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Yeah,
So I wanted to play on my newly reworked Eldar MaidenWorld terrain.
So I'd be playing Eldar / ArbitorIan brought 1750pts of Slaanesh NoiseMarines to defile it!

ArbitorIans NoiseMarines

HQ
Lord on steed (PowerClaw)
Sorcerer (Lash)
Troops
6 NoiseMarines Sonic Weapons in Rhino
6 NoiseMarines Sonic Weapons
6 NoiseMarines Sonic Weapons
6 NoiseMarines Sonic Weapons
Elites
6 Possessed
FastAttack
6 Raptors (PowerClaw Melta)
Heavy
1 DreadNought with PlasmaCannon
2 Obliterators
Preditor (AutoCannon + 2LasCannons)

Panics Eldar

HQ
FarSeer (Spirit stones, doom + fortune)
Troops
5 Rangers
5 JetBikes (1 shuriken Cannon)
10 WraithGuard plus SpritSeer (enhance)
Elites
5 StrikingScorpions plus StrikingScorpionExarch (stalker) in WaveSerpent with TL BrighLance.
5 WraithGuard plus WarLock (enhance) in WaveSerpent with TL StarCannons.
FastAttack
8 WarpSpiders plus Exarch (WithDraw, SurpriseAssault)
Heavy
2 DarkReapers plus Exarch (TempestLauncher + CrackShot)


Mission:
Annihilation – SpearHead Table Quarters
---Deployment---

Rangers make their scout move up onto the small building. The CSM Possessed roll a 6 for their DeamonKin and are blessed with PowerWeapons!

---Turn1---
The NoiseMarines race into action the raptor and rhino Flank Left, NoiseMarines disembark from the rhino and fire at the rangers killing two.
The CSM Sorcerer Lashes the DarkReapers back 10"
The Dreadnought and Obliterators shuffle 6" to the right and open fire with PlasmaCannons causing massive casualties on the Eldars clustered ranks... They Kill 8 WraithGuard And kill all five JetBikes! (+1KP)
The Eldar try to recover their possition, the DarkReapers move back into position.
WaveSerpent kills 2 raptors WraithGuard destroy the Rhino (+1KP)

Plasma Death!


WaveSerpent Killing Raptors..


---End of Turn1--- NoiseMarines 1 --- Eldar 1 ---



---Turn2---
For the Eldar all hell breaks loose as the CSM kick things up a gear!
The Sorcerer groups the DarkReapers together and the Obliterators kill them all (+1KP)
Noisemarines Fire at the Rangers and wipe them out with volume of fire (+1KP)
The Preditor immobilises the StrikingScorpions WaveSerpent.
Raptors assault the other WaveSerpent and immobilise it too!
The Lord assaults the grounded WaveSerpent but fails to damage it further.
In combat the remains of the big WraithGuard squad kill one NoiseMarine, the NoiseMarines kill the spirit seer leaving just 1 WraithGuard.

The WraithGuard get out of their grounded WaveSerpent and assault the NoiseMarines they kill one... but it's too late to save the last member of the big squad.(+1KP)
The immoblised StarCannon WaveSerpent kills two more of the Raptors...
StrikingScorpions prepare to assault the Chaos Lord but before they charge in the WaveSerpent BrightLances kill instakill him!(+1KP)
This leaves the StrikingScopions exposed!

The Sorcerer Groups up the DarkReapers...


The Obliterators knock them down!


The Lord prepares to assault the StrikingScorpion WaveSerpent...


Raptors melta gun misses the WraithGuard WaveSerpent...


The remaining WraithGuard face the NoiseMarines.


NoiseMarines Blast the Rangers... killing them all.


Raptors immobilise the WaveSerpent


NoiseMarines kill the last WraithGuard


WraithGuard Assault the NoiseMarines


WaveSerpent TL BrightLance vaporises the Lord!


WaveSerpent TL StarCannon Kills two Raptors.


---End of Turn2--- NoiseMarines 4 --- Eldar 2 ---



---Turn3---
Dread Plasma cannon Kills 3 of the StrikingScorpions.
Obliterators fire at the WaveSerpent, the first shot scatters and kills two WraithGuard in the nearby combat.
The second obliterator shot hits home and wreaks the WaveSerpent.(+1KP)
NoiseMarines shooting Kill 2 StrikingScorpions and 1 wound on FarSeer.
CSM Possessed assault to finnish the job killing the scorpions and FarSeer (+2KP)
Incombat the WraithGuard kill one NoiseMarine and the NoiseMarines kill the WarLock...

