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Explorator Fleet vs Iyanden

 Post subject: Explorator Fleet vs Iyanden
PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:36 pm 
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Game Number 1 for the Explorator Fleet

Version used is 0.003

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ADEPTUS MECHANICUS – Explorator Fleet (Version 0.003)
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VANGUARD MANIPLE [475]
10 Skitarii Vanguard., Archmagos, 5 Skorpius Duneriders, 2 Skorpius Disintegrator

VANGUARD MANIPLE [375]
10 Skitarii Vanguard., 5 Skorpius Duneriders, Tech-Priest Dominus

VANGUARD MANIPLE [375]
10 Skitarii Vanguard., 5 Skorpius Duneriders, Tech-Priest Dominus

IRONSTRIDER CAVALIERS [150]
4 Ironstrider Ballistarius - Twin Cognis Lascannon

SYDONIAN DRAGOONS [150]
4 Sydonian Dragoon

SICARIAN INFILTRATORS [225]
6 Sicarian Infiltrators

SICARIAN RUSTALKERS [325]
6 Sicarian Rustalkers, 3 Terrax Pattern Termite Assault Drills, Tech-Priest Dominus

ONAGER COHORT [250]
Onager Dunecrawler - Icarus array, 4 Onager Dunecrawler - Neutron Laser

ONAGER COHORT [250]
Onager Dunecrawler - Icarus array, 4 Onager Dunecrawler - Neutron Laser

BREACHER MANIPLE [225]
6 Kataphron Breachers

AVENGER STRIKE FIGHTERS [200]
2 Avenger Strike Fighters


Iyanden Craftworld (4.2)
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AVATAR [0]

WRAITHGATE [50]

SPIRIT WRAITHGUARD WARHOST [475]
4x Wraithguard units, 2 Wraithlord, Wraithseer

SPIRIT WRAITHGUARD WARHOST [375]
4x Wraithguard units, Spiritseer, 2 Wraithlord

SPIRIT WRAITHGUARD WARHOST [375]
4x Wraithguard units, Spiritseer, 2 Wraithlord

SWORDS OF VAUL TROUPE [250]
3 Falcons, 2 Fire Storm

SWORDS OF VAUL TROUPE [295]
3 Fire Prism, 2 Fire Storm

NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE [175]
3x Night Spinner units

NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE [175]
3x Night Spinner units

ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE [250]
Scorpion

ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE [250]
Storm Serpent

PHOENIX BOMBERS [325]
3x Phoenix Bombers

Deployment
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Sicarian Infiltrators are off board Teleporting
Sicarian Rustalkers are Tunnelling

Turn 1
Iyanden win the roll off and go first.

Iyanden - Single Prisms and shoot the Ironstriders killing 1 for 2 Blasts
Explorator Fleet - Fail to activate Ironstriders and break retreating
Iyanden - Bring on the bombers to target the Dunecrawlers for a blast marker
Explorator Fleet - Dunecrawlers double and shoot the prisms for a kill
Iyanden - Scorpion fails to activate and singles
Explorator Fleet - Avengers come on targeting the prisms for a blast
Iyanden - Falcons double killing a dunecralwer
Explorator Fleet - Kataphrons march
Iyanden - Spinners hit the Kataphrons killing 2 breaking them
Explorator Fleet - Dragoons Single
Iyanden - Spinners 2 hit the Crawlers killing 2 breaking them
Explorator Fleet - Fail to activate right Mech Maniple and single
Iyanden - Double the Serpent and shoot the right Mech Maniple for a blast
Iyanden - Retain and Double a Host into the building hacking down a Ironstrider
Explorator Fleet - Crawlers single shooting the host for a wraithlord
Iyanden - March BTS from the gate into the forrest
Explorator Fleet - Middle Mech Maniple doubles and shoots BTS for a blast
Explorator Fleet - BTS Maniple doubles and shoots host in the building for a blast

End turn - Everything Rallies

Turn 2
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Tunnellers pop up with nowhere really great to be placed
Avatar is Summoned
Infiltrators teleport in on the spinners

