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There was about 70 people in attendance, apparently there largest turnout ever. It was a good event. Well run, with everything basically on time. It was 4 rounds, 1:45 per round. 1850, using missions from the brb, and using win, loss, tie. only only using primary objectives. So all in all, this is the kind of tournament I like. No BS sec, ter objectives, and using win, loss, tie is really easy to determine winners. My only complaint about the event was lack or terrain. some of the tables had tons of terrain and looked really awesome. Other tables had ZERO terrain (I literally mean zero, as in none). I played on 4 tables that basically had zero terrain. youll see in the pictures.

My list:

Eldrad
Avatar

5 fire dragons, wave serpent SS, Shuriken Cannon
5 fire dragons, wave serpent SS, Shuriken Cannon

10 DA, exarch, PW&SS, Defend
10 guardians, shuriken cannon
-wave serpent, EML, SS
10 Stormies, tri-flamer
-wave serpent, EML, SS
5 DA

Falcon, EML, HF, SS
Fire Prism
Fire Prism

List thoughts: So its a hybrid mech list. Opted not to use jetcouncil because ive had 0 luck with it and its to many points. I wanted 4 troops, and having the avatar as some killy. The avatar actually worked out really well and performed well in every single game. Overall the list performed well and this is the best ive done in a GT so something went right.

Game 1: Pitched battle, kill points

Chaos
2 lash winged princes
greater demon
3x10 marines with meltaguns, PF in rhinos
5 marines on foot
3x2 oblits
3 bikes with meltaguns

Thoughts: so its standard dual lash oblits. Lash means nothing against me, and doesnt scare me either. He has 3 ranged shooting, nothing to really scare me either. Overall, I wasnt scared of this list and thought I would have done better. But luck does come into play sometimes. Atleast the the rest of my games go much better than this one

I lost roll to go first and he chose to go first.

He sets up with the three rhinos and princes behind them. the oblits scattered around the rhinos. I setup to the left in the little cover i can give my DA, and my guardians tank providing some cover to other tanks. I try to seize but fail.
Pregame thoughts: Going second sucks in kill points and barely any cover. he has 6 lascannons at me which can hurt. Ill weather round one of shoooting and go for his only ranged threats, the oblits after that. Ill march the avatar and DA close to him and try to engage the princes for hopefully easy KPs.


Turn 1: He moves princes forward. rhnios move up. 2 rhinos pop smoke. He never attempts lash all game FYI (scared of perils). He shoots lascannons at my guardians tank. gets 2 pens, wrecks it. Shoots lascannons at unfortuned avatar. 2 hits, 2 wounds, 2 failed saves (yikes bad luck already.....).

My turn, i flatout both dragons to get rid of his oblits (hopefully). I fortune DA and avatar. move them up a bit. Shooting I kill 1 oblit from falcon. otherwise all my missiles do nothing.
thoughts: Okay crap, bad luck has hit me already. But Ill try and make due and go for his oblits and try and get some kill points in the process and it will save my tanks as well.
KP: 1 - 0


Turn 2:
His oblits see the dragons threat, and use twin lnked melta on the tank. gets 2 hits, 2 pens, i fail both cover saves. he blows up the first tank. Does the same thing on tank 2, 2 hits, 2 pens, 2 failed cover saves, explodes again. His princes hop right on thos exposed dragons and kill both units. Major loss turn 2 for me.

My turn, I move my avatar forward. run my guardians back. and otherwise shuffle around a bit. I assault into his prince with my avatar. do 2 wounds. I immobilize one rhino (the flame icon is immobile not wrecked).
thoughts: ugh, more bad luck. My dragons are all gone. I have very little that can ID easily his oblits now. I need to get my DA in range and shoot/assault them. I need to run everything else away and avoid more assaults. My fire prisms have been very useless thus far scattering wildly a lot). At turn 2 he has an incredible KP lead already, not good.
KP: 5 - 0


Turn 3:
No GD yet. His bikes move up the left flank near the fire prisms. One unit of marines gets out the immobile rhino to help the prince. the other two rhinos try to close in on my ranks. He assaults the marines into the avatar but I hold. His oblits fail the charge. I kill his prince in either his or my combat phase. His prince catches my guardians who were tryign to move away but he assaults and wipes them off the board.

My turn I shoot his oblits with DA and they die. I was hoping to multi assault and wish they lived, but ah well. I flatout my storm guardians to go for his 5 marines on foot with tri flamers. I get eldrad out because im losing badly and need to kill his prince. I asault eldrad into his prince and wound him 3 times and he does 0 in return.
thoughts: well this turn went better, one unit of oblits is gone. and one prince is gone and the other has 1 wound left. Hopefully I can flamer those 5 marines to death next turn. and then get my DA into combat wit those remaining oblits to get more KP and less ranged shooting. Still worried about the GD and he still has 30 marines lol.
KP: 6 - 2


Turn 4: GD comes in. Takes one of the champs. 5 marines run away from flamers. his reminaing 3 oblits wreck the flatout tank, I failed another cover save. He gets marines out of the rhino to assault eldrad. The 3 bikes with melta blow up a fire prism. The GD assaults the DA, kills a couple, I fail morale and he runs them over. sad panda. Since avatar is unfortuned the marines kill his remaining 2 wounds.

My storm guardians are to far to flamer those marines now. Eldrad is stuck in combat with 10 marines + a prince. he still has 10 more marines in a rhino. I tell him GG since its pointless to continue playing as he has an incredible KP lead that i could never catch.

KP: 11 - 2


postgame: basically tabled my first game. Horrible way to start the day. My luck was simply not there. lost roll to go first, lost 3 tanks by turn 2. was down 5-0 KPS by turn 2. failed every single flatout cover save I needed. Was rolling terrible in combat. Rolling terrible on damage tables as well. I rolled a lot of 1-2's on the dice this game.

Thankfully, the next 3 games go much better so I encouragre you to read on even though I got curb stomped here! lol.