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I will be attending my First GT this upcoming weekend. Its the Golden Throne GT in Pleasonton, Ca. Ive gone to many RTT, Ard Boyz and done pretty good. At last years Fall in The Brawl i placed 4th out of 34 players. But now going to a two day event, it is really going to test my skills against a higher caliber of players. I will be attending with my buddies Jesse and Alan. Jesse is the Fall in the Brawl winner last year he won it with.
Flying circus, and hell also be taking Daemons to the GTGT. His 51 Khorne Hounds list is a tough nut to crack. He was also thunderdome Champion in 5th ed with his draigowing list. Hes known as Biffomatic here on Dakka.Alan is new to the tournament scene but very experience with his meganobz ork list. The Golden Throne Gt is a 2000 pt dual force org, forgeworld allowed 2 day Gt. Straight book missions. 8 16 player brackets, 3-0 players advance to top 16. Everyone else plays a RTT on day two.

I will be taking Dark Angels with Imperial Guard Allies.2000 pts.
Check out GT info here.
Www.goldenthronegt.com

Azrael
Librarian, powerfield generator, bike, mace of redemption
Ravenwing Command Squad, apothecary, champion, grenade launcher, devastation banner, plus 2 knights

Bike Squad, plasmagun x2, sgt meltabomb, 6 bikes
Bike Squad, plasmagun x2, sgt meltabomb, 6 bikes
Bike Squad, plasmagun, flamer. Sgt meltabomb, 6 bike

Nephilim Jetfighter

Imperial Guard Allies
Ccs, autocannon

Pcs, 4 lasgun
Pcs, 4 lasgun

Infantry Squad x3
Flamer, lasguns

Infantry Squad x3
Grenade Launcher, lasguns

Vendetta

I will be posting up my battle reports after this weekend. Im so anxious and ready to go. Are you guys too?


Game 1 Scott Anderson
Ultramarines Allied Grey Knights

HQ- Chief Librarian Tigurius
T- Tactical Squad, Multimelta;Flamer; Boltgunx8, Drop Pod
T- Tactical Squad, Missile Launcher; Flamer; Boltgunx8, Drop Pod
E- Ironclad Dreadnought, Drop Pod
E- Terminator Assault Squad, Lightning Clawsx3; Thunder Hammerx3
HS- Land Raider
HS- Thunderfire Cannon
Aegis Defence Line- Twin Linked Quad Gun
Grey Knight Allies
HQ- Librarian, Terminator Armour;
T- Grey Knight Terminator Squad, Swordx6, Psilencer

Good luck buddy. I'm rooting for the underdog Imperials.

I'll look for your army when I'm there.

 Julnlecs wrote:
I will be attending my First GT this upcoming weekend. Its the Golden Throne GT in Pleasonton, Ca. Ive gone to many RTT, Ard Boyz and done pretty good. At last years Fall in The Brawl i placed 4th out of 34 players. But now going to a two day event, it is really going to test my skills against a higher caliber of players. I will be attending with my buddies Jesse and Alan. Jesse is the Fall in the Brawl winner last year he won it with.
Flying circus, and hell also be taking Daemons to the GTGT. His 51 Khorne Hounds list is a tough nut to crack. He was also thunderdome Champion in 5th ed with his draigowing list. Hes known as Biffomatic here on Dakka.Alan is new to the tournament scene but very experience with his meganobz ork list. The Golden Throne Gt is a 2000 pt dual force org, forgeworld allowed 2 day Gt. Straight book missions. 8 16 player brackets, 3-0 players advance to top 16. Everyone else plays a RTT on day two.

I will be taking Dark Angels with Imperial Guard Allies.2000 pts.
Check out GT info here.
Www.goldenthronegt.com

Azrael
Librarian, powerfield generator, bike, mace of redemption
Ravenwing Command Squad, apothecary, champion, grenade launcher, devastation banner, plus 2 knights

Bike Squad, plasmagun x2, sgt meltabomb, 6 bikes
Bike Squad, plasmagun x2, sgt meltabomb, 6 bikes
Bike Squad, plasmagun, flamer. Sgt meltabomb, 6 bike

Nephilim Jetfighter

Imperial Guard Allies
Ccs, autocannon

Pcs, 4 lasgun
Pcs, 4 lasgun

Infantry Squad x3
Flamer, lasguns

Infantry Squad x3
Grenade Launcher, lasguns

Vendetta

I will be posting up my battle reports after this weekend. Im so anxious and ready to go. Are you guys too?

You must have done well in your practice games to decide on the list and you know how to play it, but I am perplexed by the 400+ points of guardsmen that can't do anything except shoot lasguns. My experience with 6th has been to skimp on troops and bring more dakka. Seeing someone commit so many points to static guardsmen with no guns certainly goes against what I have learned. Psychic heavy armies who get a few instances of terrify are going to be brutal for those guys.

I did see Jeremy Veysseire win the Emerald City Slaughter with a Ravenwing list this year, but he went all in on bikes. Plus you need 1st turn.

Curious to see how you do. Good luck.

