shot at Cypher's team, killed 3 (!!) and forced a <i>Morale Check</i>. It was about 7-8 inches from the board, so I can't afford to have them fled of table. Rolled the dice.. and they passed.<br />
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With that the Tyranid player conceded.<br />
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<b><u>Result :</u></b> <b>Raven Guard WON!</b><br />
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<b><u>Post Game Assessment :</u></b><br />
That was my first experience against the new Tyranids. I kept reading all the bad things about them on the internet, but I don't think they are that bad. It was a bloody fight, one that I was lucky to win.<br />
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The Ravener broods are superbly good being a beast with <i>rending</i>. Without support from Shrike's team (thanks to Cypher's <i>Hit and Run</i>), one of the unit would probably had broken through my center and took out my Snipers.<br />
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The Carnifexes are scary, and fast too with <i>fleet. </i>My opponent did a mistake when he sent the Hive Crone off table. That allow the Storm Raven, Cypher and Snipers to focus on the big monsters. Things might have been different otherwise.<br />
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The Biovores are really dangerous against my Snipers. Need to be more careful the next time I see them across the table.<br />
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All in all, it was a really good and fun match. Thanks to my opponent for the game ...<br />
... and thanks to you all for reading my batrep.<br />
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Have a nice day :-)<br />
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<br />Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-87368839634558799322014-02-25T17:47:00.003-08:002014-02-25T17:47:53.257-08:00WFB : DE Corsairs WIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I've been painting my DE for the past weeks and completed 20 out of 30 Black Ark Corsairs. Now that I'm used to painting them already, each model would take about 45 minutes to finish. I'm out of black primer to do the last 10 man so will have to stop doing them for a while. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>30 Black Ark Corsairs, lead by Lorkhir Felheart (usually played as a Unit Champion</i>) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I believe there must be several types of Sea Dragons in the Old World. <br />Hence, the difference in colours.</i></td></tr>
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Now I'm gonna move on to the Battle Standard Bearer. I'm not sure what to draw on the banner though. Red Hair Shanks? The Whitebeards? Or a proper DE motifs?</div>
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Have a nice day guys.</div>
Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-73952130393948557092014-02-17T06:41:00.000-08:002014-02-17T16:47:29.291-08:00The Mind Freak : Raven Guard VS Eldar 1850pts Batrep<b><u>RAVEN GUARD</u></b><br />
Shrike<br />
Cypher<br />
Dreadnought (MMelta) in Drop Pod<br />
10 Tactical (Melta, MMelta, CMelta)<br />
2 x 5 Snipers (1 HBolter)<br />
10 Assault Squad (THammer)<br />
10 Assault Squad (PAxe+MBomb)<br />
3 Grav-Centurions<br />
Strom Raven (MMelta, Lasscannon, Hurricane)<br />
Aegis Defense Line (Quadgun)<br />
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<b><u>ELDAR</u></b><br />
Autarch on Jetbike<br />
7 Warlocks on Jetbikes<br />
3x5 Avengers in 3 Wave Serpents (EML, Shurikannon, Holo Field)<br />
2 Hemlock Wraithfighter<br />
2 Fire Prism<br />
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<b><u>MISSION</u> :</b> Purge The Aliens, Night Fighting in the First Turn<br />
<b><u>DEPLOYMENT</u> :</b> Vanguard Strike, RG deployed first<br />
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<b>RG :</b> Tactical to man the Quadgun. Assault Squad 2 next to them, behind the ADL. SRaven and Dread will come from reserves.<br />
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<b>Eldar :</b> Everything (except Wraithfighters of course) deployed behind the 2 small Bastion (played as Ruin) at the centre.<br />
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<b>Infiltrators :</b> Shrike and Assault Squad 1 infiltrated on top of the Skyshield. Cypher and 3 Grav-Centurions infiltrated right next to them. 1st Sniper Squad infiltrated behind the Bastion to the left (played as Dilapidated Bastion - AV12) while Sniper Squad 2 Infiltrated behind the tall Bastion to the right (also played as Dilapidated Bastion - AV12).<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">Turn 1</span></b>. Eldar <i>seized the initiative!!</i>. After all the spellcasting, they lost one Warlock from <i>Perils</i>. They begin the game hunting Shrike and his unit. 2 Wave Serpents moved atop the Small Bastion and shoot, killing Shrike and 1 Marine. It was followed by the Fire Prisms, but with <i>Stealth</i> from <i>Night Fight </i>protecting my men, they killed only 1 more guy from the unit.<br />
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The Autarch and Warlocks <i>turbo boost</i>ed 36 inches, stopping behind the tall bastion where the Scouts were hiding. The 3rd Wave Serpent moved <i>flat out</i> to the far left, beside the square bunker. Despite getting 1st Blood and Slay The Warlord, the first Eldar wasn't so damaging.<br />
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On my turn, I sent the Assault Squad 1 to destroy the closest Fire Prisms. They <i>wrecked</i> it with well placed Krak Grenades. Grav Centurions <i>immobilised</i> the Wave Serpent right in front of them with their Gravcannon.<br />
