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Author:	kyussinchains [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:35 am ]
Post subject:	Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Had a game against Steve54 and his Tau last night, and amazingly, managed to take some pics! his list (from memory) Crisis suits - supreme commander fire warriors - skyray, 10 fire warriors, 5 devilfish fire warriors - skyray, 6 fire warriors, 3 devilfish railheads - skyray railheads - skyray pathfinders recons - 5 tetra, 1 pirhana recons - 5 tetra, 1 pirhana recons - 1 tetra, 5 pirhana barracudas orca spaceship my list Tacticals - supreme commander, hunter scouts - razorback scouts land speeders - tornados vindicators (6) vindicators (6) fellblade terminators - chaplain thunderfires hyperios hyperios storm talons Turn 1 setup (note fellblade hiding in terrain, what with him being the only legit target of the tau pinpoints...) IF win rolloff and fellblade doubles forward to pop the skyray in the BTS firewarriors.... it fails dangerous terrain test, then crits and explodes recons call co-ordinated fire on land speeders... ...two die scouts engage recons.... win by one, lose rolloff and break... speeders marshall and move third recon formation calls co-ordinated fire and attempts to hit vindicators, overwatching thunderfires kill three and break the formation, removing the markerlights fire warriors are forced to move but not shoot hyperios stall something broke speeders who left themselves markerlit vindicators double up and pop four stands of firewarriors (ignore cover FTW!) HHeads double up and put a blast marker on them scouts double up and ping fire warriors to break them, killing another stand pathfinders double up and take a scout out vindicators fail to kill anything Hammerheads fire on markerlit vindicators, killing 4 tacs double and miss... barracudas strafe them and miss... stormtalons break recons

Author:	kyussinchains [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:42 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Turn 2 Start of turn, terminators teleport in front of big fire warrior formation with 1 BM IF win rolloff, tacs sustain on fire warriors and do a wee bit of damage, terminators retain and kill 5 stands, but lose 3 in return, termies win, but break fire warriiors withdraw speeder pops a devilfish hammerheads destroy two vindicators pathfinders sustain on tacticals and snipe the supreme commander thunderfires blast some hammerheads recons hit the tacticals scouts engage and destroy pathfinders fire warriors attempt to hit the scouts but most are out of range storm talons CAP.... ...and shoot down an orca full of crisis suits, thanks to the nearby hyperios for the extra crucial hit!

Author:	kyussinchains [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:52 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Turn 3 start of turn IF win initiative, vindies and scouts break fire warriors storm talons hit broken BTS barracuda kills lone speeder vindicators wipe BTS out recons move into my table half hammerheads maul my BTS who break thunderfires shoot at recons scouts move up to screen blitz and miss recons completely Turn 4 railheads break vindicators maybe? end of game just couldn't manage to convert the 1-0 into a victory thanks to steve playing a stellar defensive game, I also thought my scouts could march back to my blitz to claim DTF but they were 10cm out...... thoughts on the game, the hyperios are so much more useful at 45cm, in the last two games I've played they've been actively able to hit and damage aircraft.... thunderfire cannons are great but their speed lets them down, as I spent much of the game doubling, they didn't have the impact they have had in the past storm talons are great, the 1+ int makes them super reliable, and they're as good as tbolts at intercepting, the fellblade exploded before it could do anything so yay.... and the big vindicator formations worked quite well again, they are harder to break and remain useful for longer, they definitely don't feel overpowered at 300 for 6 telelporting terminators.... although steve got 7 hits on them and I failed too many saves, they definitely feel quite weak, especially compared to when they come out of a thunderhawk, I think they are reasonably justified at 325 points, the loss of air-assault is a big reduction in their damage potential

Author:	mordoten [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:00 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
thanks for the report!

Author:	jimmyzimms [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:03 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Oh that poor poor fellblade

Author:	kyussinchains [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:04 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
mordoten wrote: thanks for the report! you're welcome, I hope the provision of pictures is to your satisfaction sir? I'll be breaking out the gargants over the summer! jimmyzimms wrote: Oh that poor poor fellblade yup, the driver was too preoccupied with avoiding getting the paintwork scratched that he failed to notice the deep hole in front of him...

Author:	daemonkin [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 3:31 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Damn unlucky with the fellblade. Great report and beautiful armies. D.

Author:	Reedar [ Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:10 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Good rpt. Gotta admit, after the first 2-3 activations of the game I thought the IF were in trouble... Good work on pulling it around kyuss!

Author:	jimthewookie [ Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:53 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
looks like it was a good fight, and 2 really nicely painted armies punching on is always nice to see first turn first activation would have been heart breaking, i think i would have retained to weep manly tears

Author:	kyussinchains [ Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:13 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
hah I like it! fellblade explodes "Ok I'm going to attempt to retain and cry" fails activation roll tears well up, lip trembles

Author:	Bellerophon [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:00 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Two great looking armies. I really like the Yellow on the Imp Fists.

Author:	Onyx [ Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:32 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Good stuff Simon and Steve!

Author:	kyussinchains [ Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:14 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Cheers fellas

Author:	ortron [ Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:40 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Imperial Fists V1.3 vs NetEA Tau V6.8
Nice looking report guys, looking at the table I initially thought the IF would get owned as it look quite open, and the fists list is pretty short ranged. Still they slugged it out as IF do I suppose. I guess the fellblade would have helped, but no arty or air-assault seems risky against fast moving skimmer armies. Thanks again and pics look great. Cheers

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