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500/750/1000 point escalation tournament
« on: October 7, 2015, 10:06:42 AM »
My local games workshop is holding an escalation league throughout November for 3 weeks. The weeks are set out like:

  • week 1: Purge the Alien - 500 points
  • week 2: The Emperors will - 750 points
  • week 3: The relic - 1000 points

the rules state their must be 1 hq and 1 troop in your army and mustn't change for the entire tournament. Each week you add the next 250 points to your army and by the end you'll have 200 points.

I am trying to avoid just taking jetbike spam but still want something that will be competitive, So this is what i got for week one at 500 points

HQ
autarch - fusion gun, chainsword, warp jump generator (93 points)

Troops
dire avengers (x5) (65 points)
windriders (x3) - scatter lasers (81 points)

Fast Attack
vyper - scatter laser (50 points)
wave serpent - brightlances (115 points)
warp spiders (x5) - (95 points)

total - 499 points

and changes are welcome, i can list the models i have if people wanted, as i am looking to not spend too much money
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Re: 500/750/1000 point escalation tournament
« Reply #1 on: October 7, 2015, 02:33:58 PM »
I think thats a perfect place to start. Nice versatile list, good mix of anti-infantry and anti-tank. Should be able to shoot down any cheeky assault units as well. Nice bit of armor as well. Spiders should bail you out if you have to jink a lot in a given turn. Looks good to me!
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Re: 500/750/1000 point escalation tournament
« Reply #2 on: October 7, 2015, 11:01:41 PM »
Tourney at low points? Hmm... mind I ask what you have to pull from? :)
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Re: 500/750/1000 point escalation tournament
« Reply #3 on: October 8, 2015, 09:20:51 AM »
With those 3 missions, you will have killpoints, 2 objectives and 1 relic. This would likely make deathstars unbeatable.

I would probably run something like 2 large unit of jetbikes with a farseer on bike @500p, @750 I'd take  one big and one small unit of jetbikes, then add a unit of Scytheguards in serpent if you can fit the serpent.
@1000p keep the large jetbike unit and try to spam wave serpents with the rest of the points, use strikedown to slow down your opponents advance towards the relic, and his ability to move away with the relic. A small unit of spiders can be good here though, as it allows you to grab the relic fast and then move it immediately. They should then hand over the relic to your jetbike "deathstar" ASAP.

According to your list I would advice against taking the vyper and the spiders in mission one, instead you should beef up the windriders and/or the avengers.
They are just too easy killpoints otherwise.
« Last Edit: October 8, 2015, 09:22:29 AM by Fenris »
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Re: 500/750/1000 point escalation tournament
« Reply #4 on: October 8, 2015, 01:06:30 PM »
@Fenris, Lol, you saw it too.

@FrozenAmethyst, I was trying to be as subtle as possible, and I do agree with Fenris. Deathstar units are usually creep up in small tournies, due to most folks think that they're expensive and nothing else to get.

Nothing can tarpit a Deathstar unit long enough, unless it's another Deathstar unit.
« Last Edit: October 8, 2015, 03:28:22 PM by haunt »
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