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My first Battle Report ever. 2500 points. Dawn of War. Pitched Battle. 'Ere we go!

My list:

KFF Big Mek
PK Bike Boss

7 Nob Bikers, 2 PK, Painboy, 2 BC
15 Lootas
15 Tankbustas
15 Kommandos, 2 Burnas, Snikrot

19 Shoota Boyz, 1 BS, Nob PK, BS, BP, 'EA
3 X 11 Slugga Boyz, Nob PK, BS, BP, 'EA
3 X Trukk RR

3 X Deffkoptas TL Rokkits

2 X Battlewagons, DR, BS, RP, AP

Big Mek in BW with Tankbustas, Shoota Boyz in the other.

Micah's List:

KFF Big Mek
PK Bike Boss

9 Nobz 3 PK, Painboy, 3 BC
15 Burnas

4 X 29 Slugga Boyz, Nob PK, BS, BP, 'EA
11 Shoota Boyz, Nob PK, BS
Trukk

2 X Deffkoptas TL Rokkits, BS

2 X Battlewagons, DR, BS, RP, AP
2 X 3 Killa Kanz GZ

Big Mek in BW with Burnas, Nobz in the other.

I deploy first from left to right:
All 3 Deffkoptas, Lootas in a multistory ruin, Nob Bikerz, Slugga Boyz Trukk, Shoota Boyz Wagon, Big Mek/Tankbusta Wagon, Slugga Boyz Trukk, Slugga Boyz Trukk, Snikrot in reserves.

Micah's Deployment from my left to right:
Killa Kanz, Slugga Boyz, Burna Wagon, Nob Wagon, Slugga Boyz, Killa Kanz, Deff Kopta, Warboss with Slugga Boyz, Slugga Boyz, Deff Kopta, Shoota Boyz Trukk in reserve.

I scout move my Deffkoptas into the middle of the board hoping to hit the side armour of the Nob Wagon on turn 1. Micah Turbo-boosts his Defkoptas to the right towards my Trukks.

He seizes the initiative.

Turn 1: He moves everything up using his Boyz as a screen for his Battlewagons. Kan Grotzookaz on my left kills 2 Lootas. Kan Grotzookas in the middle kill one of my Deffkoptas. His Deffkopta in the middle shoots at my left hand trukk and stuns it. His Deffkopta on my right Destroys my far right hand trukk and I lose 4 Boyz.

My Lootas shoot his far left Boyz. Kill a few. Nobz move up a few inches and shoot a lot of his Boyz in the middle left Mob. I move one Deffkopta left and back and miss his Kanz. My other Deffkopta moves up and to the middle right for a shot at that Battlewagon Side Armour. His KFF saves the penetrating hit. Sluggas in left Trukk stay put. Shoota Boy Wagon moves up and they unload into his middle left Mob with small success. Tankbusta Wagon moves up an inch and kills one of his Kanz. Trukk on right moves into a ruin and shoots at his middle right Mob. Dismounted Boyz on my right assault his Deffkopta and take it out. Consolidate to the right behind some cover.

Turn 2. His Trukk does not come in. He moves everything forward. Kanz on my left kill a few more Lootas. Nob Wagon moves 12 inches and disembark in front of my Nobz. Combi-scorchas cause some wounds and then assaults. I lose 5 and he loses 4. My Nobz do not run, and we consolidate. Middle Kanz shoot some Lootas. Middle Deffkopta assaults and immobilizes my Shoota Wagon.

Snikrot comes in. Shoots and assaults his Burna Wagon to no avail. My Deffkopta misses his Kanz on the left. Lootas kill some more of his Boyz on the left. I move my left Trukk and disembark my Sluggas, assaulting them into the Nob melee. His Nobz get wiped. I consolidate my Boyz left and my Bikerz right. My Shoota Boyz kill a few more of his middle left Mob. My tankbustas back up and shoot a few of his middle right Mob. My right Trukk and Sluggas shoot a few of this middle right Mob. My Sluggas on the far right shoot a few of his far right Slugga Boyz.

Turn 3: His Shoota Boyz Trukk comes in. They jump out, shoot, assault, and wipe out my Kommandos. Everything moves forward. His far left Kanz kill my Deffkopta. His far left Slugga Boys assault my Lootas. His Burna Wagon moves up and they jump out, burn my Sluggas to the Nob, and then assault him to death. His middle left Mob assaults my Nob Bikers and the lone Warboss flees. His middle right Mob surrounds my Shoota Wagon, glances it to death, and my Shootas die because they could not disembark. His Deffkopta Shoots and assaults my Tankbusta Wagon, but to no avail. His Biker Boss and middle right Slugga Mob do not make the roll to assault my right Trukk in terrain. His far right Mob does, and wipes my far right Mob. I concede.

My assessment: I had been doing fairly well rushing my Trukk Boyz and Nob Bikerz against other armies (even Tyranids), but I wanted to see what mounted Boyz would do against Ork Foot Hordes. This was only my second time ever playing other Orks, the first being a 17 year old kid about 3 months into 40K. Micah has been playing since the 80's, and he brought his generic all-comers list. The numbers mismatch meant I would have to shoot him up pretty hard before we went into CC. But, being ork marksmen, I couldn't put enough Dakka downrange to stop him good. I also did not use my mobility to throw the weight of my army against the part of his army with speed. I could have easily moved everybody to my left, protecting my Lootas, stranding 1 or 2 of his Mobs out of effective reach, and marginalizing the mobility of his Battlewagons. Even though we could have matched numbers in an ideal situation for me, the big difference initially would have been his Killa Kanz. And in two more rounds, he would of had another 60 Boyz smashing into me. I reckon this is how I usually make my opponents feel. The only other thing I could have done differently was to rush my Trukks and Bikes forward to get the assault. I would have weakened his numbers much more than I did, and my Boyz would not have just waited around for him to come to me. In the end, I don't think I could have effectively caused wounds fast enough to Micah before he got his swings in. In all, I have renewed respect for the 31 wound, base 93 attack Slugga Mob. I also learned that I should more readily abandon an immobilized vehicle that is about to be surrounded.

What are your thoughts?

Uhm, why does your friend had 4 HQs?

Yeah that is odd.

As odd as the title in fact.

Sorry, He only had two, the Big Mek and a Bike Boss. But you should have realized that after reading the report, right?. I reckon I'll fix it now.

The title made me really excited to read this, turned out to be a battle report :(

if you wanted to win this one you would have made sure to multi-assault 2 trukks into his big mobs and always make sure you're getting the charge. not an easy feat. i run a speed freak list and i like to use burnas to make up for my lower numbers. It really tips the scales against truly hord armies.

Yes. Turn 1 I could have dumped out at least 1 Trukk of Slugga Boys and 1 Battlewagon of Shoota Boys into the Mob with his Warboss. 62 shots for 11 wounds, 101 choppa attacks for 21 wounds, maybe one of my Nobs making his 4 PK attacks on his Warboss, would have wiped out a whole Mob of his Boyz without them ever laying a wound on my Boyz. His Warboss would either be dead or lost by a bunch and run away.

Yes, I should have run Burnas instead of Tankbustas, and more Lootas instead of Snikrot since I knew he was not hanging out on his side of the table. Live and learn. Thanks for reading the report. More games tonight!

Well good luck on your other games. The best way to learn things is to just get out there and play

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