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Logans Great Company


HQ:

Logan Grimnar


Troops:

Wolf Guard Pack :
1 Wolf Guard w/ Power Armour, Power Weapon, Bolt Pistol
1 Wolf Guard w/ Power Armour, Frost Weapon, Bolt Pistol
1 Wolf Guard w/ Terminator Armour, Thunder Hammer, Heavy Flamer
1 Wolf Guard w/ Terminator Armour, Thunder Hammer, Storm Bolter
1 Wolf Guard w/ Terminator Armour, Frost Weapon, Storm Shield
w/ Drop Pod

Wolf Guard Pack :
4 Wolf Guard w/ Power Armour, Storm Bolter, Close Combat Weapon
1 Wolf Guard w/ Power Armour, Storm Bolter, Frost Weapon
1 Wolf Guard w/ Terminator Armour, Power Weapon, Storm Bolter, Cyclone Missile Launcher (Goes with long fangs)
w/ Drop Pod

Wolf Guard Pack:
1 Wolf Guard w/ Storm Bolter, Wolf Claw
1 Wolf Guard w/ Thunder Hammer, Storm Shield
1 Wolf Guard w/ Storm Bolter, Frost Weapon
1 Wolf Guard w/ Assault Cannon, Wolf Claw
1 Arjac Rockfist
w/ Drop Pod


Heavy Support:

Long Fangs Pack:
4 Long Fangs w/ Missile Launcher
1 Long Fang w/ Lascannon
1 Squad Leader w/ CCW + Pistol

Long Fangs Pack:
4 Long Fangs w/ Missile Launcher
1 Long Fang w/ Lascannon
1 Squad Leader w/ CCW + Pistol


Iyanden Ghost Warriors

HQ:

Yriel
Maugan Ra


Elites:

10 Harlequins w/ Shadowseer, Troupe Master, 2x Fusion Pistols, 4x Kiss'
6 Wraithguards w/ Spiritseer (Destructor)


Troops:

5 Pathfinders
5 Pathfinders


Heavy Support:

Wraithlord - 2x Flamers - Brightlance
Wraithlord - 2x Flamers - Brightlance
Wraithlord - 2x Flamers - Brightlance


The Table


Mission : Capture and Control
Deployment : Dawn of War

The players roll of, Space Wolves player wins the roll and decides to go second.
Eldar reserves everything.
(The pictures are representing how the table looked like at the end of the turn. The distances might be off a bit since its remade from memory. Gives you a better picture of the battle than without it thought.)

Eldar Turn 1 :
Nothing happens, everythings in reserve.



Space Wolves Turn 1 :
Two drop pods deepstrike close to the Eldar objective, Logan and a pack of WG disembark from one, Arjac and a pack of WG disembark from the other one.
They all walk towards cover.
Two packs of Long Fangs settle up near their objectives in cover.
A pack of WG covers their objective.



Eldar Turn 2 :
The Harlequins, 2 Wraithlords and a unit of Pathfinders arrives on the table.
The Oathfinders move and run into cover.
The Wraithlords moves to a safe distance from the dropped Terminators and makes sure they are in cover from the Long Fangs.
The Wraithlords fires at a pack of Terminators but fails miserably.
The Harlequins head straight towards the enemy objective, running 2" :(.



Space Wolves Turn 2 :
Logans pack moves further along cover to get ready for the second wave of Eldar reinforcements.
Arjacs pack stays in cover and fires at the wraithlords, but the wraithbone structure proves too tough even for assault cannons.
The long wolves that are in range fire at the wraithlords, but cover blocks the shots.



Eldar Turn 3 :
Everything else comes in from reserve. The unit of Wraithguard accompanied by a Wraithlord, Yriel and Maugan Ra moves straight towards Logans Wolf Guard pack.
The two wraithlords managed to keep their senses together and did not suffer from wraithsight.
The newly arrived Pathfinder squad moves up to the second floor in the building with the Eldar objective. And the other Pathfinders move further into another ruin piece.
The Harlequins continue their move towards the enemy objective, running a mere 3".
A hail of AP 2 shots rained upon Logans pack, but amazingly the solid ruins and thick armor made sure none of the Terminators were wounded.
Afterwards they all charged into battle, even the Wraithguard, to try and block most attacks from hitting Yriel/Maugan Ra.
Maugan Ra and Yriel managed to swiftly kill Logan before anything else managed to swing back. However Logan had already inspired his troops granting them an additional attack each.
The Wraithguard unit took a lot of pounding from the Wolf Guard pack, leaving only a single Wraithguard alive.
Yriel suffered a massive blow from a thunder hammer, piercing his force field and killing him instantly.



Space Wolves Turn 3 :
The last empty drop pod were launched next to the Harlequins, hoping to slow their advance and maybe kill a few with the storm bolter.
Arjacs pack approached rapidly the ruins where the Pathfinders were hiding in. They ran foward to close in the gap.
The Long Fangs estimated that they would be out of range of the Wraithlords and so consentrated fire on the Pathfinders in the ruin, killing one of them.
The old drop pods also took a few shots into the Pathfinder squad, failing to cause any wounds.
The fight between the Wolf Guard and Maugan Ra continued. Maugan managed to kill off 2 power armored marines, but the rest killed the remaining units from the Wraithguard squad.



