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Chroma and i got together again to play a game and this one did not disappoint. much fun an revelry was to be had
i decided to try out the fan-made heavy mech list- much thanks to chroma for letting this noob try out something way above his pay scale
chroma brought his tau that he would have brought to NEAT this year
Photos to follow as soon as Chroma figures out how to get them off his phone
Chroma's NEAT IX Tau Army List, 3000 POINTS
Tau Third Phase Expansion (6.8 Approved)
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CRISIS BATTLESUIT CADRE [325]
4 XV8 Crisis Battlesuit, Shas'o
CRISIS BATTLESUIT CADRE [350]
6 XV8 Crisis Battlesuit, Shas'el
FIRE WARRIOR CADRE [350]
6 Fire Warriors, 3 Devilfish, Skyray, Bonded Team
ARMOUR SUPPORT GROUP [425]
4 Hammerhead Gunship (Railhead), Skyray, 2 extra Hammerhead Gunships (Rail- or Fusionhead)
STEALTH GROUP [225]
6 XV15 Stealth Units
RECON SKIMMER GROUP [175]
3 Tetra, 3 Piranha
RECON SKIMMER GROUP [175]
3 Tetra, 3 Piranha
BROADSIDE GROUP [300]
6 XV88 Broadsides
ARMOUR SUPPORT GROUP [325]
4 Hammerhead Gunship (Railhead), Skyray
PATHFINDER GROUP [200]
4 Pathfinders, 2 Devilfish
BARRACUDA SQUADRON [150]
2 Barracuda Fighters
I brought the following heavy mech
Admiral Belisarius's Heavy Mech Army 3025 POINTS
HEAVY MECHANIZED LIST 0.6 Experimental
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HEAVY MECHANIZED COMPANY [450]
One Supreme Commander Unit, 12 IG Infantry, 2 Crassus, Hydra
HEAVY MECHANIZED COMPANY [400]
One Commander Unit, 12 IG Infantry, 2 Crassus, Hydra
HEAVY TANK COMPANY [500]
3 Macharius Tanks, 1 Macharius Command Tanks, Hydra
SUPERHEAVY ARTILLERY BATTERY [300]
2 Praetors Assault Launchers
STORMTROOPER PLATOON [275]
6 Stormtroopers 3 Valkyries
SUPERHEAVY TANK PLATOON [200]
1 Shadowsword
SENTINEL SQUADRON [100]
4 Sentinels
SENTINEL SQUADRON [100]
4 Sentinels
THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON [150]
2 Thunderbolt Fighters
WARHOUND [275]
WARHOUND [275]
Chroma set up the board so i chose deployment
I chose a corner deployment. since he had set up the board as a walled imperial city- so i decided that my mission was to recapture this city which was overrun by the xenos filth- it just fit and it looked awesome- again pics to follow
turn was very bloody, i made a mistake and deployed my supreme commander closest to his troops and it was a magnet for so much firepower- but i was able to use it to good effect in an assault during turn one which wiped out a crisis suit formation. I realized that this list is an assault list, especially against the Tau. Assaults are fun- just ask Doomkitten. I parked my praetors on my blitz and put my storm troopers on over-watch to prevent his stealth suits from teleporting on my blitz. Chroma's scout units lit up supreme commander and he was able to take out one crassus with missiles. Chroma also pounded and broke my warhound- by the end of turn one, one warhound was broken, both sentinel formations were broken and Chroma was in very good board position. and i also want to point out that Praetors are awesome!!!!!
Turn two was awesome because Chroma decided to combine attack my supreme commander formation with three of his formations- he used a third of his army just to break one heavy mech company- and it survived!! broken but it survived! however, the combined attack left his crisis suits open to an assault from my 2nd heavy mech company- which cut them to pieces. in the center, my heavy tanks came rumbling in and broke his broadsides. by the end of turn two Chroma had a broken scout formation forming a picket between my warhound and the take and hold
turn three was very eventful as we began destroying each others formations and contesting objectives- i advanced my heavy tanks up the center to hit his bts and break it to claim 1 take and hold and i barged my warhound through his broken scouts and claimed the other take and hold objective- chroma countered by moving another crisis suit formation to contest them
i opened my mouth and said i can just march my mech company to take his blitz- at which point chroma redeployed his remaining piranhas to guard his blitz- and while i could have destroyed the formation i was out of range of his blitz- but neither one of us were able to claim any objectives- so we moved onto a turn four.
Turn four turned out to be a mopping up exercise for me- I used my warhound to sustain on his crisis suits and wiped them out- i hit his bts with my heavy tank company and a barrage form my praetors which wiped them out giving my bts
i then used my 2nd Warhound which rallied finally to wipe out a broken formation on my side of the board, and i reversed course with my heavy mech company to wipe out the 2nd broken tau formation on my side of the board
i ended up winning 3-0 take and hold, they shall not pass, and bts
again pictures to follow
once again i want to thank chroma for his hospitality and his willingness to teach me when i asked for help.
he is a gentleman and a scholar
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