porkuslime wrote:How did your dice perform?
Below average. I kept track of results of some stuff. Here's some statistics over the course of three games:
-My venoms and ravagers took a total of 13 flickerfield saves, of which I passed two.
-My splinter cannon wounds out of 12 shots per vehicle in 3 games: 0,0,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,6,6,9. I had some getting no shots and some half shots (one weapon destroyed) but didn't count that.
-In three games, I had to make a total of 6 Dangerous Terrain tests for my skimmers. I failed 5 of them. Four those failures were in game 3, one was in game 1. In fact, in game 3 I did more damage to my own vehicles than my enemy did.
For close combat, I had four engagements total over three games.
Game 1: My six wyches and the Baron charged enemy two wyches (one succubus, one regular). I caused a total of 4 wounds on the charge needing 4+ to hit, 4+ to wound, rerolling wounds - enemy failed one on each wych, so I wiped them and got a pain token. The two wyches I was fighting against got two wounds back on me - the Baron failed his shadowfield save with a 1, and the wych I put the other wound on failed the 4+ Invul and died.
Game 3: I had three close combats.
#1: 10 Blood Angel Assault Marines assaulted into 6x wyches. I struck first at I6 with +1 weapon skill; 3+ to hit, 5+ to wound. I caused 2 wounds out of 6 wyches, which were both passed....and based on the pile-in, only 4 guys could swing back at me; they did 8 wounds; I failed 7 of them and was wiped. Fortunately, from where they consolidated to, my partner's nine killa-kans got to assault them and another unit, almost picking off half the
BA army in one assault; talk about capitalizing on bad enemy choices. =D
#2: My other 5 wyches and my baron separately assaulted into the same 5 man grey hunter squad later in the game - they had an attached rune priest. Between the baron (at STR6) and the wyches (at STR3, with WS5), I did 3 wounds to the grey hunters, they failed one. The baron took two wounds from a grey hunter, and the squad took four. The baron rolled
for his first save; poof - Shadowfield gone. Then he rolled
for his second save. Poof, two wounds. My wyches failed 2/4 (average). I passed leadership for both units, and the Baron Hit and Run to get away (killpoint game and I wasn't trying to give up free killpoints.
Baron Sathonyx met an untimely end the following turn when an exploding vehicle send a piece of shrapnel through his eye and into his brain, causing him to lose his last wound.
The wyches were stuck in combat for another turn game turn, until I lost the lone wych remaining on my turn, letting him consolidate, then move and assault into some trueborn that had spent 2 turns failing to kill the rhino the grey hunters had emerged from. 3+ to hit and the best I can roll is 1,1,2. The trueborn got multi-assaulted along with an immobilized ravager....he only put two guys into the trueborn, who failed 2/2 saves, with one guy left passing leadership so that he's still locked in combat - so I didn't get to shoot at him my next turn. =p
I didn't keep track of my darklight weapon performance this game.
