Hey Everyone,
So
today we have the blogs first battle report of just over 2000 points
with Luna wolves vs over 2000 points of Imperial Fists. Now this was
mostly shot with an iPad mini 2 with retina display that I just recently
got and I am still getting use to the camera and how I want to shot the
photos. This was played at a local store called Brimstone Games and we
were able to use the load of terrain to our advantage. This was a fun
game and we both got to use most of oour30k minis but ramblings aside
lets get to the battle report shall we ?
Battle Report
Mission Type: Onslaught
Deployment: Vanguard Strike
Lunawolves Warlord: Horus
Imperial Fists Warlord: Imperial Fist Praetor
So
the Imperial Fists won the roll off and picked to go first. Now the
neat thing about the Mission type onslaught is its like old 3rd and 4th edition
40k in that each you both take turns deploying first going from lord of
war all the way down. The Imperial Fist player ended up hunkering down
in the corer to control his objective since he knew that the long way he
would have a hard time crossing being an all infantry force.
My
Deployment being a mechanized army was as aggressive as possible. The
Imperial Fist player despite not having a very large anti weapons had a
lot of re-rolls with all his vets taking tank hunter. I use the bulk of
the armour to try and go down the narrow path on the right flank while
my whirlwinds setup support fire on the left flank to try and pin down
the Imperial Fists.
I
failed to seize the initiative and the Imperial Fists went first. My
opponent for the most part decided to not be overly aggressive since he
knew I had 2 orbital bombardments from Horus and also a Master of
Signal. Instead he moved one small vet squad in the north to move
through the ruins towards my whirlwinds. The rest of the army though
stayed back and let loose some rockets!
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One
vet squad took off a hull point off my whirlwind with the quad gun
putting another wound on it. The rest of the army took fire at the
landraider and had no effect. Some terminators did minor run moves in
order to shuffle abit and spread out. With their firing done the
Imperial Fists waited for the Bombardment.
My
Turn was up next and it started with a thunder ! Instead of moving in
close and allowing the Imperial Fist forward to get into melta range I
picked to stay back and open fire with my army. With the Orbital
bombardments taking out a command squad and pinning down one of his
elite squads working the Quad gun. Following this up my predators
engaged his vet melta gun squad hiding in a build and was able to kill
it off ! Lucky for me so next turn I could move up.
With
the Orbital Bombardment done the Imperial Fists decided to remain
steadfast. Dashing his one squad of Veteran tactical squads further down
the top of the board while keeping in cover. While they moved down the
flanks the support missile launcher vet squad let loose a missile that
took out one of the Whirldwinds. The rest of the army tried to fire
away doing some minor damage to the predator squadron that was soon
going to bear down on his army.
The
wolves picked this turn to move and started moving up the army as Horus
jumped in the landraider. Some bad luck fell on the predators as one of
their number got stuck on some rubble forcing the squadron to move
forward. The whirlwind despite losing it squad mate stayed put in the
hoping of letting off at least one volley on the approaching veteran
squad that was sprinting towards it. With the movement in place on to
the shooting phase.
The
predators unleashed a torrent of hell knocking out one of the closer
vet squads rocket launchers. This was followed up by the landraider
removing the rest of the unit. The whirlwind scored some hits on the
approaching infantry but failed to do any lasting damage. This was a
great phase for the wolves as they made their advance.
The
Imperial Fists picked to hold back with the terrain about to funnel in
the armour they need so they could wait at this time. There was some
minor movements with one terminator squad advancing trying to get ready
for a next turn charge. The shooting was the same as previous turns with
the army unable to further damage any of the vehicles. The Imperial
Fists waited for another turn of fire.
The
Luna wolves picked this time to fully advance with the land raider
moving full out with its fellow up rhino. The Predators made a slow
advance removing the last of the vets in the building. The Whirlwind
worrying about the approaching vets picked to fall back instead of being
killed by the tank hunters. The Luna wolves where finally in position
this turn to get ready for a 4 turn assault.
The
Imperial Fists picked this as the time to get revenge and decided to
move up the entire terminator force to try and engage the land raider.
The grey Terminator though with a bad roll could not get over the
barricade in their movement. The veteran tactical that where left in the
deployment took off a hull point on the land raider. The turn ended on a
sour note as the terminators both failed by just rolling 1” less then
what was needed they would await the new storm that was going to come
forth.
The
time had finally come and the land raider unleashed its deadly cargo,
the Warmaster and a Veteran Squad of Marines! They moved forth closing
the gap as much as possible with the terminator squad out in the open.
