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2015/06/10 05:02:15
Subject: 1250pts Chaos Space Marines vs Stormtroopers
Played out this battle with my Stormtroopers against a Chaos Space Marine list. Rolled off on the Eternal War Missiions and ended with Crusade on Hammer and Anvil Deployment
Heavy:
Havocs (4 Auto-cannons)
Defiler (Dirge Caster, Extra Powerfist)
Defiler (Dirge Caster, Extra Powerfist)
Fortification:
Aegis Defense Line (Quad Gun)
Deployment:
Spoiler:
CSM win the roll of to go first and bunkers down in his table side. We rolled for 4 objectives on the mission and he places 2 on his table side and surrounds them with cultist.
I only have the Bastion to put down with a Command squad with the 2 volley guns inside it. Have one objective just outside the door and the second objective in the corner ruins.
So board set up at the Top of 1
I roll to seize.
Lets get this game started.
Stormtroopers Turn 1
With all my army deep striking or flying on I just sit in my bunker and.....well bunker down.
CSM Turn 1
All he can do is fire two Defiler shots at me but fails to do anything to the Bastion.
Stormtroopers Turn 2
Spoiler:
With my warlord trait of Grav-Chute Commandos most of my army comes on expect one Vulture.
One Melta Squad mishaps and goes back into reserves while my warlord squad also mishaps and my opponent places them on the hill. He proceeds to intercept with the quad gun and takes out my Avenger for First Blood.
My Vulture and Flamer squad proceed to wipe out the 20-man cultist squad
My Warlord command squad gives itself preferred enemy and fires at the Havoc squad. The commissar weapon still gets hot and kills himself.
With the second melta squad helping to almost finish off the Havoc squad while my other melta squad only manages to glance a Defiler.
CSM Turn 2
Spoiler:
He moves around his cultist and his Daemon beings to move down the field towards my warlord.
He fails almost all his psychic powers expect he gets Weapon Virus on my Vulture
A heavy flamer from the Defiler kills all but one Stormtrooper from a melta squad
Cultist and their flamers take out another 3 for my other melta squad.
Defiler fires it cannon at my flamer squad but it scatters off.
Daemon Prince goes for an assault on my Command Squad but fails the charge.
Stormtroopers Turn 3
Spoiler:
My other Vulture flies on as well as my last melta squad deep strikes back into his line.
Firing from my weapon virus-ed Vulture and flamer squad takes out another large group of cultist but the Vulture loses a hull point in the process.
The healthy melta squad pins the defiler once and causes it to lose one of his powerclaws.
The newly arrived Vulture and Command squad proceeds to dump shot after shot into the Daemon Prince but thanks to his 2+ jink save he only takes two wounds.
My one man and two man melta squad try to finish off his last havoc but fail.
CSM Turn 3
Spoiler:
Daemon prince once again Weapon Virus-ed my Vulture and gets Warp Speed.
The Defilers move up and Heavy flamer my Melta and Flamer squad leaving one man and two men respectively.
Cultist finish off my 2 man melta squad.
The Defiler charges in against the melta squad and kills the last man, while the second defiler fails his charge against the flamer squad.
The Daemon Prince charges in and slaughters my Warlord.
Stormtroopers Turn 4
Spoiler:
Thanks to vector dance I get behind one of his defiler and then move around my other Vulture to continue to pour shoots into his Warlord.
My Flamer squad goes after his Havoc squad which I am now determined to finish off.
My Vulture wrecks the Defiler but the Havoc lives another turn.
CSM Turn 4
Spoiler:
The Daemon Prince moves back to help hold his back field and once again Weapon Virus my Vulture.
The Cultist finished off my solo melta guy to finish off the last of my melta squads while the Havoc and Daemon Prince charge into my flamer squad and wipe them in combat.
Stormtroopers Turn 5
Spoiler:
My command squad leaves the Bastion to hold their objective.
My Vultures continue to dance around to try to finish off his cultist and his Warlord.
Firing from the Vultures finally finish off the Daemon Prince and leaves only 2 cultist alive but thanks to Weapon Virus only leaves it with one hull point left.
CSM Turn 5
Spoiler:
All he can do is move back to hold his objective with the cultist and Havoc while his Defiler sits on his second objective.
Right now CSM are sitting on 2 objectives to the Stormtroopers 1 while having First Blood and Warlord, vs the Stormtroopers Warlord and Linebreaker.
We roll to see if the game ends.....
Stormtroopers Turn 6
Spoiler:
Game continues.
My Vultures go into hover to contest his objective and finish off his troops.
With easy they wipe them off the board and all he has left is his Defiler.
CSM Turn 6
Spoiler:
His Defiler fires his battlecannon hoping to scatter onto both my Vultures but only hits one which had only a point left and finishes it off.
Stormtroopers are now holding two objectives to CSM one and once again we roll to see if the game goes on....
Stormtroopers Turn 7
Spoiler:
The game comes to an end.
Stromtrooper have two objectives with Warlord and Linebreaker
CSM have one objective with Warlord and First Blood.
Narrow victory for the Imperial Stormtroopers.
CSM Turn 7
Spoiler:
Game ended.
BAO 2015 : Best Space Wolves.
The best battle plans are the simplest. Just run forward and punch your enemy in the face.
2015/06/10 07:07:46
Subject: 1250pts Chaos Space Marines vs Stormtroopers
Been trying out a lot of Stormtrooper list and just the fact that they only have access to the Valkyrie just kills them. I finally broke down and wrote a month ago to Forgeworld if they had a yes or no for using Imperial flyers with the Tempestus codex. They had no firm ruling of yes/no on the use of Forgeworld flyers in the Tempestus forces but they stated that in the spirit of the game a see no reason why you could not use them in the tempestus codex. So I am off and running with it until someone says otherwise.
Losing the Avenger hurt just a bit but I took the chance of not jinking with it but he rolled hot and what can I say.
BAO 2015 : Best Space Wolves.
The best battle plans are the simplest. Just run forward and punch your enemy in the face.
2015/06/13 04:15:20
Subject: Re:1250pts Chaos Space Marines vs Stormtroopers
Nice report and good to see a pure Militarum Tempestus list do well on the tabletop. I also like the fact that you still refer to them as Storm Troopers and not Scions It never occurred to me to run Vultures with them, but the firepower of the punishers would help to mitigate some of the stormies weaknesses in dealing with hordes and seizing objectives.
It never occurred to me to run Vultures with them, but the firepower of the punishers would help to mitigate some of the stormies weaknesses in dealing with hordes and seizing objectives.
