After the carnage of the first game, I don't think I actually wanted (or needed) a second game. Vish (who was offering a few tips in the first game) offered to have a friendly battle and run through the finer points of the game. We agreed that we'd play a 500 point game and he would be using his Khador. Vish and I made new lists on the spot while Vish explained a bit about selection to me. So I took a trimmed down list from the previous game, leaving out the deliverers and a couple of 'jacks this time.
Vish gave me more tips about deployment and movement, and went through different synergies I could try. There were a few things that I will keep looking to use. For example, (and I'm probably not going to help myself here by giving away some of my plans) the use of Wracks as explosives. I managed to get Severius to aim Ashes to Ashes at a Wrack. The Wrack duly exploded with a POW 15 balst with 5" AOE. This managed to soften up Vish's Demolition Corps first before Ashes to Ashes kicked in and gave an additional POW 12 hit to each member. This took down three out of five of the unit which I thought was quite effective! There are others (like last game where I cast Death Sentence on Den's Titan Canoneer and hit it with my Deliverers) that I'm trying to work on over the next few weeks. I'm aware that the timing of some of these combinations may be few and far in between, but I'll need to work out how to make it happen. Using the more or less the same lists week in, week out I should be able to do this.
Back to the game, I properly learnt the value of a Monlith Bearer. What he can add to the Zealots is just awesome. From what I've learnt from the PP forums and Battle College, Mr M. Bearer is being toned down a little under MKII rules but will still be able to make the Zealots a harder hitting unit.
The game still ended with me on the losing end again, but I suppose you learn more through losing than winning. If thats the case, why don't I win sometimes?
Vish gave me more tips about deployment and movement, and went through different synergies I could try. There were a few things that I will keep looking to use. For example, (and I'm probably not going to help myself here by giving away some of my plans) the use of Wracks as explosives. I managed to get Severius to aim Ashes to Ashes at a Wrack. The Wrack duly exploded with a POW 15 balst with 5" AOE. This managed to soften up Vish's Demolition Corps first before Ashes to Ashes kicked in and gave an additional POW 12 hit to each member. This took down three out of five of the unit which I thought was quite effective! There are others (like last game where I cast Death Sentence on Den's Titan Canoneer and hit it with my Deliverers) that I'm trying to work on over the next few weeks. I'm aware that the timing of some of these combinations may be few and far in between, but I'll need to work out how to make it happen. Using the more or less the same lists week in, week out I should be able to do this.
Back to the game, I properly learnt the value of a Monlith Bearer. What he can add to the Zealots is just awesome. From what I've learnt from the PP forums and Battle College, Mr M. Bearer is being toned down a little under MKII rules but will still be able to make the Zealots a harder hitting unit.
The game still ended with me on the losing end again, but I suppose you learn more through losing than winning. If thats the case, why don't I win sometimes?
Dan, I don't think I won that game as we ran out of time. It was good to show you the effects of target priority and sneaky tactics involving the death of your own troops. It's always good to go through various tricks and tactics with you Dan. Keep up the hard work, and see you at the club.
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