Hi all,
As a side line to my ongoing pondering in regards to wraithlords/avatar vs Prisms I thought I would throw up what I had been using since this time last year, with a few slight tweaks. I am not entirely convinced by the warp spiders hence the previous thread but I was wondering whether it could be rated please?
History and Fluff A small, militaristic craftworld that has splintered away from Biel Tan many centuries ago, it still retains strong affiliations with its (in)famous bigger brother, adopting their strategies of war with numerous aspect warriors and emulating their famed Bahzhakhain or Swordwind. Similarly, during times of great peril a Court of the Young King is assembled as a war council, but ultimate control still resides with the Seer Council and its Chief Farseer. Its current farseer (Siansung) has forseen the destruction of her beloved craftworld and is out on the rampage to stop it. Dam Soole's forces are made up off aspect warriors and support vehicles, strictly no guardians.
More fluff
here and some piccies
hereDam Soole 2000ptsHQFarseer Siansung - Doom, Singing Spear
Elites10x Howling Banshees - Exarch, Mirror Swords, Acrobatic
-Waveserpent - T-L Bright Lances, Spirit Stones
8x Fire Dragons - Exarch, Dragon's Breath Flamer, Crack Shot
-Waveserpent - T-L Bright Lances, Spirit Stones
8x Striking Scorpions - Exarch, Scorpion's Claw, Stalker, Shadowstrike
Troops10x Dire Avengers - Exarch, Power Weapon, Shimmershield, Defend, Bladestorm
10x Dire Avengers - Exarch, Dual Shuri-Cats, Bladestorm
5x Dire Avengers (in Falcon)
Fast Attack8x Warp Spiders - Exarch, Power Blades, Extra Death Spinner, Withdraw
Heavy SupportFalcon - EML, Holofield, Spirit Stones
Fire Prism - Holofield, Spirit Stones
Fire Prism - Holofield, Spirit Stones
Total Points 1992, 5 Vehicles, 3 Scoring Units, 13 KP
TacticsDoomseer, DAs and Scorpions march up the middle bladestorming/Dooming to clear objectives/thin out scary CC which the Scorpions will counter charge. I retained outflanking for the scorpions incase I faced a gunline/IG etc.
The 2x Prisms hang 60" back, one on each flank and throw pieplates around (combined as required versus MEQ) to disrupt/thin out.
The spiders would be deployed behind terrain but as far forward as possible (I generally don't DS them). Fragons, Falcon (with the DA squad ala Lazarus) and Banshees hang back, obscured and out of range.
The BLances and Falcon bust AV to try and slow any early rushes. Once the Doomseer and co get within rapid fire range I move the Banshees and Fragons up and clear objectives. The remaining DAs sit on objectives once cleared. Falcon uses its range to stay out of the way until the last turn for sneaky tank shocks and objective steals.
The spiders either thin out anything hordey that the Prisms haven't dealt with to stop the DAs getting overwhelmed or protect the Prisms, again contesting objectives as a last ditch.
Hope I've explained the tactics clearly enough!
Thanks,
Grunty.