Iyanden win the roll off and go first.
Iyanden - Host engages the Mech Maniple and Rustalkers intermingled wiping them out for a wriathlord (SC used)
Iyanden - Avatar engages crawlers wiping them out
Iyanden - Fails to activate falcons and single
Explorator Fleet - Infiltrators engage spinners wiping them out
Explorator Fleet - Retain and double the BTS Mech Maniple shooting the prisms for a blast
Iyanden - Engage Right Mech Maniple with BTS host breaking it and halving its size
Iyanden - Prisms fail to activate and single away
Explorator Fleet - Avengers come on and kill a Spinner breaking them
Iyanden - Singles the scopion killing the remaining crawlers
Explorator Fleet - Double Kataphrons killing a prism breaking them
Iyanden - Bombers target the BTS killing 1/3 of the formation
Explorator Fleet - Dragoons march back to the blitz
Iyanden - Serpent singles killing a dune rider from the BTS
Explorator Fleet - Ironstriders single and give a blast to the Falcons
Iyanden - Last Host fails to activate and singles

End turn
Everything rallies except the prisms and right bottom mech maniple

Turn 3
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Explorator Fleet win the roll off

Explorator Fleet - BTS Mech Maniple doubles to the blitz
Iyanden - Engage ironsstiders wiping them out
Explorator Fleet - Double Infiltrators shooting the spinners breaking them
Iyanden - Scopion singles killing a kataphron breaking them
Explorator Fleet - Avengers ground attack the serpent critting it
Iyanden - BTS host doubles to TnH
Iyanden - Host dobules killing some of the Fleets BTS
Iyanden - Bombers target the dragoons killing 1 breaking them
Iyanden - Falcons single and kill a dunerider

End Turn
Everything Rallies except the prisms and dragoons

Turn 4
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Iyanden win the roll off and go first.
Iyanden - Host engages the BTS wiping it out
Iyanden - Scopion fails to activate and shoots Infiltrators killing 1
Explorator Fleet - Infiltrators fail to activate and regroup
Iyanden - Bombers break the rallied mech maniple

Game was finished there with BTS and TnH
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 Post subject: Re: Explorator Fleet vs Iyanden
PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:08 pm 
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Curse those Phoenix Bombers!

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All those beautiful new Vassal units! Also good use for the evil salad chopping monsters as skitter tank stand-ins

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:51 pm 
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What's working in the nu-skitarii and what needs some adjustments? Very excited about this list

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 Post subject: Re: Explorator Fleet vs Iyanden
PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:32 pm 
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Yeah those bombers!!! Cant really cap them with 2 shots on 4s and a 4+ save. Best thing to do was try and get some blasts on them but my ground AA didn't last long.

As for the list. It was fun but it felt like it lacked a lot. My terrible playing didn't help. Dave didn't like the Master of Machines as it can be exploited which I had to agree after trying it. We only played it to apply to its own formation. Thoughts were to just bring back units when it rallied/regrouped. Another was the lack of AT from anything other then the Dune crawlers. Ideas were to add in Titans. Since the theme of the list is a expectorating force and not a full fledged army I'm thinking to just add Warhounds and Reavers. Another idea was reducing knights to 2-4. I didn't want to bloat the list to much but should they just have the basic Paladin, Errant and Wardens? Could they have their own line of Mechanicus Knights in the list?

Anyway these were the thoughts of changes so far.

Vanguard Maniple - From 10 to 12 in size and upped in points.
Skitarii Vanguard - Radium Carbine to small arms and added Ark Rifle for some better firepower.
Kataphrons move to 15cm from 20cm
Sicarian Infiltrators/Sicarian Ruststalkers - From 5+ Armour to 4+
Skorpius Dunerider/Skorpius Disintegrator - 30cm move
Skorpius Disintegrator - Upped gun
Skorpius Dunerider/Termite Assault Drill - only 15 points each now.
Added Warhounds and Reavers
Knights in pairs (Maybe have their own line of Knights)

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I can gig those ideas. Personally the idea of skitarii and knights is more inspiring than the typical tired list+titans

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I played a 2000 points match lately where I had THREE hunters on the field and still didn't manage to knock out a single Phoenix!

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One formation has featured in nearly all of my Eldar builds thrse last three years. Another local and I have yet to lose a whole flight in a game.

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