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An older report- so details are fuzzy- the game that made me drop my land raiders (for good?)

pts. 1850

KHORNEEEEEEEEEEEE
HQ
Daemon Prince
*Wings, Warptime
Daemon Prince
*Wings, Warptime

Khorne Berzerkers
8x Zerkers
*1 Champ w/ PF+Personal Icon
Khorne Berzerkers
8x Zerkers
*1 Champ w/ PF+Personal Icon

Chaos Space Marines
6x CSM
*1 Meltagun, IoCG, 1 Champion w/ meltabombs
*Rhino

Chaos Space Marines
6x CSM
*1 Meltagun, IoCG, 1 Champion w/ meltabombs
*Rhino

Summoned Greater Daemon
Lesser Daemons x8

Predator w/ hvy bolter sponsons
Land Raider w/ extra armor + Dozer Blade
Land Raider w/ extra armor + Dozer Blade

SPACE PUPPIES (my best guess)
2 HQs on thunderwolves- 1 with hammer/shield another with a different special weapon

Mob squad of wolves

4 Las/plas razorbacks (3 with 5 man squads I believe)

3 longfangs- each a mix of lascannon/missile launchers

Elites- 3 man melta squad in rhino

Scenario: Dawn of War, 3 objectives

turn 1
I decide to go 2nd- marc rolls in and gets his hvy support in position



I roll in in a column formation to get some hull down on land raiders and protect my daemon princes



Turn 2
A rhino and Predator get annihilated by the longfangs/lazorbacks



Turn 3
Marc's melta squad blows up my right hand land raider and the berzerkers get shot up immensely- a daemon prince + greater daemon get annihilated by the rest of his shooting and his HQ blob finishes off the berzerkers



Turn 4
At this point- things aren't looking good for Khorne. I unload everything on his HQ squad and charge it with my remaining forces



After sustaining heavy losses in close combat and loosing my 2nd landraider to lascannon fire- I call the game. A decisive victory for Space Wolves! My 1850 land raider attempt was an utter failure- and my faith in my land raider list as a whole crumbles!

This is exactly why I'm more and more considering CSM to be a power-armor-horde army. They don't have a lot of transport options, and one of them is paper thin while the other is really expensive (and can't re-mobilize itself). Without transports, you either need fancy mobility (which CSM mostly don't have), or a horde. Perhaps if you would have dropped the land raiders in favor of 20 more CSM things would have gone better for you?

Loved it.

nicely done

Ailaros wrote:I'm more and more considering CSM to be a power-armor-horde army.

It's always hordes with you!

But i tend to agree, CSM can do horde armies quite well, bringing in summoned daeomons where they are needed most. Considering the standard CSM is given a a boltgun, pistol and CCW they can be incredibly versatile, throwing out alot of small arms fire at close range or dealing out alot of pain in close combat.

@OP Sinking lots of points in transports can do very well, or very bad. The amount of firepower a vehicle can soak up is astounding if the enemy has poor rolling, but it only takes one good roll and your tank is toast! Keep faith in the LR, it has its uses! Squaring off against multiple lascannons however is not one of those uses...

Thanks for the comments guys!

@Ailaros - I've used lesser summoned daemons in horde squads before, and I've seen thousand sons used in this fashion successfully. However, at 35 pts. the rhino is a pretty good deal- and with my Khorne theme I need as many transports on the field as I can get.

I have a few battle reps. commin up soon- playtesting some of my new all-Khorne ideas (some undivided, but o well)- so stay posted!