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Played my 1st game with my up and coming Air Cav list today my opponent was using a Ork Horde list.
We just went for something nice and simple Kill Points.

I was using -
2 CCS astropath -2 Meltas - 2 Plasma
2 Vets units with Meltas
2 Vets units with Plasma
2 Valkyries - Missile pods
2 Valkyries - Missile pods
2 Vendettas.

My opponent was using -
2 Big Mech with force fields
5 Nobz in Trukk all geared up.
30 Shoota boyz - 3 Rokkits
30 Shoota boyz - 3 Rokkits
30 Shoota boyz - 3 Rokkits
30 Shoota boyz - 3 Rokkits
5 Defkoptas


TURN 1

Was very simple for me as i wasnt bothered over the Ork shooting and went for the full set up on the board
the shooting was excellent for me 4 valkyries shooting at 1 unit of 30 boyz turned them into swiss cheese,
while the vendettas killed 2 Defkoptas.
I got very lucky in this turn as all the Ork anti tank either missed or bounced off the hull of the Valkyries.
and he ran 2 units forward down my left flank into cover.
With the turn over i was very happy with myself.

TURN 2

I moved everything but 2 Valkyries there minimun to my right handside the other 2 Valkyries went 24 over the top of the
Orks and dropped in behind the big unit in cover and used grav chute insertion which didnt let me down 1 and put me around
10inch away from the Nobz trukk with them in it.
Shooting began with the vendettas putting 6 Shotin the Nobz trukk and blowing it to bits.
My 2 veteran units 1 melta squad - 1 Plasma squad poored everything they had into the Nobz and even tho i lost 1 Plasma gunner
i got the unit in 1 go.
my other Valkyries put more fire into another squad of boyz which i only killed 15 if i remeber correctly.
The ork shooting proved to be more effective this round as 30 Shoota boys blew 1 veteran unit off the table and
his squad at half strenght did the same to the other.
The Deffkoptas got lucky and got 1 Valkyrie what had turbo boosted.

TURN 3

It all went my way from here on i took no losses for the rest of the game Vendettas finished off the Defkoptas and the combined fire
of the Valkyries took another unit off the table.

All in all it was a very Quick game in which he concieded on turn 4 as the shooting was too much for them.
I do think Horde armys will be the easiest lists to play for the Air Cav armies.
Especially any army that cannot repond to a fast paced Mech list.

I am very happy with the amry so far i also played a Nidzilla army which was a whole different kettle of fish
and even though i got the win i took large casualties for them.

Looks like a good list, and seems you really took him apart

What I'm really wondering, is how do you transport 6 valkyries? I have one, and it's a hassle, actually stopping me from getting more, you must have an armycase the size of a van

Illumini wrote:
What I'm really wondering, is how do you transport 6 valkyries? I have one, and it's a hassle, actually stopping me from getting more, you must have an armycase the size of a van

Depends on if you have glued the wings on. You can leave the wings unglued so that you can take them of for transport.

That was just a really really bad match up he never stood a chance.

I have got a large plastic fileing case from my local stationary store and put sheves in and magnetizied the bottoms of the case and the Valks
and they dont move 1 bit.
Yes it was a bad match up then so was the Nidzilla list i played.
That did not last more than 4 turns, as the assault weapons with bring it down blew Fex/Tyrants apart.
In my 1st turn alone i killed 1 Flying tyrant, 2 Gun fex.
I do think that Tau will poses the most problems for air cav lists tho.
Im playing a marine army on the 28th so i will post up a Report when i get in.

Any assault based list will have a hard time with Air Cav, but it does not match up well with Tau, MechDar, Mech Orks, Vulkan Mech, Mech Vets band some Deamon lists.

Air Cav is one of those all or nothing lists it will do very well against some armies very poorly against others, lots of fun to play but not an effective tournament list as it heavily depends on matchups. With the game shifting to a more Mech based metagame Air Cav will not fare well when facing what is likley to become the most common style of list.

Well the only problem im seeing is that you need to get everything done in 2 turns or its all over
and yes it will be hard to play against quite afew mech lists but no list can ever do everything.
I guess its down to personal play styles.
For me i just love a army whats fun and looks amazing on the table top and doesnt lose every game.
On the 28th im playing a Vukan mech army so it should be a good game.