Last night, the guy I played didn't have 1850 and was
getting back into the game playing a new codex (Necrons). While trying to
relearn the game he was showing one of his friend the game. So, I did a lot of teaching and tried to help
my opponent relearn the game and explain rules to his friend. I always like to
help the new guys because I know how it was when I started.
I had to change my list up to get down to 1500 so I dropped
the carni, 1 zoan, and the hormas while boosting my gargoyles to 20. This
brought me to 1495. Not too bad. I hate cutting list on the fly but what the
hey ^_^
His list consisted of:
Monolith
Doomsday Ark
5 immortals with tesla
5 deathmarks
5 lycheguard with sword and shield
5 warriors
6 warriors
Anni barge
3 destroyers
Stormlord
Reg overlord with res orb
We rolled up capture and control with pitched battle
deployment. Necrons got first turn. His objective was in the corner so I put mine
in the opposite corner. I reserved my 2 genestealer squads and decided
to outflank them I figure if they come
in on the wrong side they can grab my objective. Win/win for me.
Turn 1
He moved up everything except his overlord and guard. His lighting strikes only hit one squad of
hive guard, wounded them but they passed saves.
Due to night fighting only his monolith had range. He shot the particle
whip and hit 4 gargolyes and the tryant.
He killed the gargoyles but did not would the tyrant.
My turn one I moved forward and the tervigon makes 9 babys
with no doubles. During my shooting
phase, my zoans immoblilized his barge. One squad squad of hive guard blew up
that same barge. The other squad took out the big gun and one side of the ark. My
tryant put 2 wounds on Stormy. Finally, my gargoyles took out 4 out of 5
deathmarks. They did not get back up but the lone one stood his ground.
Turn 2
He does not roll for night fighting to continue. He moved up
one squad of warriors up the left flank trying to get to my objective. The
deathmark, Stormlord, destroyers, ark and immortals move forward. He fires the monolith and puts a wound on the
tryand and one of his guards along with some gargoyles. He tried to hit the tervigon with the staff
of destruction but he rolled just short but the destroyer shot him and gave him
a wound. His ark and Immortals failed to
wound anything.
I got 1 squad of stealers in on the right side so I set them
up to nom nom the warriors that were close to the edge. My tyrant moved up
ready to charge the monolith. My gargoyles
jumped into the trees getting ready to eat the immortals. They lost one to dangerous tests. The tervigon made 10 babies but pooped out T.T
. then moved in for the kill on his Stormlord. The new babies made a beline for
the objective. During the shooting the Zoan and guard took out 2 destroyers
only to see them get back up. The other
guard took off the last weapon on the ark and we moved onto assaults. The stealers
ate the warriors and the tryant with guard blew up the monolithand ate the last
deathmark. The gargoyles ate the
immortals. I forgot to assault Stormy so he got off easy. And my gaunts lost 5
to the destroyers and another 5 to fearless wounds… killing the squad.
Turn 3
Not much for him to do.
He shot at my original gaunt squad that was hiding in a bunker. They lost 2. His warriors moved down the
flank and he assaulted my stealers with the lord and lyches. Bad news for the stealers, they lost combat
by 5 but, they stayed in the combat. Stormy shot at the tervigon with his
gauntlet but failed to wound.
My second squad of stealers came in on the left side ready
to eat his remaining warriors. My gargoyles
started to head for the overlord and lyches. Zoans, guard and gaunt shoot down his
destroyers making sure they can’t get back up. The Tervigon failes to wound
Stormy during shooting phase but, he kills him in close combat. I forget to charge with the left flank
stealers and the others are taken down to 2 models. They still hold.
Turn 4
Since I left my stealers out in the open an inch from his warriors
he rapid fires into them. He takes out a
few but they don’t run. On my turn the
charge into them and devour them. Seeing
that he only has his overlord and guard sitting on his objective and I had some
gaunt on mine I ask him if he want to call it.
He agrees. Win for the nids 1-0.
The game did not go well for the Necrons. The night fighting really hurt him turn
1. Also he moved closer to me making it
easier for me to assault. I think he had
too many little squads. I also think he
was counting on holding his objective this his guard and Overlord. I tried to
explain that troops needed to hold it but I am not sure he understood. Throughout the game he would forget to shoot
with something or he was using the orb like in old days. I tried to point out different tactics. I hope he learned something. He seemed to be having fun. It is hard to
when getting slammed.
Well my nids go home with bellies full of living metal. I think that should improve their saves ^_^
There is a tournament this weekend but I am not sure if I want to go… If I do I
think it is time for my guard to come out to play.
Have a good weekend.