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A Drop Pod landed next to the other Fire Prism and the Dreadnought stepped out of it. Now it had to choose between Fire Prism and Wave Serpents as target. I went for the Wave Serpent to stop it from moving away in the next turn, shoot the Multimelta to the rear and Immobilised it.<br />
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Assult Squad 2 assaulted the Jetbikers, killed 2 with Hammer of Wrath, and one more with normal attacks. The Veteran Sargeant fought the Autarch to a draw. My Marines won combat but the Eldar were <i>fearless</i> due to a certain item.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">Turn 2</span></b>. Both of the Hemlock Wraithfighters came in, one from the left and the other from the right. Both going to wards the centre. My interceptot failed to destroy the one coming from the right. It killed 5 Assault Marines from Squad 1, sending them fleeing back with a failed <i>morale check</i>. The other one targeted the Centurions, causing one wound. The Wave Serpents also shoot at the Centurions, causing another wound with the Serpent Shield (1 guy died) and <i>pinned</i> them to the ground. The last Fire Prism moved to behind my Dreadnought and shoot it's S9 AP1 cannon from merely 1 inch away but missed! (:lol:)<br />
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The Autarch killed my Sargeant in challenge. The Assault Squad 2 failed break test and flee 6 inches, short by about 3-4 inches from the table edge. <br />
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On my turn, the marines rallied and moved forward. Assault Squad 1 to the bastion near the Drop Pod while Assault Marines 2 jumped over the Jetbike unit, towards the 3rd Wave Serpents. My Storm Raven came in from my right, destroyed a Wraithfighter and took one <i>Hull Point</i> from the leftmost Wave Serpent with the Lasscannon. Later, the Centurions <i>wrecked</i> the same Serpent with a lucky <i>snap shot, </i>5 Dire Avengers disembarked atop the ruin.<br />
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Dreadnought destroyed the last Fire Prism. Deathwind Launcher from the Drop Pod hit all the Dire Avengers, but killed only one guy. Assault Squad 2 assaulted the 3rd Wave Serpent, but failed to do anything. Snipers killed one Warlock.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">Turn 3</span></b>. The last Wraithfighter casted <i>Terrify</i> to my Centurions, but they held their ground. It then flew towards my Tactical squad, shot the D-scythe and killed a marine. The 3rd Wave Serpent sent my Assault Squad 2 running with a <i>Tank Shock</i>. Then it shot at my Tacticals and killed one marine. The last Wave Serpent shot at the Centurions but failed to cause any wound. Autarch and the Warlocks killed 2 more marines from Assault Squad 2, forcing them to flee off table. Dire Avengers moved to the edge of the ruin and shoot at Assault Squad 1 below, killed 1 and send the last two guys running back 11 inches.<br />
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My 3rd Turn. The Assault Squad 1 rallied and jumped next to the dilapidated Bastion to my left. Storm Raven killed 3 Dire Avengers on top of the ruin. Centurions <i>wrecked</i> the 2nd Serpent, only 2 passengers may disembarked due to lack of space on top of the ruin. Snipers killed the last two Warlocks. Tactical Squad took down the last Wraithfighter with Quadgun.<br />
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In my turn, Cypher destroyed the last Serpent with Plasma Pistols, 3 Dire Avengers died in the explosion. Storm Raven killed the lone Avenger on top of the ruin. Quadgun took one wound off the Autarch. Snipers killed one Avenger from the 2nd Avenger Squad.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">Turn 5</span></b>. My opponent calculated the VPs. The Eldar had 5 VPs (Shrike, Assault Squad, Snipers, Slay The Warlord, First Blood) while my RG had 9 VPs (3 Serpents, 2 Prisms, 2 Wraithfighters, 1 Avenger Squad, Warlock Council). With the difference of 4 VPs, my opponent conceded.<br />
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<b><u>RESULT</u> :</b> Raven Guard Win!<br />
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<b><u>Post-game Assessment </u></b>:<br />
My opponent wasn't a new guy in 40k. But this was the first game my opponent had with his Eldar. So the lack of experience with the army truly shows in this game. His weapon of choice for Wave Serpents isn't optimized. EML can never beat Scatter Laser with its Twin-linking ability. Summore the Warlock Council isn't as strong with Autarch as compared to with Farseer.<br />
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Having said that, it was indeed an interesting Eldar army. Playing around with lots of pinning weapon and Hemlock can be really damaging. Unlike other Eldar list I've seen here, this one requires a lot more thinking and is really scary if played correctly. I'm sure he will come back much stronger the next time we fight.<br />
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This was also the first time I used Cypher in a real battle. But after so many play test back home, I'm no noob to his tricks already. Him and his Grav-Centurions were easily the best unit in the game :)<br />
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That's all for today. Thanks for reading my Batrep.<br />
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Have a nice day :)Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-58618945827223418012014-02-10T01:15:00.002-08:002014-02-10T01:19:05.828-08:00Fantasy Fever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have always prefer Warhammer Fantasy Battles compared to 40k and the 8th Edition is easily the best of all edition we have so far. There has been an increase in the number of WFB players and we can see WFB being played almost every day of the weekend at Hobby Forge. Fun moment, I hope it will last a long time.</div>
