Escalation 1st Round Battle Report

[Deathdege]

Hello everyone. New blood claw on the site but a long time Wolves player. I hope this is the right area to post a battle report in, and since it it my first i thought i would share it with all of my wolf brothers.

 

To start off i played in a 500 point Escalation Tournament last Saturday with three games in the first round. The tournament will run for 5 rounds(1 per month) in increments of 250. I am allowed to build my 500 point list and in the later rounds add points in increments of 250. I cannot add to a previous unit or upgrade a previous unit/HQ/retinue. I buy what i want and i am then stuck with it for the rest of the tourny no matter how things go.

 

Thats the background now here is the rough outline of the list i ran for my first 500..

 

Rune Priest

-TDA

-Living Lightning

-Storm Caller

-Saga of the Beastlayer(lots of Nurgle+demon players)

 

Troop- GH(10)

Melta

Melta

PW

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in a dedicated rhino

 

Troop-GH(10)

PG

PG

 

Pretty basic. Tried to go for the solid tactical list that can assault but at the same time hold objectives :P

 

Now to the 3 games i played!

 

Game 1 Vs. Sisters of Battle

IIRC

Stormtrooper Squad

2 Sister of battle squads

Canoness

 

RD1

 

The missions were relatively basic as we were playing 500 points. We placed the objectives in the center of the table and one in our chosen corner. I rolled well and was able to set up and deploy first. Steve had his SOB clumped up with the Stormtroopers off the the side. I had my RP with the PG GHs and the MG Ghs in the Rhino. First movement, Rhino blazed up the table toward his obj in the top right quarter. The RP and GH w/ PG foot slogged towards middle objective while stopping short of my first.

I was able to rattle off LL in the Shooting Phase and was very pleased to see 3 SOB drop to the ground with lightning pulsating through their bodies. Steve was then on to his movement and began to flank my left side with the ST's. They foot slogged while the 1st SoB squad and Canoness advanced towards the middle obj. His second SoB squad moved to intercept my rhino that was heading for his obj. Shooting Phase- SoB squad 2 fired bolters into rhino trying to slow it down anyway it could. Only needed 1 save and i made it on a 5+ in cover(lucky). End or Rd 1

 

RD 2

 

This is where the action begins in a 500pt game it seems like. I chose to play as any SW player would and charge headfirst into my enemies. My movement phase i hit the pedal in the rhino and skirted up close to his first squad of SoB. I had arrived right next to his obj and was happy to at least be contesting it. The RP and GH pack #2 moved up and took advantage of a open field to make it into the middle Obj. Shooting phase- This was the time to bring some heat. RP is first. RP unleashes the fury of the Fang into the ST squad and with the roll of a 6 on my d6 roll end up killing 5 STs with flashlights. That squad is hurting now and the look in their eyes says death. The GH squad that was in the rhino gets out off the rhino and instead of charging i decided to rapid fire into the SoB squad. It seemed to be the right decision since i had been rolling well and a Counter-Attack was soon to come. I unleashed the beast and landed 11 saves into his 8 man squad. 6 died in the ensuing carnage. On the other side the RP and GHs fired again into the SoB squad and deal three more casualties. Its not over yet. I knew i had not done quite enough to call it a killing blow. Steve moves his ST squad up and gets into position to fire. The SoB squad with the canoness moved up into assault range and i almost got nervous. The STs fired into my GH squad w/ RP and sadly i failed one save in the GH pack. Then his SoB squad fired(also used some special forgot what it was called but it gave them a bonus)?.I lost 2 GHs in the fire and waited to be charged. The canoness and squad charged into the GHs. I rolled my Ld check and passed allowing me three attacks for the remaining 7 and RP. We assaulted simultaneously(both I4). The Canoness and RP squared off and i was getting worried. Probably not very smart to get my RP into CC?lol. Live and learn. First in the GH Pack. I inflicted 10 wounds and he rolled 7 saves! that hurt lol. He inflicted 6 wounds and i lost 2. I won by 1 and he took Ld. made it. RP and Canoness squared off. I4 for both again. I used my Force weapon and she had a PW. I made my Psych test and stuff so i sucked the life force from her body! Unfortunately he was able to roll very well and i rolled terrible on 2 inv saves and promptly died as well lol.

