Things That Should Never Happen In a 40K Battle!!!

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**Eyclonus**

Ghazghkull(with no wounds), a mega-armoured warboss and a "Complex" Nob Squad getting routed by 16 Berzerkers (spread across 3 units) and wiped out on the sweeping advance....

A unit of Assault Terminators, breaking after a SS/TH Terminator falls to a Dark Lance exploding a Rhino 5.5inches away...

Creed and command Squad being wiped out by Marbo's Demolition charge, while standing behind him.
Marbo appearing, failing to wound a single model out of a Nob squad with Ghazghkull, Mega-Boss, and being killed in the same turn by a scattered Battle Cannon.
Marbo and Straken being wiped out by a Demolisher shell before Marbo got to throw his charge.

What happens in your 40k games that should not really occur?

**Brother SRM**

- A (formerly) 10 strong squad of Chaos Terminator Champions led by a Khornate Lord in Terminator armor getting 6 and a half inches from my line, only to fail morale, fail to rout because of being under half strength, and run off the table.

- A unit of 10 maxed out Flash Gitz and a Painboy losing 3 of their number to rocket launchers, then running off the table 1st turn.

- A Tactical Marine destroying a killa kan with a krak grenade in melee.

All these are courtesy my Crimson Fists

**DarkHound**

A lone Nurgle Sorcerer killing a Carnifex with a single blow, then killing a Broodlord and his last remaining Gene-Stealer squadmate, all without taking a wound.

**Squig_herder**

Kill an ethereal only to have every unit of fire warrior pass their leadership test and beat your gaunts in assault thanks to preferred enemy ='(

**alexwars1**

Necrons winning...

**DarkHound**

alexwars1 wrote:Necrons winning...

I think you just won the thread. gak, that was fast.

**Locclo**

Tau winning in close combat.

Seriously - my commander got assaulted by 5 terminators, and managed to survive for three rounds of combat...after which he punched out a terminator, caused them to fail leadership, and routed them. What the feth?

**Fattimus_maximus**

42 Shots at Eldar Special Character (fella with the long melta gun from last edition) from guards squads, not getting a single wound, then killing him in the ensuing charge

**LordofHats**

4 Multimelta shots rolling snake eyes against a Predators front armor IN A ROW XD.

Twas a sad day...

**Superscope**

2 tau firewarriors killing 2 ork biker in close combat... beat that epicness ;p

**Gandair**

Squig_herder wrote:Kill an ethereal only to have every unit of fire warrior pass their leadership test and beat your gaunts in assault thanks to preferred enemy ='(

Locclo wrote:Tau winning in close combat.

Seriously - my commander got assaulted by 5 terminators, and managed to survive for three rounds of combat...after which he punched out a terminator, caused them to fail leadership, and routed them. What the feth?

I think we should stop underestimating Tau in close combat. A unit of 10 Chaos Space Marines with Mark of Khorne (power weapon champ) assaulted a 10 man Fire Warrior team in cover. After simultaneous attacks were worked out, I killed a single fire warrior, fire warriors killed two marines, I failed leadership, the Tau won initiative, my blood for the blood god.

Edit: Just noticed the post above mine was about Tau too. Seriously, that 4+ armor save does go a long way for fire warrior lifespans. Though I am still baffled at how effectively they kill things in assault at times.

Edit #2: Also, I threw a 24 model termagaunt squad at a single crisis suit which had 1 wound remaining. It was the team leader for a normal crisis team and it killed all 24 gaunts over 5 rounds of assault and passed all of it's armor saves. Strength 5 in melee is not to toyed with apparantly. As a kicker, he promoted that suit to the HQ commander and now it has more wounds I can't get rid of.

**Emperors Faithful**

Triple ones to wound. With a power fist.

But honestly, it's these crazy things that really MAKE the game.

**theocd**

Wasn't me but was funny so I'll tell it.

I was facing a SM player and his commander had his own personal LR Crusader. I destroyed it with a Lascannon (lucky shot) he took a wound got out fired twice with his Plasma Gun that overheated both times and killed him. The player wasn't happy.

However,
Had a combat with my CCS (well back then was Heroic Senior Officer) against a battle suit that went on for three turns without us causing any damage.

The OC-D

**dimmy52**

Eyclonus, not once did Marbo get killed before throwing his demo charge. I always make sure I throw it BEFORE I shoot pieplates near him! And as for things that shouldn't happen... Vulkan with two wounds left being slain by a powersword wielding sergeant in an infantry squad.

Or how about Ghaz failing two armour saves and one invul save after being shot at by 2 krak grenades and a plasma pistol. Ghaz had 3 wounds left.

Or a veteran sergeant with a powerfist felling a greater demon.

**Death Gear**

Killing three Punisher tanks with scout sniper rifle on the first turn and wining the game with kill points

(Still can't get my head around that one)

PS. I had the scouts

**Norwulf**

Winning with Daemonhunters.

**ssREV**

I charged 4 firewarriors into a unit of 10 necron warriors plus a necron lord, taking it off an objective (he had a line of them leading back to the objective, so when they piled in they were no longer near it). They lastedin combat 3 (player?) turns, after which they finally died, but it was too late for the necrons to go back and take the objective, since the game ended only a little bit later. Sadly I still lost the game because I should have kept my kroot in cover.

