I managed to finish first with 4 wins and 1 draw. Claiming the title of "Emperors Champion" :-P
Luck always is necessary but I also prepared my list depending on the scenario and brought with me 3500p (5HQ in there). Were others had a 2500 point list and took things out for the other lower point games, I felled different units to help my game. Luck and preparation gave me first place, a lot of luck.
If i am not mistaken there were 60 players 30 on each side, present were:
Salamandres, Sons of medusa, 2 Mantis warriors, astral claws (marines), 2 astral claws (FW list which is a mix of IG and marines), 2 or 3 charcharadons, Minotaurs, Red scorpions, Lamenters, 3 Dark angels, blood angels, 3 ultramarines and about 5 grey knights and many more which I cant remember. No space wolfs, maybe badab sector was too far for thunderwolfs to ride.
Lucky factor #1 I hoped I would not play against grey knights and i did not. Well I did in the last game which was apocalypse but then my team mate had a grey knight army. They are just lethal and shoot and combat on a totally different level.
Here is my trophy
The funny thing is I went wanting to get nominated for best painted , (which I did not make it) and ended up winning the tournament.. They told me it was because some of my vehicles were unfinished, and I agree they were right, I should have not put out my half painted vehicles on display and still be showing 3000p.
I will do a review of my games.
Game 1 vs Rishard and his dark angels.
This is the game I had prepered for because I knew it was the worst game for the loyalist. I get 3 hq, and set up in the middle if they live I score points if they die my opponent does, the player with the most kill points scores a point.
My list was
| HQ | |
| Lias Issodon | 140 |
| Master of the forge | 100 |
| power weapon & pistol | 15 |
| Librarian | 100 |
| strom shield terminator armor | 40 |
| The avenger, Gate of infinity | |
| Troops | |
| 5 marines | 90 |
| 5 marines | 80 |
| Fist | 25 |
| combi melta | 10 |
| Missle launcher | 0 |
| Melta | 5 |
| Rhino | 35 |
| 5 marines | 90 |
| 5 marines | 80 |
| Fist | 25 |
| combi melta | 10 |
| Melta | 5 |
| rhino | 35 |
| 5 marines | 90 |
| p.w | 15 |
| rhino | 35 |
| Elites | |
| 10 terminators | 400 |
| 3 claws | |
| 7 storm shields thunder H. | |
| 5 Sternguard | 125 |
| 3 sternguard | 75 |
| 6 combi meltas | 30 |
| 1 combi flamer | 5 |
| Drop pod | 35 |
| Iron Clad | 135 |
| Assault drop pod | 50 |
| Fast | |
| Vanguard veterans | 125 |
| power sword | 0 |
| claw | 15 |
| claw | 15 |
| power weapon | 15 |
| 5 jump packs | 50 |
| Heavy | |
| 5 devastators | 90 |
| 3 missile launchers | 45 |
| 5 devastators | 90 |
| 1 lascannons | 25 |
| 3missle launcher | 45 |
| Dreadnought (Lord of armory) | 105 |
My opponent had Azzrael
10 deathwing termies
2 tactical marine units of 10
2 assault marine units of 10
10 devastators with 2 plasma cannons and 2 lasscannons
predator
vindicator
librarian
3 bikes.
Lias sabotazed the vindicator making it immobilized.
The master of the forge bolstered the defenses of the center piece of the ruins and with lias changing the combat tactics to stealth, my 2 devastator units inside the ruins had a 2+ cover save. lias and the master of the forge joined a devastator unit each. my librarian was in orbit with 8 sternguard. on one side spread out were 10 terminators on the other side 3 rhinos on my edges and a dreadnought. I play second.
turn one 1 lose 2 rhinos and 2 tacticals,
my turn stenguard come in and shoot done 5 terminators while my terminators reach his assault squad and ruin them. my tactical left takes down the vindicator. unfortunatly his 4 terminators and Azzrael reach Lias and cut him down. next turn though they will die from terminators and ironclad.