 

RD3

 

This was going to be the last round due to time limits but i knew i would be able to pull through since i had widdled him down with bolter fire all game. The GH assault squad in the top at his obj ended up clearing up his SoB squad and eventually cut the rest down with a sweeping advance. The battle at the middle was ended by him failing his last 3(or 4 ?) saves in the last SoB squad. He then only had the chance to attack back and took down one more GH. The ST squad took their flashlights and ran off the board. Game ending in that.

 

Overall i had a lot of fun. It was a gg and different since i had never fought SoB before. 500 point patrol games are fun but i can wait till the 1000 point in Jan.

I also played against Nids and Orks that day. Wish i had time to give those BRs as well but i need some sleep. Ended up coming out of the day with 2 W(SoB+Orks) and one D(Nids) with the draw being the RP and genestealers w/ Broodlord squaring off and decimating eachother lol.

 

Great day. Tried to write up a quick battle report. Hope i did alright for anyone interested.

Also wanted to shout out to Grey Mage for the help. Thanks alot

 

For the 1000 i am planning on brining the above w/

 

Long Fangs(5+SL)

3ML

2HB

 

Vindicator

 

WG(10)

PA

4 PW

10 Storm Bolters

MoW

WC

 

Those are the basics. Please let me know what you think. Positives and Negatives. Thanks a lot hope you enjoy!

[Wolf Guard Nostromo]

Congratulations on your victory - may the success continue into the next round.

 

Your choices look pretty solid for the 1000 points, but I fear you lack real speed. The wolf guard pack looks pretty brutal - lots of firepower - but it might be worth saving this expensive pack for a higher points value and getting another troop choice, perhaps in a drop pod, or a fast attack choice.

 

Best of luck.

[Grey Mage]

Dude, congratulations. You did really well :).

 

Agreed Nostromos, if your really looking for alot of extra firepower... a soritas unit would probly be better- more wounds, scoring, a little cheaper. I think a solid 3rd troops choice would serve you better than either though, and maybe a whirlwind ;).

 

How far is this league going?

[Deathdege]

Thank you. I was very happy and so far i am tied for 2nd in the standings.

 

A Soritas unit?

 

Oh and the league will be going up to 1500 points in the final round. I could take out the hard hitting WG squad and maybe add another squad of GHs and

A Landspeeder or somthing. Maybe even a Dreadnought?

 

What were either of you thinking

[Howling]

Well congratz for your win!

 

But seriously....you're one hell of a lucky bastard huh? From what you wrote it seems like your enemies are constantly failing 2/3rd of their saving throws and you even said "saved 7 out of 10...ouch that hurt" O.o 7 out of 10 is actually quite average for a 3+ save...and you seem to have been very lucky with 6 wounds --> 5 dying there....

 

Oh besides...I had to learn that getting into cc with a RP is indeed a bad idea at my last tournament as well...got charged by a khorne berserker unit...rp was drop dead before he could even attack (damn furious charge..) and that by a normal berserker with poweraxe -.-

 

Anyways, good game..

[Deathdege]

Howling.. thank you i was lucky for most of the games and rolling very well with some newly bought dice lol.

 

The only player that was making a lot of their saving throws was the Nids player who was obviously my toughest opponent. I was very lucky to come out with a draw in that game.

 

Oh and yea RP and CC arent really a good combo even in TDA lol. I think that in the coming rounds i am going to stick him in a Long Fang Pack and watch him reign death from afar. Genestealers With a brood lord against a pack or GH and RP never ends favorably even with some amazing rolls lol.

 

Thanks. I will be sure to post my next round of combat. Hopefully i can keep up the rolling lol