Hi Guys
Another game for Iyanden and the approval process. It’s the first time I have taken on the knights with Iyanden and was an interesting and enjoyable game.
Iyanden Craftworld (4.2.4)
AVATAR [0]
REVENANT TITANS [650]
2 Revenant Titans
WRAITHGATE [50]
SPIRIT WRAITHGUARD WARHOST [375]
4x Wraithguard units, Wraithseer
SPIRIT WRAITHBLADE WARHOST [225]
4x Wraithblade units, Spiritseer
SPIRIT WRAITHBLADE WARHOST [225]
4x Wraithblade units, Spiritseer
ASPECT WARRIOR TROUPE [200]
4 Swooping Hawk, Exarch
RANGER TROUPE [100]
4 Ranger
SWORDS OF VAUL TROUPE [250]
3 Falcons, 2 Fire Storm
NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE [175]
3x Night Spinner units
ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE [500]
Storm Serpent, Scorpion
ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE [250]
Storm Serpent
Deployment
Iyanden Rangers garrison.
Wraithblades, Wraithguard 1 and 2 and Swooping Hawks are in the warp.
Turn 1
Iyanden win the strategy roll
I – Ranger OW
K- Tbolts ground assault on the single storm serpent for 1 DC and 2 BM.
I – SS then marshals moving forward and clears the BM.
K – Castellan 1 on OW
I – Revenants double forward and shoot paladins killing 2 breaking the remainder which remains where it is.
K- Errants and the Baron double forward and fire on revenants doing 1 DC which crits and cancels out the holofields on the 1 of the revs.
I – Night Spinners sustain at errants doing 1 DC which crits destroying another knight 3 BM
K – Paladins fail to activate, SC re-roll used passed, advance and fire at rangers and kills one for 2 BM.
I – SOV advance and fire at errants for another BM.
K – Castellan 2 sustain at the rangers yet didn’t manage to hit anything but place another BM which breaks them.
I – Scorpion and Storm Serpent double forward firing on the errants and killed another Errant for another 3 BM.
K – Wardens advance forward
I – The swooping hawks double out of the wraithgate objective to surround the errants. They are fired on by Castellan 1 which kills 2 and breaks the formation which still lands behind the errants.
I – Wraithguard activate and engage the Barons errant unit out of the Storm Serpent. The knights take 2 DC which kills the Baron (as he was the closest) for no damage in return. The combat dice are rolled and the Knights lose leaving one errant on 1 DC. The remaining errant is unable to move away due to the swooping hawks behind it so it stayed put.
Rally Phase
Swooping hawks fail despite SC, everything else rallies.
Turn 2
Iyanden win the Strategy roll
I – The wriathguard engage the remaining errant which destroys it for no damage back, (BTS).
I –The Scorpion/ Storm Serpents retain and double forward and shoot at Castellan 1 causing 1 DC for 2 BM.
I – The Wraithblade Retain and engage Castellan 1 out of the stormserpent. After 2 rounds of combat and support fire from the wardens and the scorpion/stormserpent the wraithblade win the combat with the combat res wiping out the remaining knights. The remaining 2 wraithblades were also broken and they doubled to the ruins near the Knights Blitz. The Wardens took 1 BM.
K- Castellan 2 advance and fire at the scorpion/stormserpent destroying the scorpion and breaking the storm serpent which breaks and retreats back to cover.
I – Rangers fail to OW but only 1 BM is removed.
K- Wardens fail to activate and fire on the broken Wraithblades which failed to hit.
I – SOV move fire move at the paladins which does 1 DC which crits and then breaks the remaining knight. The SOV move back behind the cover of the ruins.
K – Tbolts ground assault at lone storm serpent for no DC and 1 BM.
I – The lone Storm Serpent fails to activate but clears both BMs.
K- Paladin 2 fails to activate and fire at the rangers again for 1 BM.
I – Revenants move fire move doing 3 DC on the wardens, with a crit kills 2 wardens and breaks the last warden.
I – Night Spinners march across the the other flank.
Rally
Wraithblades and Paladin 1 fail to rally while all other units pass. Tbolts fly off no dramas.
Sorry guys I seemed to have lost my end of second turn photo.
Turn 3
Iyanden win strategy
I – Nights spinners sustain at the warden doing 1 DC and breaks it.
K – Paladin 2 double forward and fire on the rangers for 1 BM.
I – Rangers marshal, moving up onto to of the objectives plus clear BMs.
K- Tbolts attack the rangers killing 2 and breaking the last stand.
I – Wraithguard march to hold the objective on the far left flank.
K – Castalen 2 fail to activate which they shoot at the swooping hawks killing one and breaking the last stand with the exarch.
I – The lone SS triple to hold Iyanden blitz.
I – SS (scorpion partner) doubled forward and fired at the paladin 2 for 1 BM. It also held 2 objectives.
I – revenants double forward to the Knight blitz and fired on the castalen 2 and failed to do any damage.
I – Wraithblades engage out of the wraithgate objective the paladin 2. The wraithblade inflicted 3 DC but were wiped out in return. The paladins break from casualties.
I – SOV double towards the knights blitz and fire on the Castalen 2 for no DC and 1 BM.
Rally
Paladins, wardens and rangers fail to rally. Everyone else passes.
Iyanden win 3-0 (DTF, BTS, TSNP)
Thoughts
Allan had some terrible dice to activate on numerous occasions and once the Baron and his re-roll went down in the first turn it was difficult for him to recover with some many activations failing. The Iyanden list is feeling balanced and I am enjoying the list. The list still feels fragile and against the knights the wraith engagements were anything but a certainty. Of the 3 major Wraith engagements I won 2 decisively, another I won but was broken afterwards and the third despite some reasonable damage got wiped out. The knights are a good challenge for Iyanden and I would like to play Allan again when his activation rolls are working.
Cheers
Mic
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