Battle Report
Me and Bryse played a little 40k this afternoon and since most of his army is finally painted, we decided to take some pics and do a little battle report. The mission was cleanse. Hope you enjoy.
Here is my deployment
In the top left corner I have a 5 man squad of ratlings, and to the extreme right next to the lascannon squad is a chimera with an armored fist squad. I had a special weapon squad and my JO's squad in reserves.
Bryse's deployment
Bryse had a full squad of scarabs in reserve.
I won to decide first turn, and elected to take the first round to see if I could get some effective shooting in. Noting that his deployment had left my demolisher with literally nothing to shoot at, I elected to move it forward to get a better angle on the first warrior squad. I move my chimera into the next quarter, but just less then 6" so that they could try and shoot into the destroyers. But nothing else moved.
Lining things up, I started unloading ordnance into the first necron warrior squad. I had a lot of success between the demolisher, the russ, 2 line squads, 2 lascannon squads, the command HQ, and the ratlings I managed to knock over 13 warriors, normally these would have mostly been evaporated if it hadn't been for that resurrection orb. My heavy bolter squad unloaded into the second warrior squad knocking over 2. And unfortunately my chimera ended up being out of range.
At the start of the necron turn, Bryse only made 3 WBB rolls for the main necron squad, and made 1 WBB roll on the second squad.
Then the fun began. First he used the veil on his second squad of warriors and dropped in right behind my lines.
He turbocharged his regular destroyers towards my chimera and behind the cover, moved up the warrior squad towards my demolisher and left the heavy destroyer in place. Needless to say, the necron shooting phase went about as planned.
Yes, thats a blown up leman russ. After 34 gauss shots were fired, the tank was glanced to death by gauss. Needless to say, this russ did not earn its points back. The heavy destroyer fired at my chimera and hit, but rolled a 1 for armor pen.
At the start of turn 2, I rolled for my reserves and was incredibly lucky to get both squads in. I decided to use them to deepstrike and go after the destroyers and the heavy destroyer sniper in the back.
Both squads scattered a little bit, but were still within range. The special weapon squad had multi-meltas and the command squad had 2 plasma guns. I also deployed my armored fist squad and moved them towards the huge necron squad in my lines. I also moved the command squad back and planned to assault them with the 2 powerfists the squad contained. The Demolisher moved up to face the oncoming necron warriors and the heavy bolter squad moved behind it for cover since they couldn't shoot anything this turn anyway.
Unfortunately shooting didn't quite go as planned. I only dropped 4 of the necron warriors after dumping almost everything in my lines into them. I also only dropped 1 regular destroyer and luckily the heavy destroyer dropped.
Then, with all the bravery the an imperial guardsman can muster against the weight of alien filth before them, my command squad charged. The regular guys scored an amazing 5 hits, but only 2 wounds, and 1 failed save. His attacks back only dropped 1 guardsman. Then my HO and vet sgt with honorifica attacked. A total of 10 powerfist attacks, 7 hits, 6 kills, no saves. And thanks to the Emperor's blessings, the necrons failed there morale check and had to fall back, after having to check the rules for lost combat we rolled. Unfortunately the necrons rolled a 1 and I rolled a 5 meaning the entire necron squad had been wiped out. I then consolidated into the necron lord since he had never actually joined the squad.
On Bryse's turn, he rolled for the scarabs, and unfortunately they didn't arrive. And his WBB went well, including the heavy destroyer. The first thing he did was pull the lone lord out of close combat using the veil of darkness.
"Uh, sir?"
He pulled the lord back to my JO squad and scored a direct hit on the deep strike. His warriors that were left moved away from my demolisher and towards the menacing JO and company. All his destroyers stayed put. Needless to say, after some fancy shooting, the JO squad and melta squad were toast, but that JO somehow dodged the gauss from the warriors, only to be hit in the back my the lord with his staff of light.
"For the Emperor!! Guys?"
At the bottom of turn 3 I had very little to move. I moved the ratlings into cover to help hold that quadrant. My armored fist squad moved to get an angle on the destroyers for next turn. My demolisher moved out of the way of my heavy bolter squad and aimed the cannon at the remaining warriors. I shot everything I had at the necron warriors, and the chimera and armored fist squad shot into the destroyers. After the dust had cleared, not many necrons were left standing.
On the start of Bryse's turn 3 he rolled for WBB, and rolled well, but in the end didn't have enough necrons on the field and he phased out.
That has to be the quickest fight me and Bryse ever had. Only 3 turns. Also to note, this is the first time that I have actually beaten Bryse. Either he usually wins or I force a draw. Needless to say, wiping out that huge necron squad in close combat won me the game. Also, not having to face the scarab swarm was very helpful. Those things are such a pain and way too effective against guard. If they didn't already have it, I'd award the honorifica to the command squad as a result of there brilliant actions. For points, were both playing 1400pts.
