Won a small tournament with the Yellow Elves a couple of days ago.
Played three games that were all very close.
Here is my list, the plan was very simple and very aggressive. March across the battlefield with the Stormserpent. Retain and engage something big with the large Wraithguard formation. (Preferable something that was not in the middle but to one side) Use the move after winning to get into supportrange of something else. Tripple retain and send in one of the Vampires to engage something more. Survive the inbound counterattack and then send in another Vampire to the mix with lots of support if they survived. I placed the two objectives close to the blitz (or at least one within 30 cm) to be able to get two objectives and the blitz after the dust has seattled.
Two of my opponents had never played against the Iyaden so they were a little bit surprised by my tactics so I guess it will be a lot harder next time we meet
Iyanden Craftworld (4.2)
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SPIRIT WRAITHGUARD WARHOST [275]
4x Wraithguard units, Spiritseer
SPIRIT WRAITHGUARD WARHOST [275]
4x Wraithguard units, Spiritseer
SPIRIT WRAITHGUARD WARHOST [475]
4x Wraithguard units, 2 Wraithguard, Wraithseer
WRAITHGATE [50]
AVATAR [0]
VAMPIRE RAIDER [200]
VAMPIRE RAIDER [200]
SWORDS OF VAUL TROUPE [250]
3 Falcons, 2 Fire Storm
SWORDS OF VAUL TROUPE [250]
3 Falcons, 2 Fire Storm
ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE [250]
Storm Serpent
RANGER TROUPE [100]
4 Ranger
WINDRIDER TROUPE [200]
5 Jetbike, Vyper
PHOENIX BOMBERS [325]
3x Phoenix Bombers
GUARDIAN TROUPE [150]
Farseer, 7 Guardian
First game, against Marines. Initial assault went good and a couple of formations was almost whiped from the board. The Marines left my Wraithguards and focused on the other units. It was a close call and the game was settled in the last activations when his Thunderhawk landed near the blitz to contest it but my Wraithguards was on overwatch and managed to shoot it down. Had he managed to land and if he had some better luck in a couple of fights he would have won 2-0 but as it turned out it went the other way around.
His list:
Codex Astartes (NetEA Tournament Pack 2014)
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TACTICAL [375]
6 Tacticals, Supreme Commander, Rhinos
TACTICAL [275]
6 Tacticals, Rhinos
DEVASTATOR [250]
4 Devastators, Rhinos
PREDATOR [325]
4 Annihilator, Hunter
LAND SPEEDER [200]
5 Landspeeder
LAND SPEEDER [200]
5 Landspeeder
SCOUT [150]
4 Scouts
SCOUT [150]
4 Scouts
THUNDERHAWK [200]
BIKE [250]
4 Bike Unit, Attack Bike, Chaplain
WARHOUND [275]
1 Warhound Class Titan
THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON [175]
2 Thunderbolt Fighters
THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON [175]
2 Thunderbolt Fighters
Next game was against Dark eldar. I have never played against them but guessed this would be settled in turn two by some massive engagements. My initial assault failed a little bit by not being able to get the Vampire to respond (snake eyes). The opponent is one of the better players oround here but I manage to hold off. Mostly thanks to winning the initiative in all three rounds and to the fact that one of the smaller Wraithguard formations just didn’t die. His big unit kept assaulting them and shooting at them but they just saved every hit.
His list:
Dark Eldar (EpicUK V.10042013)
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KABAL COTERIE [350]
4 Incubi, 1 Archon character, Barge
KABAL SYNDICATE [200]
6 Warriors, 3 Raider
KABAL SYNDICATE [200]
6 Warriors, 3 Raider
KABAL SYNDICATE [200]
6 Warriors, 3 Raider
KABAL FLOTILLA [275]
Ravager
HEAVY BARGE [250]
1 Vessel of Pain
HEAVY BARGE [250]
1 Vessel of Pain
SCOURGES [250]
6 Scourges
HAEMONCULI COVEN [275]
2 Haemonculi, 4 Wracks, Ancient
TALOS [225]
4 Talos
PORTABLE WEBWAY PORTAL [50]
WEBWAY PORTAL [50]
SLAVEBRINGER [200]
VOIDRAVEN BOMBERS [225]
2 Voidravens
Last game was against Chaos. Due to heavy overwatch and a large amount of AA I abandoned the initial assault thing. I did lash out a little bit here and there and after a while my opponent moved away from his “cage” so I could take out the ones on the flanks. The game was close but in the end my opponent could only hope for a draw but due to some luck and a bad move in the last activation by the chaos player this was a 2-0 win.
His list:
Emperors Children (Epic UK v070414)
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EMPERORS CHILDREN RETINUE [625]
6 Noise Marines, Chaos Warlord (Supreme Commander), Chaos Champion, 3 Chaos Land Raiders, Daemonic Pact (includes 1 lesser daemon)
EMPERORS CHILDREN RETINUE [305]
Chaos Lord, 6 Noise Marines, 6 Dreadclaw Drop Pod
DAEMONIC KNIGHTS [300]
4 Daemon Knights
DAEMONIC KNIGHTS [300]
4 Daemon Knights
SUBJUGATOR TITAN [225]
SUBJUGATOR TITAN [225]
SUBJUGATOR TITAN [225]
DEFILER PACK [275]
4 Defilers
DEFILER PACK [275]
4 Defilers
DEVASTATION CLASS CRUISER [150]
DAEMON POOL [95]
Greater Daemon, 3 Lesser Daemon
Conclusions:
Against opponents not familiar with Wraithguards and moving gates the first turn can be real hard.
The biggest advantage is the ability to move full speed after winning an engagement and the fact that they have Farsight so the retaining is not that hard. Perhaps this is a little bit too good…
The ability to retain on a 1 was also questioned but on one formation they thought it was ok. The fact that the two Vampires can land and contest objectives on the last turn was the main cheese. It was almost not fun, but hey it was a tournament
Overall the list feels good and balanced (perhaps you could cut farsight or hit and run on the wraithguard units) I think the surprise of how hard the units is and some luck mixed with skill got me to the top.
I was the only player that won all my games but we were only 6 players so…
/Uven