Grudge match

[Brother Biskit]

Finally me and a mate got round to a massive battle we've been meaning to have for over a month, a 3000 pointer between my Blood Angels and the Ultramarines at our local store. The only available table was fairly small one with 4 bastions roughly in each corner and a large crater slightly to the left of each deployment zone. Broken strings of barricades roughly circling the bastions several inches out made up the rest of the cover.

 

 

My list was:

 

 

Dante

 

 

Librarian

 

 

Corbulo and a Sanguinary Priest with PW

 

 

Furioso with talons and flamer

 

 

5 Terminators with AC, Land Raider Crusader with MM

 

 

Lemartes with 7 JP Death Company

 

 

6 Assault Marines with fist, melta and Rhino (Librarians squad)

 

 

6 Assault Marines with fist, melta and Rhino (Corbulo's squad)

 

 

10 Assault Marines with PW, 2 meltas and melta bombs (Dante's squad)

 

 

10 man Tactical squad with fist, plasma gun and missile launcher,

 

 

Baal Predator with TLAC and HBSS

 

 

MM Attack Bike

 

 

Vindicator with Siege Shield

 

 

7 Devastators with 2 LC and 2 ML

 

 

7 Devastators with 2 PC and 2 ML

 

 

His list was (iirc)

 

 

Captain with PP and RB

 

 

Command Squad, banner, Champion, several PP and PW, 1 fist

 

 

Chaplain in TDA

 

 

10 Tactical Terminators, 2 ACs

 

 

5 THSS Terminators (Chaplains squad)

 

 

5 THSS Terminators in LR Redeemer

 

 

Ironclad Dreadnaught with chain fist and PC

 

 

Venerable Dreadnaught with TLLC

 

 

5 man Tactical Squad with PP and PW

 

 

10 man Tactical Squad with PC, PP And PW

 

 

5 man Tactical Squad with fist, combi plasma in Razorback with TLLC and HK missile

 

 

Devastators with mixed weapons Inc PC and LC

 

 

Predator Annihilator with HBSS

 

 

We rolled for mission and deployment coming up with Capture and Control and Pitched Battle. I won the roll off (after rolling the same as each other three times on the trot!) and elected to go first.

 

 

My objective was placed in the crater towards the front of my deployment zone. His was placed in front of the bastion in the opposite side of the board.

 

 

Going from left to right my deployment was the LR between the barricades for the left bastion and the crater, then the Tac Squad with the Priest in the crater holding the objective. On the right of the crater was the Furioso and Attack Bike with the DC behind them. Behind the first stretch of barricade around the right bastion was the plasma Devs and in the large gap was the Baal with the 2 Rhinos behind with the Vindicator behind the barrier next to them. Finally the Las Dev's deployed onto the top of the right bastion. Dante and the JP RAS reserved for deep strike.

 

His deployment again from left to right as I looked at it was a 5 man tac with his captain and command squad behind and to the right, both hugging a barricade for cover. Roughly in the middle went the redeemer with the ironclad behind it and the predator to the right of the ironclad. The ten man tac went in behind the barrier for the right bastion on top of his objective. The 10 tac terminators went in front of the bastion and for reasons that still baffle me he deployed his devs directly behind the bastion with only the PC able to be seen.

 

Red thirst was rolled and despite I believe 9 rolls not a single unit succumbed :huh:

 

He failed to seeze the initiative and the Baal scouted forwards 12".

 

BA First turn.

 

Baal moved forward at combat speed, the rhinos moved up behind it making a triange shape with the left one poping smoke, the vindicator moved up next to the right hand rhino. The attack bike turbo boosted towards the redeemer and the Dc went the same way due to rage. The furioso went forward to play catch up with them. Finally the LRC moved forwards 12". Shooting saw the vindicator claim 2 tac terminators thanks to some good cover saves. The lc devs also penetrated the venerable dread and I roller a weapon destroyed result. Rather than me take the TLLC he asked me to reroll getting a wrecked result instead. The Baal nailed one of the 10 man tac squad and the plasma devs shot up the command squad killing a veteran and the apothecary but losing a PC to overheating. The crusader killed a marine from the tac squad in front of the captain. Finally the furioso managed a six to run and moved around the DC to give them cover.

 

Ultramarines turn 1.

