Shrike
Cypher
Dreadnought (MMelta) in Drop Pod
10 Tactical (Melta, MMelta, CMelta)
2 x 5 Snipers (1 HBolter)
10 Assault Squad (THammer)
10 Assault Squad (PAxe+MBomb)
3 Grav-Centurions
Strom Raven (MMelta, Lasscannon, Hurricane)
Aegis Defense Line (Quadgun)
ELDAR
Autarch on Jetbike
7 Warlocks on Jetbikes
3x5 Avengers in 3 Wave Serpents (EML, Shurikannon, Holo Field)
2 Hemlock Wraithfighter
2 Fire Prism
MISSION : Purge The Aliens, Night Fighting in the First Turn
DEPLOYMENT : Vanguard Strike, RG deployed first
RG : Tactical to man the Quadgun. Assault Squad 2 next to them, behind the ADL. SRaven and Dread will come from reserves.
Eldar : Everything (except Wraithfighters of course) deployed behind the 2 small Bastion (played as Ruin) at the centre.
Infiltrators : 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).
Turn 1. Eldar seized the initiative!!. After all the spellcasting, they lost one Warlock from Perils. 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 Stealth from Night Fight protecting my men, they killed only 1 more guy from the unit.
The Autarch and Warlocks turbo boosted 36 inches, stopping behind the tall bastion where the Scouts were hiding. The 3rd Wave Serpent moved flat out to the far left, beside the square bunker. Despite getting 1st Blood and Slay The Warlord, the first Eldar wasn't so damaging.
On my turn, I sent the Assault Squad 1 to destroy the closest Fire Prisms. They wrecked it with well placed Krak Grenades. Grav Centurions immobilised the Wave Serpent right in front of them with their Gravcannon.
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.
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 fearless due to a certain item.
Turn 2. 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 morale check. 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 pinned 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:)
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.
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 Hull Point from the leftmost Wave Serpent with the Lasscannon. Later, the Centurions wrecked the same Serpent with a lucky snap shot, 5 Dire Avengers disembarked atop the ruin.
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.
Turn 3. The last Wraithfighter casted Terrify 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 Tank Shock. 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.
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 wrecked 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.
Turn 4. The last Wave Serpent shoot at the Centurions, took one wound off Cypher. Autarch wrecked the tall Bastion with Fusion Gun, killing 3 Snipers inside the collapsed building. 2 Snipers succesfully got out of the building, but was killed by the Autarch in the ensuing Assault Phase.
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.
Turn 5. 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.
RESULT : Raven Guard Win!
Post-game Assessment :
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.
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.
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 :)
That's all for today. Thanks for reading my Batrep.
Have a nice day :)
3 comments:
Nice batrep. That's certainly an interesting Eldar army. We should reallY have a game w my Eldar army
I'm concerned about the 'Raven's Lasscannon. I know females can't be Space Marines but that's just taking it too far :P
:lol:
@spunkybass : Yeah, I really would love to. The last time I fought your Eldar was more than a year ago. Your Alaitoc vs my 13th Co. SW. We need to have another game :)
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