Re: Path To Glory - BR vs Tomb Kings July 30th!
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:48 pm
For my opening game I drew the only Bretonnian opponent in the tournament. I was excited to face these with a Star Dragon as the only experience I have vs them is with the Deathtrain. My opponent however was nowhere to be seen, but being a local guy the organizers were able to call him and they woke him up! He thought the tournament was next weekend Anyway he got there fairly quickly and as I`m a fast player and Bretonnia tend to have few units I wasn`t stressed out.
.::. Battle Report - Invasion #1 vs Bretonnia (uncomped) .::.
Points Before the Game: 0/0
Lists:
I wanted to deploy the bus with an ensured way to block his Grail Knights. I thus started with chaff on both extreme flanks so I could close in regardless, with the bus in a central position and the flyers hidden. This game had a scenario where the board was sliced into 5 pieces of equal width, each being worth 200 VPs to whoever had a unit with a banner in it at the end of the game (contested zones would yield 0 vp). I was more concerned with munching down as he didn`t have the Falcon Horn, which makes this a highly favourable matchup for me. Furthermore his Trebs had a terrible time getting good lines of fire.
Spells: I got Arcane, Walk, Apotheosis, Hand of Glory. He got Shield of Thorns and Earthblood.
I managed to grab T1.
HE T1
I moved bus straight towards his deathstar. Dragon and Phoenix took up flanking positions while cavalry closed in. Magic I walked my bus. Shooting was ineffective, so a quick T1 for me.
BR T1
One unit (with the L2) blocked my bus. Another charged my Helmdart, which fled. He tried to redirect into the bird but didn`t make it (12 I believe he needed). Peg Knights move up centrally. Shooting sees one Treb miss, the other scores 4W on the Frostheart.
HE T2
The 1W Frostheart rams the Pegknights, Eagle charges Treb, Reavers block grails. Dragon + bus charge blockers. Dart rallies. Magic sees me try and heal the bird but it`s stopped with a scroll. Shooting panics some knights. In combat I get lucky as the Frostheart survives and the Peg Knights break, I chase them down and am within minimum range for the Treb => safe. He is lucky as his knights hold on Insane Courage.
BR T2
Knights charge Reavers, I elect to flee seeing as I`ll go through my own unit and he can only redirect into the bus or fail the charge. He decides not to tempt his luck vs 2++ so he gets a failed charge. In combat, he has 1 Knight left which holds on Insane Courage yet again...
HE T3
Reavers rally and move up to block him again. Frostheart goes into second treb. I win all combats but the treb survives and Frostie.
After this, the match can be summarized in the pictures below. TL;DR - I zone his grails and engage them with the bus and kill them all, eventually.
The RBTs took care of his remaining, small Knights and I healed up the Frostheart as well (models and units below 50% wounds/models respectively gave up 25% of their VPs). I tabled him with 300VP in bonuses with small losses in return and had an additional 200 from the scenario I believe. 20-0 victory to the High Elves!
Evaluation
First of all, creds to my opponent for keeping his calm despite the somewhat stressing situation and a terrible matchup. Short of my making a huge mistake with the Star Dragon and his Lord wiping it, I don`t see what he can do here. Traditional Bretonnia armies with Life would be a big problem for me, but an L2 only has 44% chance to get Dwellers and when he didn`t, it was a fairly easy game for me.
Regardless we both had a blast with lots of laughs and funny moments, including his back-to-back insane courage tests.
Opponent`s Final Placing: 18/20
My Points: 20/20
.::. Battle Report - Invasion #1 vs Bretonnia (uncomped) .::.
