The same piece of turf, and yet more orks, but a Gargant list this time. Opposing them was an Eldar Tank heavy force, including four Cobra D-Cannons!
My Ork list used all my new Vanguard Miniatures Crushas!
Crushbad, 4000 POINTS
Gargant Bigmob (3.2.3 - Developmental)
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SUPA STOMPA [300]
3 Soopagun, (Kustom) Extra Armour Bitz
SUPA STOMPA [300]
3 Soopagun, (Kustom) Extra Armour Bitz
SUPA STOMPA [300]
2 Soopagun, Mega Choppa
SUPA STOMPA [275]
2 Soopagun, Mega Choppa
SUPA STOMPA [275]
3 Soopagun
GREAT GARGANT [850]
Gatling Kannon, 2 Deth Kannon, (Kustom) Flakka-Dakka Tower
GARGANT [650]
2 Deth Kannon, Gatling Kannon, (Kustom) Flakka-Dakka Tower
GARGANT [600]
Deth Kannon, 2 Gatling Kannon
FIGHTA-BOMMERS [150]
3 Fighta-Bommers
FIGHTA-BOMMERS [150]
3 Fighta-Bommers
FIGHTA-BOMMERS [150]
3 Fighta-Bommers
Andrew chose to use the Epic-UK list for this battle.
EPIC UK Eldar Yme-Loc
Avatar [free]
2 Cobras, Spirit Stones [450]
2 Cobras, Spirit Stones [450]
4 Falcons, 2 Firestorms [300]
4 Falcons, 2 Firestorms [300]
4 Falcons, 2 Firestorms [300]
4 Falcons, 2 Firestorms [300]
2 Striking Scorpions, 2 Dire Avengers, 2 Dark Reapers + Autarch, 3 Wave Serpents [475]
Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Wave Serpents, 2 Falcons [325]
Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Wave Serpents, 2 Falcons [325]
3 Night Spinners [175]
3 Nightwing Fighters [300]
3 Pheonix Fighter-Bombers [300]
3 Pheonix Fighter-Bombers [300]
Turn 1
Setup, Andrew chose corner deployment.
Near my blitz objective, my Great Gargant and a Supa-Stompa friend.
Everybody else at the halfway mark on the long edge.
Eldar forces in an "L" shape.
I go first, and my Gargant doubles and fires at the Cobras with two Deth Kannons, missing!
His shields are then stripped by Grav tanks.
NightSpinners double in a suicide attack to place blast markers on my bunched up Supa Stompas.
Fighta Bombas break the Night Spinners.
Mr Great Gargant doubles using its boilers to push further without trouble, and manages to kill a Cobra with Deth Kannons.
More Falcons and Cobras damage my Gargant further and set it on fire. These were Epic UK Cobra versions, so they have a MW3+ Titan Killer D6 attack instead of their blast attack if they want.
My Gargant breaks and retreats, and Supa Stompa takes its place and manages to kill another Cobra.
The Eldar airforce attacks but only shoots down one Fighta Bomba, though also causes some more damage to the Ork ground forces.
End of turn.
After disengage and rallies.
Turn 2
Orks win strategy roll, and Gargants activate first and kill the two remaining Cobras.
Return fire breaks a Gargant, and then my Supa Stompa takes some damage for "push it harder" rule and breaks an Eldar Falcon formation.
Gargants converge towards the middle of the board doing great damage to Eldar formations.
The worst ork air attack in a while. I lose 6 fighta bombas and only place one blast marker on the Eldar Falcon and Firestorm Formation!
Eldar concentrate their attacks on the Great Gargant!
Turn 3
Eldar Avatar arrives.
And after a couple of crossfires, the Great Gargant is assaulted!
The Great Gargant only manages to kill 4 Eldar units and breaks, having lost half its damage.
But now the Orks are close enough to do some terrible damage to remaining Eldar formations. Eldar aircraft attack the Ork Great Gargant but cannot kill it.
Eldar broken formations are hunted down ruthlessly.
Orks manage to win 2-0 with "Break Their Spirit" and "They Shall Not Pass" victory conditions.
Conclusion
A rough game for the Eldar. Ork shooting isn't very reliable, but it hit where it mattered in eliminating the Eldar Cobras before they could do bring those nasty Titan Killer D6 guns into action. Also not sure that the Great Gargant was the most wonderful target for the Eldar, as its actual weaponary wasn't that much more powerful than the smaller units - except in an assault. Might have been better to ignore it and knock out a bunch of Supa-Stompas maybe? Who knows. The lack of further blocking terrain on this table also didn't help the Eldar chances though. The one success for the Eldar was in decimating my airforce and losing none of their own. Oh and they did destroy a Gargant and almost the Great Gargant too of course!
Huzzah, the Greenskins win!
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