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Last Friday (7th Feb 14), my DE had a match against our misguided kin, the High Elves. The battle was promising for us DE, but it had to end prematurely due to a distress call from my opponent's family. Looking at my opponent's army across the table, it was almost fully painted and that kinda put me to shame. The guy was just a newbie with only 4-5 months into the game. Of course his army was smaller with 2 Dragons, but having it all fully painted was quite an achievement for a newbie.</div>
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Me on the other hand, began my DE 10 years back in 2004. After 10 years, they are only about 70% painted. They don't even have proper movement trays. So that night when I reach home, I took out my tools, the movement tray set, and began working on it. By 4.30 am, it's done and as you can see in the picture below, they are now properly organized and ready for battle. </div>
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The following days I started painting the Corsairs whenever I can and completed 5 minis in addition to the 5 painted years back. I will for now focus on this unit and try to complete as much as possible before the next gaming session.<br />
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In the last post, I said that I would finish the 2nd RG Sniper Squad in about a week. With the focus to the DE Corsairs, I now put the Snipers aside for a while. Though I did painted one of them just to try out the colour scheme. Not bad eh :)<br />
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Let us pray I can keep the momentum and finish the whole 30 man unit. 10 done, 20 more to go.<br />
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Well, that's it for today. Thank you for reading. Have a nice day :)Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-92690501828500072014-02-05T18:50:00.000-08:002014-02-05T18:50:00.899-08:00Raven Guard Sniper Squad I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This wasn't supposed to take too long, but suddenly got so busy with kids (homeworks) and CNY (despite being a Malay Hahaha!) and the progress were delayed slightly. But last night, I finally finished this small unit of Snipers with one Heavy Bolter. After a few play test, this unit is fast becoming a favorite in my Raven Guard list.</div>
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I have another unit of snipers to paint. Should be able to finish them in a week I think.<br />
Till then, have a nice day and Happy Chinese New Year to all my Chinese friends.Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-25887409258614183682014-01-27T06:40:00.000-08:002014-01-27T06:41:57.776-08:00Be'lakor VS DE Coven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Be'lakor learned about a powerful Daemon Weapon unearthed at the planet XXX, and that a Raven Guard force was sent to retrieve or destroy it if they had to. So he sent out a small band of Chaos Space Marines to open a <i>Portalglyph</i> on the planet, connecting straight to the Realm of Khorne. Across the portal, was Be'lakor and a mighty Daemonic Legion of Khorne, ready to step foot on the material plane and claim the artifact before the Raven Guard's arrival.</div>
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.. and so the war began.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Mission : Emperor's Will, Vanguard Strike Deployment, DE went first.</span></b></div>
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I failed to <i>Seize The Initiative</i>. DE focussed everything on killing the closest threat, my Flesh Hounds. The number of <i>Poisoned</i> and <i>Dark Matter</i> shots were overwhelming, but so were my 5++ rolls. When the dust is cleared, there's 6 more Flesh Hounds on table.<br />
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Bloodthirster <i>Grimoired</i> Be'lakor (now with 2++) and all the FMC flew towards the objective, followed by the Flesh Hounds. The CSM on my home ground embarked into the Bastion. Be'lakor did some magic but nothing really worked well. Bloodthirster used the <i>lance</i> attack to destroy a Raider (<i>First Blood!</i>), killing 4 DE Warriors inside and 2 Eldar Guardians nearby.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">2nd Turn</span></b>. DE focused on taking down Be'lakor and the Bloodthirster. They killed the Bloodthirster, while the Dark Prince wounded twice and was <i>grounded</i>. Then the large Grotesques unit assaulted, but Be'lakor was invincible with his 2++. He instead instakilled 3 Grotesques with 3 <i>Smash</i> attacks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Be'lakor holding up against the Grotesques</i></td></tr>
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Be'lakor casted <i>Terrify</i> on the Scourges and they fled 7 inches (on 3d6) towards the table edge. Just 2 more inches and the unit would've been destroyed already. Hadesdrake took out 2 HP off the Razorwing. Both Bloodletter units <i>deepstriked</i> near the bastion, going for the enemy objective.<br />
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Close combat was awesome. Flesh Hounds destroyed the DE Warriors, DPrince destroyed the Eldar Guardians while Be'lakor and CSM Prince slaughtered the Grotesques (but still stuck in combat)<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">3rd Turn</span></b>. Razorwing missed when shooting at the Hadesdrake with Dark Lance. DE killed a DPrince and some dogs. Be'lakor and CSM Prince destroyed the Grotesques and all 3 ICs attached to that unit.<br />
