13TH BLACK CRUSADE BLACK LEGION and FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN (4.2.1)

Well we manage another game of epic. It was 3000 point per side and it was between 13TH BLACK CRUSADE BLACK LEGION and FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN (4.2.1)
Britt played the BLACK LEGION and I played the FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN (4.2.1)

LINK TO Fir Iolarion Eldar Titan Clan 4.2 list…

http://www.tacticalwargames.net/taccmd/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=30425

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Armies used

13TH BLACK CRUSADE BLACK LEGION (2014 Armybook Edition)

DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON [275]
(Chaos Undivided), Death Wheel
DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON [275]
(Chaos Undivided), Death Wheel
HELL BLADES [200]
3 Hell Blade Fighters, (Chaos Undivided)
RETINUE [475]
8 Chaos Space Marines, 4 Havocs, Daemonic Pact, Sorcerer Lord, (Chaos Undivided),Icon Bearer
RETINUE [425]
8 Chaos Space Marines, 4 Havocs, Sorcerer Lord, (Chaos Undivided)
RETINUE [425]
8 Chaos Space Marines, 4 Havocs, Sorcerer Lord, (Chaos Undivided)
CHAOS TERMINATORS [325]
Chaos Lord, 4 Chaos Terminator, Daemonic Pact, (Chaos Undivided),Icon Bearer
ARMOURED COMPANY [250]
5 Chaos Predator, (Chaos Undivided)
DAEMON POOL [75]
7 Lesser Daemon, (Chaos Undivided)
ARMOURED COMPANY [270]
4 Chaos Predator, 2 Chaos Vindicator, (Slaanesh)

 

FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN (4.2.1)
PHANTOM TITAN [875]
1 Phantom Titan, D-Cannon, Tremor Cannon, Titan Autarch
PHANTOM TITAN [800]
1 Phantom Titan, D-Cannon, Tremor Cannon
REVENANT TITAN[425]

2 x Revenant Pulse Laser and Single Weapon System

GUARDIAN[275]

One Farseer and seven Guardians, Wraithlord and three Support Weapon Platform.

WRAITHLORD TROUPE [350]
Six Wraithlord units, including one Spiritseer
GUARDIAN[275]

One Farseer and seven Guardians, Wraithlord and three Support Weapon Platform.

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Deployment

• Deployment of BLACK LEGION,FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN and objective makers…

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Turn 1

• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN won the SR and went first..
  
• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN move PHANTOM up(Photo1) and shoot RETINUE, killing 2 and giving it 3 BM’s(Photo2)…was hoping to make it hard to activate

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• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN move PHANTOM up(Photo1) and shoot RETINUE, killing 3 and giving it 4 BM’s(Photo2)…was hoping to make it hard to activate

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• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN place GUARDIAN on overwatch(Photo1)..guard duty

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• BLACK LEGION do marshalling action on RETINUE(summon 6 demons)(Photo1) and shoot the WRAITHLORD TROUPE, doing a BM(Photo2) and then removes all BM’s(Sorry NO pic)

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• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN march move REVENANT TITAN down left flank, to be in BL deployment zone(Photo1)

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• BLACK LEGION march move RETINUE into wood to be in FIR IOLARION table half(BM from OWF)(Photo1)

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• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN keep the WRAITHLORD TROUPE, on over watch(Photo1)

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• BLACK LEGION double move ARMOURED COMPANY up(Photo1) and shoots the WRAITHLORD TROUPE, killing 2 and breaking the formation, which stays put(Photo2)..was try to cut the FIR IOLARION activations for next turn

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• BLACK LEGION double move DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON up(Photo1) and shoots the PHANTOM(SC), doing a BM(Photo2)..was trying to cut the FIR IOLARION activation's for next turn

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• BLACK LEGION double move ARMOURED COMPANY up(Photo1) and shoots the broken WRAITHLORD TROUPE, doing nothing(Photo2)..was try to kill the formation..

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• BLACK LEGION double move DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON up(Photo1) and shoots the broken WRAITHLORD TROUPE, doing nothing(Photo2)..was trying to kill the formation

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• BLACK LEGION double move RETINUE up(Photo1) and shoots the PHANTOM, doing a BM(Photo2)..was trying to cut the FIR IOLARION activation's for next turn

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• BLACK LEGION bring on HELL BLADES and shoots GUARDIAN, killing 4 and giving it 5 BM’s(Photo1)…making live difficult

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• BLACK LEGION don’t remove BM’s from Retinue..
  
• No aircraft were shot down in the disengaged section..

END OF TURN SHOT

 
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Turn 2

• BLACK LEGION teleport CHAOS TERMINATORS(Photo1)…

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•  BLACK LEGION won the SR and went first..(tied rolled)
• BLACK LEGION do a engage action with Retinue, uses the command ability and brings in ARMOURED COMPANY and targets the PHANTOM(Photo1)The dice are rolled and the Retinue(BM)&ARMOURED COMPANY Win the combat and the PHANTOM is broken and stays put(Photo2). The Retinue(BM)&ARMOURED COMPANY consolidate 5(Photo3)…well he was hoping to break it and he did, again lost by a pip
  

  

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• BLACK LEGION do a engage action with CHAOS TERMINATORS(summons 1 demon)and targets the GUARDIAN(Photo1)The dice are rolled and the CHAOS TERMINATORS Win the combat and the GUARDIAN is broken(Photo2). The CHAOS TERMINATORS consolidate 5 and the GUARDIAN flee back down the base line.(Photo3)…well he was hoping to break it and he did.

