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If you want a Power Armor Libby, get Servin Loth. One of the only Libby Models with a Helmet on; helps that he also comes with an Honorguard set with some fancy Power Axes and other bits.

 

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But yeah, nice Bat Reps as always! Good to see you giving the Word Bearers a hard time and even stomping them into the dirt (as is deserved) at points :lol:

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So would you say the melta support squad was the word bearers ace unit ? 

 

It seems like the WB  characters  cant catch a break vs that ravenguard praetor at all 

 

 

yeah he locked em all up on the phalanx at some point garro tries to steal one of em and the guys is all  " no  = n ="  

 

Dorn sorta figured he would need his librarians for the siege despite trying to follow the edict and when garro came looking to poach for malcadors boy toys Dorn made it pretty clear that he was gonna be the one to choose when that gun was fired , not malcador since well they were his sons and all

 

I just got a really really good deal on a pewter terminator one  so I painted him up.  Might get a regular Artificer armor version for when Im not running terminators 

 

If I had to vote a single "Traitor of the Match", it'd easily be the Melta Support Squad. Killed 5 Dark Furies, forcing them to flee and delaying my assault plans for 2 turns, then vaping both dreads. I know that a squad full of Meltas is nothing to sneeze at,but they were kicking butt until the Dark Furies came back for round 2.

 

Well Zardu vs a Praetor aint really a "fair" match up. The Praetor with a Paragon Blade is one of the strongest generic builds possible. Zardu is a pimped out librarian. His main benefit of making the Ashen Circle troops doesnt equal a CC character.

Even the Blade Slaves can only hurt the 2+ armor models on a 5+. RR did roll one 5+ (giving ap2 to wound), but the Cataphractii armor proved stronger.

 

And I actually knew that background, I was just tossing a barb for funsies. 

I was happy when the Librarian refused Garro, who I kinda dislike, and chose his Legion over the dubious honor of Knight Erranthood

 

That is a cool Terminator Librarian as well.

 

WLK

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Got in another fight with Rayray this Saturday, 6k, Maelstrom Mission 4

 

My army

Rite of War: None

Warlord Trait: World Burner, gave Shred to Missile Launcher Heavy Support Squad and Mor Deythan

HQs

Praetor in TDA with TDA Command Squad and Land Raider Phobos

Praetor with Jump Pack and 10 Dark Furies

Master of Signals with Missile Launcher Squad x10

 

Elites

Contemptor Talon 1x3

Mor Deythan

Cataphractii Terminators 1x8 in Spartan

Destroyers 1x5 with Jump Packs

 

Troops

Tactical Squad 3x10

Tactical Support Plasma Squad 1x10 

Tactical Support Volkite Squad 1x10

 

Fast Attack

Dark Furies listed above

 

Heavy Support

Legion Heavy Support Squad listed above

Leviathan Talon 1x3

Deredeo Dreadnought

 

So, some changes I made

-No Drop Pods. I figured I dropped in pretty heavy last game, I'd go the opposite route. This was a huge change for me.

-no Rite of War. I've really been wanting to use the Missile Launchers, but havent been able to give up the Leviathans. So I brought both and tossed in the Deredeo as I figured he was getting lonely.

 

I won the roll to deploy and go first, gave it to Rayray. 

I failed to Seize the Initiative

 

Table 

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Word Bearer deployment

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Raven Guard Deployment

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The Praetor+Dark Furies are hugging the Spartan for cover

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While my dreadnoughts hide behind the other Land Raider

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the 3 Tactical Squads deploy aggressively with their Infiltrate (the logic behind they held 3 objectives...if RR drew that card, I could claim it)

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Turn 1 stuff

Rayray's Volkite Heavy Support Squad target my Missile Launcher squad, with horrible results (for me)

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My armor saves on the Plasma Support Squad

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the Ashen Circle than fail their charge due to imposing -3 to their roll (terrain and Void Hardened armor)

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My advance is more cautious than RR, with the RG using the Land Raiders are cover.