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Be'lakor again attempted to <i>Terrify</i> the Scourges to run off table. But this time they held their ground. Hadesdrake destroyed the Razorwing with <i>Vector Strike</i>, then shoot the Autocannon at a Raider, but was saved by jink. The dead DPrince returned to battle from my left. In close combat, 3 Flesh Hounds destroyed the Scourge unit while CSM hack apart a Venom, killing 2 of 5 Wyches inside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Bloodletters taking hold of the artifact (enemy objective) while the carnage continued</i></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">4th Turn</span></b>. With shooting, DE killed the dogs, but failed to harm Be'lakor. 2 units of 5 Wracks and the Wyches assaulted the CSM Prince. Despite having 11 attacks, the Prince killed only 5 Wracks. The Wracks striked back with their <i>poisoned</i> weapons and slain the mighty prince.<br />
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Hadesdrake destroyed a Raider with <i>Vector Strike</i>. DPrince destroyed a Wrack unit, also with <i>Vector Strike</i>. Be'lakor attempted to assault the last Raider but failed charge.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">5th Turn</span></b>. Venom killed Be'lakor. It's passengers, the Splinterborn took out the DPrince in the air. Hadesdrake came over and destroyed the last Raider with Hades Autocannon. 1 Wracks survived the explosion. The 5 CSMs disembarked from the Bastion and went for my home objective.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The final hour</i></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966;">6th Turn</span></b>. DE got nothing to do, so they shot the Bloodletters, killing a few but still many left to hold the objective. Came my turn, we decided to stop since we already knew the outcome.<br />
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Dark Eldar - Slay The Warlord</div>
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Daemons - 2 Objectives + First Blood + Slay The Warlord + Line Breaker (<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">WINNER!</span></b>)</div>
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In this game, I have to say the Flesh Hounds performed greatly, soaking wounds early on and destroyed 2 units while being at below 1/3rd of their strength. </div>
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Hadesdrake were also good, just as how it performed in my several play tests back home. </div>
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Alright. That's all for today. Thanks for reading.</div>
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Have a nice day guys.</div>
Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-40119245047286063922014-01-22T19:13:00.002-08:002014-01-22T19:13:39.998-08:00First attempt at a Raven Guard SniperI have two Sniper team in my current Raven Guard list. The setup was 4 Sniper Rifles and 1 Heavy Bolter with Hellfire Shells per squad.<br />
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In my attempt to revive the World Eaters and come up with a good Raven Guard list at the same time, I've been doing many play test games back home. I never put high expectation on the Snipers, but they always did more that what I hoped for, killing Be'lakor, taking out Khorne Bikers, Khorne Lord and more marines.<br />
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So I decided to proceed with painting them and this is my first attempt.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>FW RG Brass Etch makes life much easier. Every RG player should have one</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Camo Cloak was a blend of Adeptus Battlegray, Astronomicon Grey and Rakarth Flesh strokes.<br />I went for Urban Camo to fit my RG theme</i></td></tr>
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I received some good input from guys at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/345596205578725/">Hall of Heroes</a>, so I'm going to redo the base to dark greyish urban colour, same as the rest of the Raven Guard.<br />
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Thanks for visiting. Have a nice day :-)<br />
<br />Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-76384248971059888282014-01-21T02:44:00.002-08:002014-01-21T22:40:26.502-08:00Raven Guard Typhoon Speeder Squadron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The recent addition to my Raven Guard.. a Typhoon Speeder (the right Speeder in the picture). Together with the 1st Typhoon I did several years back (<a href="http://ak-skullthrone.blogspot.com/2010/03/rg-land-speeder-typhoon.html">here</a>), they form a formidable squadron that dish out <b>6 S5 AP4 shots</b> at 36 inches and <b>4 S8/4 AP3/6 shots </b>at 48 inches. Not bad for just 150 points.</div>
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<span id="goog_1417551187"></span>Cheap, fast, and effective. I love them already :-).Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-21320687178745393902014-01-08T17:55:00.000-08:002014-01-08T19:42:28.367-08:00Cypher : Lord of The Fallen<b>SO..</b><br />
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In the end, I keep him as he is yesterday, with the addition of a skull at the left leg since Cypher has metal skull on one of his legs. The skull was cut out from a Berserker leg. Painted him in my usual painting style (nothing grand), and..<br />
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.. <b>he's done</b>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I'm quite happy with the plasma glow effect</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Green lens looks good on pistols</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Cypher's Sword swinging behind his back</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Again.. the Cypher's Sword</i><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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Next is to see how he would perform on table. But this week I want to play Warhammer Fantasy Battles. So I'm gonna have do some play test on my own back home. Maybe against the World Eaters since they haven't seen battles far too long already.<br />
