Against my regular WoC opponent.I wanted to test both a life and death sorc, the new CoB/witch combo and locks!
My list:
Lvl 3 supreme sorceress, Death, Dark Steed, Power Stone, Cloak of Twilight, Obs. Trinket– 290 (Gen)
Lvl 3 supreme sorceress, Lore of Life, Dispell Scroll, Fencer’s Blades - 245
Master, ha, sdc, enchanted shield, dawnstone, sword of might, BSB - 155
Death Hag + cauldron – 275
30 Witch Elves, FC, razor standard - 405
2x 5 Dark Riders, xbows, shields – 200
28 ExeCZ, FC, discipline – 381
2x RBT – 140
2x 5 Shades, gw’s – 180
5x Warlocks – 125
Total: 2396
WoC list:
Deamon prince, mark of nurgle, lvl 4 wizard lore of Death(5 spells), fly, 1+as, charmed shield, sword of striking, dragonbanegem
Exalted hero 1, BSB, deamonic steed, great weapon; 2+as, 3++
Exalted hero 2, disc of tzeentch, third eye; 2+as, 3++ (reroll 1’s)
2x Core chariot of slaanesh
15 Chaos warriors of slaanesh, fc, hw/sh
5 Marauder horsemen, flails
2x Gorebeast Chariots (Slaanesh)
4 Skullcrushers of Khorne, M, B, ensorcelled wpns
Hellcannon
Spells;
My lvl 3 death had all 3 snipes
, lvl 3 life had Sig (regen), Throne and RegrowthThe deamon prince had all Death spells except for Aspect of Dreadknight and Purple sun
Deployment (and after vanguards)
Well i got obviously outdeployed as my opponent had way more drops with all the chariot spam. I wanted my witches opposing the warriors/as many chariots and NOT the crushers, but…. What can you do.. And he gets First turn anyway.
Turn 1 WoC
General advance, deamon prince stays in back, both exalted heroes head straight for the RBT’s.
In magic he puts d&d on my lvl 3 Death (i allow it), and rest is fluffed/dispelled. Hellcannon shot scatters away from my sorc.
Turn 1 DE:
I advance my witches to just before the marauders/SC’s, hoping the crushers will be unable to charge because of the marauders are still inbetween (a vain hope as we will see), and catching probably 2 chariots. With riders i redirect the BSB from my RBT. I shield the RBT further with shades (against the marauders), and move execs up slightly.
In magic i put a wound on the discHero with Doombolt, and get Throne up (fail roll on the dispell) and regen…
Shooting sadly couldn’t finish the DiscHero off with my RBT shots… And the S3 shots from shades/riders accomplish little, except for getting the charmed shield off the DP. (hehe).
Turn 2 WoC:
First the marauders succesfully charge my shades (-2 on S&S), allowing the 4 crushers to charge my witches, combined with 2 (core) chariots. The BSBhero charges my redirecting dark riders, breaks the remaining 2 and reforms. DiscHero charges and kills the right RBT, then reforms to face up. The gorebeast chariots move up slightly towards my execs. Demon prince flies all the way over to position for some magic…
In magic we see a Spirit leech on my life sorc fluff, a Caress (i failed to dispell) got through and did one wound.
In shooting the Hellcannon fires and hits on my lifesorc, who gets LoS and killing 3-4 execs after regen saves.
In CC i only lose 2 witchelf models to the impact hits (<3 5++), then my witches concentrate attacks on one chariot and kill it outright ^^, do strangely zero wounds on the other, and 1 on the SC’s. I lose another 9 or so models (fluffy rolls on his part and decent saves). They hold on steadfast (but are sadly no longer frenzied). The Shades kill off 2 more marauders in cc…
Turn 2 DE
I decide to not go for a flank attack on the ongoing fight, as i would not be able to hit the crushers, only the chariot who will probably die anyway, and would face counter flank/rear charges then. So i attempt a long charge (needed
on the closest gorebeast and make it:D As there was no safe spot withing 12 inch of the DP (to bjuna him) for my deathsorc, because of opposing free charge arcs of both exalted heroes, i decide to stay safely at range.