Eldar Turn 4 :
The Harlequins continued to run forward.
One of the Wraithlords suffered wraithsight, but luckally not the one in close combat.
The Pathfinders who Arjac was closing in, tries to run as fast as possible towards the next ruin, where the Wraithlords stood ready to counter charge. However they stumbled forward, only running 1".
The other Pathfinder squad, who was holding the objective, kept on shooting randomly at Terminators, failing to do any real damage.
The close combat continues, and Maugan kills of another Terminator, whilst another Terminator falls in the hands of the Wraithlord.



Space Wolves Turn 4 :
Arjacs pack manage to move forward in the ruins without any trouble. They fire at the Pathfinders and kill all but one of them.
The Long Fangs can't see the Harlequins due to the Viel of Tears, and wastes the whole turn trying to spot them.
Arjacs pack charge the last remaining Pathfinder and kills him with ease. They consolidate towards the Wraithlords.
The last Terminator from Logans pack passes two invulnerable saves, and gets a wound on Maugan Ra.



Eldar Turn 5 :
None of the Wraithlords suffers from wraithsight.
The Harlequins continue their charge towards the enemy objective, speading out to avoid getting blasted to bits.
The two near Arjacs pack moves up to gain the best flaming position available. When ready, the two Wraithlords fire two flamers each at Arjacs pack getting 12 wounds on them.
The flames only manage to kill one of them and wound Arjac, as the terminator armour once again proves invaluable for the Space Wolves. After flaming the pack, they charge in to try and finish them off in close combat.
As Maugan Ra was dazed from the wound, he was going to strike at the same time as the last terminator. But luckally for him, the Wraithlord manage to kill off the last remaining Wolf guard before he could swing.
Both of them consolidate towards the other close combat fight.
The other Wraithlords manage to kill off two Wolf Guards in melee, but one of the Wraithlords suffered 2 wounds from Arjacs hammer.



Space Wolves Turn 5 :
Finally several of the Long Fangs manage to spot and target the Harlequins, but even then they only manage to kill 3 of them.
Arjac and the remaining Terminator manage to kill off one of the Wraithlords, but in return the other Terminator got killed.



Eldar Turn 6 :
Wraithsight wasn't any problem this turn either.
The Harlequins continue their charge and try to hide behind the building that houses one of the Long Fang packs.
Maugan Ra runs to help the Wraithlord kill off Arjac.
Arjac dies to the sheer amount of attacks. Maugan and the Wraithlord consolidates towards the drop pods.



Space Wolves Turn 6 :
Eventhough the Harlequins are extremely close, some of the Long Fangs are unable to target them. But even then, they manage to kill 4 more Harlequins, leaving only 3 remaining.
The drop pods try to fire at Maugan Ra but his armor saves him.



Eldar Turn 7 :
The Harlequins are finally able to assault the troops guarding the enemy objective. And even with only 3 remaining Harlequins, they manage to kill 4 of them.
However the last surviver, manage to kill 2 Harlequins. The last Wolf Guard tries to run, but the Troupe Master catches him, forcing him to take 2 no retreat wounds, and he fails one of them.
The Wraithlords manage to wreck one of the drop pods, and destroy the other.



Space Wolves Turn 7 :
The last Harlequin is killed, and theres nothing else to do.



Iyanden Ghost Warriors - 1 Objective
Logans Great Company - 0 Objectives

It was a really tight game, and if the game had ended at turn 5 or 6, then the battle would have been a draw.
A few lucky harlequins, and a few unlucky wolves, decided the game at turn 7. Things can change quickly

wow those wraithguard folded like a thin pancake, that was a major point loss there. Same with yriel isnta dieing,.....that sucks. he lost almost 500 points by turn 3 lol. Seemed like the only thing that won him that game was wraithlords and maugan ra. and some lucky harlies (dam they are pretty slow getting across the field)

good rep

Yriel's really a lot better against 3+ save units, as he can use the blast + they are less likely to cause instant death on him.
The wraithguards should have taken down a lot more wolf guards by shooting, but the wolf player passed 8 (iirc) 4+ cover saves in a row. However they did see to it that Maugan Ra got 0 attacks against him in the first turns of combat, which really helped him stay alive long enough to slaughter the rest.

Yriel + the wraithguards were 406p total, and they did manage to kill off Logan before he could strike, and he's 275p alone, so they only lost by ~130p. And after that the wolf player struggled to hurt the rest, as his attacks were greatly reduced after the first combat turn, as they had base attacks + counter charge + Logans Living Ledgend skill, and Preferred Enemy from the High King skill.

Normally the Harlequins are fast, but the thing in the middle-right side of the board was actually elevated, so it took 3" to move up and down over that. And they never actually rolled over 3" for running either.

Thanks for the report, I enjoyed to read it and those vassal pictures are very helpful.

Those Harlequins were impossibly slow, but lucky in the end

However they did see to it that Maugan Ra got 0 attacks against him in the first turns of combat, which really helped him stay alive long enough to slaughter the rest.

He has to be in BTB with someone from the opponent to be able to stike. Did the Wolves player remove models in btb with him as a casualty?

Thanks for the positive feedback

It was played correctly, but as he had his units in a "line" and i bounched up against it, he only had Logan and another guy in contact.
Logan died, the other guy insta gibbed Yriel. Instead of letting them pile in further towards the IC's the wraithguard models more or less blocked many of them to reach Maugan/Yriel.

Its hard to explain/envision through words and vassal pictures, but basically he was all the time in BTB with one guy, but only 1-2 others were able to direct their attacks on him. Instead of a lot more

Ok cool, I was just wondering what happened, thanks for the explanation