Epic 4K: Fir Iolarion vs Biel-Tan

An Eldar civil war for this game, with my Titan Legion fighting an infantry and tank focused Biel Tan list.

I used Fir Iolarion (painted in Biel Tan colours confusingly!)

Incompertus, 4000 POINTS
FIR IOLARION ELDAR TITAN CLAN (4.2.4)
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WARLOCK TITAN [875]
1 Warlock Titan, Power Fist, Bonesinger, Titan D-Cannon

PHANTOM TITAN [750]
1 Phantom Titan, 2 Titan Pulsar

PHANTOM TITAN [750]
1 Phantom Titan, 2 Titan Pulsar

WRAITHKNIGHT TROUPE [350]  (Fire Gales)
Three Wraithknights, 3 Heavy Wraithcannon and Scattershield

WRAITHKNIGHT TROUPE [350]  (Towering Destroyers)
Three Wraithknights, 3 Ghostglaive and Scattershield

WRAITHKNIGHT TROUPE [350] (Brightstallions)
Three Wraithknights, 3 2 x Heavy Wraithcannon

WRAITHKNIGHT TROUPE [350] (Brightstallions)
Three Wraithknights, 3 2 x Heavy Wraithcannon

NIGHTWING INTERCEPTORS [225]
2 Nightwing Interceptor

(Note I made a slight mistake in battle thinking the Warlock had a Psychic lance rather than D-cannon)

Andrew used Biel Tan list painted in his own craftworld colours.

Incompertus, 4000 POINTS
Biel-Tan Craftworld (Biel-Tan Craftworld (v4.2))
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NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE [175]
3 Night Spinners

NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE [175]
3 Night Spinners

NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE [175]
3 Night Spinners

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

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

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

ASPECT WARRIOR WARHOST [400]
8 Shining Spear, Exarch, Autarch

RANGER TROUPE [100]
4 Ranger

RANGER TROUPE [100]
4 Ranger

RANGER TROUPE [100]
4 Ranger

NIGHTWINGS [300]
3 Nightwing Interceptors

WINDRIDER TROUPE [200]
5 Jetbikes, Vyper

WINDRIDER TROUPE [200]
5 Jetbikes, Vyper

WRAITHGATE [50]

AVATAR [0]

GUARDIAN WARHOST [475]
Farseer, 4 Guardians, 3 Wraithguards, 3 Wraithlords, 3 Heavy Weapon Platform

GUARDIAN WARHOST [250]
Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Heavy Weapon Platform, 2 Wraithguards

GUARDIAN WARHOST [250]
Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Heavy Weapon Platform, 2 Wraithguards

GUARDIAN WARHOST [150]
Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Heavy Weapon Platform

GUARDIAN WARHOST [150]
Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Heavy Weapon Platform

Game

Here's the setup, with my Titan forces concentrated on my left flank.

I win Strategy Roll, and after forcing the enemy Eldar to activate, I advance with Knights destroying three of an enemy Ranger formation.

The Warlock follows and wipes the remaining Rangers out later that turn.

My Titan legion advances to the first line of cover, blasting away the enemy that has been holding around the central left objectives.

Shining Spears enter through the Wraithgate, kill a Knight and break the formation which runs to be near the Warlock Titan.

And the Shining Spears consolidate behind a wood.

Nice conversions of the old plastic jetbikes!

The enemy Eldar push forward strongly towards my blitz on their unopposed left flank.

Jetbikes ready to pounce end of turn 2 behind the Titan legion lines.

Turn 2, and Shining Spears break a rallied Phantom, though without causing much damage.

The Shining Spears bravely (foolishly?) consolidate in front of the Warlock Titan. The Avatar assaults and breaks the Knights that had moved close to the Warlock for safety.  The Warlock Titan eliminates all the Shining Spears except the Autarch with its firepower though.

Eldar Fire Gales engage forward and wipe out some Nightspinners that have advanced.

The Titan Legion maintains position, but moving back to defend the Blitz.

Enemy Eldar prepare for their push on this flank.

Turn 3 Titan Legion wins the Strategy Roll, but my Phantom rolls a double 1 for activation using Command Reroll, and so ineffectually just kills some Guardians with its Pulsar, and is one blast marker off being broken!

Enemy Eldar continue to pile on firepower and suppression with whatever they can. My Warlock engages a Guardian formation in close combat. The Guardians lose but it takes two rounds and the Warlock loses 3 damage capacity!

The enemy Eldar push for the Titan Legion Blitz and the victory, setting up for a combined firefight against the Knights defending it with two Guardian and one Bike formation. The Phantom is broken this turn and can't help.

All it needs is for this tank formation to engage, but they roll a one and fail... meaning the game will go to Turn 4.

Situation on the left flank.

And after rallies, the Warlock Titan is on 2DC and fails to rally so falls back (top left). Other Titans rally.

Titan Legion wins the Strategy roll and Knights and Titan here blast the nearby bikes and Guardians.

Enemy Eldar are quite exhausted by now, and my Knights also manage to destroy their Nightspinners with an engage action towards the backline.

