Decent showing at Slobberknocker GT

[ORKILL]

I went into the event with zero games with the new codex. The list was:
Logan

Arjac

Wolf Priest

Wolf Lord with Jump Pack, SS/TH, Armor of Russ
Rune Priest with Jump Pack, Wulfen Stone

5 x Wulfen 4x SS/TH

5x Wolf Guard 5x SS/TH

6x Wolf Guard 5x Combi-meltas/SS, 1x Power Sword/SS

2x Rhinos Storm bolter, Hunter Killer

Storm Wolf Lascannons, Twin Multi Meltas

 

2x Company Commander, Kurov's Aquila

3x Infantry Squads w/ Mortars

 

Game 1 Loss vs Tau

Game 2 Win vs Space Wolves

Game 3 Win vs SM/ Imperial Knights
Game 4 Win vs IG/Imperial Knights
Game 5 Win vs Tau

I finished 6th ITC scoring, 2nd Overall, 2nd Best Painted.

It was a great event. 5 great games and 5 great opponents. There were kegs flowing. It was a blast!

[Karack Blackstone]

Wonderful news! Have some Mjod! *Tosses a keg*

 

So, you won four out of five games, and were able to win against a SM/IK soup, and against an IG/IK soup, as well? Sweet!

 

What did you learn? If you want to go into details, a pretty decent number of the posters in here appear to be all ears towards what you might have learned, possibly done differently, and, if you get the chance, see if we as a collective group can help you see if you can improve! 6th Place in what seems to be a pretty major event is no small feat!

 

So, if I may please, Battle Reports, as you can best recall? Also, how did you run things?

 

I think a most here are still learning the Codex entry units, and how the changes brought by said book is changing how lists best operate!

[ORKILL]

The Storm Wolf was shot down Turn one except for Game 2 where it died on Turn 2. I am considering dropping it from the list. The minuses to hit kept the army alive and minimized damage, as I had hoped. Wulfen Stone is VERY situational, as I thought. Armor of Russ is jewel, as I thought. I'm looking at other builds that aren't so CP intensive.

 

Game one was Vanguard Strike with 4 Objectives. I went first and got suckered into going after his Ghost Keel. I should have stuck to my game plan and sacrificed some IG units. The Storm Wolf whiffed. I moved the Rhinos behind a building saving, casting Tempest Wrath on them. I kill some fire warriors with mortars. 

His turn, my opponent splashed the Storm Wolf, and did some damage to one of the rhinos. 

 

Turn two I killed his Ghost Keel and Stealth suits with the Wulfen and Arjac, the Wolf Priest killed the Stealth suits. The Wolf Guard killed one of his Coldstars. His turn he shot and killed two WG, and two Wulfen.

Turn 3 I did a mass assault with wulfen, WG, Logan and Arjac. moved the Rhinos to support the Wolf Lord. The Wolf Lord Assaulted his other Coldstar using the building in the center to block overwatch. I killed a bunch of fire warriors put a bunch of wounds on a Riptide and killed the  2nd Coldstar. His turn he pulled back and killed the WG,  2 more Wulfen, the wounded rhino, and the Wolf Lord.

Turn 4, I killed som fire warriors in shooting, lost the Wulfen, WG, and Rhino in Overwatch. Arjac got in and busted some heads along with the rune priest and wolf priest. His turn my opponent fell back and blasted Arjac and the boys away. 

 

Game 2 was vs SWs. He had both flyers and he went first, splashing myStorm Wolf and moving TWC forward. 

My Turn I went after him with everything. Shot down his flyer with melta and assaulted the other with the wolf lord and rune priest after Arjac did some damage. I used the rhino, WG with TH/SS terrain, and IG to create a funnel, limiting what his TWC could assault. He attacked the WG and they held until the next turn.

Turn two Arjac and the Wulen hi the TWC and killed them, the Rune Priest went in and helped out the IG vs sme BCs. After that it was clean up
 

[Anarnii]

Were you deep striking all the wolf guard?

 

How would you run the wulfen without a transport?

 

Thanks for the info!

[Waldwolf]

Congrats for you good score!

How important was the ig detachment for the games?

[DanPesci]

Were you deep striking all the wolf guard?

 

How would you run the wulfen without a transport?

 

Thanks for the info!

 

From what i can see his WG are in power armour and riding in rhinos.

 

Could be mistaken though :)

 

Certainly is an intererting way to run them as a more mobile firebase/CC unit

[ORKILL]

The Wolf Guard are in PA and ride in rhinos. The Rune Priest cast Tempest Wrath and Storm Caller and then I use Cloaked by the Storm for -1 to hit, also popping smoke for -1. The flyer is -1 to hit already.

The Wulfen ride in the Storm Wolf with Logan, Arjac, and the Wolf Lord most of time. I can also, choose to use cunning of the wolf on the wulfen and then deep strike Arjac and Logan.

 

The IG CP were critical to using the new strats. Something needs to be done with the way CP is distributed. I would really like to use pure SWs.

[ORKILL]

Game 3 vs SM and Knights

Dawn of  War Deployment / Relic

My opponent went first and moved forward with his Gallant and 2 Warglaives, also moving up with his rhino and Land Raider on my right flank. His other Rhino moved forward on my left flank. He splashed my Storm Wolf, killing one Wulfen. My turn 1 I charged his knight and one Warglaive with Wulfen, Arjac, Logan, and the Wolf Lord (charging the knight and the warglaive). The Rhinos moved to intercept the SM on the right flank. The knight and Warglaive died and then the  Wolf Lord consolidated into other Warglaive and killed it.

Turn two, My opponent fired his LRC at my Wulfen, killing 2. He also killed some guardsmen. 

My turn, the Wulfen moved and advanced, everything else also moved and advanced toward the LRC. The rune priest cast storm Caller and I used the Cloaked by the Storm. I used the The WG with melta disembarked and killed the LRC. The WG with SS/TH disembarked and charged his rhino killing it. 

Turn Three he shot the wolfen with  Centurians  and Tech Marine. His Librarian failed one cast and I blocked the other. He killed one Wulfen.and a few guardsmen. He charged the Wulfen and Arjac used Heroic Intervention to get into combat. He did one wound on the Wulfen and 2 on Arjac. The Wulfen killed two Cents and Arjac killed the TM. He also charged the WG that had shot his Rhino. They were killed.

My turn I grabbed the relic and blocked the relic off using my Rhinos, Logan and the Wolf Priest repositioned to block assault anything coming around the rhinos. My IG continued to chip away at his rhino. I finished off his Marines on my side of the board in the assault phase. 

Turn four he disembarked and came at me. Logan and the Wolf Lord finished him off on my turn.