Later on all my sternguard die and the librarian is on his one nowere to hide from 2 lasscanons and a plasma cannon, so i decided to do gate of infinity on a clear area away from the range of his weapons. but I roll scater and double 3s and he gets sucked into the warp. I think I played that wrong. I should have moved and run and taken my chances Any way master of the forge lives and I score more killpoints so its a draw.
Game 2 vs Steve and his Ig astral claws
my list for this game was
| HQ | |||
| Captain of the 6th | 100 | ||
| Artificer armor | 15 | ||
| Jump pack | 25 | ||
| Relic blade | 30 | ||
| digital weapons | 10 | ||
| Librarian Stelios Casadin | 100 | ||
| strom shield terminator armor | 40 | ||
| The avenger, Vortex of doom | Fast | ||
| 10 Assault Marines | |||
| Troops | Flammer | ||
| 5 marines | 90 | Thunder Hammer | |
| 5 marines | 80 | flammer | |
| Fist | 25 | ||
| combi melta | 10 | Attack bike | |
| Missle launcher | 0 | Melta | |
| Melta | 5 | ||
| Rhino | 35 | ||
| 5 marines | 90 | ||
| 5 marines | 80 | ||
| Power sword | 15 | ||
| Melta | 5 | ||
| rhino | 35 | ||
| Elites | |||
| 5 terminators | 200 | ||
| 2 claws | |||
| 3 storm shields thunder H. | |||
| Land raider redeemer | 240 | ||
| Multi-melta | 10 | ||
| 5 Sternguard | 125 | ||
| 3 sternguard | 75 | ||
| 6 combi meltas | 30 | ||
| 1 combi flamer | 5 | ||
| fist | 25 | ||
| Drop pod | 35 | ||
| Iron Clad | 135 | ||
| Assault drop pod | 50 |
Steve had lots of ig, 2 units in chimeras with 2 brutes, 2 vendetas, 8 tanks? and 3 automated lascannons and 3 automated heavy bolter bs 2 twin linked, command squad 2 weapon teams.
I deploy all in one side (avoiding the side with the automated weapons ansd 5 tanks) sweap in and move to the middle scorring 12 kill ponts and slaying his hq with mine.
Game 3 seemed to be the hardest.
They have to put 3 rhinos/razorbacks in my deployment zone (12" from the board to win)
my opponent had mechanized lamenters. Well thought list, I liked it, he had 2 rhinos, 1 razor back, 2 ball, 1 vindicator, 1 predators, 1 land raider. That’s 8 vehicles.
And I think this was my weakest list. I would definitely rebuild this. Also in this scenario secessionists have 500p more than loyalists.
my list
Captain | 100 |
jump pack | 25 |
Thunder Hammer | 30 |
Troops | |
5 marines | 90 |
5 marines | 80 |
Fist | 25 |
combi melta | 10 |
Missle launcher | 0 |
Melta | 5 |
Rhino | 35 |
Hunter killer missle | 10 |
5 marines | 90 |
5 marines | 80 |
Fist | 25 |
combi melta | 10 |
Melta | 5 |
Rhino | 35 |
Hunter killer missle | 10 |
Elites | |
5 terminators | 200 |
5 storm shields thunder H. | |
redeemer | 240 |
multi melta | 10 |
Dreadnought | 105 |
Iron Clad | 135 |
my deployment is: across the board: rhino dread lr iron clad devastators rhino
he decides to put them all on one side.
He also had a librarian in the land raider giving the vehicles +5 cover. Combined with his fast vehicles" move 12, shoot, then I need 6's to hit. We both rolled allot of 1s for armour penetration. I thought I rolled more1's. he disagreed. I disagreed that he rolled more 1's. Any way turn 2 my troop’s melta gun the 1 rhino to pieces while the other one gets blown up by a hunter killer missle. On his turn he decided to tank shock me with the third rhino and i blow it up. (i think that was a mistake, he should have stayed put and assaulted with his marines from the LR. which he did the next turn and slaughtered me.) I also did a mistake I should have probably ran with my devastators but instead I took a shoot at the side of the vindicator but failed again.