Terrify takes away fearless per turn, and fear doesnt apply since their is a atsknf marine in each blob squad, then i would have to fail a morale check at ld 10 from azraels rites of battle which i can reroll because of the salvo banner. If i go against terrify opponents ill make sure i deploy within 12 inches for the first turn if going second. I also wouldnt get swept in combat due to atsknf from the libby and azrael per blob. Right now my main corcern are helldrakes because im playing a marine army but in that case i would deploy the libby with the command squad and reserve the blob unit. Its gonna be in an uphill tournament but loads of fun.


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Also since 5 out of the 6 games are objective missions, those blobs sit on objs and score. I dont know if youve ever been shot by blobs but they can obliterate almost any meq unit on foot with first rank fire, thats 40-60 shots. Ive been very good in playing the mission with this list. I hope it does good and its alot of fun.

 Julnlecs wrote:
Terrify takes away fearless per turn, and fear doesnt apply since their is a atsknf marine in each blob squad

IIRC Azrael doesn't have ATSKNF, he just has Inner Circle, so his squad would be vulnerable to Terrify (and not auto-rallying in the event that they failed a Morale check that turn).

I don't think it's a huge issue, because as you said they're LD10 and do have the Banner, but something to be aware of.

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Also since 5 out of the 6 games are objective missions, those blobs sit on objs and score. I dont know if youve ever been shot by blobs but they can obliterate almost any meq unit on foot with first rank fire, thats 40-60 shots. Ive been very good in playing the mission with this list. I hope it does good and its alot of fun.

Haha, yeah I've been on the shooting end of those blobs. Rolling that many dice you feel fantastic at the power of that bucket of dice. Then you realize that they are guardsmen and the end result is 10 wounds (if you rolled average and I rarely roll average) that allow armor saves. I guess if you get prescience it can be better.

But hey, what might be garbage in my hands might be gold in yours.

Thanks TehCheator. It hasnt come up in a game before but its good to know that now . Especially before a GT. Im gonna be more careful in combat not to get swept if terrify is up.

Good luck! I hope my WK and your bikes cross paths!

I'm really looking forward to your reports! please take lots of pictures

good luck!

Game 1 report done.

Game 2 Pablo Caballero
Mission Purge the Alien/ Deployment Hammer and Anvil

Eldar Allied Grey Knights

HQ- Autarch, Power Maul; Fusion Gun; Warp Jump Generator; Mantle Laughing

HQ- Farseer, Ghosthelm; Runes of Witnessing; Mastery Level 3

T- Dire Avengers, Catapult x5

T- Dire Avengers, Catapult x5

E- Harlequin Troupe, Master, Shadowseer, Death Jester, Harlequin's x7

E- Fire Dragons x10, Wave Serpent

HS- Warp Hunter

HS- Dark Reapers x5

FA- Warp Spiders x6

Aegis Defence Line, Quad Gun

Grey Knights

HQ- Coteaz

E- Vindicare Assassin

T- Strike Squad x5

I win the roll off for sides and I choose to go first. Hoping for 1st Blood and better deployment side.
I reserve both PCS and CCS, vendetta, nephilim and a 6man bike unit.
He reserves his two dire avenger units. fire dragons go inside the wave serpent, warp spiders deep strike.


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Game 3 vs Trent Tillman from Game Kastle
Tau Empire with Eldar Allies
HQ- Commander, Flamer x2; Marker Drone; Neuroweb; Command and Control Node; Puretide; Iridium; Warlord
HQ- Ethereal
E- Riptide, SMS; Ion Accelerator; Early Warning Override
E- Riptide, SMS; Ion Accelerator; Early Warning Override
T- Fire Warriors x9
T- Fire Warriors x6
T- Fire Warriors x6
T- Fire Warriors x6
FA- Pathfinders x6
HS- Broadside Team, 3x Missile Pod; SMS; Velocity Tracker; Missile Drone x6
Eldar Allies
HQ- Spiritseer
T- Wraithguard x6, D-Scythe
Wave Serpent, Twin Linked Scatter Laser; Shuriken Cannon; Holofields
HS- Dark Reapers x5
Aegis Defence Line- Icarus Lascannon
Mission- Big Guns Never Tire 5 obj. Deployment- Dawn of War
We set up Objectives. He sets 3 all within 7 inches from the board edge on one side of the board. i set up 2 within 15 inches on the other about 10 inches from the board edge. After seeing his list and my lack of experience against Tau I knew I was gonna have a hard time. I then win the roll to go 1st and choose sides. I chose the side with 3 objectives and he notices that he messed up. Now he needs to come to me to win the game. I set up with 2 blobs on the objectives and my bikes on my left flank. I reserved 2 3man bike units that combat squadded. My 2 PCS, my CCS and my flyers. He sets up all his army behind the Aegis in the middle of his deployment zone. He does put his Riptides and Wave Serpent full of Wraithguard on his right flank in front of my bikers. He rolls to Seize and fails. I scout all my Bikes up 12 inches.

Congrats on winning your first game. I was wondering what you thought of the Nephilim Jetfighter with the twin linked lascannon. The interwebs say it is overcosted for what it does, but I have one in my 1500 point DA list and found it is pretty reliable. One doesn't see many fielded in battle reports. I'm interested to see how it performs in the rest of your games.

Since I dont have another vendetta. I like using the Nephilim to take fire away from the Vendetta when they both come on together and with Brilliant Planning warlord trait they almost always do. Its good to after tanks, MCs, and it takes down low av flyers like dakkajets and crimson hunters. I like it.