Points Before the Game: 0/0
Lists:
Prince on Star Dragon: Dragonhelm, Star Lance, Crown of Atrazar, The Other Trickster`s Shard, Shield = 598
Noble Battle Standard Bearer on Ithilmar Barded Elven Steed, Banner of the World Dragon, Heavy Armour, Shield, Lance = 172
Noble on Ithilmar Barded Elven Steed, Enchanted Shield, Heavy Armour, Ogre Blade = 134
High Mage Level 2 on Elven Steed, Scroll = 155
High Mage Level 2 on Elven Steed, Ironcurse Icon = 135
Heroes = 596, Characters = 1194
17 Silver Helms, Full Command & Shields = 421
5 Ellyrian Reavers, Bows, Standard Bearer = 95
5 Silver Helms, Shields, Champion, Standard Bearer = 135
Core = 651
3x1 Repeater Bolt Thrower = 210
Frostheart Phoenix = 240
2x1 Great Eagle = 100
Rare = 550
Army Total = 2395
Pre-battle thoughts and deployment:Bretonnian Lord on Horse, HKB thing, Gauntlet of the Duel, Sword of ASF, Grail Vow
Paladin BSB, War Banner, Grail Vow
Paladin, Dawnstone, Dragonhelm, Grail Vow
L2 Life Mage, Scroll
8 KOTR, FC
8 KOTR, FC
8 KOTR, FC
5 Pegasus Knights
X Grail Knights (quite a few, can`t remember specifics)
2 Trebuchets
I wanted to deploy the bus with an ensured way to block his Grail Knights. I thus started with chaff on both extreme flanks so I could close in regardless, with the bus in a central position and the flyers hidden. This game had a scenario where the board was sliced into 5 pieces of equal width, each being worth 200 VPs to whoever had a unit with a banner in it at the end of the game (contested zones would yield 0 vp). I was more concerned with munching down as he didn`t have the Falcon Horn, which makes this a highly favourable matchup for me. Furthermore his Trebs had a terrible time getting good lines of fire.
Spells: I got Arcane, Walk, Apotheosis, Hand of Glory. He got Shield of Thorns and Earthblood.
I managed to grab T1.
HE T1
I moved bus straight towards his deathstar. Dragon and Phoenix took up flanking positions while cavalry closed in. Magic I walked my bus. Shooting was ineffective, so a quick T1 for me.
BR T1
One unit (with the L2) blocked my bus. Another charged my Helmdart, which fled. He tried to redirect into the bird but didn`t make it (12 I believe he needed). Peg Knights move up centrally. Shooting sees one Treb miss, the other scores 4W on the Frostheart.
HE T2
The 1W Frostheart rams the Pegknights, Eagle charges Treb, Reavers block grails. Dragon + bus charge blockers. Dart rallies. Magic sees me try and heal the bird but it`s stopped with a scroll. Shooting panics some knights. In combat I get lucky as the Frostheart survives and the Peg Knights break, I chase them down and am within minimum range for the Treb => safe. He is lucky as his knights hold on Insane Courage.
BR T2
Knights charge Reavers, I elect to flee seeing as I`ll go through my own unit and he can only redirect into the bus or fail the charge. He decides not to tempt his luck vs 2++ so he gets a failed charge. In combat, he has 1 Knight left which holds on Insane Courage yet again...
HE T3
Reavers rally and move up to block him again. Frostheart goes into second treb. I win all combats but the treb survives and Frostie.
After this, the match can be summarized in the pictures below. TL;DR - I zone his grails and engage them with the bus and kill them all, eventually.
The RBTs took care of his remaining, small Knights and I healed up the Frostheart as well (models and units below 50% wounds/models respectively gave up 25% of their VPs). I tabled him with 300VP in bonuses with small losses in return and had an additional 200 from the scenario I believe. 20-0 victory to the High Elves!
Evaluation
First of all, creds to my opponent for keeping his calm despite the somewhat stressing situation and a terrible matchup. Short of my making a huge mistake with the Star Dragon and his Lord wiping it, I don`t see what he can do here. Traditional Bretonnia armies with Life would be a big problem for me, but an L2 only has 44% chance to get Dwellers and when he didn`t, it was a fairly easy game for me.
Regardless we both had a blast with lots of laughs and funny moments, including his back-to-back insane courage tests.
Opponent`s Final Placing: 18/20
My Points: 20/20