Post by dangerrod on Jul 13, 2013 21:21:09 GMT -5
Did another one day tournament yesterday, here in Perth, came second overall out of 32 players!
A little surprising!
My List
HQ
Company Command Squad - 165
X4 Plasma Guns
Chimera
TROOPS
Veteran Squad - 170
X3 Plasma Gunners
Chimera
Platoon Command Squad - 70
X4 Melta Gunners
X3 Combined Infantry Squads - 230
Commissar
X3 Flamers
X3 Autocannons
FAST ATTACK
Vendetta - 130
Vendetta - 130
Hellhound - 130
HEAVY SUPPORT
Manticore - 160
Manticore - 160
FORTIFICATIONS
Aegis Defence Line - 100
Quad Gun
SPACE WOLVES ALLIES
Rune Priest - 120
Terminator Armour
x8 Grey Hunters - 150
x1 Melta Gun
x1 Poer Fist
Drop Pod - 35
First Game (DoW/Kill Points) against Crimson Fists (MAJOR WIN) - Pedro Kantor, a unit of Assault Marines, TH/SS Termies, plenty of vanilla marines and a Land Raider.
Was a good first game, the young lad playing had never done a tournament before and i felt kinda bad as by turn three all he had left were a few termies and a few marines. Game highlights, Pedro coping a face full of lascannons from a Vendetta! Also the Rune Priest taking out 7-8 marines with JoTWW. Ended up tabling him in 4 turns
Second Game (HaA/Big Guns) against Dark Eldar (Eldar allies) (MAJOR WIN)- First ever game against DE, not 100% sure of his list. I know he had three raiders and three ravagers (I think) plus some eldar jet bikes a wraithknight plus witches, trueborn, scourges and some troops. Farseer and Archon HQ's. Well, what a first turn here! SW's drop pod right at the back of his lines deployed and then the rune priest did his thing! JoTWW straight at the wraithknight......goodbye wraithknight! Then the Manticores insta-gibbed his Archon hiding out in his guardian unit! After that it was almost a formality although it actually went to 6 turns.
Third Game (V/The Scouring) against Tau (Eldar allies) (MAJOR LOSS) - Usual Tau list! Far too much S7 and SMS bullcrap! He started with both his Skyrays off the board so my Manticores wouldn't have two easy targets. First turn and the SW landed right in his lines and he proceeded to intercept with EVERYTHING in his army (his first turn was just movement!) which killed all the SW including the Rune Priest! The maticores had a field day an wiped his whole broadsides suits off the table along with his Farseer in the same unit. After that it was just the usual Tau shenanigans, with them eventually tabling me on turn 5. Is it me or does the new Tau codex play like a Forgeworld book?? He eventually went on to win overall at the tournament
Fourth Game (DoW/Crusade) against Chaos Space Marines (MAJOR WIN)- Kharn in a lnad raider, two Helldrakes, 8 Obliteratrs and assorted other troops. I was a little worried by this list, with all that S9 AP2 coming my way first turn I didn't think I would last past turn two (he had first turn) Well.... after popping his land raider in turn three and then proceeding to rapid firing his whole Kharn squad to death it was over by the end of turn four. The Helldrakes went donw to an intercepting Quad gun and then the other with a Vendetta after only killing one Guardsmen and stunning the CC Chimera it was kind of game over. All his obliterators went down to the SW's and the plasma vets. Good game to finish on
A good day, seroiusly wasn't expecting to place that high! But after three major wins (two of the games ended with 45+ minutes left on the clock!)and a pretty high sportsman and painting score I placed second overall.
I'm really liking the list, the SW's and the Rune Priest are an amazing distraction unit allowing the Manticores to do their thing, the Vendettas are punishing. I may drop the HH but I'm not sure what for TBH, I don't want another Vendetta without having an Astropath to (almost) guarantee second turn arrival. Maybe another Manticore......
Keen for any feedback
A little surprising!
My List
HQ
Company Command Squad - 165
X4 Plasma Guns
Chimera
TROOPS
Veteran Squad - 170
X3 Plasma Gunners
Chimera
Platoon Command Squad - 70
X4 Melta Gunners
X3 Combined Infantry Squads - 230
Commissar
X3 Flamers
X3 Autocannons
FAST ATTACK
Vendetta - 130
Vendetta - 130
Hellhound - 130
HEAVY SUPPORT
Manticore - 160
Manticore - 160
FORTIFICATIONS
Aegis Defence Line - 100
Quad Gun
SPACE WOLVES ALLIES
Rune Priest - 120
Terminator Armour
x8 Grey Hunters - 150
x1 Melta Gun
x1 Poer Fist
Drop Pod - 35
First Game (DoW/Kill Points) against Crimson Fists (MAJOR WIN) - Pedro Kantor, a unit of Assault Marines, TH/SS Termies, plenty of vanilla marines and a Land Raider.
Was a good first game, the young lad playing had never done a tournament before and i felt kinda bad as by turn three all he had left were a few termies and a few marines. Game highlights, Pedro coping a face full of lascannons from a Vendetta! Also the Rune Priest taking out 7-8 marines with JoTWW. Ended up tabling him in 4 turns
Second Game (HaA/Big Guns) against Dark Eldar (Eldar allies) (MAJOR WIN)- First ever game against DE, not 100% sure of his list. I know he had three raiders and three ravagers (I think) plus some eldar jet bikes a wraithknight plus witches, trueborn, scourges and some troops. Farseer and Archon HQ's. Well, what a first turn here! SW's drop pod right at the back of his lines deployed and then the rune priest did his thing! JoTWW straight at the wraithknight......goodbye wraithknight! Then the Manticores insta-gibbed his Archon hiding out in his guardian unit! After that it was almost a formality although it actually went to 6 turns.
Third Game (V/The Scouring) against Tau (Eldar allies) (MAJOR LOSS) - Usual Tau list! Far too much S7 and SMS bullcrap! He started with both his Skyrays off the board so my Manticores wouldn't have two easy targets. First turn and the SW landed right in his lines and he proceeded to intercept with EVERYTHING in his army (his first turn was just movement!) which killed all the SW including the Rune Priest! The maticores had a field day an wiped his whole broadsides suits off the table along with his Farseer in the same unit. After that it was just the usual Tau shenanigans, with them eventually tabling me on turn 5. Is it me or does the new Tau codex play like a Forgeworld book?? He eventually went on to win overall at the tournament
Fourth Game (DoW/Crusade) against Chaos Space Marines (MAJOR WIN)- Kharn in a lnad raider, two Helldrakes, 8 Obliteratrs and assorted other troops. I was a little worried by this list, with all that S9 AP2 coming my way first turn I didn't think I would last past turn two (he had first turn) Well.... after popping his land raider in turn three and then proceeding to rapid firing his whole Kharn squad to death it was over by the end of turn four. The Helldrakes went donw to an intercepting Quad gun and then the other with a Vendetta after only killing one Guardsmen and stunning the CC Chimera it was kind of game over. All his obliterators went down to the SW's and the plasma vets. Good game to finish on
A good day, seroiusly wasn't expecting to place that high! But after three major wins (two of the games ended with 45+ minutes left on the clock!)and a pretty high sportsman and painting score I placed second overall.
I'm really liking the list, the SW's and the Rune Priest are an amazing distraction unit allowing the Manticores to do their thing, the Vendettas are punishing. I may drop the HH but I'm not sure what for TBH, I don't want another Vendetta without having an Astropath to (almost) guarantee second turn arrival. Maybe another Manticore......
Keen for any feedback