Next turn he puts the vehicles on the other side which was another mistake. Because I have my dread on that side and my rhino in the middle of the table while he had nothing.
Vindicator and predator were shooting at my rhino and dread while they were shooting at the rhinos.
Turn 5 I need to blow up 1 rhino to stop him from winning ( he could not blow up 3 vehicles even with 7 turns). multimelta penetrates and I get weapon destroyed!!!! the melta gun from the tactical fails! i charge the vehicle with the tactical and the dread 6s to hit the dread fails but the sergeant gets a hid and wreaks it. At that point my opponent conseded. We both forgot that he could simply try wipe me out. if we continued the game might have ended right after or the next turn on a 4 up. I had left 2 rhinos ( 1 would get assaulted and destroyed for sure from his tactical) 1 dreadnought 2 tactical marines left. We both did not think of that we ended it 2-1 objectives to me. hardest and most nerve racking game.
Lucky factor #2 been able to destroy a razzorback with a sergeant.
Game 4 was against mantis warriors
I was saying this was the easiest scenario for the loyalist. 2000p planet strike I need to blow up 3 teleporting pads armour 12. My opponent had 250p less than me. he had 2 LR 1 predator 2 dreadnaughts with auto canons, 2 tactical 5 terminators and a devastator squad.
My dream came true i get to play a game were death comes from above
in planet strike units that can deep strike normally can deep strike and assault.
also infantry that does not nomaly deep strike get to but cant assault.
My list
Damocles Rhino | 60 |
Captain of the 6th | 100 |
Artificer armor | 15 |
Jump pack | 25 |
Relic blade | 30 |
melta bomb | 5 |
Captain of the 1st | 100 |
Terminator armor | 40 |
Thunder Hammer | 20 |
Storm shield | 10 |
Elites | |
10 terminators | 400 |
3 claws | |
7 storm shields thunder H. | |
5 Sternguard | 125 |
3 sternguard | 75 |
6 combi meltas | 30 |
fist | 25 |
Drop pod | 35 |
Locator beacon Bacon | 10 |
Iron Clad | 135 |
Assault drop pod | 50 |
Heavy Flammer | 10 |
Dreadnought | 105 |
Lascannon | 30 |
Missle launcer | 10 |
Fast | |
Vanguard veterans | 125 |
Relic blade | 15 |
claw | 15 |
claw | 15 |
power weapon | 15 |
5 jump packs | 50 |
10 Assault Marines | 180 |
Flammer | 10 |
Thunder Hammer | 30 |
Attack bike | 40 |
Melta | 10 |
Attack bike | 40 |
Multi melta | 10 |
Lucky fact #3
Having my worst luck on my easiest mission. Had this been any other game I would have lost.
Firestorm scaters.
5 terminators mishap and die
The vanguard mishap and go back in orbit.
Captain with 4 attacks auto hit needs 5 to penetrate fails or when he does he cant blow it up.
at least i took out the 2 lr turn 1.
Turn 2 see if the other terminators show up I need a roll of +2. I roll 1. I get to reroll because of the Damocles Rhino . 1 again.
Turn 3 I manage to blow up 2 pads and my terminators come in automatically but scatter on the building but this time with Damocles Rhino in game I can reroll the scatter they are ok and they assault the dreadnaught.
Turn 4 my opponent conceded. Oh while I have problems blowing up pads with hammers melta guns melta bombs my opponent manages to blow up my ironclad needing a 6 to penetrate and then rolls another 6. Good game though my bad luck made this massacre into a game. Elsewhere someone with 3 storm ravens won the game before his opponent got a chance to play.
