Hi all,
First 'real' game with my BT and facing off against Dark Eldar, so straight in the deep end!!
there could be a couple of stuff ups with the DE unit names though i did try to keep on top of what was activating. just not as familiar with those unit types yet.
apologies for typos etc.
[note: left and right are from active player's perspective, so right for player1 is left for player2]
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Black Templars vs Dark Eldar 20170702
points: 3000
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army 1 - Black Templars (BT)
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[CRUred] Crusaders + Rhinos + Neophyte (4) + marshal
[CRUyellow] Crusaders + Rhinos + Neophyte (4) + emperors champion
[CRUblue] Crusaders + Rhinos + Neophyte (4) + Chaplain
[PREDann1] Predators (annihilaotr) 1 + Hunter
[PREDann2] Predators (annihilators) 2 + Hunter
[TERM] Terminators + Chaplain
[THAWK] Thunderhawk
[STALON] Storm Talon (2)
[SC] Strike Cruiser, turn 1, Orbital Bombardment: left 45, top 15
army 2 - Dark Eldar (DE)
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[COT] Coterie - Archon, 6 Incubi, 2 Barges
[FLOT 1] Flotilla 1 - Dracon, 5 Ravagers
[FLOT 2] Flotilla 2 - Dracon, 5 Ravagers
[REAV 1] Reaver Gang 1 - Succubus, 6 Reavers
[REAV 2] Reaver 2 - Succubus, 6 Reavers
[HBARGE] Heavy Barge - Vessle of Pain
[TALOS] Talos (6)
[TORM] Tormentor Titan
[RAZOR] Razorwing fighters (2)
[WGATE] Wraithgate
turn 1
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strategy roll: Black Templars
pre-turn Notes:
[BT] [SC] comes on, nothing in Orbital Bombardment range
[DE] [RAZOR] CAP
[BT] [PREDann1] double up left side behind hill
[DE] [FLOT 1] advance toward right, behind hill
[BT] [CRUyellow] double up left side, behind hill
[DE] [HBARGE] fail init, hold move
[BT] [CRUred] advance behind hill
[DE] [TORM] advance up centre behind hill
[BT] [PREDann2] double up right, behind ruin
[DE] [REAV 1] advance across to centre
[BT] [CRUblue] march across to right side, behind ruins
[DE] [FLOT 2] double up left side, shoot PRED2, 5hits lance, 4 saves, 1 dead, 2BM
[DE] [REAV 2] retain, double toward centre, drop wraith gate
[BT] [STALON] ground atk on REAV2. hunter flack fails. RAZOR CAP 1 hit, 0 save, 1 killed, 2BM. REAV2 1 hit, 1 save, 1BM
[DE] [TALOS] enter via wraith gate, engage PRED2, PRED2 destroyed, TALOS no losses
[BT] [THAWK] shoots at talos, drops terminators, terminators shoot at talos 1 dead, 2BM
[DE] [COT] double toward left into ruins, 1 terminator killed, 2BM
[DE] [TORM] flack STALON on way out, no hits 1BM
post-Turn Notes: everything rolls off BM
turn 2
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strategy roll: Black Templars
pre-turn Notes:
[BT] [TERM] sustain vs talos, 4 hits, 2 saves, 2 dead, broken
[BT] [CRUblue] retain, engage REAVer, reavers destroyed, 1 neophyte killed 1BM
[DE] [TORM] advance, hits 1xAP, 2xTitankiller, 3 neophyte dead, 4BM
[DE] [COT] retain engage terminators, termis destroyed, 4 incubi killed.
[BT] [STALON] fails to activate
[DE] [FLOT 1] double MoveShootMove shoot at PREDann1, 1 hit lancw, 2 hits reg, 2 killed 3BM
[BT] [PREDann1] double shoot at REAV1, 1 dead, 2 BM
[BT] [THAWK] retain shoot REAV1, 1 hit 1 save, 1 BM
[DE] [HBARGE] advacne shoot PRED1, 1 TK RPED broken
[BT] [CRUyellow] double shoot REAV1, 1 hit 1save 1BM
[DE] [REAV 1] fail init, move back
[BT] [CRUred] march up left
[DE] [REAV 2] march across to right side
[DE] [RAZOR] ground atk, shoot PRED1, 1 hit, fail save, formation destroyed
post-Turn Notes:
turn 3
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strategy roll: Black Templars
pre-turn Notes:
[BT] [CRUblue] engage TORMENTOR, 1 loss each, BT win on calc, tormentor broken, move toward centre, BT 1BM
[BT] [THAWK] retain, shoot talos, broken, retreat
[DE] [RAZOR] CAP
[DE] [FLOT 1] retain, advance, shoot CRUred, 4 hits, 3 rhino, 2 neo, 1 tac, 7BM
[BT] [CRUyellow] double, shoot FLOT1, no hits 1BM
[BT] [CRUred] retain, engage FLOT1, BT no hits, DE 1 kill. fire fight, 4 killed, FLOT1 dstroyed on calc
[DE] [HBARGE] double to centre, TH
[BT] [STALON] filled by RAZOR CAP
[DE] [REAV 2] advance centre for objs
[DE] [COT] double, sustain at CRUblue, 1 rhino killed, 2BM
post-Turn Notes:
final Notes: DE win on VC 2:0 blitz + TH
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some pictures just for eye candy sake. not good eye-candy either like fresh redskins or ref frogs, but bad eye-candy like black jellybeans that sat at the bottom of the jar and no one else wants so they went gritty and crusty...
setup...
an engagement blob near a wraithgate...
something...
end state...
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conclusions...
BT are assault-y but a bit cumbersome.
i think Deb was a bit surprised how assaults kinda bounced off the crusader squads a bit, as the DE are assault focus as well.
BT have nothing on the maneuverability of the dark eldar, and struggle a bit to get where they're needed.
Low activation count doesn't help, but reverting to smaller units makes them vanilla marines again without the BT benefits (raw numbers).
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there were some suggestions (on the day and from others online subsequently) as to list/unit composition which i've since taken on board and will hopefully put on the table in the near future.
my main takeaway from the post-game discussion was (to paraphrase) that they're stripped back so much, what to they get to make them more BT thematic?
- making deathstorm drop pods a permanent formation rather than leave-at-end-of-turn.
- assault termis get a more fluffy shooter. is still token shooting but now allows crappy fire fight.
also must arrive by teleport, and only 1 formation per army.
- add stormravens for transport.
have some assault termis underway in the factorium...
wasn't going to bother but the changes make them viable again.
bottom line... it was an enjoyable game. as the BT player it very much felt like chasing the DE around the board and then landing into toe to toe ambushes when you did find them. which is probably suitably thematic for both armies. looking forward to the next game.
