Ravenguard
TACTICAL [445] - Four Tactical units, Razorback, Hunter, Supreme Commander, Land Speeder Typhoon
DEVASTATOR [300] - Four Devastator units, Librarian
DEVASTATOR [300] - Four Devastator units, Librarian
TERMINATOR [350] - Four Terminator units
SCOUT [250] - Four Scout units, 4 Land Speeder Storm
SCOUT [250] - Four Scout units, 4 Land Speeder Storm
LAND SPEEDER [200] - 5 Land Speeder
THUNDERHAWK GUNSHIP [200] - One Thunderhawk Gunship
STORM EAGLE [150] - One Storm Eagle
STORM EAGLE [150] - One Storm Eagle
STORM TALON SQUADRON [200] - Two Storm Talons
STORM TALON SQUADRON [200] - Two Storm Talons
Orks
WARBAND (BIG) [400] - 4 Nobz, 12 Boyz, 4 Grotz, Boyz + Grotz, Big Gun
WARBAND [250] - 2 Nobz, 6 Boyz, 2 Grotz, 2 Boyz + Grotz
WARBAND [250] - 2 Nobz, 6 Boyz, 2 Grotz, 2 Boyz + Grotz
BLITZ BRIGADE (BIG) [350] - 2 Oddboy, 6 Gunwagon, 2 Flakwagon
BLITZ BRIGADE [200] - Oddboy, 3 Gunwagon, Flakwagon
BLITZ BRIGADE [200] - Oddboy, 3 Gunwagon, Flakwagon
BLITZ BRIGADE [150] - 4 Deth Kopta
KULT OF SPEED [200] - 8 Skorcha
STORMBOYZ WARHORDE [250] - 6 Stormboyz, 4 Skorcha
KOMMANDO WARHORDE [150]
FIGHTA SKWADRON [200] - 4 Fighta Bomba
LANDA [200]
LANDA [200]
Deployment
Ravenguard opted for corner deployment playing from the upper left corner, but everything except the Supreme Commanter Tacticals was garrisoned along the center line. From lower left we have Scouts, Devastators in the woods, Land Speeders, more Devastators in the houses, and more Scouts.
I think the original Ravenguard plan was to Air assault using the Storm Eagles and Thunderhawk, but when Mrdiealot realized the Orks would have more activations and air assault his air assaults he opted for ground deployment.
The Orks garrisoned Commandos and Stormboyz in the center and the BTS in the ruins near the Ork Blitz. One Warband in each Landa
Turn 1
O 1.1 - Orks! win initiative and engages the Terminators that teleported in with one BM in the top right corner. 1-1 in kills, Orks are up by 3 and win by 1. Terminators break.
RG 1.1 - Storm Talons CAP
O 1.2 - A Blitz Brigade doubles and tries to Zzap a Devastator from long range, but misses.
RG 1.2 - Scouts engages the Stormboyz that broke the Terminators. After three rounds of combat all Scouts and one LS Storm are killed and the formation breaks. The Orks only lose a single Stormboy.
O 1.3 - The Deth Koptas double and kills one of the broken LS Storms hacking down one more taking the formation down to a single Storm.
RG 1.3 - The Devastators in the houses go back on overwatch
O 1.4 - The Ork BTS goes on overwatch
RG 1.4 - The second Devastator formation doubles and places a BM on the closest Blitz Brigade
O 1.5 - Skorchas doubles and tries to set the Devastators on fire, three hits, three saves
RG 1.5 - The Skorchas were a bit greedy and ended up in engagement range of the Scouts. With support from the Devastators the Scouts wipe out the Skorchas.
O 1.6 - The Blitz Brigade advances and fires at the Scouts but fails to kill anything.
RG 1.6 - A Storm Eagle snipes both the Oddboy and Flackwagon with its barrage, the Blitz Brigade breaks.
O 1.7 - Fighta Bommers intercept the Storm Eagle and the Storm Talons use their CAP. One Storm Talon is killed by FB flak, but they shoot down one Ork fighter in return. The Fighta Bommers hit the Storm Eagle but the hit is saved.
RG 1.7 - The other Storm Eagle hits the Deth Koptas, killing one.
O 1.8 - The big Blitz doubles and kills three land speeders, and break the formation.
RG 1.8 - The second formation of Storm Talons go on CAP
O 1.9 - One of the Landa Warbands air engages the Ravenguard BTS. Storm Talons CAP, and lose one to the Landa flak. The surviving fighter does two wounds on the Landa but no crit. The warband kills 5 units for only 2 Grotz in return. A single Rhino escapes the slaughter.
