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(I had declared I was bringing in the Avatar, went to get a drink, and my opponent had started placing his teleporters already... so I took a quick snap...)
Turn 1
Biel-Tan called forth the Avatar and placed him at the vanguard of their forces.
Necrons teleported in a lot?
The two Pylons were placed within support range of each other upon a hill near Necron Objective 2, in the trees for cover. ?Monoliths 1 and 2 appeared in a "crescent" on the western flank of the Eldar. ?The Deceiver appeared in the ruins east of the Eldar. ?Incredibly, the Necrons didn't receive a single blast marker for any formations!
Necrons took a big risk in needing to go first with this deployment, but it paid off as we shall see. ?After the game we ran a "simulation" to see what would've happened had the Eldar gone first? well, lets just say any army can suffer the shock of losing in Turn 1?
Strategy Roll: Necrons
The Deceiver works his deceptions by sustaining fire and weaving his despair over the Eldar, catching the Guardians, the Fire Prisms, the Phantom Titan and the Avatar in his web of lies. ?One Guardian gives up the ghost and the Titan suffers 1 DC of damage? but lots of blast markers are sown?
Phalanx 1 emerges from the Portal of Monolith 1 and engages the disoriented and co-mingled Avatar, Falcons, Fire Prisms, Guardians, and Phantom Titan? with the support of both Monolith formations? The Eldar barely seem to know what hit them? the Titan scores a single hit, which is saved, and many of the other warriors and tanks can't get good shots on the enemy. ?In the end only the Avatar does anything worthwhile, killing the Necron Lord, an Immortal, and a Warrior, while the Falcons are wiped out, the Titan suffers 3 DC damage and looses its holofields to a crit, the all that remains of the Guardian Warhost is the Farseer, a Support Weapon, and a Guardian stand. ?The Necrons win handily, and the undamaged Fire Prisms make a lateral withdrawl towards the east, while the Titan and Avatar stand their ground and the fragmented Guardians flee deeper into the battlefield.
(Wow, that was a heckuva fight! ?Having the Avatar and Titan within the support Range of the Monoliths meant they generated a whooping 18 FF support attacks for the Necrons, plus more from the other nearby units. ?Since you can't double up hits until everyone in range has had hits assigned, it meant a *lot* of Eldar getting slammed.
As to the "sim" of the Eldar going first, well, the Phantom sustained fire on one Monolith formation, destroying it, and then the Falcons did the same to the other Monolith, so, it was definitely a gamble for the Necrons.)
Knowing that the fate of the Eldar lies in their blood-stained hands, the Cornucopia of Death engages the co-mingled Phalanx 1 and the two Monolith formations. ?Using incredible tactical cunning, the Aspect Warriors use their nearby broken war engines to shield themselves from the enemy Monoliths, only allowing a few of the Necron Warriors to bring their weapons to bear upon them. ?One brave Fire Dragon Unit dies, but the Necron Phalanx is wiped out and the Monoliths are broken. ?The Eldar let out a ragged cheer.
Pylon 1 detects the presence of enemies. ?It sustains fire on the two just-barely-visible Fire Prisms of Death-from-Afar and annihilates the broken unit.
With no worthwhile targets nearby, Pylon 2 goes onto overwatch.
Driven mad by the deaths of their companions, the Waywatchers rush forward to engage Pylon 2, but overwatch fire and Gauss Flux Arcs make short work of the Rangers?
Eques 1 emerges from Monolith 2 to advance on the smoldering Phantom Titan. ?Remarkably, the Eldar Titan's reinforced armour protects it where its holofields failed and it suffers only a single DC of damage.
Eques 2 doubles out of the Tomb Complex and fires on the Fatedealers, killing a Guardian.
Lurking in the Webway, the Unseen burst forth from the Wraithgate to engage Pylon 1. ?The deathspinners make short work of the Necron device and it explodes! ?The Autarch eyes the next Pylon hungily?
Rallies:
All the broken Necron units fade away, and all the Eldar except the Cornucopia rally?
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