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End of Turn 1. The Tactical Squad saved by the Ashen Circles' failed charge Fury of the Legions the Daemon Prince off the the board. Especially quikc Beasts of Nurgle forced my Tactical Squad in the center to flee after a bad round of combat

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End of Turn 1

 

Rayray-First Blood, Psychological Warfare (1), Assassinate (1), Secure Objective 1

WLK- Secure Objective 5, Hold the Line

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Turn 2

 

A Plaguebearer unit arrives behind my RG, dragging Pookie with them

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While the Gal Vorbak arrive behind my depleted Plasma Support Squad

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the Beasts of Nurgle charge my Praetor+Dark Fury squad, who then fail their Fear test. CRAP

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My Volkite Support Squad arrives from Reserves to challenge the Plaguebearers

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While my Mor Deythan arrive to try and halt the Gal Vorbak

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The large Cataphractii Squad then emerges from their Spartan, going after a large Tactical Squad and the feared Sicarian tank

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the Master of Signals, now without a squad to boost and already fired off his Orbital Barrage (did nothing), moves to challenge Pookie (who wounded himself in the Previous Psychic phase)

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GO GO GO GO GO!!!!
Pookie smashes him like a bug
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The Destroyer Squad charges into the Word Bearer Melta Support Squad. The squad is wiped out for the lost of a Destroyer

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THe Cataphractii thunder into both of their targets, destroying the Sicarian and forcing the Tactical Squad to flee

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End of Turn 2

 

Rayray- Secure Objective 4

WLK- Secure Objective 6 x2 (both Rayray's cards) Hunger for Glory (3), Cripple the Enemy

 

 

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Turn 3

 

Pookie (again wounded by the Psychic phase) charges the Dual Assault Dreadnought and smashes him

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the Dark Furies and Praetor after multiple rounds of combat with the Beasts of Nurgle

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the mob of Daemonettes easily butcher the remnants of a Tactical Squad

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the Plaguebearers charge the Volkite Squad rather than face another round of Choom

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the Gal Vorbak, after losing 5 of their number, charge the Mor Deythan. The Mor Deythan flee off the table

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My two Land Raiders continue to pursue the enemy Spartan, which previously retreated back into the Word Bearer deployment zone

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Erebus, Praetor and Terminators emerge from the Spartan. They fail their charge into the Terminators in the ruins. The Word Bearer Contemptor charges the Land Riader, doing 2 Hull Points of damage. (Immobilized and lost a lascannon)

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fresh off of smashing the Master of Signals and Contemptor, Pookie charges into combat with another Contemptor but it's invul save prevents any damage from happening.

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the Gal Vorbak charge a Leviathan on it's last hull point (really couldn't make the majority of my saves today), lose one of their number but the Dark Martyr's rending power fist kill the armored hero

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while these two idiots continue to "fight" in the rear of my deployment zone

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EAT MY CHOOM STICK!!

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End of Turn 3

 

Rayray- Secure Objective 4, No Prisoners (2)

WLK- Overwhelming Firepower (3), Secure Objective 3 (RR's card), Behind Enemy Lines

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Turn 4

 

My warlord, seeing that Erebus came out of hiding, emerges from his Spartan to challenge his hated foe

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the last of my Plasma Support Squad takes steady aim at the last of the Gal Vorbak squad...and over heats, killing himself. The shot that did hit failed to wound

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My Praetor issues his Challenge, which the Word Bearer Praetor accepts. My Praetor does 2 wounds to his enemy, taking none in return. RR saved the ID wound though...

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My Jump Praetor charges and challenges Pookie!

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the results of the Warlord's brawl

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while doing 2 wounds to a toughness 10 Pookie, I fail 3 4++ invul saves and my Praetor crashes to the ground

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The last Raven Guard Contemptor gets bogged down the enemy Tactical Squad

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End of Turn 4

 

Rayray- Behind Enemy Lines (1), Secure Objective 2

WLK- Secure Objective 5, Big Game Hunter (1), Secure Objective 5 (Rayray's card)

 

 

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Turn 5

 

My Warlord faces down Erebus, but before the killing blow connects Erebus escapes into the Warp 

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The Word Bearer Contemptor, after destroying the immbolized Land Raider, tears through my Spartan

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the lone Tactical Vexilla stands against the horde of Daemonettes

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the combined claws of the Contemptor and Chooser of the Slay despatches Pookie!

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the table at the end of the game

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end of Turn 5

Rayray- Secure Objective 2, Secure Objective 6, Hunger for Glory (1), Line Breaker

WLK- Supremacy, Prioritize and Destroy (3), Slay the Warlord, Line Breaker

 

 

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Final Score

Rayray-13

WLK- 21

 

VICTORY TO THE RAVEN GUARD

 

Now, important stuff:

-Regardless of what the above numbers say, neither of us had much of an army left at the end of the game. Above half strength, all I had was a Contemptor, a Leviathan and my Praetor. Everything else was gutted.