Game 5 was apocalypse, I get to play again against Richard ( dark angels) and with Ben ( grey knights) my partner was Steve with Grey knights
my list was
HQ | |
Damocles Rhino | 60 |
Chapter Master Lysander | 125 |
Terminator armor | 40 |
Thunder Hammer | 20 |
Storm shield | 10 |
Librarian Stelios Casadin | 100 |
strom shield terminator armor | 40 |
The avenger, Null Zone | |
Troops | |
5 marines | 90 |
5 marines | 80 |
Fist | 25 |
combi melta | 10 |
Missle launcher | 0 |
Melta | 5 |
Rhino | 35 |
Huner missle | 10 |
5 marines | 90 |
5 marines | 80 |
Fist | 25 |
combi melta | 10 |
Melta | 5 |
rhino | 35 |
Elites | |
10 terminators | 400 |
3 claws | |
7 storm shields thunder H. | |
Iron Clad | 135 |
Drop pod | 35 |
Locator Beacon | 10 |
Dreadnought | 105 |
Drop pod | 35 |
Locator beacon | 10 |
Fast | |||||
Vanguard veterans | 125 | ||||
power sword | 0 | ||||
claw | 15 | ||||
claw | 15 | ||||
power weapon | 15 | ||||
5 jump packs | 50 | ||||
Heavy | |||||
5 devastators | 90 | ||||
2 lascannons | 50 | ||||
1missle launcher | 15 |
steve had drako 2 units of paladins 2 dreadknighs.
I this game I did all the dirty work and took the risks. We get to nominate one 1 units as infiltrating and Steve already had one unit of paladins outflanking so i let him have the other. Then he did not want to come in on turn 1 but turn 2 so I had to deep strike my own stuff. If you see both my pods are not the assaulting type because I wanted a locator beacon. You see we played on 2 boards split uo into 3 sections out deployment zone theirs and no mans land in the middle if you deep strike into their area then you automatically suffer a mishap.
So I placed my pod on the edge on no mans land and their deployment zone. Having in front of me some scenery, that would prevent me from going into their area and it did. But it was not over yet, they had a predator with the interceptor rule (they get to shoot at 1 deep striking unit per turn) if they did explode my pod i would lose my dread also. Thankfully he failed to glance. Drop pod came out and shoot that predator to pieces. 2 units of terminators landed close and ran to open up.
on their turn grey knight terminators and marines deep strike into no mans land. an assassin popped out from my terminators I did an amazing number of saves losing only 1 terminator in each unit.
Then the 1 unit of terminators got assaulted by assault marines, big mistake, i broke them and consolidated even closer to his objective. One of their assassins destroyed the shield and halo of my terminator captain.
On our turn 2 marines jumped out of the rhino and shot the assassin to pieces. Steve’s 2 paladins showed up and shoot down the other 2 assassins. The Damocles rhino did its orbital bombardment and killed 7 grey knights (it would have been 9 but they stoped my null zone).The dreadnaught blew up their bastion. My terminators destroyed 5 marines in combat and now were next to Azreal and 5 tactical contesting the objective.
Eventualy my terminators did die but steves grey knights were without a scratch finishing of Azreal and taking out 2 vindicators. on the other hand Ben deep striked his other squad of grey knights on our deployment zone to take out the democles rhino which he did in 3 turns. they never got to get back into combat because my vanguard killed his librarian and the terminator left. Bens dread knight destroyed my iron clad but was on 1 wound easy for steve to finish of. Azreal was dead and we had control of the objectives so we won!
Mvp of the last game has to be my Damocles with the terminators 2nd.
Dont get me wrong my terminators took an insane amount of punishment and the lasted more than expected.
But the Damocles it allowed me to reroll a mishap in in every game used. it killed 7 terminators and distracted a whole unit of grey knight marines. That’s more than 400p for an exchange of 60. 600 if you consider the mishap.
Thanks for reading if you got this far well done. Now I have promised my girlfriend one month of no war hammer to make up for the week I closed my self in my room and painted.
Badab War Part two they say will take place next year and it will include other races. Hopefully the fire hawks will be there with new tactics and painted vehicles!
