GlauG Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 So, this evening I had a 1500pt game with a friend planned, him with his Alpha Legion army (plus Fallen Sorcerer) and me trying out the FW Mortis Contemptor and Standard of Devastation plus Tactical Marines. He rolled the Chaos warlord trait which granted him three Infiltrating units, I rolled the DA one which allowed my Warlord to roll 3d6 for Leadership and discard the highest. He won first turn and deployed mostly in the middle of the board, I then deployed in the corner of mine on top of a hill and using some ruins to mount one Tactical Squad. Then he deployed his Infiltrators just out of 18" away from me, hoping to bog me down with 20 cultists, and get a S9 Combi-melta shot on my Land Raider with a gift-of-mutation'd Chaos Terminator champion, and stun or kill my Whirlwind with plasma bikers. Then I stole the initiative. A slight roll forwards by my Land Raider Crusader put all of its weapons within range of his Lord + Chosen unit, and my Contemptor waddled towards his Dread. My Whirlwind killed 12 cultists out of the 13 it hit, my one Tactical Squad killed most of his Terminators, my LRC destroyed his Chosen and my Contemptor blew away his Hellbrute. I took potshots at his Lord with Krak missile launchers, and the second one instant-killed him, ar which point he conceded, having lost over half his army by the end of my first shooting phase... He was left with one CSM squad, his Sorcerer, two Terminators, 7 Cultists and 3 Bikers, and didn't think he would be able to kill a Deathwing Land Raider with Power Field Generator with a single combi-melta shot, single melta-bomb biker,or a lucky spell from his Sorcerer. So on the one hand, a pretty resounding success for both the Contemptor (which I had actually taken to test against a different friend's Stormtalon in a Red Scorpions army) and the Tactical salvo spam, but on the other I feel pretty bad for my friend. :/ I know this was mostly due to seizing the initiative (and so does he) but it was still pretty nasty. Not sure if I want to try running it again next week or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 do you have a list? also, awesome batrep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlauG Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Mine was: Librarian (naked), Divination, Auspex Techmarine with Power Field Generator, Auspex Command Squad with Standard of Devastation 3x Tactical Squad with Missile Launcher and 2 with Flakk Missiles Land Raider Crusader with Multimelta Dark Talon Mortis Contemptor, TL Assault Cannons, Cyclone Missile Launcher Believe it was 1500 on the nose. His list was something like: Lord Sorcerer Chosen with assorted power weapons Terminators (assorted Combi-weapons and Power Weapons/Claws/Fists) CSM Squad, don't remember weapons Bikers, 1 Plasma gun, Meltabomb Champ 20 CCW Cultists Hellbrute (DV box loadout) Everyone that could had a Gift of Mutation, the CSM were upgraded with "Uber-grit" AKA Bolter and BP, as well as everyone having VotLW, I believe. It wasn't exactly an optimal list (he was saying he regretted not having transports to hide from the bolter abuse) but it looked like a fair one for pick-up-games on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatchCaptainAzrael Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Thou shalt use thine dakkapole today, the day after, and the day after that one, 'till the end of times, and thy Lord returneth, and thy enemyes evaporateth. - Canticles of the Lion, Of Fustigation, verse 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Immolator Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Thou shalt use thine dakkapole today, the day after, and the day after that one, 'till the end of times, and thy Lord returneth, and thy enemyes evaporateth. - Canticles of the Lion, Of Fustigation, verse 36 Buahahahaha, I liked that dalotz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diavlo Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 do you have a list? also, awesome batrep! Do you still have a friend? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlauG Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 I will never call it the "Dakkapole", it's demeaning and childish. <_< And yes, thankfully I think we're still friends, right now we're discussing sculpting Primarch figures. :P But if it had been a casual pickup game, I don't think we'd have ever played again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatchCaptainAzrael Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I will never call it the "Dakkapole", it's demeaning and childish. Thou shalt not fusseth over thine wargear's denominations. - Gospel of Azzykins, 23:23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facmanpob Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 So, he deployed his Infiltrators within range of the Salvo bolters!?! Why didn't he stick them in reserve? Units with Infiltrate also get the Outflank rule if they go in reserve. He could have kept most of his army out of range of your bolters until his outflanked units came on into your backfield and started killing stuff! Then he could have charged like crazy across the gap while you were dealing with the outflankers. Madness! Good win though :) I'm playing against Chaos Marines tonight I think - 1850 points. I know there'll be a Daemon Prince flying around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elphilo Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I will never call it the "Dakkapole", it's demeaning and childish. Thou shalt not fusseth over thine wargear's denominations. - Gospel of Azzykins, 23:23 Okay, I lost it at Azzykins So, he deployed his Infiltrators within range of the Salvo bolters!?! Why didn't he stick them in reserve? Units with Infiltrate also get the Outflank rule if they go in reserve. He could have kept most of his army out of range of your bolters until his outflanked units came on into your backfield and started killing stuff! Then he could have charged like crazy across the gap while you were dealing with the outflankers. Madness! Good win though I'm playing against Chaos Marines tonight I think - 1850 points. I know there'll be a Daemon Prince flying around! The Chaos player might be new, so he doesn't understand all the infiltrator shenanigans :) Though GaulG could tell him that now and go off against him again. See how it out then :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Immolator Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I will never call it the "Dakkapole", it's demeaning and childish. Thou shalt not fusseth over thine wargear's denominations. - Gospel of Azzykins, 23:23 Ok I demand a whole holy libram now, you earned this on yourself brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiodome Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 So, he deployed his Infiltrators within range of the Salvo bolters!?! Why didn't he stick them in reserve? Units with Infiltrate also get the Outflank rule if they go in reserve. He could have kept most of his army out of range of your bolters until his outflanked units came on into your backfield and started killing stuff! Then he could have charged like crazy across the gap while you were dealing with the outflankers. Madness! Good win though I'm playing against Chaos Marines tonight I think - 1850 points. I know there'll be a Daemon Prince flying around! because the chaos player had the 1st turn, and was intending to move towards cover or get some firepower down to reduce return fire (or something, just guessing). it's not unreasonable to deploy aggressively if you have the first turn, seize the initiative doesn't go against you that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facmanpob Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I'll just say 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and leave it at that ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.