DE/ELD 1750 portal list

Played one game with a version of this list against GKs (coteaz, psyker psycannon inquisitor, 20 purifiers, 6 chimeras with 4 plasma squads and 3 dreads) and won by 8 victory points (big guns never tire). This is just one of those lists that the internet will instantly call crap and hate. It really doesn't look great on paper, but it's very entertaining to play. You have to get all the pieces to slot in together to make the most out of it. Still, I'm sure the list is gonna see a lot of tuning once I start to learn it better.

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PRIMARY DETACHMENT: Dark Eldar

HQ1: Archon (60) shadowfield (30), webway portal (35), power axe = [140pts]

HQ2: Archon (60) shadowfield (30), webway portal (35), Warlord = [125pts]

TROOP1: 10 Wyches (10*10), haywire grenades (10*2) = [120pts]

TROOP2: 10 Kabalite Warriors (10*9), splinter cannon (10) = [100pts]

TROOP3: 5 Kabalite Warriors (5*9) = [45pts]

TROOP4: 5 Kabalite Warriors (5*9) = [45pts]

HS1: Voidraven Bomber (145), flickerfield (10) = [155pts]

HS2: Voidraven Bomber (145), flickerfield (10) = [155pts]

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SECONDARY DETACHMENT: Eldar

HQ1: Eldrad Ulthran (210) = [210pts]

ELITE1: 10 Harlequins (10*18), troupe master (20) with power axe (0), 5 harlequin kisses (5*4), shadowseer (30) with harlequin kiss (4) , death jester (10) = [264pts]

TROOP1: 10 Wraithguard (10*35), warlock (25) with conceal (15) = [390pts]

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TOTAL = [1749pts]

Suppression fire and 6th ed.

From a game at the ESC in Poland. Got back a week ago and it's been hectic. Hopefully, I'll be able to do a write up on the ETC trip soon. But 5th ed is finally over for me and I can start concentrating on 6th. Now I'll just throw out a couple of quick thoughts.

Suppression fire was very popular in 5th ed. The basic idea was to generate as many low strength shots as possible to force a crew shaken or stunned result. A glancing hit was just as good as a pen when you were simply looking to reduce your opponent's fire power. This also meant you could deal with more targets as destroying every tank was not necessary. But how about in 6th ed?

Glancing hits don't cause results, meaning that the amount of damage you can generate reduces drastically. They do take hull points off, isn't that great? Well, it only has an effect once you destroy the tank. Many people are saying that low strength high rate of fire weapons are the proper antitank tools in 6th. But you are basically being forced to destroy the vehicle. You won't get anything back from shooting at those targets before they're dead. This means you can deal with less targets.

Penetrating hits are the only way to shake/stun vehicles. I bet low av gunboats will slowly fade away but stuff like predators will still be viable. Do you really wanna shoot at it until you strip off 3 hullpoints? I'm thinking most lists will need a certain amount of high strength shots (preferably > 8) to throw at gunboats that you want silenced but not necessarily destroyed. If you explode the vehicle, then that's even better. But it's probably more economic to throw high strength shots at some targets, compared to stripping their hullpoints.

Hammerhead finale tomorrow, last 5th ed tournament

 Tomorrow they are holding the finale for a series of tournaments that have gone by the name of Hammerhead 400,00. They prize in the finale is 400 euros (that's where the name comes from), which is insane on a Finnish scale. Since my etc list got swapped at the last minute (a player dropped, another took crons and I'm playing the Space Wolves) I'm gonna play the wolves at the tourney. They're using the ESC rulespack so it should be good practice. It's also my last 5th ed tourney, except the ETC of course. Anyway, a new runepriest, his chooser of the slain and a new weapon loadout on the dread is pictured above.

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PLAYER 5: Aleksi Lehtiö
ARMY DESCRIPTION : Space Wolves

HQ1 : Rune Priest (100) Living Lighning (0) Jaws of the World Wolf (0) Chooser of the Slain (10) [110]
HQ2 : Rune Priest (100) Murderous Hurricane (0) Jaws of the World Wolf (0) [100]

Elite1 : Dreadnought (105) assault cannon (0) twin-linked autocannon (10) [115]
Elite2 : Dreadnought (105) assault cannon (0) twin-linked autocannon (10) [115]
Elite3 : 4 Wolf Guard (4*18) 4 Combi-Meltas (4*5) 4 Power Fists (4*20) (each with 1 combi-melta and 1 power fist) [172]

Troop1 : 5 Grey Hunters (5*15) meltagun (5) wolf standard (10) in Transport1 [90]
Troop2 : 5 Grey Hunters (5*15) meltagun (5) wolf standard (10) in Transport2 [90]
Troop3 : 5 Grey Hunters (5*15) meltagun (5) wolf standard (10) in Transport3 [90]
Troop4 : 5 Grey Hunters (5*15) meltagun (5) wolf standard (10) in Transport4 [90]

FA1 : 2 Thunderwolf Cavalry (2*50) power fist (25) [125]
FA2 : 2 Thunderwolf Cavalry (2*50) power fist (25) [125]
FA3 : 2 Thunderwolf Cavalry (2*50) power fist (25) [125]

HS1 : 5 Long Fangs (5*15) 4 missile launchers (4*10) [115]
HS2 : 5 Long Fangs (5*15) 4 missile launchers (4*10) [115]
HS3 : 5 Long Fangs (5*15) 4 missile launchers (4*10) [115]

Transport1 : Rhino (35) dozer blade (5) transporting Troop1 [40]
Transport2 : Rhino (35) transporting Troop2 [35]
Transport3 : Razorback (40) transporting Troop3 [40]
Transport4 : Razorback (40) transporting Troop4 [40]

TOTAL : [1847pts]
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