 

-the Mhara Gal being brought down by a combi-melta shot was damn lucky for me.

 

-Rayray's Volkite Heavy Support squad was scary. They nuked just about everything they hit, until he aimed at the Cataphractii Terminators. The Cataphractii armor would brush off 49 out of 50 wounds over 2 turns.

 

 

The most important thing: Rayray and I had a good time, good food and drink. We coached each other over the course of the game, advising what had what and reminding each other of units forgotten or allowing each other to move units overlooked.

 

All for now,

 

Wolf Lord Kieran

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POOKIE DOWN BOYS 

I feel like Ray Ray needs to get that Glotkin Model  and use that as Pookie 2.0  the normal model isint doing the infamy justice.  He can even swap the riders for terminators and a nurgle psyker or something I dunno just randomly musing here. 

WONT STOP HIM FROM GETTING EVENTUALLY BODIED 

Man contemptors do work in yer games! on both sides too 

Im surprised you were able to score so well it seemed like you were getting badly savaged by the word bearers and demons , something you brought up in  your post game 

I think  im sold on a volkite squad now ... maybe 

Im glad yall had a good time it looked like a bloodbath of a game 

Sitting here building six thousand point lists XD  

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POOKIE DOWN BOYS 

 

I feel like Ray Ray needs to get that Glotkin Model  and use that as Pookie 2.0  the normal model isint doing the infamy justice.  He can even swap the riders for terminators and a nurgle psyker or something I dunno just randomly musing here. 

It's funny you say that, as RR was saying that very thing the other day. It's been on his list of things to do, but I believe it may have jumped up a few slots

WONT STOP HIM FROM GETTING EVENTUALLY BODIED 

No, no it wont

Man contemptors do work in yer games! on both sides too 

Yea, I feel a little crappy have Space Ninjas rely so much on Dreadnoughts, but i havent found an adequate replacement for them yet. Nothing in the Legion lists brings the heavy weapons and massive CC ability that the dreads bring to the table

Im surprised you were able to score so well it seemed like you were getting badly savaged by the word bearers and demons , something you brought up in  your post game 

Well the mission helped. I think 4-5 of my points (have to look back at report/notes to be sure) came from scoring RR's objective cards. 2 of my d3 rolls were 5/6, further boosting my score. It's a mix of dumb luck and dogged dedication to the mission.

I think  im sold on a volkite squad now ... maybe 

Well, I've never been overly sold on them against Marines. Sure, orks, tau and guard would be roasted by them, but I've had mixed experiences with them. However, the heavy Volkites have 4 shots each, 45in range, and s6. So Marines were getting hit from across the board, wounded easily, and any wound that went through became another. It was a brutal experience. I pretty much just picked up whatever they targeted for the first 3 turns. It wasnt until the Cataphractii's 2+ armor came into the mix that the squad slowed down its murder rate 

Im glad yall had a good time it looked like a bloodbath of a game 

Yea, it was freaking brutal. score aside, it may have been the worst beating the RG have taken so far. 

Sitting here building six thousand point lists XD

  Keep building. Whenever the fabled Warhammer trip happens I wanna see Dorn's boys do more than guard a wall!

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Got in a Maelstrom Game today.

 

Opponent was Uberwolve, the friendly neighborhood Ork.

 

Points was 4,500

 

My list

 

HQ

-Praetor in Cataphractii Armor with Legion Command Squad in Anvillus

-Praetor with Jump Pack and Dark Furies 1x10

-Master of Signals with Thudd Guns 1x2

 

Troops

Tactical Squads in Drop Pods 3x10

Tactical Support Squad Volkites 1x10 in Drop Pod

Assault Squad 1x10

 

Elites

Mortis Contemptor withAssault Cannons

Mor Deythan 1x10

 

Fast Attack

Dark Furies 1x10

 

Heavy Support

Leviathan Dreadnoughts 1x2

 

Corvus Corax, Primarch of the Raven Guard

 

UW wins the roll for deploy and go first, give it to me.

 

UW fails to Seize the Initiative

 

My Deployment


 


 


 

The Ork Deployment


 


 


 


 


 


 

and finally, the deployment of my infiltrating Mor Deythan

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Turn 1

 

The RG turn 1 was not really camera worthy. I came hunting for objectives, held all 6 for the turn, but only killed a single Ork artillery gun...the 2 grot crew lived. 

