First 10th Edition Game under my belt...my thoughts.

[OldManKryder]

Hi Brothers!

 

As stated in the title, I just completed my first 10th Edition game against the Votann.  We played 1000 pts. 

 

He had 3 units of bikers, some hearthguard, some other infantry unit, and a freakin land fortress. I took 2 units of 5 man Strikes, 2 units of 5 man Interceptors, a Brother-Captain, a Brotherhood Champion, and a 5 man Termie squad with Narthicium. We played on a smaller board than we should have and that did hurt my mobility quite a bit. I also did not have any  special weapons which really hurt my shooting.

 

Things of note: 

 

- 2+ armor save is boss. AP has really been toned down so our survivability is really good. Votann got 1st turn and only managed to kill 2 models. 

- Termies are very, very good. They sucked up a lot of firepower over several turns and, while they did get wiped out, I brought 3 termies back and ran through several units with them.

- The lowly storm bolter isn't half bad. Rapid Fire 2 throws out a boatload of shots within 12 inches.

- Our units have a lot of special abilities. I forgot to use many of them throughout the battle, something I'll have to get better at.

- Mists of Deimos is fantastic. I used it 3 times during the 4 turn game and really messed up the Votann's game plan. 

- CP are sparse. I never got over two, and I was usually using them as fast as I got them.

- Battle-shock is interesting, but not something that was crippling. My last turn I took four test and passed them all. The Votann took three test total and failed one, which lost him a model.

 

The game was fun, with final score, me with 8 CP and the Votann with 5, with me in control of 4 of the 5 objectives. The only unit he had left was the land fortress, which I was unlikely to hurt and he was rolling poorly with all afternoon. 

 

I got really lucky with my charge rolls, making all of them. He got really unlucky with the land fortress, missing key shots and not being able to use it during his 3rd turn when I had all my visible models tied up in combat. 

 

The strike squad's Sanctifying Ritual was clutch, keeping one objective for me for the entire game and another one for two turns. Playing to the objectives and ignoring the land fortress was clutch this game. I think I would have down better with special weapons in my squads, probably incinerators.

 

Anyways, time for me to get some sleep before modeling some Incinerators and Purifiers tomorrow. 

 

Anyone out there have any good army list at 1000 points or 2000 points? What are you using for anti-tank?

 

[Corvus Fortis]

3 hours ago, OldManKryder said:

The Votann took three test total and failed one, which lost him a model.

 

How could one lose a model through new battleshock? Did I miss something? 

[Helias_Tancred]

I have not played a game yet. I'm still buying/building my Grey Knight force (but I'm almost done!). For Anti-tank I plan on having a regular Land Raider as an option, two NDKs, and a Venerable Dreadnought. I might get a Stormraven just for them depending on how fluffy I want to get with my purifiers and Castellan Crowe (as per his novels). Thats my AT plan. Oh, and since we are so mobile, "strategic" avoidance is an option.

[OldManKryder]

13 hours ago, Corvus Fortis said:

 

How could one lose a model through new battleshock? Did I miss something? 

When you fail battleshock, you roll a D6 for each model who failed. On a 1-2, remove the model. IIRC.

2 hours ago, Eilio Tiberius said:

I have not played a game yet. I'm still buying/building my Grey Knight force (but I'm almost done!). For Anti-tank I plan on having a regular Land Raider as an option, two NDKs, and a Venerable Dreadnought. I might get a Stormraven just for them depending on how fluffy I want to get with my purifiers and Castellan Crowe (as per his novels). Thats my AT plan. Oh, and since we are so mobile, "strategic" avoidance is an option.

I've seen a few list running 3 Librarians they use to psychic down enemy tanks and such.

[Helias_Tancred]

I should have mentioned that. I'm getting a second Combat Patrol Box to round out my Grey Knights. After that I will have two librarians in my collection. I've considered going to eBay and waiting for an old resin Librarian in terminator armor (with the staff) to pop up so I have three?

 

 

[Valerian]

@OldManKryder you don’t lose models from 10e Battleshock tests.  

[OldManKryder]

22 hours ago, Eilio Tiberius said:

I should have mentioned that. I'm getting a second Combat Patrol Box to round out my Grey Knights. After that I will have two librarians in my collection. I've considered going to eBay and waiting for an old resin Librarian in terminator armor (with the staff) to pop up so I have three?

 

 

Sounds good to me. I'm looking to increase my Libby count as well.

[OldManKryder]

49 minutes ago, Valerian said:

@OldManKryder you don’t lose models from 10e Battleshock tests.  

Ah, but you do lose them if you fall back after failing a battle-shock check and roll a 1 or 2. This scenario is called a Desperate Escape.

[Marshall Bretton]

5 hours ago, OldManKryder said:

Ah, but you do lose them if you fall back after failing a battle-shock check and roll a 1 or 2. This scenario is called a Desperate Escape.

I thought that was only if you had to move over an enemy model?

 

That may have been the case for you but I think we are all still trying to fully understand how the rules work now.

[librisrouge]

6 hours ago, Gaius Maximus said:

I thought that was only if you had to move over an enemy model?

 

That may have been the case for you but I think we are all still trying to fully understand how the rules work now.

It is both. If you fall back over enemy models, make a Desperate Escape Test. If you fall back while Battle Shocked, make a Desperate Escape Test.

[Marshall Bretton]

26 minutes ago, librisrouge said:

It is both. If you fall back over enemy models, make a Desperate Escape Test. If you fall back while Battle Shocked, make a Desperate Escape Test.

Thanks, re read that now and I see where I missed that section.