 

The redeemer charged towards my Baal and unloaded it's hammernators right next to it. The tac terminators got a six on their difficult terrain and moved up just enough to get side armour on the vindicator. The predator moved to the redeemers old position, everything else stayed put. My librarian opened his shooting phase by casting shield of sanginius giving my tank wedge cover. The redeemer fired on the librarians rhino but missed. The ironclad and the devastators fired their plasma cannons on the DC killing 4 and wounding lemarties. The predator fired the lascannons at the furioso but failed to penetrate. Finally the tac terminators fired on the vindicator penetrating 3 times. The vindicator was just in range of the librarians rhino so I took the shield saves and passed all three. Go Libby! The assault phase saw him multi assault the Baal and librarians rhino with the THSS terminators and the tac terminators managed to connect with the vindicator by the narrowest possible margins. Only having moved 6" in the movement phase ment that the Baal was easy meat for the hammers and exploded taking a terminator with it. The rhinos speed saved it though as the hammers could not land a blow. Also saved by it's speed was the vindicator as only one of the 12 fist attacks hit and with a 1 failed to penetrate.

 

BA turn two

 

Dante arrived droping to the left of the raider and in melta range of it and the predator. The death company jumped next to the terminators attacking the librarians rhino. The attack bike moved past them stopping right in front of the open ramp of the redeemer. The furioso moved around the DC to threaten the hammer terminators as well. Corbolo's rhino moved up to contest his objective popping smoke. The vindicator fell back to it's starting position allowing the librarian and squad to disembark and treaten both squads of terminators. The crusader moved up next to Dante disgorging it's terminators on the fer side. The librarians rhino moved back out of the way. The furioso turned it's flamer and melta on the thundershielsd killing two and the librarians squad, both devastators squads, the vindicator and the tac squad turned their guns on the tac terminators which were in the open, wiping them out. The bike fired it's multi melta at point blank range into the open hatch of the redeemer, blowing it to bits. Seeing my chance to kill all his armour I fired the crusaders multi melta into the ironclad, missing. Thinking carefully I decided to use corbolos reroll, hitting and stunning it. Dante and his squad then unleashed melta death on the predator, wrecking it. Plesently surprised at how I had in one shooting phase took out so much I took a quick look over what was left. It was about then that I noticed the tac squads plasma cannon which last turm had been hidden neatly behind the redeemer now had a direct line on Dante and his nicely bunched squad. ^_^ There was nothing I could do about it now except hope for a scatter. The assault phase saw the DC and furioso muller the last of the thunderterms and my terminators wipe the floor with the 5 man tac squad on the left wing.

 

Ultramarines turn two

 

Both of his squads in reserve failed to show, leaving his battered force to go it alone. Strangely the only thing HD moved was his devestators out into the open. His tactical squad then opened on dante's boys with rapid firing bolters and the dreaded plasma cannon which landed bang on, catching 10 out of the 11 man squad. Thankfully there were a few ones rolled to wound which given with the bolter wounds allowed me to save the sarge, meltas and one guy with Dante taking a wound. The command squad then added their plasma pistols to the fun killing the sarge and one melta guy. He decided not to assault.

 

BA turn three

 

Furioso and death co bared down on the ten man tac squad, Dante jumped the command squad allowing the crusader to advance on the devastators. The attack bike moved up to allow it to target any of the remaining squads at rapid fir range. Finally my terminators closed on his command squad. The crusader opened up on the devastators with the TLAC and hurricane bolters killing several while using PotMS to kill the ironclad. The attack bike, corbolo's rhino and the lascannon dev squad killed the remaining devs between them. The DC and furioso softened up the tac squad ready for the assault. The terminators opened up on the command squad killing the champion and a veteran.Dante then opened up killing the remainder, personally executing the captain with an infernus shot to the face. Leamartes killed the remaining tac's in combat.

 

End of my turn three was a table, however we decided to play on to see if the last of his guys would come on.

 

Ultramarines turn three.

 

Both remaining squads arrived. The terminators and chaplain made a masterful teleport into the gap between the bastion, it's barricades, the crater and my crusader. The razor moved on next to the right bastion and droped off it's tac squad between itself and the bastion. It fired the twin las and HK at the furioso but failed to penetrate. The tac's rapid fired at the DC killing one.

 

BA turn four.

 

The crusader advances on the termies, Dante jumps in close to them as well. The DC jump in front of the razor as the furioso moves up. My terminators, dante and the crusader open up on the chaplains squad but only kill one. The las devs disarm and imoblise the razor only for the melta from corbolo's rhino to kill with another immobilised result. The DC assault the tac squad killing it quickly. Dante assaults the chaplain while my terminators assault the squad. Dante fails to wound the chaplain and vice versa. Dante's squad kill another terminator and another falls to my fists. Two of my terminators die to the hammers. Drawn combat.

 

Ultramarines turn four

 

His only remaining unit was locked in combat. Dante gets his freak on and smacks down the chaplain, my power sword terminator kills another finally the last goes to my fists. His hammer failed to hit.

 

Final result a win via tabling for the BA!

 

PS sorry for the spelling and grammar. iPad is pants for checking spelling, will correct when I get chance.