I redirect the BSBhero from my RBT again with the remaining two dark riders..
In magic i get up 4++ on the execs again, frenzy on them too and fluff a spirit leech on the DP. (had high winds)
In shooting my last RBT puts 2 wounds on the DP !!
All the shade and dark rider shooting accomplishes nothing again.In combat my execs slay the gorebeast chariot without problems, losing no models, overrunning into the 2nd. My shades finish off last horseman. In the Witchelf combat, they do 3 wounds to the other chariot (sadly failing to kill it), and none on the crushers, losing another 8-9 models. Hold again on steadfast (i reformed to 7 wide after last round, denying the 3rd crusher to hit btw).
Turn 3 WoC
He charges his DP and both exalted heroes into my witches/cob… (First the dischero charged my shades who fled). And the warriors into the Execs to help the gorebeast chariot.
Magic is uneventful with the DP having no viable targets within frontal arc…
Shooting sees the Hellcannon do a misfire BOOM!
Hit on my last RBT, killing it.In CC my witches/hag finish off remaining chariot, then all witches are slain, also deathhag is slain, but the CoB itself isn’t, breaks and miraculously escapes the pursuit by skullcrushers.. (who then don’t move at all because of Block by the BSBhero.)
At the other side of the table the warriors direct 9 attacks to my sorc, scoring 3 wounds i think and i save 2 with the regen (hehe). From the other attacks 3 or so execs die. I kill the chariot and around 7 warriors, getting rid of their steadfast, break and run them down.
Turn 3 DE:
My execs reform so to charge the hellcannon next turn and i gather redirectors for the hero’s and skullcrushers to finish the hellcannon First.
Now my lvl 3 death sees it’s opportunity to get withing 12 inch of the demon prince safely. Couldron rally’s
In magic i ofcrourse then roll 1-1 on winds, but luckily still got the powerstone to 4dice Bjuna on the DP and deal the last needed wounds
Ill stop with the images here and summarize the remainder of the game:
-I kill the hellcannon
-Redirect Crushers one more time, after which my CoB can charge it from behind, killing 1 crusher with impact hits.
- Then the discHero kills CoB finally (str 7..)
- Then i can charge my Execs into the crushers, who strike simultaneously, me killing all 3 crushers in one blow (exactly), and losing around 12 models in the process (execs had no buffs up, again very low winds of magic roll).
-His BSBhero pursuits my redirecting locks (they don’t die)
-Last turn was basiclly me having only S3 shooting and the death sorc on the DiscHero with 1 wound left, rolling again 1-1 on winds, and ofcourse not killing it (with the 3++ 1’s rerollable ws).
So the end looked like this:
WoC
2 exalted heroes: 500pts, (minus 100 from general and 50 from 2 flags)
DE
Execs, both sorcs, bsb, some riders and locks, totalling 1221 ptz
Result: 871 pt victory for dark elves!
Post game thoughts:
-I had too many power dice consumers with 2 lvl 3s, locks and CoB ;p
-The only useful spell my deathsorc casted was the one Bjuna….
-Lifesorc in execs is AWESOME. And lifebloom is OP…
-30 witches combined with CoB is surprisingly resilient with the 5++, and the CoB makes it steadfast for a very long time if you reform smartly. Crushers are the absolute worst enemy they could get, and they held out for 3 turns. I think they will rip through almost anything else with ease with that razor standard….
-S3 shooting is completely useless vs WoC
-Executioners for 12 points a model is just, broken imo..
-3++ heroes (with optional rerollable 1’s) are pretty non-killable. Yet still they can’t do much against hordes
But I’m unsure how to kill ‘m…So that’s it thanks for the read!
Open for suggestions, about the battlerep, images, and my list.
Next list I will try probably includes just a lvl 4 life, but still undecided about other changes. I find both the 30witch/cob and exec hordes to be extremely powerful thus far.
