Brother Achiles Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Hi all So I decided to enter my Imperial fists into a 40k tournament on the weekend to see how they went. After many telling me I would get destroyed, I am pleased to say I won all 3 of my games against stiff competition, and ended with a 3rd place overall with a Daemon army coming first with 21 points, Eldar 2nd with 20 and myself 3rd with 19. The only thing that separated us were secondary objective points which were given at 1 point each. My list was the following. 1000 points Praetor: Cataphractii armour, combi melta, paragon blade. Rite of war: stone gauntlet. 2 x 10 man breacher squads, 2 flamers in each, as well as vexilla and sgt's had artificer armour and power fists Sicaran battletank with lascannons and aux drive. Landspeeder: multi melta, heavy bolter. Not very big at all but it performed very well. 1st game was vs Grey Knights (Mission:eternal crusade, dawn of war deployment) Won by holding 2 of 3 objectives (3 points). Secondary obj: First blood (1 point). Total game points: 4 2nd game vs Space wolves (Mission; Relic, vanguard deployment) Won by holding relic and tabling opponent ( 3 points) Secondary obj: Linebreaker, slay warlord, first blood (3 points) Total game points: 6 3rd game vs Dark Angels (Mission: emperors will, hammer and anvil deployment) Won by holding 1 of 2 objectives (3 points). Secondary obj: First blood, slay the warlord (2 points) Total game points 5 We were also awarded 2 points for fully painted and 2 for wysiwug. Overall this just goes to show that 30k CAN perform at 40k tournaments. It just depends how u play. I stuck to my strengths, using stubborn in cover to camp on objectives with my breachers, whilst the land speeder and sicaran went about shooting everything apart. Breachers are hard as, and their t5, inv saves and rerolling templates really helped, bs5 with bolters does help too. Weight of fire wins end of day. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319572-imperial-fists-results-in-40k-tournament/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Glad to hear of your Victorious Results! You've made the Primarch Proud! Just know that, due to the Tourney being 1k Points, the biggest, nastiest stuff probably wasnt out in full force (30k or 40k) which really helped level the playing field. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319572-imperial-fists-results-in-40k-tournament/#findComment-4314705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Achiles Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 I murdered dreadknights in game 1. Took on deathwing dark angels with plasma in game 3 and took on thunder wolves in game 2. I would like to think that was tough opposition! Overall I think people need to stop under estimating 30k armies in 40k. I have played 6 and won 6 against 40k opposition. The reason I took this list even though many on here told me not to, was number 1 to grow some awareness about 30 k in South Africa and secondly to show that they are stronger then thought. With regards to levelling the playing field, all I had been told was at 1000 points I would get murdered. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319572-imperial-fists-results-in-40k-tournament/#findComment-4314715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Potato of Mankind Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Imperial Fist Breachers are probably one of the toughest units you could have fielded. Not sure how others lists may have fared, without the Legion bonuses. I would be interested in seeing more though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319572-imperial-fists-results-in-40k-tournament/#findComment-4314970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Achiles Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 I agree on the breachers. They have become my go too squads, very hard to remove. I think I lost 6 out of 20 in first game, 2 in next and then plasma, storm bolters and powerfists killed a squad vs dark angels. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319572-imperial-fists-results-in-40k-tournament/#findComment-4314990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Yeah I think breachers in Stone gauntlet are a hell of a wall, especially with flamer overwatch and such! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/319572-imperial-fists-results-in-40k-tournament/#findComment-4316075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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