The Luna wolves shooting went well with bolt pistols felling one of the
veteran terminators. The Whirwind in the back let loose a barrage as
well but was off target.
Next
was the combat what both me and my opponent where looking forward to as
the Warmaster charged into the terminator squad. The Imperial Fist
sergeant issued a challenged and was answered by Horus himself. The
Sergeant though a veteran of many campaigns was struck low with several
brothers as worldbreaker was unleashed. Despite the causalities though
to both sides the Terminators with there praetor stayed locked in
combat.
The
Imperial Fist now had there primary target in site and the Warlord
Praetor and Terminators strode forth. The Imperial Fist shooting
continued to bounce off the land raider the armour 14 was truly keeping
the beast alive. The other veterans tried to open fire with the quad gun
scoring some hits and damaging another of the predator squadron despite
the cover save they had. Then the moment of truth was to happen as the
second terminator squad prepared to charge.
Rolling
a impressive a full 12 they made it into close combat to aid their
brothers against the primarch. Horus was to be up against another
Terminator sergeant and quickly removed him and a few of his brothers
before they could strike. The Veteran Tactical Squad around Horus though
where struck low as the terminator swung back. They also were able to
wound the primarch bring him to half his health!.
The
Luna wolves rallied after seeing their father wounded and another
veteran tactical squad moved up to support him. The rest of the army
re-positioned it self to try and get the rest of the imperial fists that
where still hiding in there trenches. Whirlwind and land raider fire
was able to bring a few low and even silencing the quad gun. The
Veterans where then in a position to assist their father and made the
charge.
This
Combat was going to be a blood affair as supporting veteran charged
reckless into combat. This was all back ground as warlord faced warlord
finally in a challenge. Horus using his talon struck doing one wound
while the wounded Praetor struck back for one wound to Horus. The
Veterans that made it killed terminator and then where cut down by the
other Praetor. The battle was in the balance as Horus who was slowly
regaining wounds stood alone next to the Imperial Fists Army.
The
Imperial Fists player then picked to throw what was left of his army at
the warmaster reinforcing his praetors with a few veterans. The
Veterans though brave failed their fear check despite the praetors
moving faster then the warmaster. Despite his previous wounds he parried
the attacks back holding his ground but not wounding the praetor.
This
turn was going to be the end, one rhino creeped along the one flank.
The rest of the army gunned down a veteran squad that had tried to
charge the landraider and where unable to bring it down. The battle
field was now pretty open to the luna wolves and right now it was going
to come down to a match up. We both waited to see what might happen in
this combat.
The
combat started out nicely for the Imperial fists as they were able to
wound the warmaster . The Praetors though where striking at the same
time as the warmaster and were able to cause a wound. Horus though was
able to max out his attacks and hit back killing everyone with world
breaker. With that the game was done.
Alright
everyone so there we have it the first battle report on the blog. It
was a interesting game that was played for fun since we both wanted to
bring as much as we had for heresy. Despite being played for fun we both
learned a lot about are armies and we both came up with some army
thoughts we might come up with.
Imperial Fist
So
in this game we both agreed rockets despite being tank hunter where not
going to cut it and he is looking to pick up two items we both agree
would help him out. First would be to pick up a lasscannon heavy weapons
squad since he is going to focus on being a defensive siege army this
would work great since they could hide in defensive walls and also gain
tank hunter due to being Imperial Fist. The second is going to be a
pretty big purchase which will be the Aquilla Strong Point since it will
give him a destroyer weapon that can pretty much target any where on
the battle field. Another thing we agreed on was he had to be abit more
aggressive with his terminators since if they were able to move up
sooner he might have had my armour and it would have been a different
game.
Luna Wolves
One
of the things I took from this game was I also found out Is I needed to
figure out a better body guard unit for Horus and a way to transport
them. Throughout the game while I was in a challenge I was rushing
troops in so that Horus wouldn't be ganged up by the terminators. This
is going to be very important since they would have to be able to take
some damage while also dealing out damage. I may pick up more
terminators and may pick up a Spartan to give the army extra oomph as
well as something that would match a primarch body guard.
In conclusion
So
we both learned a lot from this game I think we will change it up next
time. Since my mate is going defensive we are going to look at a few
mission that would favour his play style and we would love to hear some
suggestions for some fun narratives. We also hope we both will have a
lot more stuff of ours painted up so we can gain more variance in our
games. In the end the last thing we both ended up having was fun and we
both hope you enjoy this battle report and more things to come !
General Soban
Signing off till next time
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