Greetings all!
Will Longbottom here.
After 9+ months of painting, this was my eagerly awaited first game with my daemon army. Much of my thoughts on the army, list etc are contained in my blog at the
Daemonic Legion, so check that out if you're interested in more.
The list was chosen with a few things in mind. I wanted to paint up a fairly large chunk of core models, so I would have them done for future games and a solid base to work with. I also wanted a mixture of units that I liked the look of, not fussed how good they are on the tabletop. It's also part of the
Bad Dice Hobby Challenge, which needs to be completed by the end of November.
So, here is my first game, Steve kindly stepped in to play me after Jamie contracted the plague. Let's start with the lists (as far as I could tell):
Whisperflense's Daemonic Coven
KOS: Whisperflense (Keeper of Secrets)
Lvl 4, Greater (+2 attacks), Lesser (2+ ward), Lesser (ASF sword), Lore of Slaanesh
Acquiescence, Pavane of Slaanesh, Slicing Shards, Cacophonic Choir
HoT: Herald of Tzeentch
Lvl 2, Lore of Metal
Searing Doom, Plague of Rust
HoN: Herald of Nurgle
BSB, Greater Locus of Fecundity, Lesser (2+ ward)
P: 30 Plaguebearers: FC, Banner of Swiftness
D: 18 Daemonettes: FC
H: 10 Horrors
Blue Fire
BoN: Beast of Nurgle
BoN: Beast of Nurgle
BoN: Beast of Nurgle
SC: Seeker Chariot of Slaanesh
S1: 3 Screamers of Tzeentch
S2: Soulgrinder: Mark of Nurgle, Phlegm Bombardment
Lizardmen
SMP: Slann Mage Priest: Becalming Cogitations, BSB, Lore of Beasts
Curse of Anraheir, Wyssan’s Wildform, Amber Spear, Savage Beast of Horrors
SP1: Skink Priest: Lvl 2, Lore of Beasts
Flock of Doom, Transformation of Kadon
SP2: Skink Priest: Lvl 1, Dispel Scroll, Lore of Beasts
Wildform
SV1: Scar Veteran: Enchanted Shield, Light Armour, Sword of Striking
SV2: Scar Veteran: Light Armour, Great Wpn
SW1: 24 Saurus: FC
SW2: 24 Saurus: FC
SS: 10 Skink Skirmishers
SC: 21 Skink Cohort: Musician
CS: 5 Chameleon Skinks
JS: 2 Jungle Swarms
S: Stegadon
T: 3 Terradons
SHP: 2 Salamanders
AS: Ancient Stegadon
I won roll for sides, Steve won roll for first turn.
Terradons vanguarded forwards, but not far enough to be able to drop rocks on Seeker Chariot if they got first turn.
Deployment
Turn 1 Lizards
General advance, but not too far forwards for the lizards. Ancient on to hill, salamanders and skirmishers on left, chameleons central and swarms/terradons right.
Magic: Flock of doom is let through, kills a single daemonette. Boosted amber spear on the Soulgrinder fails to cast.
Shooting: Stegadon shoots Seeker Chariot, but I make a ward save!
Combat: None
Turn 1 Daemons
Beast charges chameleons, who flee clear through the Ancient. Second beast charges swarm but fails the charge.
Seeker chariot charges the terradons, needing an 11, and makes it in . Stand and shoot causes a single wound.
Screamers fly to flank of salamanders. Daemonettes, plaguebearers, keeper and remaining beast move up. Horrors enter building.
Magic: 5 + 1. Papa Nurgle spits on the salamanders, killing a crewman and causing two wounds to one of the beasts. He then gobs on the jungle swarms, killing one base!
Shooting: Soulgrinder misses the left-hand saurus.
Combat: Impact hits and attacks from daemonettes and seekers causes five wounds for no reply. Terradons break, but flee clear.
Turn 2 Lizards
Terradons fail to rally and run off board edge.
No charges. Stegadon pivot to face Seeker chariot flank, remaining swarm moves up behind it.
Salamanders pivot and back up to shoot screamers. Skink skirmishers advance to shoot soulgrinder. Priest leaves unit and joins the rallied chameleons. Nothing else moves.
Magic: Boosted amber spear at the soulgrinder is dispelled. Transformation goes off with irresistible force on the skink priest behind the ancient stegadon, and he becomes a mountain chimaera.
Miscast is an 8, wounding both the Slann and now mountain chimaera.
Shooting: Skirmishers miss soulgrinder. Stegadon misses Seeker chariot. Salamanders kill 1 screamer.
Turn 2 Daemons
Daemonettes charge skink skirmishers, who flee, and redirect into the salamanders. Screamers fly behind them if they flee.
Beast on right fails charge against the swarm. Central beast tries to charge the ancient, but fails.
Seeker chariot pivots and moves away from the stegadon. Soulgrinder and plaguebearers back off the mountain chimaera, Keeper moves up for some fun.