Thanks for reading.
Here is my deployment
In the top left corner I have a 5 man squad of ratlings, and to the extreme right next to the lascannon squad is a chimera with an armored fist squad. I had a special weapon squad and my JO's squad in reserves.
Bryse's deployment
Bryse had a full squad of scarabs in reserve.
I won to decide first turn, and elected to take the first round to see if I could get some effective shooting in. Noting that his deployment had left my demolisher with literally nothing to shoot at, I elected to move it forward to get a better angle on the first warrior squad. I move my chimera into the next quarter, but just less then 6" so that they could try and shoot into the destroyers. But nothing else moved.
Lining things up, I started unloading ordnance into the first necron warrior squad. I had a lot of success between the demolisher, the russ, 2 line squads, 2 lascannon squads, the command HQ, and the ratlings I managed to knock over 13 warriors, normally these would have mostly been evaporated if it hadn't been for that resurrection orb. My heavy bolter squad unloaded into the second warrior squad knocking over 2. And unfortunately my chimera ended up being out of range.
At the start of the necron turn, Bryse only made 3 WBB rolls for the main necron squad, and made 1 WBB roll on the second squad.
Then the fun began. First he used the veil on his second squad of warriors and dropped in right behind my lines.
He turbocharged his regular destroyers towards my chimera and behind the cover, moved up the warrior squad towards my demolisher and left the heavy destroyer in place. Needless to say, the necron shooting phase went about as planned.
Yes, thats a blown up leman russ. After 34 gauss shots were fired, the tank was glanced to death by gauss. Needless to say, this russ did not earn its points back. The heavy destroyer fired at my chimera and hit, but rolled a 1 for armor pen.
At the start of turn 2, I rolled for my reserves and was incredibly lucky to get both squads in. I decided to use them to deepstrike and go after the destroyers and the heavy destroyer sniper in the back.
Both squads scattered a little bit, but were still within range. The special weapon squad had multi-meltas and the command squad had 2 plasma guns. I also deployed my armored fist squad and moved them towards the huge necron squad in my lines. I also moved the command squad back and planned to assault them with the 2 powerfists the squad contained. The Demolisher moved up to face the oncoming necron warriors and the heavy bolter squad moved behind it for cover since they couldn't shoot anything this turn anyway.
Unfortunately shooting didn't quite go as planned. I only dropped 4 of the necron warriors after dumping almost everything in my lines into them. I also only dropped 1 regular destroyer and luckily the heavy destroyer dropped.
Then, with all the bravery the an imperial guardsman can muster against the weight of alien filth before them, my command squad charged. The regular guys scored an amazing 5 hits, but only 2 wounds, and 1 failed save. His attacks back only dropped 1 guardsman. Then my HO and vet sgt with honorifica attacked. A total of 10 powerfist attacks, 7 hits, 6 kills, no saves. And thanks to the Emperor's blessings, the necrons failed there morale check and had to fall back, after having to check the rules for lost combat we rolled. Unfortunately the necrons rolled a 1 and I rolled a 5 meaning the entire necron squad had been wiped out. I then consolidated into the necron lord since he had never actually joined the squad.
On Bryse's turn, he rolled for the scarabs, and unfortunately they didn't arrive. And his WBB went well, including the heavy destroyer. The first thing he did was pull the lone lord out of close combat using the veil of darkness.
"Uh, sir?"
He pulled the lord back to my JO squad and scored a direct hit on the deep strike. His warriors that were left moved away from my demolisher and towards the menacing JO and company. All his destroyers stayed put. Needless to say, after some fancy shooting, the JO squad and melta squad were toast, but that JO somehow dodged the gauss from the warriors, only to be hit in the back my the lord with his staff of light.
"For the Emperor!! Guys?"
At the bottom of turn 3 I had very little to move. I moved the ratlings into cover to help hold that quadrant. My armored fist squad moved to get an angle on the destroyers for next turn. My demolisher moved out of the way of my heavy bolter squad and aimed the cannon at the remaining warriors. I shot everything I had at the necron warriors, and the chimera and armored fist squad shot into the destroyers. After the dust had cleared, not many necrons were left standing.
On the start of Bryse's turn 3 he rolled for WBB, and rolled well, but in the end didn't have enough necrons on the field and he phased out.
That has to be the quickest fight me and Bryse ever had. Only 3 turns. Also to note, this is the first time that I have actually beaten Bryse. Either he usually wins or I force a draw. Needless to say, wiping out that huge necron squad in close combat won me the game. Also, not having to face the scarab swarm was very helpful. Those things are such a pain and way too effective against guard. If they didn't already have it, I'd award the honorifica to the command squad as a result of there brilliant actions. For points, were both playing 1400pts.
Thanks for reading.