RayJ Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I've spent the last several months working on Dark Eldar and Grey Knights, so I haven't had a lot of play time with my Dark Angels, but they are always the goto army when I want to compete on a comfortable level. Today The Foundry had it's qualifier for the Alabama CAGE Match, and I brought out the Deathwing. The CAGE Match is using the ATC Rules. You can find out more about the ATC Here. I'll type up individual reports later, just wanted to give a synopsis and let everyone know I do still play this game :) Here is the list I ran: Belial w/ TH/SS DW Command w/ 5x TH/SS, Apothecary, Standard, CML 4x Deathwing Squads w/ CML, Chainfist & 2x TH/SS RW Attack Squadron w/ 2 Meltaguns, chainsword, Multimelta AB, PW, Meltabombs 2x RW Support Squadron w/ MM/Typhoon 2x Predator w/ Turret Autocannon & Lascannon Sponson First Match vs Grey Knights (Draigowing) | Pitched Battle deployment Result: Full Win, 30 points out of 30. Second Match vs IG | Sperhead deployment Result: Full Win, 30 points out of 30 Third Match vs Necrons (Scarab/Wraith Spam) | Dawn of War deployment Result: Loss, 10 points out of 30 (I won on C&C, lost on SG & KP) Each round was 2.5 hours, which is kind of draining. We've been doing a lot of 1500 point events lately with 1.5 hour rounds which I really like, so this just felt a lot like a gauntlet. I was goofing off and making bizarre plays in the 3rd game, and ended up just grabbing an objective in the corner and making sure his troops weren't able to get more than their one. His Wraiths and Scarabs probably made 600 attacks or so over the course of the game, and I was returning the favor with lots of instant death. The top 2 spots (the Necron player and myself) will be representing our store in the next event and competing for a chance at the awesome banner made by JawaBalls. I need to get a lot more games in so that I'm ready for the 2-day event. It's gonna be at the end of march, so I've got time to prepare and get myself ready for a grueling gauntlet. In formats like ATC and NOVA, Deathwing fare very well, but it takes a lot out of you as you have to carefully plan out 7 turns of movement and reactions for 7 turns before you even deploy. This army wins by barely holding on and simply being stubborn. Very fitting for DW, IMO. First place was 3-0 with 80 total points, 3rd place was 2-1 with 60 total points, and I had 2nd place at 2-1 with 70 points. Grabbed myself a second Storm Raven with my winnings to help finish up my Grey Knights list (just need a couple of Lascannon/Plasmagun turrets for my razorbacks to have the full 2k list finished there) Reports to come later. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/245832-dark-angels-at-the-huntsville-cage-qualifier/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
skink Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Always great to hear about successes with our codex; good on you. Looking forward to reading the reports! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/245832-dark-angels-at-the-huntsville-cage-qualifier/#findComment-2973758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Lucifer Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Jolly good show! I look forward to the battle-reports. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/245832-dark-angels-at-the-huntsville-cage-qualifier/#findComment-2973793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droma Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Nice job RayJ. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/245832-dark-angels-at-the-huntsville-cage-qualifier/#findComment-2974044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Great result. Best of luck for the next round Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/245832-dark-angels-at-the-huntsville-cage-qualifier/#findComment-2974131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercy 0f Spades Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I saw the name of the town "Huntsville" and I thought you were talking about Texas! Got excited there for just a minute. Oh well, Alabama is a little out of my driving distance for a tournament. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/245832-dark-angels-at-the-huntsville-cage-qualifier/#findComment-2974480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimdarkness Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Congrats and good luck in march. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/245832-dark-angels-at-the-huntsville-cage-qualifier/#findComment-2974582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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