Ulthwe vs Dark Angels 19 sep 14

Dark Angels 3.X:
Deathwing + Deathwing Spt + Grand Master
Deathwing + librarian
Deathwing
Tactical + hunter
Assault
Thunderhawk
Ravenwing (all atk bikes changed to LS Tornados)
Ravenwing Air (Nephilim)
Ironwing (4x executioners)

Eldar:
TBC
(Cal, please add below)

Deployment:




Turn one

Elder win strategy and force DA for first turn.
DA march tactical formation to occupy buildings on eastern flank.
Eldar double Phantom and shoot predator formation, killing two.


DA executioners attempt to Marshall but fail and break, formation flees east to occupy ground behind tacticals
Elder sword of vaul one advance and shoot broken predator formation, wiping out remaining vehicles.
DA aircraft ground attack sword of vaul two, hitting two six times for two deaths breaking the formation.
Eldar double night spinners and DF tactical formation, hitting one vehicle.
DA ground attack with thunder hawk on jet bikes hitting one for no deaths
Eldar double black guardian host to occupy west of wraith gate.

DA raven wing double to occupy area surrounding phantom and shoot black guardians for one hit no losses.
Eldar Guardian war host one double and shoot raven wing, for no hits.

Eldar jet bikes engage clipping raven wing winning the combat and killing seven DA for one jet bike


Rally phase
Raven wing fail
Jet bikes fail
Guardians pass
Swords of vaul two passed

Turn two
DA teleport death wing three to buildings on eastern flank
Eldar summon avatar nearby to first death wing squad
DA teleport death wing one and two into centre location IVO phantom and black guardians
All DA suffer bms for teleport


DA win strategy
DA ground attack with aircraft, losing one inbound to flak, hitting and killing four black guardians
DA retain and combined assault with death wing one and two against intermingled black guardians and swords of vaul, wiping out both eldar formations losing one terminator stand in response.
Eldar engage death wing three with avatar and guardian war host, eldar kill two in return for seven losses including the avatar. Eldar lose the assault by two and flee to DA blitz.

Eldar retain with night spinners and sustained fire death wing two, hitting two, killing one.

DA tacticals double to blitz and shoot broken guardian war host killing one.
DA retain and ground attack with gunship deploying assault marines against phantom Titan, DA lose two marines for one DC lost on phantom, eldar win assault by one, destroying thank and assault flee to woods in centre of board.
Eldar sustain fire with phantom against death wing one breaking formation by killing three.
Eldar engage with guardian war host two against death wing one, eldar win by one destroying death wing and breaking death wing two.
Eldar jet bikes engage death wing one, eldar win assault by two but break and occupy centre to disrupt rally rolls.


Rally phase
Tacticals pass
Guardians fail
Death wing three pass
Jet bikes fail
Death wing two rally
Guardian war host one rally on blitz
Raven wing rallies

Turn three
DA win strategy

Death wing two fail to engage and mill around in the centre of board, shooting sword of vaul one
Eldar advance with sword vaul two and shoot tacticals, scoring four hits, killing two.
DA death wing three engage night spinners, DA lose assault and are wiped out.
Eldar phantom advances and shoots tacticals, killing one.
DA double with tacticals to occupy eastern buildings IVO obj
Eldar night spinners fail activation and shoot tacticals, breaking them with two hits no kills.
DA ground attack fails.
Eldar double and kill last raven wing speeder.

Eldar victory with T&H, Blitz, TSNP and BTS Vs Hunt for the fallen BTS

I had thought the list required 1 core choice per line formation, but on revisiting the list you can have 2 line formations per core unit. Either way the list pretty much relied on the 3 terminator formations to do the work, the problem with teleporting each one was the lack of mobility once they came down.

I made a lot of silly mistakes this game, but in doing it a again I would have put one group of terminators in the thunderhawk, and been more cautious with the ravenwing. I had hoped the ground attacks would take care of the jetbikes but when it failed I still moved the RW up way too aggressively and that cost me. I also had little to deal with the phantom, I should have hid more to avoid its pulsars. Annoyingly its so mobile, its harder to hide from than say a warlord and comes with decent AA.

Having no titans of my own, I relied on the Nephilim for ranged firepower and they were fairly effective. Had CAL taken nightwings I think things would have been even more difficult for me.

I might look to drop the DW numbers in the future to invest in some landraiders for mobile staying power and a whirlwind formation or RW support formation.

Geoff,

List was as follows:

Ulthwe Pixies of Doom

Guardian Warhost Mounted
Guardian Warhost + 2 Wraithguard, + 3 x Platforms
Black Guardians Mounted + Seer Council
Swords of Vaul - 4 Prisms & Firestorm
Swords of Vaul - 4 Prisms & Firestorm
Night Spinners
Jetbikes
Phantom
Avatar
Portal

I had read the DA list the same way as Geoff had. I think maybe rewording the list would make things easier. Even lay it out a bit better would be an idea.

I think the Nephilm are too cheap for what they brought to the party. I think on the night we both had some bad luck. The dice gods were against me and there was a lot of 1 coming up for both shooting and saving throws. The DA suffered the lack of mobility and it was easy to pen them in and pick them apart.

We shall see what the next round of testing brings.

Cheers
Aaron