So as I continue my preparations for the NOVA open I am asking my friends to help me play test and modify my lists as necessary.  I am finding that this process is very helpful as I usually go to a tournament with little to no preparation, and it shows on the battlefield.  This time I am play testing a list, making modifications as necessary and trying to kick some ass.  So here is my current incarnation of the list

Doom Stalkers

Nemesor Zahndrekh

Overlord with Weave, warscythe, Mindshackle Scarabs, and a Command Barge(Dreadnaught proxy)

2x 5 man warrior unit

2 x destruction cryptek, pulse

6 man immortals unit(1)

Despair cryptek both with veil and nightmare shroud

lord with warscythe MSS

6 man immortals unit(2)

Despair cryptek both with veil and nightmare shroud

cryptek with chronometron

2x triarch stalker (1), (2)

1x doom scythe (Storm Raven Proxy)

2x doomsday ark

Mechdar

Yriel

Autarch with fusion gun

2x 7 man rangers squad

3 man guardian bikers with suriken cannon

5x dire avengers in wave serpent

8x fire dragons in wave serpent

2x fire prism, one with holo field

5x harlequins in transport

3x warwalkers with scatter lasers

Mission Goals

Primary was Objectives, secondary was kill points, tertiary was table quarters.

Deployment

Eldar win the roll off for first turn and elect to go second.  I deploy and as expected he reserves everything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn 1

Necrons

I knew he was not going to show up till my turn two, I also know that I will not get assaulted the first turn his units show up as they are all in transports.  For this reason I veiled immortals(1) towards his left objective with Immortals(2) nearby.

 

Turn 2

Necrons

Turn two go really quickly, my CCB and Doom Scythe go flat out to protect themselves with Nemesor giving the Doom Scythe stealth. Nemesors unit teleports towards the middle to sit on the center objective, making all their dangerous terrain test.

Eldar – Pulse is in effect

Everything but the bikes and dire avenger units show up

War Walkers outflank on my right everything else shows up on his back table edge.  Fire dragons disembark to fire on the Catacomb command barge.

Fire dragons cause the CCB to explode, however the necron overlord is not pinned

Scatter lasers open fire, dropping warriors(2) to one unit of warriors reducing them to a lone harbinger of destruction.    He then passes his leadership test to not run, however the other cryptek fails to get up

Turn Three

Necrons

Nemesor gives the Doom Scythe tank hunter and takes away stealth from one of the pathfinder units.

I move to make the most of the shooting available to me.  Immortal(1) teleports over to try and take out the pathfinder units on the right side of the table.  During my shooting phase my Doom Scythe manages to kill the fire prism, and shook the wave serpent.

Warriors kill the walkers through a combination of lances as well as immobilized results from the warriors

Shooting only manages to kill one ranger

Doom Ark shoots at fire dragons, scatters and puts a wound on my overlord

Overlord charges the fire dragons, killing 4 in close combat and making them run off the table.

Eldar

The dire avengers in a wave serpent and jetbikes come in.

Doom Scythe is killed by Bright Lance

Prism Shoots Veil immortal unit without lord, wiping out all but the cryptek.  The lord gets back up

Stalker (1) becomes immobilized, Yriel disembarks and assaults nemesors unit.  He uses his large blast attack, wiping out the unit.

*I made two big mistakes this turn, I forgot about the second prism, I should have ran with my immortals(1) so I could spread out and deal with the rangers with shooting next turn.  the second was forgetting about Yriel being in the transport and not moving nemesors unit back.   However this was a good lesson, if ANYTHING is going to assault you next turn veil away.

Turn 4

Necrons

Stalker(1) kills Yriel

Doom Ark(1) immobilizes harlequin transport

Doom Ark(2) kills two bikes, they pass their test

In assault Overlord kills wave serpent in close combat, dire avengers pass pinning check

Lord and cryptek assault ranger unit 1, killing four and chasing them off the table

Eldar

Wave Serpent kills doom ark(1)

Dire avengers kill overlord as he fails two out of three 2+ Saves

Prism Kills Lord + Cryptek Unit

Everyone fails to get back up

Turn 5

Necrons

Doom Ark(2) moves in an attempt to get a shot on the remaining bike camping the objective

Stalker(2) and Cryptek move to try and contest the objective next turn, trying to get into a different table quarter in the process

Lances blow the cannon off the prism

Eldar

Stalker(1) survives fusion gun from Autarch

Game does not end

 

Turn 6

Necrons

Doom Ark shakes prism

Stalker(1) kills autarch who missed with fusion gun

 

Eldar

Fire Prism flatouts to contest my objective

Rangers pin warriors after causing one casualty

Harlequins and dire avengers charge stalker(1).  Manage to result it to death barely, allowing them to consolidate onto the objective

Game does not end

Turn 7

Necrons

Cryptek fleets to contest.

Gauss Flayer kills fire prism with immobilize result, dire avengers make all their cover saves

Remaining triarch stalker runs and makes it in contest range of the middle objective

Eldar

Lone cryptek contesting the opposite right objective gets shot down

Contesting Stalker is assaulted by harlequins and is wrecked

 

Eldar win on all three objectives

 

I made a lot of little mistakes during the game, that really cost me in the long run.  IF I had moved Immortals(1) and Immortals(2) then it would have been a completely different game.  Sorry about the poor pictures, the placement of our gaming table makes it hard to take good pictures, especially with the blinds in the backround having a lot of light showing through.  I will also try to take better notes during the game for the next battle report.  Still learning how to write these so I hope to improve.

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