GoA BATTLE REPORT I |
RESCUE THE XENOS - BATTLE REPORT Gathering of Angels Mission B Battle Report Narrated by Master Avoghai |
Eldar 4th turn: Things had turned really difficult for my opponent, and at last, the council and the walker entered the battle (he had played 3 turns with only 1000 pts against my 1500 pts of DA!). The Warwalkers took the place of the Firedragons and the council hid behind the sand bags. The Council tried first to cast guide on the walkers but Lazuryan nullified it with his psychic hood and did the same for the augmentation spells of the Warlocks. Then the council managed to cast Dissimulation on the D-Cannons and Mindwar on my command squad. Fortunately, the Librarian wasn't in LOS and only the Vet Sgt was killed. The D-Cannons helped by the Starcannons of the walkers, killed the command squad (and one guardian scattering). The Brightlances then targeted the only survivor: Lazuryan. |
They both hit and both wounded. If I missed one invulnerable save the Farseer could escape! I took blue dice (normal, for a librarian) and rolled 4 and 5, which disgusted my opponent!!!! Faith is my armour! During the hand to hand I managed to kill the Guardian squad with my assault squad. The D-Cannons were obliged to roll a morale check and I influenced the result with Weaken Resolve. They failed and fell back to the portal, which means they went off of the table: 2 squads for the price of 1! On my right side the Ravenwing left only a single survivor and I decided not to pursue and to consolidate in the direction of the Council. |
Dark Angels 5th turn: My assault squad moved to the Council, followed by the Ravenwing. Lazuryan moved behind the Chimera. Yoda and the Land Speeder targeted the walkers and the shots of the Dreadnought were enough to destroy them. The assault squad and the Ravenwing charged the Council, leaving no survivors and suffering no loss. The only surviving Guardian fell back to the portal and probably announced to his Craftworld that the DA were in the house!!! |
Reflection: What to say? Everything turned good for me; the reserves came in on time and the good use of Weaken Resolve surely helped me win. Remember that Ulthwe Warriors cannot rally even if they are over 50%. Actually the Aspect Warriors can but since they were close to the portal, their fall back would bring them off the table in the same turn. I only regret the use of my tactical squads. Their deployment was really bad: squad 1 managed to shoot only in turn 5 but did nothing to the walkers and squad 2 killed only 2 Guardians (they could have done better but that damned cover save!). It was also the 1st time my opponent played his Ulthwe army as a strike force, so he learned many things as well. Because of the good results he had with his D-Cannons in a previous battle, he chose to take them again. He admits now that some Vypers and Jetbikes would have helped him better. He also thinks that the Seer Council is a pricey unit that wasn't worth its cost (not only because it entered late in the battle) : Next time he'll probably take a Spear of Khaine to help his army in hand to hand. |
Glory indeed my brothers! Let us hope the questioning of this Xenos will allow our brothers to come in time. |