Magic: 5+1 again. Papa Nurgle kills the swarm. No magic goes off, he dispels an acquiescence attempt, and searing doom and cacophonic choir.
Shooting: Soulgrinder scatters wide again.
Combat: Daemonettes cause four wounds, lose 2 but salamanders break and flee clear through the screamers, failing a dangerous terrain test and dying.
Turn 3 Lizards
Stegadon charges rear of Seeker chariot. Mountain chimera charges the plaguebearers.
Ancient pivots and moves towards the daemonettes. Skink skirmishers rally, chameleon skinks move round right-hand saurus block to prevent beast getting in.
Skink cohort with Slann swift reforms to face screamers/daemonettes.
Magic: Curse of Anraheir is let through on the plaguebearers. Skink skirmishers are wildformed. Amber spear is let through at daemonettes, kills one.
I use all my dice to dispel Transformation of Kadon.
Shooting: Skinks leave 1 screamer with 1 wound.
Combat: Stegadon kills chariot with impact hits. Skink priest is killed by the Herald of Nurgle in a challenge.
Turn 3 Daemons
Right-hand beast charges chameleons, who flee and I fail to redirect. Next beast charges right-hand saurus, makes it, third fails, Keeper fails.
Screamer flies over wildformed skinks, and kills one with a slash to the face. Daemonettes face up to the ancient. Plaguebearers move up to charge the left-hand saurus.
Magic: 7, nothing happens. Acquiescence is dispelled, blue fire gets through but gets 2 s6 hits and kills one chameleon – no horror raised though. Cacophonic on the ancient scrolled.
Shooting: Soulgrinder misses again.
Combat: Beast challenges, causes a single wound, but pops due to a roll of 11 for the break test.
Turn 4 Lizards
Ancient charges the daemonettes. Stegadon charges right-hand beast.
Skink skirmishers and cohort move to pepper the screamer. Chameleons rally.
Magic: Curse is let through against the Keeper. Amber spear is dispelled.
Shooting: Screamer dies.
Combat: Stegadon whiffs, I cause a wound. Draw.
Ancient smashes the daemonettes and skinks cause several wounds. I fade back to the warp.
Turn 4 Daemons
Plaguebearers charge left-hand saurus. Keeper and beast charge right-hand saurus.
Magic: 8, Slaanesh time! Played it lizard units roll 4 dice, didn’t matter as he rolled three 1s on skirmishers.
Acquiescence is let off on right-hand saurus. Plague of rust on stegadon. Cacophonic dispelled on ancient.
Shooting: Soulgrinder misfires.
Combat: Beast challenges, scar veteran accepts. I cause a wound, so does he. Keeper kills 4, but takes 2 wounds. Thunder stomp wins the combat, but saurus steadfast and not going anywhere.
Plaguebearers roll poorly, although herald challenges and wounds scar veteran. I lose by 3, but pass break test with a 5.
I wound stegadon, he can’t wound me, he passes break test.
Turn 5 Lizards
Ancient charges plaguebearers. Rest move about a bit.
Magic: Low-ish roll. Curse on plaguebearers goes off, can’t dispel on 5 dice.
Shooting: None
Combat: Ancient causes 7 impact hits, killing 4 plaguebearers. Herald kills scar veteran, and plaguebearers kill a few more, but he passes 5 parry tests. I lose by 3 again, and again roll a 5 on the break test.
Beast causes 2 wounds to the stegadon, it fails stubborn check, and is caught as it runs. Beast overruns into right-hand saurus flank.
Challenge Beast kills scar veteran, keeper kills another 3 or 4, flank beast kills 1, thunder stomp kills more but they are still steadfast and hold with Slann nearby.
Turn 5 Daemons
Herald of Tzeentch moves out of building to target ancient. Soulgrinder advances to shoot the Slann unit.
Magic: Khorne makes an appearance, but I roll no 6s. Acquiescence goes off again on the right-hand saurus. Plague of rust on same unit. Cacophonic on the ancient is dispelled.
Shooting: Soulgrinder misses the Slann unit.
Combat: Keeper and two beasts leave 5 saurus alive. They pass break test with a rerolled double 1.
Plaguebearers kill more, but lose more to ancient, and pass break test.
We ran out of time, so game over!
Was an intriguing game. I was pretty rusty, and think I was too hesitant with the Keeper – he needed to get stuck in early, preferably against that poxy Ancient!
Some of my units did well, some not so much, but I’ll be sticking with the list for a while (as I have nothing else painted!).
Saurus armour saves and parries were a real bane for me, and my plaguebearer regen rolls were terrible!
Beasts did very well for me though, but I found it hard to contain the Slann with his reroll on first failed dispel and I was having to let things like Curse of Anraheir get through which made me struggle.
Result was:
Daemons – 737
Lizards – 543
Small win for the daemons! Thanks for reading.
