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I had a game with I bounty hunt the elderly on here last night, was 2k points and my Imperial Fists vs his Eldar

Imperial Fists

1 x Captain - storm shield & lightning claw

5 x Assault Terminators w/ Land Raider - all hammers and storm shields

5 x Assault Terminators w/ Land Raider - 3 x lighting claws and 2 hammers and storm shields

8 x Sternguard w/ Rhino - 2 x combi meltas - sgt w/ power fist

10 x Marines w/ Razorback - 1 x meltagun and 1 x rocket launcher - sgt w/ power fist

10 x Marines w/ Razorback - 1 x meltagun and 1 x rocket launcher - sgt w/ power weapon & melta bombs

10 x Marines w/ Razorback - 1 x meltagun and 1 x rocket launcher - sgt w/ power weapon & melta bombs

Eldar

(Yriel of Iyanden

1 x Autarch: jetbike, laser lance, fusion gun

6 x Fire Dragons, Exarch, crack shot w/ Wave Serpent, twin shuriken cannons, spirit stones

6 x Fire Dragons, Exarch, dragons breath flamer, crack shot w/ Wave Serpent, twin shuriken cannons, spirit stones

10 x Dire Avengers, Exarch w/ twin catapults, bladestorm w/ Wave Serpent, twin shuriken cannons, spirit stones

10 x Dire Avengers, Exarch w/ twin catapults, bladestorm w/ Wave Serpent, twin shuriken cannons, spirit stones

7 x Pathfinders

5 x Shining Spears, Exarch, Star Lance, skilled rider, withdraw

2 x Vypers, double shuriken cannons

5 x Dark Reapers - Exarch, tempest launcher, crackshot

We rolled for pitched battle and capture objectives, I had first turn . My objective was placed in a triple tiered ruin, which had a combat squad with a rocket launcher guarding it. Jaspers (I bounty hunt the elderly) put his ojbective in a ruin the opposite corner of the table, he had the squad of dark reapers & pathfinders on the objective.

Turn 1

The land raider with the captain moved forward 6" and the other land raider remained in position. Two of the other combat squads armed with rocket launchers had setup in another ruin, the other half of those squads in razorbacks moved only 6". The sternguard rhino and the last razorback supporting it moved 6".

In the shooting phase the razorback with the sternguard rhino failed to kill any dark reapers, the two combat squads with rocket launchers failed to kill any dark reapers, though one couldn't draw line of sight as the razorbacks which were together blocked. The two razorbacks fired at the dark reapers and scored one kill. The captain's land raider fired at a wave serpent carrying dire avengers, but failed to score any damage. The second land raider fired at one of the serpents carrying a unit of fire dragons, but failed to score any damage.

All eldar forces in transport turbo boost forward towards my two land raiders. The dark reapers fire on one of the combat squads with a rocket launcher in the same building, scoring a impressive 5 wounds and wiping the squad out. The other squad in the same building are fired on by the pathfinders, but they fail to score a wound.

Turn 2

Both land raiders hold position, though the captain and the mixed unit of assault terminators bail out ready to tackle the shining spears. The sternguard rhino holds position while the supporting razorback moves forward 6". The pair of razorbacks hold position. The assault terminators in that land raider also disembark ready to tackle any fire dragons hopefully no longer in there vehicle.

The captain's land raider splits fire and manages to destroy one vyper, the other shot is fired at a serpent carrying dire avengers, but doesn't score any damage. The second land raider fires at one of the serpents carrying fire dragons and destroys it and one is lost in the explosion. All three razorbacks fire at the dark reapers and kill all but one. Two of the sternguard fire dragon rounds from the top hatch of the rhino and score one kill on a pathfinder.

In assault the captain and mixed assault terminators charge the shining spears and wipe them out, they receive no wounds, they consolidate back towards the land raider.

The fire dragons in the serpent which had just blown up fail a pinning test and are unable to move and shoot for this turn. The single dark reaper fails a morale test and falls back off the board. The other fire dragons bail out the serpent and ready to fire on the land raider which destroyed the other fire dragon's serpent. Both units of dire avengers disembark ready to open fire on the terminators.

In the shooting phase the fire dragons fire at the land raider and destroy it. Both units of dire avengers use bladestorm on the captain and mixed assault terminators and anything else in range fires, the captain and two terminators and kill after plenty of good saves. The pathfinders fire at the combat squad which is in ruin opposite but fail to score any wounds.

Turn 3

The sternguard rhino and supporting razorback move the full 12", everything else remains stationary. The mixed assault terminator unit fails a morale test and falls back, they cannot regroup as wave serpent is within 6", so fall back a further 4", putting them close to the board edge.

In the shooting phase the pair of razorbacks fire at the closest avenger unit, as over half the unit is in cover the entire unit gets cover saves, though a few fail the armour saves. The combat squad on the objective fire a frag rocket and bolter shots into the same avenger unit and score more kills, after saves only three dire avengers are left! The captain's land raider spilts fire, its fires a lascannon shot at the same avengers serpent as the squad on the objective fired at, but fails to score any damage.

