Time for the first battle report!
I played a pitched battle against my good old friend Cristi (check out his battle report over here).The Lists:
Grand Alliance Death, Death Allegiance (1000 pt):Leaders
- Arkhan The Black, Mortarch of Sacrament
- 2 x Necromancer
- Cairn Wraith
- 3-man Spirit Hosts
- 5-man Black Knights
- 10-man Skeleton Warriors with Crypt Shields and Spears
- 10-man Skeleton Warriors with Crypt Shields and Swords
Leaders
- Arch Warlock
- Warlock Engineer
- Poisoned Wind Mortar Weapon Team
- 3 x Ratling Gun Weapon Team
- 4 x Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team
- War Machines
- Warp Lightning Cannon
Pitched Battle: Knife to the Heart
The Deployment:
After setting up the objectives and rolling for sides, we started to deploy our forces pretty much in the back, however I went in bold and deployed the majority of my units to the front. Cristi deployed his units in the corner, with the exception of Arch Warlock, Warlock Engineer and the Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team. We chose to roll who should begin instead of going for the first who finished deploying.
Round 1:
Skaven was to go first and quickly dispatched my Black Knights and Spirit Hosts. The Cairn Wraith barely survived with 2 wounds.
On my turn I cast Curse of Ages on the Warlock Engineer and successfully got rid of him. I advanced the left flank of my skeletons and charged with Arkhan the Black and with the Cairn Wraith the Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team.
Round 2:
I won the roll, which gave me some hope to win. Unfortunately I didn't get to successfully cast Curse of Ages. In the combat phase Arkhan killed the rest of the Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team.
On Skaven's turn the Arch Warlock and Warp Lightning Cannon inflicted 7 wounds on Arkhan, which made him really vulnerable.
Round 3:
I won the roll again, and successfully aged the Arch Warlock with continuously rolling 1 dice! Unfortunately since Arkhan was weakened I couldn't move him out of harms way and the Skaven's managed to shoot Arkhan off the table. The Wraith also dies to shooting. By this time my left flank was dead, only the Necromancer managed to stay alive. This is the point that I regretted holding my right flank in the back.
Round 4:
Necromancer casts Arcane Bolt and kills one of the Ratling Gun Weapon Team. I knew this was not going well for me so I charged with the Necromancer, then he died heroically! We chose to end the game at this point as no way my right flank was going to survive the trip to the other side of the table, nor Cristi's units were able to reach my units in 2 turns.
Results:
Skaven victory. For now.
Conclusions:
Playing aggressively with Deathrattle is a must. Caution does not pay off. Also, I need more Skeleton Warriors so the unit doesn't get wiped out so easily.
