750pts Chaos vs Tau

[knight (M.I.A)]

Ok I had a 40k battle again after quite a long time.

My list:
General with Plasmapistol and Powerweapon, Personl Icon
10 Lesser Deamons
2 squads of 10 CSM with 2 Plasmaguns, a Champion with Combi-Plasma
5 Chosen Ones

My opponent:
Crisis Commander with 2 Bodyguards
2 squads of 10 Firewarriors
6 or 8 Attack Drones
3 Ghosts
1 Hammerhead

Turn1:
He went first and just moved the Ghosts a bit forward to get them in range to my normal CSM but couldn't fire as he was 1" too far away. The Hammerhead shot at my CSM but it scattered too far away and just hit a ruin.
My CSM started to run forward and the 2 squads (1 with the General) advanced a total of 11" and 12"... The Chosen Ones moved on top of the hill and were in Rapid Fire range to the Ghosts. 1 Ghost was killed by Boltgun fire, the other by the Meltagun.

Turn 2:
He couldn't see me anymore with the Hammerhead but now his Firewarriors and Commander openend fire and killed 1 CSM. The remaining Ghost fired his Meltagun at the Chosen and killed 1.
The Deamons came, but scattered into a building, but I rolled the Delaying result.
My squads ran again this turn and were now close enough for opening fire this turn. The Chosen Ones assaulted the Ghost now and caused an massacre advancing a wonderful 6" standing right in front of the building with the Fire Warriors and the XV8s.

Turn 3:
This time shooting was more successful for him. He shot a total of 7 CSM and the Hammerhead tried to shoot a squad of CSM but the armour was too strong.
The Chosen Ones moved up into the first level of the building.
The other CSM advanced a bit more and opened fire on the Commander and his bodyguards, killing all of them with Rapid fire, but 1 Plasma Gunner died due to overheating. This turn also the Deamons had arrived where they should have due to the Personal Icon of the General. Running at the now free position in the building right out of sight of the other fire warriors. The Chosen Ones could finally assault the first squad of 10 Fire Warriors and killed 7 of them in the first turn. The Fire Warriors ran but were killed when the ran. Repositioning allowed me to get in a better position again.

Turn 4:
The Drones opened fire on the normal CSM and the Hammerhead failed to hit anything again. The Fire Warriors killed another CSM but that's it.
The Chosen Ones keep moving through the ruin to the other FWs. But actually the Deamons were faster already and assaulted them. Killing 5 and losing one of them. This squad is running now too but also killed while running. The CSM had shot at the Drones before and now assaulted them, reducing them to 1.

Turn 5:
Nothing to shoot at for the Hammerhead and the last Drone dies against an Aspring Champion, a Plasmagunner, and the General.
The 3 normal remaining CSM advance towards the Hammerhead.
The Chosen Ones and Deamons left the ruin again and started to pursue the Hammerhead as well.

Turn 6:
The Hammerhead tries to shoot at the Plasmagunner with a Massive shot... and misses as always...
Plasmagunner and General open fire with the Plasma Weapons and do no damage except shaking it a bit...

Turn 7:
As the scenario forced us to roll a dice at the end of turn 6 we had to go for a turn 7. He moved away and tried to survive with the tank as it would have been a draw then.
Plasmagunner and General mange to hit and actually the Plasmagunner causes a hit and downs the Hammerhead. Right away the Deamons start to asssault it in CC.

Unfortunately there was no turn 8 anymore. Otherwise the Hammerhead would have died for sure as the Deamonttes would have started tearing it apart and also the General, Champion, CSM, and 4 Chosen Ones would have used their Kraks to attack it in CC. So it was a minor victory for Chaos

[blackarmchair]

Very nice. Way to recover after that bad scatter (not that the scatter dice was being nice to him either). I think he made a bad chocie bringing those drones however, I would have recommended more stealth suits.

[knight (M.I.A)]

Yeah the effectivity of those drones was close to 0. But since he was a beginner I think he played quite good for his skill. He made good use of the terrain, but he still stays too immobile with his suits and tanks. Another problem was that I often rolled a 4, 5, or 6 after massacres or when running so I closed in really fast and caused a lot of trouble. Another problem werer the deamons in turn 3 that didn't scatter that time, unlike in turn 2 (good that they stayed in reserves then)

[blackarmchair]

Yeah, a lot of new Tau players like to keep their suits immobile. They don't fully grasp the sheer effectiveness of the 1ft move and the 3ft range.

[knight (M.I.A)]

Well for me this was good. For him not that much... He should have moved his remaining Ghost away from my Chosen Ones. That way they could advance to the building out of the LoS of the Firewarriors and the XV8s

[Mighty Muffin]

Hammerhead Submotion rounds dont scatter. They are not ordnance, they just use large blast templates. Ghost=piranha? I would throw those away and take some deepstriking Crisis suits or Broadside suits or more Fire warriors. Drones have their uses (deppstrike and shooting vehicle rears) but against power armor they are quite weak.

Feeling bad for Tau player

[knight (M.I.A)]

Every template weapon except flamers scatter since 5ed edition.
So they scatter like everything else. Well against no vehicles Drones are useless. And if I'd have used a vehicle it would have been a Land Raider.
Ghost = XV15 Stealth Suits
Piranhia = Piranhia Speeder

Also no deep striking in this mission. Deamons are an exception as they can't be put on the field during setup phase. They always come from reserves and deepstrike. Only special rules have been inflitrators and scouts

[Mighty Muffin]

Apr 11, 2009 11:24:00 GMT -5 knight (M.I.A) said:

Every template weapon except flamers scatter since 5ed edition.

*Checks rulebook* "Well look at that.." *Runs back to computer* Something new every day. It's been too long since was the last time I played 40k. 3 Stealth suits are good *thums up*

Aww no deepstrike