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Daemons

30 plaguebearers, full command
30 horrors, full command
Herald of tzeentch //loremaster beasts
Herald of nurgle BSB
2x4 flamers

HE

Archmage //lore of life, awakening, thrones, regrowth, dwellers and flesh to stone
Noble BSB
27 seaguard
15 whitelions
Lion chariot
8 shadow warriors



Turn 1 daemons



Magic

7 PD, 4 DD

Curse on white lions

Amber spear on chariot, dispelled

Shooting

Both flamers kill the chariot

Turn 2 HE

Magic

8 PD 6 SD

Thrones, fail to dispel

Flesh to stone on white lions, dispelled

Shooting

Shadow warriors cause 1 wound on flamers, saved

Turn 2 daemons




Magic

6 PD 4 DD

Curse on lions,

Shooting

Flamers kill 3 white lions

Turn 2 HE



Magic

4 PD 2 DD

Regrowth on lions, dispelled

Shooting

SWs kill 1 horror

Turn 3 daemons



Magic

6 PD 3 DD

Curse on lions, dispelled

Bolt of change on lions, fail to cast

Shooting

Flamners kill 7 lions

Turn 3 HE

Lions charge flamers, 2 die to stand and shoot, fails to charge, 1 short



Magic

9 PD 4 DD

6 dice regrowth on lions, 4 dice IF dispel

Flesh to stone on lions

Shooting

SWs kill 1 horror

Turn 4 daemons



Magic

11 PD 6 DD

Thrones dispelled

Flickering fire on lions, dispelled

Fail to cast gift of chaos on lions

Curse on lions

Shooting

Flamers kill 3 SWs

Turn 4 HE



SWs charge flamers

Magic

10 PD 4 DD

5 dice thrones

5 dice regrowth on lions, dispell scroll

Combat

SWs inflict 1 wound, flamers kill 3, Flamers pursue 9 inches, SWs are caught

Lions fail panic test with BSB re-roll, flee 7 inches

Turn 5 daemons



Magic

4 PD 3 DD

Thrones dispelled

Shooting

Flamers wipe out the rest of the white lions except for the BSB (2+ ward against fire)

Game ends.

Comments :

Shadow warriors are just BS 4 shades without AHWs. No surprise here.

Lion chariot is ridiculosuly overpriced.

White lions are suprisingly hard to kill via shooting, took about 4 turns.

Ofcourse 8 Flamers of Tzeentch beat 1500 points of High Elves, that is how the game is supposed to work....

Sarcasm mode off.

After deployment this game was already played. High Elves list was terrible (who takes Shadow Warriors or Lion Chariots?) while the Daemons list nearly maxed out the unit that kills any High Elf but Dragon Princes. Then the HE player deployed terribly by placing the Sea Guard on the far flank instead of keeping his units together. On top of this, High Elves good units were pretty unlucky. Turn 2 HE, 4 dice Regrowth dispelled by 2 DD? Then Turn 3 HE, 6 dice Regrowth attempt to dispel with 4 DD and getting IF? Turn 3 HE White Lions failed charge by 1"?

Daemons player played a solid game, recognized that Flamers trump everything the High Elves player brought to the table and that he only needed to pick of the Chariot to avoid long charges on his Flamers. Only mistake (in my opinion) was deciding to attempt to dispel the 6 dice Regrowth on 4 DD on HE turn 3. Chance to dispel was pretty low and by not using the DD he could have at least prevented Flesh to Stone. Too bad he was rewarded for this mistake by getting the lucky IF dispel (only 13% chance).

Let me clarify a bit.

This was a 1500 daemons list i came up with and was the first time i played daemons. I didnt tailor this list against HE at all.

4 dice regrowth and 6 dice regrowth were dispelled because he ended up with poor rolls. I chose to dispel using 4 dice instead of the dispell scroll because the odds were in my favour. But yes, pretty poor rolls all round. Curse shutting down the white lion's movement didnt help.

The seaguard was deployed on the wrong flank because he was expecting me to put the horrors in it.

Also, apparently he was rather new to the game.

Should also add : I was really surprised by how hard it was to get within 18 inch range for the horror's spells.

@ Question

Sorry if my reply came across as saying the Daemons player (you) list tailored. Every Daemons player maxes out on Flamers and I don't blame you for it. I was just pointing out the obvious difference in competitiveness of the army lists.

Overall I was just a bit disappointed with the battle report. Not only were the lists unbalanced, the player with the better list also outplayed the other player, which made for a pretty one-sided game. If luck is then also on the side of said player, then the result is a not so entertaining game (compared to some of your other battle reports).

Yea this game definately wasnt as interesting as the rest.

Can you please tell me how you fired the flamers? Did you use the special D6 shots or use the 2 normals S5s?

Thanks again for a flowing report.

Uh? I thought there was only one way to fire flamers. Melee attack should be 2 S5 per model.

Oh, ok

Pretty much a one sided affair. I'm not sure what the HE player was trying to do here.

Is this Vassal? Have they finally made a WFB version?

It's actually this:

http://www.universalbattle.com/

anyone fancy a 2000pt game?