Game 180: Rahn vs Thagrosh

Game 180 – Vs Mark Ellis – Legion – 26/04/18

My list:

Adeptis Rahn (Defenders of Ios)

-Sylys Wyshnaylrr, The Seeker

-Chimera

-Phoenix

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcantrik Force Generator

Arcanist Mechanik

Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios

Fane Knight Skeryth Issyen

Max Houseguard Halberdiers

-Officer & Standard Bearer

Max Houseguard Halberdiers

-Officer & Standard Bearer

Lynus Wesselbaum & Edrea Lloryrr

His List:

Thagrosh, Prophet of Everblight (Primal Terrors)

-Blightbringer

Spell Martyr

Spell Martyr

Warmonger War Chief

Warmonger War Chief

Feralgeist

Max Blighted Ogrun Warmongers

Max Blighted Ogrun Warspears

-Chieftain

Max Blighted Ogrun Warspears

-Chieftain

Min Blighted Ogrun Warspears

Hellmouth

Hellmouth

With a Steamroller coming up in Leeds at the weekend I wanted to get a couple of games in with Rahn in Defenders to get back up to speed with a list that I think has a lot of promise. Mark dropped his standard Thagrosh list, albeit not yet bolstered with the new solos. Mark won the roll to go first, and we got moving.

Thagrosh puts up Fog of War and Draconic Blessing onto the right unit of Warspears. Both max Warspear units have Preyed the Halberdier units, and run up to put pressure on my positioning. The Blightbringer buts up the Armour and Strength bubble and runs up behind the main forces. Hellmouth tentacles move to annoying spots.

The left Hellmouth has been badly deployed and is within 18” of one AFG. I TK both forwards and put up Polarity Shield onto the central Halberiers. The AFG in range aims and puts 2 Brutal Damage shots into the Hellmouth, leaving it on a couple of boxes. The second walks up and is able to finish off the inexplicably free unit. Elara shoots 3 points of damage into the other Hellmouth and the rest of my forces move up, staying out of charge threat.

Without being able to charge anything Mark starts working on me with his guns, killing off a handful of Halberdiers. A single Ogrun contests the left zone and the rest of his forces reposition and prepare to take attacks next turn.

Mark’s forces are pretty bunched up so there are a number of decent Momentum angles for my AFGs to play with. The first priority is to clear the left zone, and the remaining shots kill off around 6 Ogrun, with a Force Hammer from Rahn knocking down a couple more to restrict vengeance opportunities. Some Halberdiers move up to jam with the rest holding back to go in on a later turn. Eiryss shoots another 3 points off the Hellmouth, and I score 2 to lead 2-0.

With a number of his models knocked down Mark doesn’t have a lot of options for Vengeance and so has to unjam himself with his regular activations. He runs into the usual medium-base spam problem though as his units quickly start tripping over each other, and so he doesn’t get much more than my front line. I positioned Edrea too close to my Chimera last turn, and so an Obliteration arced through a Spell Martyr takes her out. Mark scores 2 CPs himself to draw level at 2-2.

Mark has done a better job of denying me good Momentum shot lanes this turn, but Rahn Feats, and with a combination of Force Hammer and TKs is able to make some good shooting lanes for the AFGs, who take out the unit in the left zone and knock down the remaining Warmongers. I don’t want to trigger unnecessary Vengeance so don’t touch the right unit of Spears, continuing to hold back with the Halberdiers on the right to threaten later in the game. Eiryss finally takes out the Hellmouth. I score 2, but don’t contest Mark’s zone so the score moves to 4-3 to me.

Mark again struggles to untie himself, and ends up clocking during his turn. We play the turn out but he doesn’t get a great deal done, so I would have been able to grind out the attrition in the next couple of turns.

VICTORY

I have played this list into medium based infantry before, and it is continuing to look strong into this type of list. The combination of control and powerful guns lets the list take control pretty effectively whilst the opponent is dealing with Halberdiers. The assassination threat keeps casters honest as well. Mark changed his army and we got a second game in.