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That's all for today, thanks for visiting. Have a nice day :-)Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-29231782390001521462014-01-07T18:02:00.000-08:002014-01-07T18:02:15.405-08:00WIP : CypherI've ordered the Cypher model through Alvin, but somehow I ended up doing this guy yesterday. The idea is to make a model that people can easily recognize as Cypher, with more dynamic pose (this guy has I8!) with lots of movement. Even the <i>Cypher's Sword</i> is hanging to enhance the sense of movement.<br />
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I like the result, though I think the model would be nicer if I use a Berserker running leg instead. Painting is about 50%.<br />
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Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-25833844269476283512013-12-23T16:21:00.003-08:002013-12-23T16:23:10.936-08:00The Carnival of Flesh : Raven Guard vs Dark Eldar 1850 pts Battle ReportRight after my lost to the Thousand Sons, I had a game versus a funky Dark Eldar Coven list as follows:<br />
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<span style="color: #f4cccc;">Ancient Haemonculus</span><br />
<span style="color: #f4cccc;">Haemonculus</span><br />
<span style="color: #f4cccc;">7 Grotesques</span><br />
<span style="color: #f4cccc;">3 Splinterborn in Venom</span><br />
<span style="color: #f4cccc;">10 Warriors in Raider</span><br />
<span style="color: #f4cccc;">2x5 Wracks in Raider</span><br />
<span style="color: #f4cccc;">3 Wracks in Venom</span><br />
<span style="color: #f4cccc;">10 Scourges</span><br />
<span style="color: #f4cccc;">2 Talos</span><br />
<span style="color: #f4cccc;">Razorwing Jetfighter</span><br />
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<strong>Mission : </strong>Purge The Alien, but that wouldn't be fun for the DE so we rolled again --> <strong>Big Guns Never Tire (5)</strong>, <strong>Night Fight</strong> in play.<br />
<strong>Deployment :</strong> <strong>Dawn of War</strong>, <strong>RG</strong> chose to <strong>go second</strong>.<br />
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As can be seen in the picture below, the Coven deployed 2 Talos on the left flank and everything else to the right. Only the Razorwing was in <em>Reserves</em>.<br />
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I deployed the Centurions to counter the Talos. Chapter Master and the Assault Marines were deployed in the centre, hidden from the Scourges by the large Bastion. One Snipers <em>infiltrated</em> to the left and one more right behind the large Bastion. Finally, Shrike and the Vanguard Veterans <em>infiltrated</em> behind the small Bastion.<br />
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My attempt at <em>Seize The Initiative</em> failed and <strong>the Coven went first</strong>. The Talos split, one moved towards the objective and the other backed away towards the square build. Scourges jumped down from the tower and then the shooting began. 60+ poisoned shots and 3 Dark Lance killed 4 Assault Marine, took one wound off my Chapter Master, and killed 1 Centurion. Guess what? Both the Centurions and Chapter Master's unit failed <em>Morale Check</em> and fled towards the table edge. Lucky the Chapter Master and Assault Marines rolled low on the 3D6, stopping just about 2 inches from the table edge ( Phew! ). The Centurions fled 3 inches.<br />
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Came my <strong><span style="color: #ffe599;">First Turn</span></strong>, 10 man Tactical in 2 Combat Squads make a drop right beside the tower. 1st Combat Squad destroyed a Raider (<strong>First Blood!</strong>)with 10 man DE Warriors, killing 6 Warriors in the explosion, forcing the survivors to flee 10 inches. 2nd Combat Squad <em>Rapid Fired</em> towards the Scourges, killed 2-3 of them.<br />
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The Centurions rallied and killed the Talos on the left. Prior to that, Shrike and the VVets already made their move towards the Talos, so now they were stranded in the open. The Chapter Master and his retinues jumped towards the small Bastion, safe from any enemy LOS. The Snipers at the centre embarked the Bastion, onto the <em>Battlement</em> and sat still.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Ooh.. here comes the pain</em></td></tr>
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<strong><span style="color: #ffe599;">2nd Turn</span></strong>. Razorwing jetfighter entered the game and targeted the VVets with 2 Monoscythe Missiles, a Splinter Cannon and a Dark Lance. Lucky my saves were quite good where only 3 Veterans (all with Storm Shield) fell as casualties. Several <em>poisoned weapons</em> also targeted them but in the end, Shrike survived with 5 VVets. The rest of the army focussed their attention at the 2 Tactical Combat Squads behind their line, which they successfully destroyed with shooting and assault.<br />
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Came <strong>my turn</strong>, the Storm Raven arrived just in time to stop the Razorwing. Shrike led his unit to the square structure, closer to the Talos. Centurions shot at the Talos, causing 2 wounds. Deathwind Launcher targeted the Scourges, easily hitting 6 Scourges and a Venom (Splinterborn inside) if I rolled a <em>Hit!</em>, but alas, it scattered far towards the Grotesques, causing some wounds (Don't remember how many).<br />
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Then the Chapter Master ordered an <em>Orbital Bombardment</em> to strike at the same target, this time a <em>Hit!. </em>The Venom instantly destroyed, the Splinterborns <em>pinned</em>. 4 Scourges died, leaving only 3 left to fight. Additionally, the explosion also killed 2 more Warriors nearby, forcing them to flee off table.<br />
