Had my first game tonight. 0-4 loss vs Biel-Tan Eldar, 3000 pts
Warrior Phalanx (Supreme Commander) 275 Warrior Phalanx (1 Immortals) 275 Custodian Phalanx 200
Eques Maniple 350 Monolith Maniple 200 Monolith Maniple 200 Pylon Network 400 Tomb Guardian Maniple (Pariahs) 375
Tomb Sphynx 500
3 Tomb Complexes 225
Eldar had Bombers, 2x Nightwings, Mounted Dire Avenger host (BTS), jetbikes, guardians, Void Spinner, Falcons and a Swooping Hawk host.
Hilly terrain, which gave the Eldar plenty to hide behind. They exploited it to pop up and hit and run to good effect. Highlights:
- Void Spinner, Rangers and Jetbikes combine to break the Pylon Network on a triple activation to start the game. Void Spinner put 2 more BMs on them at the start of turn 2 and 3, keeping it broken for the duration of the game (no damage). - Tomb Sphynx doubles up on turn one without anything in sight (Rangers wiped out by an assault earlier). Air Force puts BMs on it. Turn 2 falcons inflict 3 hits, breaking it, and finishing it off in turn 3 (failed to rally after t2). - Dire Avengers (BTS) finally chased down and killed by a Warrior Phalanx, it had earlier wiped out another Phalanx and the Custodians in an intermingled assault and broken the Tomb Guardians when they assaulted the Avengers (Avengers broke from BMs after that assault, but rallied). - Destroyers came on in turn 2 and whittled Jetbikes down to 2 units, broken in turn 3 before acting. - Only the Pylons remained on the board in turn 3, all other units killed or phased out.
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