 

The Orks were far more fun however, and responded to the RG in typical Ork fashion.

 

30 Stormboyz and 3 MegaNobs charge a Drop Pod, the Tactical Squad landed and moved swiftly away from the Green Tide


 


 

Well, not that swiftly


 

Turn 2.

The MegaNobs and Stormboyz earn First Blood with the Drop Pod. the rest of my Reserves arrive, and rather than get in the Ork's face, I elect to land them safely behind me


 

1 Tactical Squad Lands in the center of the table, another by the Leviathans, and the Volkite Support Squad scatters towards my table edge


 

the view from my Tactical Squad...crap


 

The Thudd Guns open up, and the Stormboyz are turned into scraps 


 


 

The Ork reserves arrive, 2 Dakka Jets and a funky Mek Jet


 

Oh yea, and more Ork mobs. 


 

always more


 


 

The Weirdboy teleports the last of the Tank Bustas deep behind my lines


 

The middle of the table


 

The Orks, oh so friggin many, pushing up my right flank


 

My left flank is pretty green as well


 

the gap left by the Stormboyz is quickly filled by more Orks, a Dreadnought and hate


 

the Orks have a hate-on for Drop Pods apparently...


 

As the infamous Jar-Jar said, Ouch time. it ends pretty quickly.


 

another Drop Pod bites the dust


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Turn 3

 

The Raven Guard prepare to strike. Varys and his Command Squad and the Assault Squad move to halt the tide of the Ork mobs


 

Shadow Master Collins and his Dark Furies heroically wipe out a squad of Grots


 

Corax and his Dark Furies charge Ghazghkulland his Ork Mob


 

Corax and friends easily slaughter their foe, but kill so many they cannot reach combat and so consolidate into some ruins


 

Underestimating the aura of Ghazghkull, both Varys and the Assault Marines get locked in combat


 

the middle of the table


 

More Ork reinforcements arrive


 

Many more reinforcements


 

the Ork Dakka jets unload on the Volkite Support squad


 

the Ork Dreadnought moves to face down a Leviathan with the help of a single Meganob and a mob of Boyz


 

Ouch time


 

the Mek Jet opens up on the 10 strong Tactical Squad


 

the Volkite Support Squad survives the attentions of the Dakka Jets


 

The Orks charge Shadow Master Collinsa and his Dark Furies


 

a Warboss, 3 MegaNobs and Mek charge a Leviathan


 

The Ork Dreadnought and MegaNob meet the Leviathan in hand to hand combat


 

Corax and his surviving friends meet the Prophet of the WAAAAGH in combat


 

The Meganob is ripped to shreds while the Leviathan and Dredd trade hull points


 

The MegaNobz and Mek boy meet the welcoming claw of the Leviathan while the Warboss does no damage in combat


 

The Deliverer and the Beast trade wounds


 

While Praetor Varys continues his head hunting and kills the Ork Nob off


 

Taking a single wound, the Raven remains defiant and continues to whittle down the mob


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Turn 4.

 

When there is a moment I know I will later regret, its this one. Trust me.

3 inches away, roll double 1's for the Dark Furies' charge


 

Varys and his squad move into the next Ork mob


 

Both Leviathans finish their opponents and move to cover the Contemptor Mortis from the next wave of Boyz


 

The Challenge continues, but the 2++ of the Green Machine save him repeatedly


 

Varys and his Standard Bearer stand alone as another Ork Mob surrounds them


 

While another 2 mobs move into the center of the table


 

and yet another mob moves down the alley towards my Leviathan


 

the Mortis Contemptor gets the uneasy feeling somebody is watching him


 

one volley later, the Mortis lives on with a single Hull Point left


 

So, the Leviathan's blocking move failed.

One move swings into the Leviathan and Mortis Contmeptor, another mob swings into the Leviathan and Dark Fury+Corax combat,while the mob that Shadow Master Collins and his squad earlier failed to charge hit Corax and friends head on


 

Despite the astounding number of attacks, Varys and his Standard Bearer stand STRONG


 

Things look bad here...because they are. the combined mobs drop 100 attacks on Corax and his remainging Dark Furies, and the unit and Primarch fall.


