Astronomicon – 1850 5th Edition Team Tournament Game 2

Game 2 was against Alans Dark Eldar, this was my first time against these chaps .

HQ

Haemonculus
Haemonculus 

Troops
9x wyches, 1x hekatrix with power weapon, 1x hydra gauntlet, 9x haywire grenades
9x wyches, 1x hekatrix with power weapon, 1x hydra gauntlet, 9x haywire grenades
5 warriors, blaster
5 warriors, blaster
5 warriors, blaster
5 warriors, blaster 

Elites
3x Trueborn, 3x blasters
3x Trueborn, 3x blasters
3x Trueborn, 3x blasters 

Heavy Support
Ravager, 3x dark lances. flicker field
Ravager, 3x dark lances. flicker field
Razorwing Jetfighter, 2x dark lances, 4x monosythe missiles, twinlinked splinter rifle, flicker field 

Transports
Raider, flickerfield
Raider, flickerfield
Raider, flickerfield
Raider, flickerfield
Venom, 2x Splinter Cannons
Venom, 2x Splinter Cannons
Venom, 2x Splinter Cannons
Venom, 2x Splinter Cannons
Venom, 2x Splinter Cannons 

It was Spearhead deployment with Anihilation as the primary and Cleanse as the secondary.

Deployment:

I deployed first with the Lootas in Cover, the grots ready to nip into the same quarter on my edge and then a big line of speedy Dakka ready to take the fight to the enemy.

Alan deployed with his forces split in two each side of his deployment. With the Voidraven in reserve.

Ork Turn 1

I zoomed forward with all my Boyz and bikes going the maximum. The grots hopped into the closest ruins in the other quarter. The loots took some shots and managed to pop a Venom.

Dark Eldar Turn 1

Alan moved his Ravagers back from the marauding Orks line and then moved round to open up with all his weapons. His fire managed to completely destroy all the Bikers to an Ork, nothing else died.

Ork Turn 2

With the Bikers dead the Boyz decided to get stuck in, all the Trukks aside from 1 unloaded the Boyz and Meganobz so they could get to krumpin! The Lootas continued to shoot and managed to get another Venom. The Boyz in Combat managed to get a Venom and two raiders, unfortunately they lost a couple of Boyz in the ensuing explosions.

Dark Eldar Turn 2

The Wyches pile towards a Trukk and the Boyz round 1 dead raider. A venom and Raider retreat to the left. Some shooting takes out a Trukk and makes the Meganobz break a squad of Boyz also dies to Venom fire. A Buggy goes down to lance fire. The Wyches assault and Kill a mob of Boyz as well as the Trukk they were aiming for.

Ork Turn 3

The Boyz chase down the fleeing Raider and venom and set up to do some Krumpin’. The Meganob continues to run away as fast as he can. A couple of reduced squads of trueborn die to Loota and Trukk fire and the buggies manage to take out another raider. The Boyz assault the two vehicles but fail to kill anything.

Dark Eldar Turn 3

The Voidraven arrives from reserve. The Surrounded Raider and Venom zoom away towards the grots position. Wyches move towards the Big Mek in the centre and the squad from the downed raider look to the Buggies. The Voidraven and proceeds to missile the 2 remaining squads of Boyz to death. The Wyches then pop another Trukk. The Buggies get Shaken.

Ork Turn 4

The Big Mek, thinking better of his actions decides to run away in his Trukk. The Buggies jostle for position hoping to not get blown to pieces. The Meganob falls back still. The Meganob shoots at the Raider but fails, a last ditch effort from the Runtherds pistol… hits, glances and immobilized! This becomes wrecked! What a hero! Lootas continue to take pot shots and fail to kill a Venom

Dark Eldar Turn 4

The troops from the Raider look that the grots menacingly whilst the Wyches move to secure table quarters. The squad shoots at the grots and they hold. The Meks Trukk takes some fire but lives, the Lootas get peppered and die, 1 buggy goes down and the other has its weapon destroyed. The warriors then assault and finish off the grots.

Ork Turn 5

The Mek and the remaining Buggy zoom about and can’t kill anything.

Dark Eldar Turn 5

With all table quarters secured the final buggy goes down, the Mek lives and the turn ends.

Game Ends.

End result, Primary: Loss, Secondary: Loss, I am able to kill enough points to get 1 BP out of the Vps.

That much Str 8 was just horrible for my Bikers and the Venom shots into my Boyz was crippling. Not to mention the Ordnance blasts whilst was in a lovely tight bunch, the matchup was awful and I think I played it as well as I could I did manage to take out a number of models.