Monday 21 April 2014

1750 Necrons vs Blood Angels

These photos are from a game a few weeks ago, a tournament practice against Blood Angels. I took a slightly updated Teleport Shenanigans list (Obyron plus two Veil of Darkness Crypteks), and while moving about the board and being able to threaten the whole battlefield was a lot of fun it doesn't really add up to a super-competitive list. 

Using the tournament scoring (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary objectives) I walked away with a 17-3 loss. The game never felt that one-sided, but I didn't pay enough attention to the full set of objectives. I could have narrowed the gap by 4 on Tertiary objectives by killing one more Assault Marine, and that would have put me a step closer to swinging the Secondary objective (kill points) as well.

Anyway, the list was a bit of a laugh and I'll be bringing it out for casual games I'm sure, but it's not really up to the task in competitive play without a bit more work.

Blood Angel deployment

Blood Angel deployment

Necron deployment

Necron deployment

Wraiths and Scarabs fight Assault Marines. For pretty much the whole game

This won't end quickly

Combat drags on

Necrons teleport up and cause serious damage on the flank

Combat's still going

Necrons have control of one flank, but can't do much with it

Combat's almost over

Attack Bikes delay the flanking Necrons

Assault Marines finally finish the combat and move out