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On the <strong><span style="color: #ffe599;">3rd Turn</span></strong>, my opponent decided that it was a good time to start making a move towards the other objectives. 2 Raiders with 5 Wracks each split from the main force. One moved to the south of the large Bastion, the other one to the centre. Some poison shots reached the Centurions, causing one unsaved wound.<br />
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My opponent deemed that the Drop Pod with its deadly Deathwind Launcher a serious threat to his fragile troops. So he pulled back the Grotesques and <em>wrecked</em> it in assault. In the same phase, the Talos assaulted Shrike and the VVets, but Shrike slay it with the Ravens Talons.<br />
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When it was <strong>my turn</strong>, I pushed Shrike's and his unit towards a Venom (3 Wracks inside), they destroyed it in assault and the explosion <em>pinned</em> the passengers. Towards the centre, the Chapter Master led the Assault Marines to destroy a Raider, also in assault.<br />
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As for the last Raider to the South, I chased it with the Storm Raven but the gunship only managed to a <em>weapon destroyed</em> result. However, the Raider was within range of one Gravcannon, which <em>wrecked</em> it with an <em>Immobilised</em> result due to moving <em>Flat Out</em> in the previous turn. 5 Wracks inside passed the <em>pinning</em> <em>test</em> and moved towards the Bastion. Fully expecting that, the Snipers on the battlement had earlier moved into the Bastion to prevent the Wracks from entering it in the next turn. The Scouts on the left flank moved closer to an objective.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>We're getting there</em> </td></tr>
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<strong><span style="color: #ffe599;">Turn 4</span></strong>. The Grotesques moved towards the centre, they're going after the Chapter Master and his unit, but still too far for a charge. Scourges and Splinterborne shot at Shrikes unit, killing two Vets. The Wracks at the centre killed 2 Assault Marines with Liquifier Gun<em>. </em>The Wracks down south moved into base contact with the Bastion and shot Liquifier Gun through the Fire Points, killing 2 Scouts.<br />
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This turn, I focussed on killing all the DE troops to secure my win. Strom Raven destroyed the Wracks hugging the Bastion. Shrike and his team killed the 3 Wracks up on the rocky terrain, and the Assault Marines killed the Wracks at the centre. The game was mine.<br />
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With the mission secured, I sent the Chapter Master (Alone!) to fight the Ancient Haemonculus and the Grotesques. However, the Ancient Haemonculus was not without his own tricks. He pulled out a glassy item and threw it to the Chapter Master... a Shattershard! The thing exploded upon impact and forced 2 <em>Toughness Test</em> on my Chapter Master, of which he failed one and was removed from the game with no saves of any kind allowed. Nasty stuff. Good for <em>Wall of Death</em>.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffe599;">5th Turn</span></strong>. Splinterborn and Scourges killed all the VVets and reduced Shrike to a single wound. The Grotesques went after the Assault Marines, killed 2 with Liquifier Gun, but failed to reach assault. <br />
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Came <strong>my final turn</strong>, Shrike and the 2 remaining Assault Marines destroyed the Scourges while the Storm Raven took out the Splinterborn. The Scouts in the Bastion moved out and captured the objective nearby and the game ended.<br />
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<strong>RESULT:</strong><br />
Coven : Slay The Warlord<br />
Raven Guard : First Blood + Linebreaker + 3 Heavy Supports + 2 Objectives = <strong>Raven Guard Won!!</strong><br />
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<strong>Post-game Assessment:</strong><br />
The game was really fun. Both our list was quite even, fun and fluffy. This kind of game is the one that I enjoyed the most. His list had the advantage of range and uber CC unit. While mine has fast infantry and better survivability. We had equal chance to win at the start of the game.<br />
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The Tactical Combat Squads and Drop Pod with Deathwind Launcher is the catalyst for my win. Bt deploying them behind the enemy, I managed to divert his attention (especially the Grotesques) away from me. That gives me ample time to do what was needed to win me the game.<br />
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What also mades the different was his rolls for the poisoned weapons which was quite low. On the other hand, my rolls were superbly good on several occasions. My rolls were so good that I almost lost the Chapter Master and Assault Marines early on due to failed <em>morale check.</em> Even the Chapter Master rolled high on the Shattershard (hahaha). <br />
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Vanguards didn't do much in the game, what they did was protect Shrike, which can be done cheaper with regular Assault Marines. The Centurions on the other hand, did great taking out the Talos. Those are the only target worth their attention anyway since everything else was with 5+/6+ armoursaves which can just laugh out at their Gravcannons.<br />
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It was a very fun game. One I truly enjoyed.<br />
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That's all for today and thanks for reading.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">MERRY CRISTMAS TO ALL!</span></strong><br />
