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Hey all check out this latest battle report




Eldar list:
HQ: Farseer on Jetbike with Stones, Runes of Wit, Runes of Ward, Fortune, Doom.
HQ: 10 Warlocks on Jetbikes with 8 destructors, 1 enhance, 1 embolden
HQ: Farseer on Jetbike with Stones, Runes of Wit, ES, MW, Doom, Guide
Troops: 10 Pathfinders
Troops: 10 Pathfinders
Troops: 10 Pathfinders
Troops: 3 Guardian Jetbikes
Troops: 3 Guardian Jetbikes
F.A.: 5 Swooping Hawks with Exarch and skyleap
Fort: Aegis w/Comm-link

Necron List (I lost the copy that Jesse gave me so this is approximate until I can get another one)
HQ: Anarkyr
HQ: Overloard with Mindashackle, Res Orb, Phylacktery, 2+, 3+, warscythe
Chrono-tek, haywaire-tek x3
Troops: 5 Warriors in a night scythe
Troops: 5 Warriors in a night scythe
Troops: 5 Warriors in a night scythe
Troops: 10 Immortals
Troops: 10 Immortals
HS: Doom Scythe
HS: Doom Scythe
HS: Doom Scythe
HQ: Rune Priest
Troops: 5 Grey Hunters w/plasma

Great report, love the editing on the camera work. Thanks for posting. It shows the weakness of massed flyers.

Excellent report. Good to see that the Necron Air Force can be beaten!

Best video report I've ever seen. Great editing. Keep up the great work.

Good battle. You played well against the Necrons.

Too bad table quarters isn't a standard book mission.

Great video, great report, and great playing!

Awesome video guys and great report...not gonna lie but that Seer Council of doom and Pathfinder horde list gives me nightmares as there really isn't much to take it down!

Oh and tell Jesse he needs to stop rolling low on those important break checks! Some guys have all of the luck...

I'm surprised at how ineffective he was at killing any of the eldar.

Were you fishing for Invisibility, or just end up with it?

 DarknessEternal wrote:
I'm surprised at how ineffective he was at killing any of the eldar.

Were you fishing for Invisibility, or just end up with it?

Well he took a farseer with 4 powers which gives a very good chance to get it.

Turn 4, you said the Swooping Hawks failed to come back in, but reserves are automatic on Turn 4.

Overall, a great report though. Makes me want a council!

Son of adam is a damn good 40k player. His whole crew of 40k buddies seemed deathly afraid of that council, with good reason.

Well, it's a thousand point unit.

 pretre wrote:
Turn 4, you said the Swooping Hawks failed to come back in, but reserves are automatic on Turn 4.

He also mentioned at turn 5 that the Swooping Hawk scattered off the board again. I assume that's what he meant about them not coming in on turn 4.

Lovely report, very well made.

But... where is all the terrain??

Thanks fellas for all the positive feedback.

@DarknessEternal I was building the list as a denial army. All of it ended up having a 2+ cover save which will negate nearly all of the fliers shooting power. I can't shoot him down, but he can't kill enough of me either, and the units I have are scoring.-- And for the council, yes, I am fishing for invisibility and that is why I take the max powers I can. If I get it they get a 2+ re-rollable cover save.

@pretre you are right they failed to come back in, but that was becuase they mishapped. They go back into ongoing reserves and return each turn, but the danger is always testing for mishap or dangerous terrain.

@LValx thanks for the compliment. Our game was great at NOVA. I look forward to playing you again, and getting that beer we never had time for.

@ArbitorIan we were setting up the field using the NOVA pre-determined terrain setup. They require certian types/amount/placement for their terrain and we were trying to get used to it. We will have more in the stock missions for future reports. Thanks for the compliments.

Great report man... what do you think of the swooping hawks? It looks like they didn't do much, does this change in other games? I'm considering maxing out on min size skyleap squads, but I dunno...

Very well played by the eldar. I love to see unconventional armies kick butt.

@ Radical_Edward: I do like the hawks, at least more than I used to. They compliment my target denial method for this list. Everything has a 2+ cover save and they aren't on the table to shoot all game.
For me their use is purely utility. You can see they come in and do some small damage with their grenades, but then last turn they will drop down and contest, or claim objectives (given the scouring mission) and in this particular match, overwhelm points in order to claim table quarters as well (NOVA specific victory conditions).

If you plan on having them fulfil this utility role, I would not suggest making them a full squad. It drives up the cost for the same amount of output. However, like you asked, three squads min squads isn't a bad idea, I just didn't have the points in this list to fit them.

@ Dozer Blades: Thanks for the compliment. I enjoy playing those unconventional armies, winning with them is more satisfying for me.

Great report; great quality and keeping the commentary to the heart of the matter. Timing was perfect for commentary and the report.

The Swooping Hawk unit: were you casting Doom on a target unit to try and get a more effecient wound count with their blast template attack?

Overall, the Eldar list was very interesting. I hadn't thought of taking 2 Farseers in a mounted Seer Council.

The only thing that appeared a bit unusual is that not much seemed to die in any list.

All in all, how did your NOVA experience go with the Eldar? Did you run into any Flamer heavy armies that could be an achilles heel?

Sarigar: Yes I was using doom on the unit I was dropping the template on. I don't think that I would have if it was not also the target of the council though. It is a good combo.

The reason not much died in the game was because everything in my army had a 2+ cover save and the council's save was re-rollable on account of Fortune and Invisibility between the two farseers (hence invisi-council).

NOVA went well, I lost both games on the roll for last turn. Had either game gone to, or stopped at a different turn either of those games could have been different.

You are very right, flamers are certainly the bain of this army, but with how quick NOVA was after 6th and with my stubborn determination to take Eldar, I didn't mind this being my hard counter. I actually had to play three demon armies in the second set of four games (all with breath). I was able to pull out a win against all of those flamer heavy lists, but they were not easy wins.

Okay maybe just a minor point here, but I'm not sure the Necron player was being correct with his flyer movements - I saw lots of pivoting after he moved them, which isn't allowed, and at the 7:40 mark he pivots one about 160 degrees before doing a move, which is a huge no-no!

It just irks me when people who bring cheese lists don't follow the rules properly with them, making them potentially even worse as far as the cheesy factor goes.

Great report, and amazing video. I truly enjoyed watching.

 tetrisphreak wrote:
Okay maybe just a minor point here, but I'm not sure the Necron player was being correct with his flyer movements - I saw lots of pivoting after he moved them, which isn't allowed, and at the 7:40 mark he pivots one about 160 degrees before doing a move, which is a huge no-no!

It just irks me when people who bring cheese lists don't follow the rules properly with them, making them potentially even worse as far as the cheesy factor goes.

Great report, and amazing video. I truly enjoyed watching.

I was saying the exact same thing as I watched the video: "Hey, he's pivoting too far! Those aren't legal moves! . . . Pivoting after the move! Are you kidding me???"

Great batrep.

I don't typically like deathstars, but I find myself intrigued by Invisi-council.

I enjoyed your report, although the Necron player would hate me - one long turn like that and I'd fish out the protractor on him. I know what 90' is and now he will learn as well.

Rakeeb wrote:
I don't typically like deathstars, but I find myself intrigued by Invisi-council.

I enjoyed your report, although the Necron player would hate me - one long turn like that and I'd fish out the protractor on him. I know what 90' is and now he will learn as well.

What's more interesting is the cross-shaped flight stem that come with flyers is already cut at four 90 degree angles. One look at the stem should allow the player to see where the flyer is allowed to pivot.