In assault the terminators armed with thunder hammers charge the fire dragons which had destroyed their land raider previous turn and destroy them all. The terminators consolidate back towards there board edge.

The fire dragons which had been pinned the previous round move out of the crater from the destroyed vehicle towards the assault terminators. The remaining whole dire avenger unit jumps back into a wave serpent for cover.

In the eldar shooting phase the fire dragons fire at the assault terminators and score two kills. . The dire avengers (which had been shot to ribbons in the previous round) hold position in the open, though their serpent moves towards the eldar objectives and destroys the sternguard rhino. The pathfinders fire at the sternguard unit now they are out the rhino but fail to score any kills. Remaining serpents fire on the assault terminators and kill two. Both razorbacks are also immobilised.

Turn 4

The surviving assault terminator passes its leadership test. Both combat squads inside the pair of razorbacks disembark, one squad makes the run move and joins the other squad on the objective, the other combat squad which has the power fist heads towards the wave serpent towards the eldar objective. The sternguard moves towards the eldar objective and the combat squad in the razorback supporting it disembark and follow them.

In the shooting phase the razorbacks and fire power from the squad on the objective finish off the remains of the dire avengers. The combat squad from the razorback supporting the sternguard had fire on the pathfinders along with the sternguard, the entire pathfinder unit is destroyed.

In assault the lone terminator charges a wave serpent and scores a crew stunned result. The combat squad with the power fist charges another wave serpent and scores a immobilised result.

In the eldar turn the remaining fire dragons move towards the remaining land raider and assault it, its destroyed with the many melta bombs they place onto its hull. The remaining vyper moves towards the eldar objective to try and contest. The last remaining mobile serpent moves onto the marine objective.

Turn 5

No movement in the marine phase.

In the shooting phase the razorback which supported the sternguard rhino fires at the lone vyper and destroys it. The combat squad with the rocket launcher on the objective fire at the remaining fire dragons and kill them all.

The other squad on the obejctive charges the serpent which landed close by, but fail to score any hits in assault. The lone assault terminators smashes the same wave serpent about as before and scores a weapon destroyed result and crew shaken. The other wave serpent is destroyed by the sarge's power fist.

In the eldar turn the serpent moves closer to the objective and the avengers disembark, they fire bladestorm into the combat squad which had assaulted the their serpent but unluckily score no kills.

Turn 6

The combat squad with the sternguard unit both move onto the eldar objective and claim it and contest it now.

In the shooting phase the wave serpent is destroyed by a krak rocket, and the dire avengers are shot to ribbons with only one survivor!

In assault the remaining assault terminator wrecks the battered wave serpent

In the final eldar turn the lone exarch from the dire avengers charges the marines on the objective and scores one kill, the marines fail to kill the exarch.


Imperial Fists win claiming both objectives on turn 6 and only one eldar model remains - all others have been removed from the table!

Man of the match goes to the sarge of the Imperial Fists thunder hammer assault terminators, that model took a huge amount of saves and never fell! Unit of the match goes to the mixed terminator assault unit, they took the fire of two bladestorms and various other fire power in one turn and only three models including the captain fell. One interesting thing I did miss out was one of the land raiders exploding and killing two terminators, as many as Jaspers firing had done all game! lol.

Good job on purging those foul xenos lol

Aye, pointy eared xenos!

Here's the full Eldar list (mercer, you may want to paste this into the original report)

Yriel of Iyanden

1 x Autarch: jetbike, laser lance, fusion gun

6 x Fire Dragons, Exarch, crack shot w/ Wave Serpent, twin shuriken cannons, spirit stones

6 x Fire Dragons, Exarch, dragons breath flamer, crack shot w/ Wave Serpent, twin shuriken cannons, spirit stones

10 x Dire Avengers, Exarch w/ twin catapults, bladestorm w/ Wave Serpent, twin shuriken cannons, spirit stones

10 x Dire Avengers, Exarch w/ twin catapults, bladestorm w/ Wave Serpent, twin shuriken cannons, spirit stones

7 x Pathfinders

5 x Shining Spears, Exarch, Star Lance, skilled rider, withdraw

2 x Vypers, double shuriken cannons

5 x Dark Reapers - Exarch, tempest launcher, crackshot



Yeah, it was a bloody 7 turns, I definitely came off worse. I need to have a think about how to deal with terminators in land raiders. Interestingly, the one surviving model (the DA exarch) actually broke the combat squad holding the objective. If I'd elected not to pursue them, he would have been holding the SM objective and the game would have been a draw. As it was, the exarch caught the squad but ATSKNF saved the mairnes to contest the objective. Ah well, can't really complain, given the casualty count.

Avenge me!

Nicely done, Imperial Fists! Way to smash those pesky xenos. Did your captain have artificer armor or was he in terminator armor?
I was worried when your land raiders couldn't knock out any of the alien armor, but your termies came through. Good work! Nice report.

Jasper added your list

Captain Antonius the Captain had just normal armour. I've been thinking about dropping one Sternguard to give him artificer armour and a relic blade.

Good battle. I have avenged you. I had my first two games last Sunday against SM with my Eldar. The games were 1000 ponts. The first was a tie and the second I won. I destroyed four groups to his zero.