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Have a nice day :)Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899714643890633776.post-63427606717258701492013-12-22T10:02:00.001-08:002013-12-22T10:02:17.915-08:00Against The Dark Master : 1850 pts Battle ReportLast week I had Be'lakor leading my Daemons of Khorne. But last Saturday was the opposite, the Dark Master fought side by side with Ahriman and the Thousand Sons, against my Raven Guard. <br />
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This was my list for the day:<br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Chapter Master - THammer, Shield Eternal, Artificer Armour, Auspex, Jumpack</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Shrike</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">10 Vanguard Veterans - 5 with Storm Shields, 3 with Power Swords + Melta Bombs, 2 PFist</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">10 Tacticals - Meltagun, Combi Melta </span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Drop Pod with Deathwind Launcher</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">2x5 Snipers</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">10 Assault Marines - Vet. Sargeant with PAxe+Meltabombs</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">3 Centurion Devastators - Gravcannons + Amps</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Storm Raven - TwinLasscannon, TwinMMelta, Hurricane Bolters</span><br />
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The idea for the list was to try out the Vanguard Veterans as they are very synonym with Raven Guard. I know they are <em>points-better-spent-elsewhere</em> especially in our highly competitive meta here, but I've always enjoyed playing games with fluffy list more than anything and wanted to see how they would perform on table.<br />
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My opponent was the Thousand Sons player I fought during the Force Recon Tournament. This was the second time my Raven Guard fought his army. The first encounter was a lost to my Raven Guard and now his Thousand Sons were made even stronger with Be'lakor within their rank.<br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Primary : Thousand Sons</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Ahriman</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Be'lakor</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">2x13 Thousand Sons</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Baledrake</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Ally : Black Legion</strong> </span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Prince with The Last Memory of Yuranthos</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">6 Chosens with 6 Plasmaguns in Rhino</span><br />
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<strong>The Game : Big Guns Never Tire (4), Night Fighting</strong><br />
<strong>Deployment : Vanguard Strike Deployment. Raven Guard deployed first.</strong><br />
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I deployed the Chapter Master normally with Shrike and the Vanguard Veterans as close as possible towards the enemy deployment zone, inside the forest. 3 Centurion Devastators also deployed in the forest and the 2nd Assault Marines just behind them. Both scouts were put in reserves. <br />
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My opponent deployed as can be seen in the picture below. With Master of Deception from Ahriman, he <em>Infiltrated</em> both of the Thousand Sons units and the Chosens. But something I just realize when writing this <em>Battle Report</em> was that he might have <em>Infiltrated</em> both Be'lakor and the Black Legion Daemon Prince, perhaps by mistake. That was a HUGE mistake. Silly me for not realising that. <br />
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His attempt to seize the initiative failed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>The flock of ravens moved towards Ahriman</em></td></tr>
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I began with Tactical Squad performed a <em>Drop Pod Assault</em> right in the middle of the enemy line, and break into <em>Combat Squads</em>. 1st Tactical Combat Squad with Meltaguns failed to destroy the Rhino (Chosens inside), causing only <em>Crew Stunned</em> result.<br />
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Centurion Devastators moved forward, shot at the Black Legion Prince, causing 10 AP2 and 3 AP5 wounds but he saved it all except 3. The 2nd Tactical Combat Squad tried to bring down the last wound with Bolters, but couldn't break through his <em>Power Armour</em>.<br />
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Shrike led the Vanguard Veterans and the Chapter Master towards Ahriman and his Thousand Sons on the left flank. The assault was a success, the Ravens lost 3 man while the Chapter Master lost one wound in a challenge, but they killed 12 Thousand Sons. With only Ahriman and a Rubric Marine left, I thought they might end it all in the next turn. <br />
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But I was wrong.<br />
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Came the <strong>enemy turn</strong>, The Vanguard Veterans were targeted with Hallucination spell twice, once each by Ahriman and Be'lakor. Even with <em>Adamantium Will </em>granted by the Shield Eternal, I failed to deny the spells and the whole unit was left standing still, doing nothing, for the whole game turn.<br />
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The Black Legion Prince <em>Swooped</em> forward and cast the Sunburst spell with 2 <em>Warp Charges</em>. The spell hits the Vanguard Veterans, Assault Marines (2 casualties) and the Centurion Devastators (1 wound). The spell also <em>Blinded</em> all three units (I failed all 3 <em>Initiative Test</em> hahaha).<br />
