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Had the opportunity to play a game against a very strong Chaos player that beat my BA last month in the second round of an RTT over in Sarasota.

His list:

Lash Prince
Greater Daemon

Obliterator
Obliterator

10x Plague Marine/2x meltagun & power fist - rhino
10x Plague Marine/2x meltagun - rhino
10x Noise Marine/doom siren & power weapon - rhino
10x Berzerker/power fist

Landraider/daemonic possession (zerkers ride)


My list:

Bloodthirster/Unholy might & BotG
Skulltaker/juggernaught
Herald/juggernaught, Fury, Unholy Might

5x Blood Crusher/instrument, icon, fury

12x Bloodletter
12x Bloodletter
12x Bloodletter

Soul Grinder/phleghm & tongue
Soul Grinder/phleghm & tongue


The mission was Seize Ground with four objectives all placed as close together as possible in a diamond. Deployment was Dawn of War. I won the roll and opted to go second. Here are my two waves:

(1) Bloodthirster, Soul Grinder, Soul Grinder, Skulltaker + Herald + Blood Crushers
(2) 3x Bloodletters

I rolled for which wave came in first and finally after 7 games finally got my preferred wave.

My opponent deployed everything except the two Oblits and spread out his mech with the prince behind the landraider (forgot to mention it had daemonic possession). He used the first turn move to spread out further.

My turn I brought in the Blood Crushers first and they drifted 9 inches towards the short table edge. Next in came the two walkers and I landed them inside a ruined building. The greater daemon came in last and I also brought him into the ruined building. I got a good run for the Crushers and moved them in front of the Bloodthirster. Both Grinders fired their tongues at rhinos and I stunned the one with Plague Marines (power fist).

Second turn in came the generic greater daemon. The Plague Marinez that summoned the greater daemon disembarked in front of the Crushers. The Berzerkers got out of the landraider and also moved over to assault the Crushers. The lash prince moved up and lashed the Crushers closer to the center so the Berzerkers would be in charge range. He shot most all of his guns into the Crushers but only did a couple wounds. The landraider shot the Bloodthirster and did one wound. Big charge into the Crusherz with Plague Marines, Berzerkers, Greater Daemon and lash prince. Skulltaker dies but the rest of the Crushers only take one wound. I kill some Berzerkerz and Plague Marines.

My turn in comes two of the three Bloodletter packs. One comes in on the Crushers' icon and the other lands off to the left of my two Grinders. Bloodthirster flies up to engage lash prince. One grinder moves up to assault Berzerkers. The other grinder shots and stuns the same rhino as before. Bloodthirster charges lash prince and kills it. Crushers put three wounds on greater daemon and kill some more Plague Marines. Herald kills the rest of the Plague Marinez. Grinder kills some more Berzerkerz. I win the combat by six wounds and pop the greater daemon plus the last of the Berzerkers.

Third turn in comes both Oblits. Last two rhinos pull up to shoot Bloodletters by Grinders. Landraider pivots to shoot Bloodthirster. Oblits target Grinders but are denied due to cover saves. Noise Marines and last squad of Plague Marines stay inside their transports and shoot Bloodletters killing five.

My turn the last squad of Bloodletters still don't come in. First squad of full Bloodletters charge empty Rhino and destroy it. Bloodthirster charges landraider and destroys it. Other squad of Bloodletters charge Noise Marine rhino and destroy it. Grinders charge Oblits and destroy them. Herald and Crushers chill.

Top of fourth my opponent concedes the match.


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Intense!

It was my opponent's first game against deamons. I am sure it will be a lot tighter the next time we play.

G

Green Blow Fly wrote:It was my opponent's first game against deamons. I am sure it will be a lot tighter the next time we play.

G

Ahh that makes sense. A GG to you for taking advantage of his non daemon defense deployment. Those crushers of yours did quite well!

Werd .

Wow good game.

Thanks man.

: )

G

nice battle. sounds like your opponent was very suprised by khorne daemons.

Fun battle report. Not an unexpected result, given the match-up, but why was the Greater Daemon summoned? They can only arrive on the battlefield by possessing a Champion or Sorcerer model. Did you mean to say he possessed a Plague Champion? I'm guessing there was one without a Power Fist in the second Plague Marine squad specifically for such an event.

Yes the greater daemon possessed a Plague champion without a power fist. It hung in there awhile but finally went down to the Blood Crushers. I apologize for the confusion.

G

Hi - good game by the sounds of it!

Q - do you have a rule allowing you to use extra slots in your club as you have 3 x HQ choices?

Also, do you see it in the game as worth it to have Phlegm and Tongue for both your Grinders?

Cheers - love reading battle reports - especially seeing Chaos Demons win!

tallmantim wrote:Q - do you have a rule allowing you to use extra slots in your club as you have 3 x HQ choices?

Two Heralds can be taken as one HQ slot.

The fully equipped grinders are well worth it. The railgun is excellent against rhinos in particular.

G