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Jy2 and Frankie cross swords in a 2K, double force org chart Eldar on Eldar battle!

Good game, pretty brutal

Ouch! but i do think it is a really cool Deldar list!

Pretty much demonstrates why Venom spam is no longer a viable build. Too many really good hard counter lists.

IMO the problem is that as points go up the number of Venoms doesn't.
You could easily do something like that at 2k points:

But the problem probably is that this is rather expensive, boring and no one has that many vehicles.

My list for this game:


2000 Jy2's Double-Whammy Mechdar


Autarch - "the Works" (Mantle, Jetbike, Shard of Anaris, Fusion, Laser Lance, Banshee Mask)

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

5x Dire Avengers
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

Wraithknight (stock)
Wraithknight


Just a little background on our game. We played this game before the Golden Throne GT as practice for the Golden Throne (at least for Frankie). It was because of this game that Frankie modified his Golden Throne list to include 6 ravagers, 6 venoms and 1 wraithknight. From thereon, Frankie went on to dominate his first 4 games at he Golden Throne before he finally got eliminated by Reece's army in the Semi-finals.

Overall, it is a very nasty list. It's probably got only 2 hard counters, both of which I run coincidentally - mechdar and necron tesla-spam. Venom-spam against mechdar is like terivgon-spam tyranids against venom-spam....it really isn't pretty.

Thanks for the batrep. I am currently building an Iyanden themed army list, mostly on foot. I think either list featured here would have the advantage over mine. Good to know though.

 jy2 wrote:
My list for this game:


2000 Jy2's Double-Whammy Mechdar


Autarch - "the Works" (Mantle, Jetbike, Shard of Anaris, Fusion, Laser Lance, Banshee Mask)

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

10x Guardians
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

5x Dire Avengers
Wave Serpent - TL-Scatters, Holo-fields

Wraithknight (stock)
Wraithknight


Just a little background on our game. We played this game before the Golden Throne GT as practice for the Golden Throne (at least for Frankie). It was because of this game that Frankie modified his Golden Throne list to include 6 ravagers, 6 venoms and 1 wraithknight. From thereon, Frankie went on to dominate his first 4 games at he Golden Throne before he finally got eliminated by Reece's army in the Semi-finals.

Overall, it is a very nasty list. It's probably got only 2 hard counters, both of which I run coincidentally - mechdar and necron tesla-spam. Venom-spam against mechdar is like terivgon-spam tyranids against venom-spam....it really isn't pretty.

That is a brutal list, would love to try my luck against it sometime.

Sorry but boring and predictable outcome. Massacres like that aren't very entertaining.

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:

That is a brutal list, would love to try my luck against it sometime.

Just give me a PM if you want to play. I'm almost always there at GK on Thurs evenings.

 Dozer Blades wrote:
Sorry but boring and predictable outcome. Massacres like that aren't very entertaining.

Maybe not, but those are the types of matchups that are likely to occur in tournament play (which this game was a practice for).

In any case, Frankie gained valuable experience from this game that helped to better prepare him for the Golden Throne.

even if it wasn't close I appreciate the discussion on WHY it wasn't close so this video was still very helpful. Ty!

poor poor Frankie, he really took it like a champ though.

Yeah, Frankie got rolled, but he is a really good sport. He seriously is one of the most fun people to play 40K with I have ever met.

I doubt we will see a rematch.

 Dozer Blades wrote:
I doubt we will see a rematch.

Actually, there was, only this time, he brought his new 6-ravager Deldar Golden Throne list and I brought my wraithwing tesla-crons.

But I won't bore you with the details.





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 Reecius wrote:
Yeah, Frankie got rolled, but he is a really good sport. He seriously is one of the most fun people to play 40K with I have ever met.

Yeah, he maintains a positive attitude even when he's getting steam-rolled or when his dice is downright disastrous.

Though I've also seen him have his share of steamrolling his opponents as well.

Frankie is a solid player. : )

Yowch, thats a tough one to take.
As long as everyone has fun at the end of the day rolling dice and making jokes, whats the difference

i didnt like it