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• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN move PHANTOM up, so its near the buildings(Photo1) and shoot ARMOURED COMPANY, killing 3 and breaking the formation and also manages to clip the Retinue giving it a BM(Photo2)The broken ARMOURED COMPANY flees toward objective marker(Photo3)…was hoping to break a formation

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• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN do a engage action with the GUARDIAN and targets the Broken ARMOURED COMPANY(Photo1)The dice are rolled and the GUARDIAN win and the Broken ARMOURED COMPANY is wiped from the board(Photo2).The GUARDIAN consolidate into the ruins(Photo3)

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• BLACK LEGION do a engage action with RETINUE(supporting fire from DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON) and target the Broken WRAITHLORD TROUPE(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the RETINUE wins the combat and the Broken WRAITHLORD TROUPE is broken and falls back 5cm(Photo2).The RETINUE consolidate 5(Photo3)…bring it on.

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• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN double move REVENANT TITAN(Photo1) and shoots ARMOURED COMPANY, killing 2 and giving it 3BM’s(Photo2)..was hoping to make it hard for the formation to activate

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• BLACK LEGION move DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON(Photo1) and shoot REVENANT TITAN, giving it a BM(Photo2)…was the start of trying to break it

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• BLACK LEGION do a engage action with DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON(supporting fire from RETINUE) and target the Broken WRAITHLORD TROUPE(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON the combat and the Broken WRAITHLORD TROUPE loses and falls back 5cm(Photo2).The DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON consolidate 5(Photo3)…bring it on.

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• BLACK LEGION do a marshalling action with ARMOURED COMPANY and so shoots the REVENANT TITAN, giving it a BM(Photo1)..it continues

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• BLACK LEGION bring on HELL BLADES(1 shoot down by AA Fire, 2BM’s) and shoots REVENANT TITAN, breaking the formation due to BM’s and so it stays put(Photo1)…making living difficult

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• BLACK LEGION do a engage action with RETINUE and targets the GUARDIAN(Photo1)The dice are rolled and the RETINUE Win the combat and the GUARDIAN is broken. The RETINUE consolidate 5 and the GUARDIAN flee forward into the woods in the BT deployment zone(Photo2)…well he was hoping to break it and he did.

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• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN don’t rally REVENANT TITAN and 2 x GUARDIAN.Both sides remove BM’s..
  
• No aircraft were shot down in the disengaged section..

END OF TURN SHOT

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Turn 3

• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN won the SR and went first..
  
• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN does a engage action with PHANTOM(SC)(supporting fire from PHANTOM and WRAITHLORD TROUPE) and targets the RETINUE(Photo1).The dice are roll and the RETINUE(2 BM’s) wins the combat, the PHANTOM(SC) is broken stays put. The WRAITHLORD TROUPE is broken due to BM’s, stays put and the other PHANTOM gets a BM due to supporting failed assault(Photo2).. was trying to cut down on BL activations and I lost the engagement by 1 pip

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• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN does a marshalling action on Phantom, so shoots the RETINUE and kills 2 giving it 3 BM’s all up and then manages to remove all BM’s(Photo1)

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• BLACK LEGION double move ARMOURED COMPANY, back to Blitz to claim it(Photo1)

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• BLACK LEGION do a engage action with RETINUE(supporting fire from DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON) and target the Broken WRAITHLORD TROUPE(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the RETINUE wins the combat and the Broken WRAITHLORD TROUPE is wiped from the board(Photo2).The RETINUE consolidate 5(Photo3)…so after nearly 3 turns of trying to get rid of the formation it final happens

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• BLACK LEGION place CHAOS TERMINATORS on over-watch, to guard blitz(Photo1)

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• BLACK LEGION place RETINUE on over-watch, to guard objective marker(Photo1)

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• BLACK LEGION place DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON on over-watch, to guard objective marker(Photo1)

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• BLACK LEGION do sustain fire with DEATH WHEEL SQUADRON(Photo1), and shoot the broken REVENANT TITAN, doing 2 DC(Photo2)

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• BLACK LEGION place RETINUE on over-watch(Photo1)…

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• BLACK LEGION fail to bring on HELL BLADES(sorry no Pic)
  
• FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN don’t rally REVENANT TITAN ,GUARDIAN and Phantom(SC). Both sides remove BM’s..
  
• No aircraft were shot down in the disengaged section..
  
• BLACK LEGION win game 3-0

Victory Condition	FIR IOLARION	BLACK LEGION
1. Blitz	NO	Yes
2. Break their sprit	NO	NO
3. Defend the Flag	NO	Yes
4. Take and Hold	No	Yes
5. They Shall not Pass	NO	no

END OF TURN SHOT

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Summary

Well that went well, not..The over all plan was to push down the flank with the 2 Phantoms and the Wraithlords. I need to get turn two and yep, I didn't get it.. Not winning most of the engagements, meant I was on the back foot.I think the highlight was the WRAITHLORD TROUPE, talk about taking the heat..I think in the end my opponent got fixated on them, but if they had rallied I would have contested a couple of objective markers with them..

Over all I feel the Phantom needs o have the power fist by default, to give it a boost..But we will see in the next game…

Tremor Cannon did it job ok, but more testing is needed..

The single Revenant Titan restriction could be more like the Guardians restriction set at 1 for every 1500 points.
List building is fairly straight forward with the 1 to 3 restriction.

Regards

Greg