**Sandman**

Missing my intended target with my LRMBT pie plate (a unit of howling banshees on foot) but instead hitting the wave serpent next to them head on and obliterating it and the entire fire dragon squad inside... plus about half of the banshees with the explosion radius.

A lone power weapon IG veteran sgt killing 3 charging grey hunters, 3 attacks, 3 hits, 3 dead marines.

My buddy's tau firewarriors (5 I think) killing 4 Tac marines in cc on the charge.

3 IG stormtroopers killing 5 assault marines in cc

6 attacks by a warboss against a crisis suit, 1 hit, Str 10 powerklaw... no wounds. Then was beaten in cc by the suit and run down.

4 firewarriors holding out for 3 turns against a big mek, 11 shoota boyz and 3 killa kans. In close combat. That is what we refer to as "stupid math"

**StarGate**

Dark Eldar Drakon, with drugs and agonizer, shadow field, Kills a Hive tryant and hive gaurd(3), takes no wounds, then assaults. a zoey and dies in close combat. I role three dice for drugs, But the Zoie killed me in close combat.. i was sad.

**Kingsley**

A single Scout Sergeant with bolt pistol and chainsword killed 5 Chaos Terminators in assault.

**Crazy_Carnifex**

Two really stand out for me:

I had 3 units of Gaunts, no Synapse. I rallied one on top of an objective, then the other two come back on via WoN. The Termagants kill Pedro Kantor, and the Spinegaunts claim a second objective. Game ends. Final score: 2:1 for the gaunts.

Two Genestealers decided to mount a suicidal charge on a unit of Deathwing Terminators. Kill one, then my opponent rolls terribly. For the Next 5 close combat phases. Both 'Stealers lived, none of the Terminators survived.

**trougedoor122**

Charging a full 10 man tactical squad into a tau firewarrior squad that only had 6 models left, and having the firewarriors kill the entire marine squad in one turn.

**Davor**

For me, my DA DW, takes on 10 SW coming out of a Drop Pod. After 2 turns of combat, Space pups are gone with 3 DW reamining. Then they go into a building and with the rules of all buildings dangerous terrian, all 3 trip over their shoe laces and die after a spectacular battle argh.

In anthour battle I had 10 DA green wing SM take on Lysander and his Termies with SS. With the help of 2 or 3 DW, the DW die, and about 3 or 4 GW left, takes out all the Terminators with SS. So much for the SM better SS eh? That battle made my day, since it was my second battle ever. Yeah got my butt handed to me, but that small fight was my highlight.

**DaveL**

Lone wolf charges my (WS 2, no CC weapons of any kind) 3 flamers of Tzeentch, and then dies to them.

Still lost the battle, but they did better in CC than any other unit I had that game, including MCs and actual CC units.

**starbomber109**

The Guardians, with the blessings of eldrad's fortune, walk into battle with the ork tankbustas, an ork takes a swing at one of the guardian's heads with a rokkit on a pole....and the guardian doesn't die, then the nob dies....but the tankhammer boyz live.

Elsewhere, Yirel fails to do any wounds, and is mashed by a power klaw...I played a game today that was FULL of close combats like this.

**Grunt_For_Christ**

10 man strong unit of dire avengers charges the tattered remnants of a devastator squad (sergeant with BP/CCW and one missile launcher). They charge into cover and 1 avenger is pistol whipped. They do 2 wounds in return, both of which are saved. At Ld. 8 they roll double 6 and run away. They NINE REMAINING MEMBERS are pursued by the TWO REMAINING marines who are IN A BUILDING and are destroyed...

From 1 rifle butt to the face.

**A-P**

Emperors Faithful wrote:Triple ones to wound. With a power fist.

But honestly, it's these crazy things that really MAKE the game.

You´re absolutely right. If this game was all about statistics it would be really really boring.

OK, Things. Witnessed this on a 6K+ multi-player game. Abaddon, Chosen of Chaos. The Slayer of Worlds and Arch-Mutilator sees three surviving members of a Loyalist Terminator Squad near him ( 2 PF + SGT w P-Sword ) and charges them. End result three close combat round later is mutual annihilation

. The Deamon-sword simply refused to co-operate ( rolls of 1,1 and 2 ) and the To-hit and To-wound rolls followed similar trend.

Needless to say the Chaos Gods were NOT pleased.

**Morgrim**

My opponent was playing Blood Angels and had been almost tabled, had Dante and a landraider left. I had a raider with 8 warriors (one with blaster) and a talos on one wound in charge range of the landraider, he had Dante almost at the raider. He shoots at my gunkite and blows it up easily. All my warriors bail over the side, hit the ground and roll and spring back to their feet. I didn't take a single wound (whereas normally raider mishaps are the primary cause of deaths for squads in or near them). The explosion radius is large, happens to envelop Dante, who promptly fails all his saves and dies.

Next turn my blaster and talos finish off the landraider. And I was laughing at the other guy making spluttering sounds and threatening do demote the Chapter Master. I'd expected to get all my units wiped out.

**UltramarineRV**

letting a friend of mine run a new charater in his army list, seriously the girl filled both tatical squads but i killed over half his army

needless to say my counter now reads W1-T3-L8

AFTER A YEAR

**Grimm**

An ork warboss armed with a powerclaw and 10 Nobs not being able to take down 5 Tau drones.