Saturday, March 27, 2010

Space Wolves VS Dark Angels (pics in order)

2000 Points
Battle Mission: 3 objectives (don't recall the name), Wolves were the "offense", Angels the "defense" - Before each shooting phase we played a stray artillery rule

Space Wolf List
HQ
Wolf Lord: Frostblade, Runic Armour, and Belt of Russ
Rune Priest: Chooser of the Slain and Runic Armour, Jaws of the World
Wolf and Living Lighting.

Elite
7 Wolf Guard Terminators: (2) SB/ PW, (2) Dual WCs, (1) Assault Cannon and PW, (1) PW/ SS, (1) TH/ SS
6 Wolf Scouts: Meltagun and Mark of the Wulfen + Wolf Guard: Thunder Hammer
Lone Wolf: TDA, TH/ SS

Troops
10 Grey Hunters: 2 plasmaguns, Wolf Standard, and MOTW
9 Grey Hunters: Meltagun, Wolf Standard, and MOTW w/Rhino
9 Grey Hunters: Meltagun, Wolf Standard, and MOTW + Wolf Guard: PF w/Rhino

Heavy
Land Raider Crusader: Extra Armor
6 Long Fangs: 2 HBs, 2 LCs, ML
Wolf Guard: TDA, CML, SB, and WC

Points: 1995
Models: 47
Vehicles: 3
Scoring Units: 3

Dark Angels List (Duelwing, aka Deathraven)
HQ
Belial w/DLC (includes apoth)
Sammael, on jetbike (includes apoth)

Troops
DW1, CML (per C:SM)
DW2, CML
DW3, AC
RW1, 6 Bikers, PF Sarge, 2 Meltas, MM Attack Bike, meltabombs
RW2, 6 bikers, 2 Plasmaguns, MM AB, meltabombs

Heavy
Predator Annihilator, TLLC, LC sponsons
Predator Destructor, AutoC, HB sponsons

Points: 2000
Models: 31
Vehicles: 2
Scoring Units: 7 (counts Attack bike as separate)


Ravenwing bikes patrol the the front lines, forcing the Wolves deployment back (per battle mission rules)


The Ravenwing use their scout move to fall back ahead of Wolf shooting


Thunder and Lightning - Twin Predators


The killing field where two of the 3 objective were - perfect for vehicles, not so perfect for Ravenwing with it's lack of cover


After quite a bit of horrendus shooting on the part of both the Deathwing and Ravenwing, the one squad charged to break open the rhino. The Grey Hunters poured out in a frenzy. The wiley wolf scouts still hung on to left in cover despite the shots poured into them.


Board edge Terminators fail to enter difficult terrain, Remaining Wolf Scouts charge the Bikers.


It's gonna be a fire fiiiiiiiight!!!!!

Land Raider Crusader loaded with Wolf Guard Terminators and Wolf Lord prepare to shoot and assault the Deathwing Command. The outcome was not pretty for the Angels, as Belial fell to the Wolf Lord, but not without brining him close to death himself. A bad omen to loose their leader, the rest of the 1st company's finest fell soon after.


Sammeal moves up to take some more pot shots with his Plasma Cannon. The second rhino would eventually also be popped and that squad of Grey hunters behind it severely thinned. Unfortunately two plasma bikers succumb to "gets hot" (a good reason to not rapid fire plasma guns) on the way to charge the Grey Hunters to make a last ditch effort towards the objective. A rune priest and 2 Grey wolves best the remaining 4 Bikers in combat.

Highlight of that night for the Dark Angels was that I got my favorite beanie back (pictured)


Result: Space Wolves victory in turn 5 with DA concession - Wolves held 2 objectives to none at the time.

2 Attack Bikes and two Predators remain as we went into the top of the 5th with the Wolves going first. Even if they all survived, the remaining Wolf Guard Terminators would have pulled a U-turn and hit the objective directly behind them. The Dark Angels may have been able to contest 1-2 (slim) objectives, but in the end, the Wolves held one (bottom right of photo above) securely in their hands no matter what. Conceding seemed the best option for the DA.

DA managed to take out Lone Wolf, 2 Rhinos and Wolf Scouts but were very close to being tabled depending on how turn 5 might have went for the Wolves.

2 comments:

  1. Inquiring minds want to know what the actual army lists were.

    Assuming based on the report that the DA player was running Dual-wing of some kind.

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  2. Yes, a Deathraven list is was... I'll post the list very shortly.

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