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Turn 5
The Mor Deythan take careful aim at Ghazghkull and remove his final wound
 
Varys now stands alone against the might of the Greenskins
 
the middle of the table, with the vengeful Dark Furies moving to avenge their fallen Primarch
 
 
one round of combat later, the mob meets it's doom
 
as does Varys. though defiant, the mass of Orks is finally too much for his armor
 
the Mortis Contemptor continues kicking a single Ork to death a turn...more effective than his guns apparently
 
Shadow Captain Collinsmoves to bail out the Assault Squad
 
the final score
 
 
Thoughts about the game:
-Ghazghkull's ability to call the Waaagh every turn, giving him a 2++ every turn, is freaking terrifying. He laughed off most the damage Corax was doing. I think he took a wound a turn on average, despite the bucketload of attacks. UW's consistenly making his Blind Test (on a 1 and 2, really) was just the icing onthe cake
 
-Corax only lasted as long as he did as he repeatedly forced Ghaz to suffer a -1 to hit. Without the ability, the fight would have been over much quicker. As it was, I failed the Hit and Run test when I tried to break from combat
 
-having no real flyer defense cost me badly. the Mortis was laughable, I think he was better in CC stomping Orks than shooting planes
 
-The Dark Furies, or as UW calls them, Magical Murder Death Fingers, were nuts when they hit. Missing that one charge remains the most frustrating moment of the game
 
-the Leviathans are friggin amazing. I dont think i'll ever leave orbit without them
 
All for now,
 
WLK

-also, Fearless Orks may be my new nightmare

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Now you know why the Dual Kheres Mortis isn't all that great. S6 Rending, even with Volume of fire, is Fishing for 6s against Av12+ and only if you're within 24", which is pretty pathetic for an anti-air platform when compared to the Deredeo's Guns.

 

I assume that, during the movement phase, that Dark Fury Squad used its Jump Pack to move 12" thus not granting them a Re-roll to charge distance?

 

For Corax's Fighting Style, I assume you play it that he can't stack the -1 To Hit? Because the way we've read it, he totally can. If you don't, fair enough. Failing a Hit and Run is brutal though. I am surprised you didn't use his "Nope" ability and get him back into reserves. 

 

Other than that, GG.

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Now you know why the Dual Kheres Mortis isn't all that great. S6 Rending, even with Volume of fire, is Fishing for 6s against Av12+ and only if you're within 24", which is pretty pathetic for an anti-air platform when compared to the Deredeo's Guns.

 

I assume that, during the movement phase, that Dark Fury Squad used its Jump Pack to move 12" thus not granting them a Re-roll to charge distance?

 

For Corax's Fighting Style, I assume you play it that he can't stack the -1 To Hit? Because the way we've read it, he totally can. If you don't, fair enough. Failing a Hit and Run is brutal though. I am surprised you didn't use his "Nope" ability and get him back into reserves. 

 

Other than that, GG.

 

-Yea, the Mortis was a early morning "he'll be here in like 20 minutes" decision to round out points and try to find SOME form of AA. I've tried the trantula before and was not impressed, and i figured that a) it's ork craft, so armor 10 and b) he's coming towards me anyway. 

-The Deredeo is a HS slot, meaning if I want my RoW I can only have 1. Right now, the Leviathans have that slot locked down tight.

-Yea, the DF had to jump pack move to get near enough to the Orks in the center. So many mobs, not enough lightning claws

 

-and that's a big WHAT? on Corax's fighting style? I read it as every CC round he picks an ability, and that's it for the round. Did I miss something? 

Busting the HnR roll was a pain in the butt, but when the mob arrived Corax was sitting on 3 wounds left. I didnt think UW would dual charge, and when he did, I didnt think it'd go south so fast. I had hoped he'd focused in the Tactical Squad and Leviathan,which he said he hadnt decided until the moment he declared the charge. As Ghaz was effectively tanking Corax, it really was up in the air who'd receive the mobs attention. Without the Mob, Corax would have either won that round of CC or broken away.

 

and thank you! the first turn was great for my score, but much of my game was running away and doing what I could to avoid the superior numbers of the Orks. UW didnt make that easy and I was actually getting charged more often than I charged, something Im not familiar with.

 

WLK

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For Corax's Fighting Style Shadow-Walk:

 

"Corax Imposes a -1 penalty on the To Hit rolls of every enemy model which attacks him in an assault until the beginning of Corax's controlling player's next Assault Phase."

 

Fighting Style in general:

 

"At the Beginning of EACH Assault Phase [...]"

 

Meaning you can Activate Shadow-Walk on your Turn, lasting until your next assault phase AND on your opponent's Assault Phase also lasting until your next assault phase for a total of -2 To Hit vs Corax.

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