RG 1.9 - The empty Thunderhawk engages the Landa and wipes it out. Ravenguard are out of activations.
O 1.10 - The second Landa Warband engages the Devastators in the houses. They win the combat and a single surviving Devastator runs away broken. The Warband consolidates into support range of the nearby broken Land Speeders
O 1.11 - The Commandos engages and with the support of the Warband wipes out the Land Speeders.
Turn 2
At his point he Orks have made a big hole in the Ravenguard garrisoned forces. Scouts and Devastators hold the lower left corner and Terminators at the top right. The center is dominated by the Orks. Ravenguard wins initiative
RG 2.1 - A Storm Eagle hits the big Blitz Brigade, killing one Gunwagon
RG 2.2 - Devastators fails to engage the Blitz Brigade, shoots but no hits.
O 2.1 - The Storm Boyz engages the Terminators, they kill one but lose a lot in return, both formations break. Also the nearby Deth Koptas break from supporting a failed engage.
O 2.2 - Retaining the Commandos tries to engage the rallied Land Speeder Storm and fails, but the single unit in range that was not suppressed manages to shoot it down.
RG 2.3 - The second Storm Eagle fails
O 2.3 - The big Blitz doubles and kills two Storms and one Scout, breaking the formation.
RG 2.4 - A Storm Talon failes to CAP
O 2.4 - The Fighta Bommas fails to kill the lone Ravenguard BTS Rhino.
RG 2.5 - A Storm Talon ground attack the Commandos, one hit one save.
O 2.5 - The BTS Warband doubles to make sure no air transports can contest the Ork Blitz next turn.
RG 2.6 - The Thunderhawk picks up the Terminators, last activation for the Marines.
O 2.6 - A Blitz Brigade doubles and tries to Zzap the Thunderhawk but miss
O 2.7 - The Warband in the central houses engages and wipes out the lone Devastator
O 2.8 - The second Blitz Brigade fails (with Supreme re-roll) and breaks
O 2.9 - An empty Landa engages the second Devastator formation. With support form the big Blitz (and with the help of a double one combat resolution roll from the Marines) the Devastators are wiped out.
O 2.10 - The Warband holding the marine Blitz spreads out to stop enemy air transports from contesting.
Turn 3
Things are looking bad for the Ravenguard. Only one Rhino from the BTS and three Scouts are alive on the table, forced in to the lower left corner...
RG 3.1 - The Terminators engage the big Blitz Brigade in an attempt to save their BTS and deny Orks Defend the Flag. The fight is even, but when it goes to a second round the terminators kill enough tanks to gain the upper hand. A few broken tanks run away.
RG 3.2 - Retaining a Storm Talon goes on CAP
O 3.1 - The Warband in the center doubles to protect a T&H
O 3.2 - The intermingled Commandos tries to go on overwatch, fails and removes all blast markers.
RG 3.3 - A Storm Talon puts a BM on the Blitz Brigade by the centered Marine T&H
O 3.3 - The Fighta Bommers ground attack the Marine BTS Rhino. They are intercepted by the Storm Talon on CAP but takes no damage. One hit on the Rhino but it makes its save.
RG 3.4 - The Scouts marshal and removes all blast markers
O 3.4 - The Blitz Brigade doubles to take the second Ork T&H
RG 3.5 - A Storm Eagle hits the Ork BTS and kills a few Boyz.
RG 3.6 - The second Storm Eagle fails to engage...
Ravenguard is out of activations and Orks have 2-0, but the hunt is on for the Ravenguard BTS...
O 3.5 - The Warband by the RG Blits doubles and hits the Rhino twice. Both hits saved by the superior Rhino armour!
O 3.6 - With the last Ork activation the Landa does a ground attack, and finally a Tankbusta Rokkit does what it is designed to do! 3-0 win for the Orks.
Summary
Tough game for the Ravenguard. Mrdiealot opted to keep all of the air transports empty and play on the ground which was a fair move. I have been in the situation where my Marine air assaults, as soon as they land, are air assaulted by full Landas. Not a nice situation. This time it did not work out and the Orks could break and kill the marine formations one by one.
The Storm Eagles worked out well in this game, even thou they were mainly used as bombers. But I think they might be in trouble against an opponent with better AA and fighters that can go on CAP.
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