WarpSpiders still refuse to arrive!
NoiseMarine Squad finnish off the WraithGuard!(+1KP)

The StrikingScorpions numbers are thinned out by CSM shooting as the Possessed CSM close in...


WraithGuard and NoiseMarines continue to exchange punches.


The Possessed finnish off the FarSeer and Exarch.


---End of Turn3--- NoiseMarines 8 --- Eldar 2 ---



---Turn4---
Raptors wreak the last WaveSerpent... (no eldar models left on table!!!)(+1KP)
CSM wait for some more eldar to kill...
I decide to gamble and put the WarpSpiders behind the NoiseMarines at the top left...
But Fate decides to end the game and put the Eldar out of thier misery and I scatter off the table.(+1KP)

Raptors Wreak the WaveSerpent


WarpSpiders scatter off table. (thank god this game is over!!!)


NoiseMarines stand around Looking happy with themselves...




---End of Turn4 and Game!!!--- NoiseMarines 10 --- Eldar 2 ---



So yeah I was destroyed! Congrats to ArbitorIan!
Panic...

You got worked by LoS and Oblits. You can take solace in the fact that after the battle none of your men were anally raped by slaanesh's minions.

Great game, lovely figures all around.

You did get a kicking, but even though they're a dying race, there's more where they came from, right?

I love the top down view. Great job overall.

Wow thats spooky. I was about to post an Eldar vs Noise Marines 1750 battle this weekend but my buddy could not show up so it was Noise Marines vs Kroot Mercs.

Sooo this coming weekend I will be playing Eldar vs my buddy Sousou playing the Noise Marines, 1750, and I will try to win it back for you Panic!

Hey maybe in the future we could do coordinated battle reports from opposite sides of the Earth

Great job Panic (on the report itself) and gratz on the win Ian.

I know you like Spiders, Panic, so do I. I've the best success running them in two groups with attached Autarchs w/PW, FG, Mandiblasters. Helps getting them there earlier and adds some punch in HtH. Not sure if they'd have changed anything here but I find a small unit of Spiders doesn't really do enough damage and is easily crippled with just 2 or 3 casualties.

I'd drop them and get more of other stuff or get more of the Spiders on the table.

I also don't feel they really benefit from Farseers so lossing the Farseer isn't such a big deal. Doom doesn't help them much and fortune is never in range

Nice report. Very pretty armies and a nicely evocative battlefield. The pictures presented the action very coherently.
And I appreciate your willingness to chronicle battles you lose as well as those you win, Panic.

What blessing did the Possessed receive from their Gods for this battle?

yeah,
thanx for the comments guys.
oops! the possesed got powerweapons! (i'll update the report.)

Panic...

once again, you show us all up with your great batreps
do i need to say what i allways say? ...... why not


well written, great pics, fun to follow.

oh, and this time: sorry for your loss :(

Well written, Panic! It was an enjoyable read. One question though: Why did your Farseer not take runes of Warding? They seem like such a great deal and would have helped against the lash.

EDIT: Also, have you thought of replacing the Dark Reapers with a Wraithlord? I think it would fit your theme better and give you some more CC punch. Plus it will take some fire off your Wave Serpents.

Very enjoyable battlereport, thanks!

One minor thing nagging at me though: Surprise Assault on the warp spider exarch. Since all standard missions allow jump infantry to deep strike, I think this exarch power has no effect at all in fifth edition. Or am I missing something?

Mellon wrote:Very enjoyable battlereport, thanks!

One minor thing nagging at me though: Surprise Assault on the warp spider exarch. Since all standard missions allow jump infantry to deep strike, I think this exarch power has no effect at all in fifth edition. Or am I missing something?

Good catch. It has no effect unless you are playing a special mission that doesn't allow Deep Striking (in which case, you still get to use it).

@Morehammer - I think that would make for a pretty cool storyline, you tying your battles together!

I've now become one of those evil CSM players with their Lashes and their Obliterators....bah...

Very lovely written battle report. I love the (KP) things in there, makes it easy, thankyou.

I was going for the Eldar, but damn, you shouldnt have grouped them like that. Congrate on the Win ArbitorIan

Brilliant table!!

ArbitorIan wrote:I've now become one of those evil CSM players with their Lashes and their Obliterators....bah...

Yeah, but you also used Possessed. All is forgiven

Great report

Even though Eldar go worked pretty hard hehe

wow.

if it makes you feel better in the last edition of the rules i got tabled in every battle.

sigh