One formation of Knights defending the Blitz is broken, but another formation comes to defend it.

Neither side has achieved two victory conditions, and so it goes to points. Titan Legion have destroyed over 2000 points, and Biel Tan just over 1500. So victory to Titan Legion.

Conclusion

A close game that could have gone either way. Biel Tan made one mistake getting too close to Warlock Titan but little else. If they had passed the activation with their tanks end of turn 3 they were strong odds on to win the game with Take and Hold and Blitz, but it was not to be. Interesting to see the Knights in action, with the weapon variants available allowing differentiation of the old classes. 

Epic 4K; Red Corsairs vs Alaitoc Eldar

A game using a bunch of weird Chaos Daemon engines in the Red Corsairs list, vs the Alaitoc Eldar!

My Chaos list:

Incompertus, 3975 POINTS 
Red Corsairs (3.5 - Approved) ================================================== 
DEFILER ASSAUT FORCE [275] 4 Defilers
DEFILER ASSAUT FORCE [275] 4 Defilers
DAEMON KNIGHT PAVANE [250] 4 Daemon Knights
DAEMON KNIGHT PAVANE [250] 4 Daemon Knights
DAEMON KNIGHT PAVANE [250] 4 Daemon Knights
HOUNDS SQUADRON [300] 8 Chaos Space Marine Bike units, Sorceror Lord
HOUNDS SQUADRON [300] 8 Chaos Space Marine Bike units, Sorceror Lord
THREE HELLBLADE INTERCEPTORS [200] 
THREE HELLBLADE INTERCEPTORS [200] 
RENEGADE WARBAND [400] 8 Chaos Space Marine units, Chaos Warlord, Obliterators
RENEGADE WARBAND [425] Chaos Lord, 8 Chaos Space Marine units, 2 Obliterators
RENEGADE WARBAND [350] Chaos Lord, 8 Chaos Space Marine units, Obliterators
BRASS SCORPION ONLSAUGHT [250] 2 Brass Scorpions
BRASS SCORPION ONLSAUGHT [250] 2 Brass Scorpions

Eldar List:

Webway

Avatar

Wraithgate [50]

Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Hvy Weapons, 3 Wraithguard, 3 Wraithlord [475]

Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Hvy Weapons [150]

Left Flank Battle Group

4 Rangers, 4 Falcons [400]

Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Hvy Weapons, 3 Wraithguard [300]

4 Falcons, 2 Fire Storms [300]

3 Night Spinners [175]
3 Night Spinners [175]

Right Flank Battle Group

4 Rangers, 4 Falcons [400]

Farseer, 5 Guardians, 2 Hvy Weapons, 3 Wraithguard [300]

4 Falcons, 2 Fire Storms [300]

3 Night Spinners [175]
3 Night Spinners [175]

Air Support
3 Phoenix Bombers [325]

3 Nightwing Fighters [300]

Game

Deployment below. Other than one Retinue I deploy and stay well back, given the Eldar have four formations of Nightspinnter artillery.

I win Strategy Roll, and both formations of Defilers activate and kill two Falcons each from the Eldar Ranger Formations. A good start...

The Eldar begin their attack, targeting my Armoured units with Phoenix bombers. I lose two Defilers to these.

The Eldar also assault and take the central built up area from my Retinue and Blood Scorpions that were holding it. My formations stay back out of range of the Nightspinners, firing on the advancing Eldar where they can.

End of turn I rush a Bike Formation rushes to the backfield hoping to win Strategy Roll and assault two intermingled Nightspinner Formations.

End of turn.

Next turn and Eldar win Strategy Roll. Nightspinners kill 5 of my Bikes and the remainder retreat and are finished off. Then the Avatar assaults Daemon Knights killing 3 but dying himself.

My remaining Blood Scorpions charge and slaughter some Eldar in a two round combat.

And Daemon Knights destroy more Eldar infantry, including two Wraithguard luckily.

The Phonenix are back, but lose two of their number this turn, as I lose two Interceptors as Nightwings counterattack.

Eldar Falcons continue to erode my armoured units. A counter attack by my other Bike unit loses to a Ranger unit and they retreat. I have a lot of broken formations and only a few recover...

I don't advance out of my deployment zone with most units due to all the Nightspinners.

But it is now turn three and I need to do something else I will lose on objectives. I try for the objectives on my left with a Retinue, but fire breaks my formation and it retreats. 

I have few activations remaining, will be out activated and won't be able to get something into the Eldar table half (and have it survive), nor hold anything except my Blitz. Eldar win 3-0 with Defend the Flag, Take and Hold, and They Shall Not Pass.

Conclusion

The mass of armoured vehicles I took in this list lacked the heavy armour needed to survive against the Eldar Falcons and Aircraft, which shattered my formations. The Nightspinners also hampered my mobility, though that was less of a problem than the armour deficit. The Eldar list was a good matchup against my Red Corsairs list here. The two Brass Scorpions wrecking some Eldar infantry was the highlight of the game for the Corsairs.

Alaitoc special formation of Rangers plus Falcons was something that Andrew and I both thought more of an expensive liability than an asset!