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The Thousand Sons unit at the centre moved back and killed the 1st Tactical Combat Squad (<em>1st Blood</em>). The Chosen on the other hand, disembarked from the Rhino and <em>Snap Fired</em> at the 2nd Tactical Squad, killing one guy but lost the Chosen Champion from <em>Gets Hot</em>!<br />
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Be'lakor glided forward and assaulted the Assault Marines. I sent my Veteran Sargeant to fight him and hold him for a round of combat. Ahriman fought my Chapter Master in a challenge but failed to cause any wound. The lone Rubrics started to slowly kill my Vanguard Veterans.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>The reinforcements came</em></td></tr>
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My <strong>2nd Turn</strong>, all the reserves came in. I was hoping that the Scouts would came later, after the Storm Raven deal with the Baledrake that would come in the next enemy turn. I can only pray the Baledrake didn't make it in the next turn.<br />
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Now with the Centurions <em>Blinded</em>, I used them to take out the Black Legion Prince. The Prince had no chance against 15 Gravcannon shots, even if <em>Snap Firing</em>.<em> </em>The Storm Raven shot at the Chosens and killed 2 guys. Deathwind Launcher also targeted the Chosens, but scattered too far away. The 2nd Tactical Combat Squad on the other hand, failed to harm the Chosen with their Bolters.<br />
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Close combat saw Be'lakor killing 4 of my Assault Marines, leaving 3 guys left to fight him. Meanwhile, Ahriman took one wound off my Chapter Master.<br />
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On the <strong>enemy turn</strong>, the Baledrake came in, took 1 <em>Hull Point</em> off the Storm Raven with <em>Vector Strike </em>and incinerated a Scout unit with the Baleflamer. Ahriman and Be'Lakor again casted Hallucinate on the Vanguard Unit. They would stay in that sorry state for another game turn (Duh..). The Chosen squad wipedout my Tactical squad.<br />
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I was expecting Be'lakor to easily kill the rest of the Assault Marines (left with only 3 man) in this close combat phase. That would left him stranded in the open, easy prey for my Storm Raven and Centurions. But somehow Be'lakor failed miserably in his attacks, managed only 3 hits (after reroll) and from that, only 2 wounds. With one Assault Marines stuck with him in combat, Be'lakor would be free to do whatever he wanted in the next enemy turn.<br />
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Funny thing, Ahriman failed to wound to the statue of my Chapter Master.<br />
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<strong>3rd Turn</strong>. With nothing to do, I sent the Storm Raven and Deathwind Launcher towards the Thousand Sons. They killed some, maybe about 4-5 guys (Don't really remember). The Centurions shot at the Heldrake but failed to cause any damage. Then it was close combat where Ahriman still failed to harm my Chapter Master. Be'lakor killed the last Assault Marines and moved closer to my Centurion Devastators.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Things are getting worst for the Raven</em></td></tr>
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On <strong>enemy turn</strong>, Be'lakor glided towards the Centurions, killed some with Psychic Shriek and the rest with assault. This time, Ahriman managed to kill my Chapter Master. Shrike killed the lone Rubrics but they stayed in combat. The Baledrake moved towards my 2nd Scout Squad, flamed and killed 3 guys. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>This is the end</em></td></tr>
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<strong>4th Turn</strong>. I sent the Storm Raven to hunt down the Baledrake. The attack damaged the Baleflamer, but failed to destroy it completely. In close combat Ahriman (boosted with Warp Speed) killed Shrike in challenge. <br />
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With almost nothing left to help me clear the enemy troops, I conceded the game. <br />
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<strong>Result : Thousand Sons Won!</strong><br />
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<strong>Post-game Assessment:</strong><br />
Be'lakor again showed just how he worth every points you spent on him. It is thanks to his Hallucination that my opponent successfully locked my Vanguard Veterans, Shrike and Chapter Master from doing their job. <br />
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The Vanguard Veterans were nasty in their charge, killing 12 Rubrics in a single charge is no easy feat. I doubt any normal Assault Marines would be able to do it. But that is all I can say about them. Thanks to Hallucination, the Veterans didn't do anything after the 1st Turn, and were slowly killed by the lone Rubric Marines accompanying Ahriman. In the end, there's only two of them left facing Ahriman. I need more game with them.<br />
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The Centurion Devastators are truly dangerous. It was thanks to them that I can easily deal with the Black Legion Prince. I'm liking them already :)<br />
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<strong>Next:</strong><br />
With that concede, I had enough time for another game. This time was against the Carnival of Flesh.<br />
The battle report for it will follow soon enough. So stay tuned :)<br />
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Until then, have a nice day.Lord AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318189663231734385noreply@blogger.com2