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Offline Arquarian

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Corsairs in the 40K OL Tournement
« on: August 17, 2012, 05:32:44 AM »
Ok Guys,

I've left this way too late but hey ho!
I'm playing in the 40KOL Tournement this weekend and need some comments on my proposed list.

First thing I have to say that its been a scramble just to get 1750 points together! The list is mostly taken to show case the Corsairs at the tournement and also to show off the Corsair options therefore I've taken a few choices which will raise eyebrows I'm sure.

The main problem I'm having is choosing what Eldar Outcasts to take....

Anyway heres the list;

Prince, Void sabre, Shadowfield
4 Bladesworn, nekid
Venom

Void dreamer
, witchblade, Gyrinx
6 Voidstorms, 2 flamers

5 corsairs
Falcon, Bright Lance, Spirit stones

5 corsairs
 Falcon, Bright Lance, Spirit stones
 
Firestorm, Spirit stones

10 Kabalite warriors, Splinter cannon
Sybarite, ghost plate armour, Venom blade, Blast pistol
Raider, Splinter racks, Flickerfield, Nightshields, Grisley trophies

2 WASPs 2 starcannons, 2 scatterlasers


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I now have 301 points to spend on Eldar outcasts. As you can imagine there are a lot of options. many aspect squard in wave serpents, Full Spider Squad or indeed a good sized Wraithguard unit.


All comments welcome especailly on the choice of outcasts....


Thanks
Arq.

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Re: Corsairs in the 40K OL Tournement
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2012, 10:08:19 AM »
Please can we have an after action report on the Corsairs in 6th Ed? :P


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Re: Corsairs in the 40K OL Tournement
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2012, 10:52:20 AM »
Certainly can, When I get my amphetamine parrot together. I'll post proper summary of the day.

Zilverscale also attended (with some proper (although highly unpainted) Corsairs) and beat me!

If you take a look through the 40kOL tourne thread you'll get the gist that all did not go well....

There were some high powered armies there and I'll have to admit it'll be a long time I think before our list can stand up to Grey Knights. They hurt, a lot....


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Re: Corsairs in the 40K OL Tournement
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 06:54:55 AM »
So now, two months behind this tournament, what do you Arquarian think went right and what went wrong? What should be done diffrently next time? I´m just courius as I´m starting them as you know :)

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Re: Corsairs in the 40K OL Tournement
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2012, 12:15:45 PM »
What went right. In a nutshell, I brought a Firestorm. It faced down 5 Tyranid flying MCs, a Nightwing fighter and helped take down no less than 4 Dreadknights. My other go to unit was a full squad of kabalite warriors in a raider. The shear amount of splinter weaponary is awesome and did me proud. However after the first salvo they effectively painted a large target on their backs and died not long after.

What went wrong.  Nothing! I had a great time and really enjoyed playing with my army.  ;D

I think what you're after is how I could improve  8)

Well I didn't come last but there were an awful lot of people above me in the rankings. I the end I think I came out 44th out of 50. (G00gle5 will be able to tell you better)

I took a Corsair army consisting of the models I had in my collection (and had been hastily painted I may add)  plus a small unit of Wraithguard. As such the list was not optimised in any way shape or form and I suffered for it.

As far as I'm concerned Corsair excel in two areas.
  • We are fast - we are as fast as any eldar army
  • High strength spam - we can put out a rediculous amount of high strength firepower.
Where we lack
  • Close combat. Unless we take a cc Aspect from our Craftworld allies we have NO specialist assault troops.

How to build a competative Corsair army is still very much under consideration.

The way I'm thinking at the moment is that a stand off list is the best way to go. Cram as many S6/8 weapons into the list then attempt to out manopuvre and shoot the enemy to death.

If you look at how to win games then;

Corsair jetbikes are even more dangerous than the CWE ones so use of these for cheeky late objective grabbing.
First blood should be ours if we get first turn. Warlord is unlikely unless we get lucky with a long ranged shot. or if we can blast him and his retinue off the board.

We are going to suffer against the likes of Blood Angels and Grey Knights (doesn't everyone  ::)) as they can bring us into combat effectively.

One big boon of the list is the Nightwing and the Phoenix. These are arguably the best flyers in the game and can be used to devestating effect. at the moment there are not many AA units in the game and so Corsair who dominate here have an edge, Zilverscale I'm looking at you  :)

I think the Corsair list is a great add on to any Eldar army but I think its a fluffy army and doesn't have the stamina to go toe to toe with full competative armies.

At present I'm not working on my Corsairs but in the future I'll be investing in some jetbikes and possibly a couple of  Hornets.






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Re: Corsairs in the 40K OL Tournement
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2012, 02:17:00 PM »
Thanks for a very good answer. I hope to see more of them from you :) Hornets seems great and jetbikes are not to shabby eather ;)

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Re: Corsairs in the 40K OL Tournement
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2012, 07:45:16 AM »
Agreed, CJBs are late contesters rather than harassers like Reavers.

I have always felt the best approach for a competitive list was a Flying Circus of S6/8 - hence Falcons, Warp Hunters, Nightwings.

Venoms could work but totally unlike the DE, spamming them wont avail you of much. They are too fragile but serve a similar purpose to CJBs - late game contesting. They do not provide much firepower in themselves (at best 2 EMLs or 2 SCs); trying to equip them with flamers and fusion guns is suicide... (unless that was the intention in the first place, even then 1 fusion gun shot at Corsair-BS isnt going to do that much unlike 3 DE Blaster shots with Trueborn).

Corsair gunline might just work under some circumstances but I have yet to see a really good Eldar gunline...


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