Horus Heresy 30K - Worldeaters vs Ultramarines
Finally got my Worldeater 3000pts - Rite of War : Drop Pod Assault
Army List – Worldeaters
450pts LoW – Angron
175pts HQ1 – Kharn The Bloody
130pts HQ2 – Legion Centurion, Primus Medicae, Power Axe, Melta Bombs
245pts Elite1 – Rampager Squad (10)
155pts Troop1 – Legion Despoiler Squad (10), Drop Pod, Artificer Armour, Melta Bomb
155pts Troop2 – Legion Despoiler Squad (10), Drop Pod, Artificer Armour, Melta Bomb
155pts Troop3 – Legion Despoiler Squad (10), Drop Pod, Artificer Armour, Melta Bomb
155pts Troop4 – Legion Despoiler Squad (10), Drop Pod, Artificer Armour, Melta Bomb
155pts Troop5 – Legion Despoiler Squad (10), Drop Pod, Artificer Armour, Melta Bomb
155pts Troop6 – Legion Despoiler Squad (10), Drop Pod, Artificer Armour, Melta Bomb
115pts Fast 1 – Legion Dreadclaw Drop Pod
115pts Fast 2 – Legion Dreadclaw Drop Pod
290pts Heavy1 – Legion Leviathan Dreadnought Talon (1), Phosphex discharger
290pts Heavy2 – Legion Leviathan Dreadnought Talon (1), Phosphex discharger
235pts Heavy3 – Legion Kharybdis Assault Claw
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2,975pts
Battle field was 'Dawn of War' playing 'Strike and Fade' Mission from 'The Siege of Cthonia' campaign book
In this mission there is only One Objective placed in the centre of the table and scattered D6+6" in random location.
This objective can be scored in each players turn by a scoring unit for Victory Points equal to the current turn, if scored it is then scattered D6+2" to a new location and so on.
There are also Secondary Objectives:
- Slay the Warlord (1pt +1pt if Warlord is a Primarch)
- Giant Killer (2pts for a Super-heavy, Knight or Titan)
- Last Man Standing (1pt to player with most units surviving at end)
- Break Their Ranks (1pt if enemy unit removed in Active players First turn, +1pt if it was an Elite choice)
- First Strike (1pt if an enemy unit is removed in the First Game Turn, +1 if it was an Elite or HQ choice)
Game lasts for Four Turns
I win the Initiative and decide to be second player - Oliver takes the side nearest to the objective.
Ultramarine deployment - from left to right - Predator Tank, Support Squad (10) with Volkite Culverins plus Centurion Master of Signals, Contemptor Dreadnought, Veteran Marine Squad (10) with Rhino Transport, Archeron Knight Lancer, Veteran Marine Squad (10) with Land Raider Proteus, Fulmentarus Terminator Squad (5), Leviathan Dreadnought, Tartarus Terminator Squad (10) with Legion Apothecary and Terminator Praetor.
From the left side
Turn 1 Ultramarines - Oliver advances and takes the Objective for 1 VP - Objective moves to the left in between the towers.
Turn 1 Worldeaters - Drop pod assault starts, Kharybdis places first as close to the Objective as possible and does not scatter, I then roll for Disorder and roll a '2' - all good, the rest of Pods and Dreadclaw's deploy, Heat Blast does no damage.
Then all the troops and Leviathan's deploy.
The Ultramarines intercept Kharn and the Rampagers using the Fulmentarus Terminator Plasma Missiles killing 2 Rampagers and causing 1 wound on Kharn.
Leviathan takes advantage of dropping behind the Knight
The other Leviathan appears behind the Ultramarine Leviathan
Lots of squads of Despoilers deploy out of their Drop Pods
Angron disembarks from the Kharybdis and walks round the Tower - ready to assault the Praetor and Terminators
Bit of a gap in photos as in the assault phase - all hell breaks out....
Angron challenges the Praetor, Terminator Sergeant and the Apothecary causing 9 Murderous Strike wounds killing all three characters, the Terminators cause 2 wounds on Angron and lose by 7 and are run down.
Meanwhile, Kharn and the Rampager Squad disorder charge the Fulmentarus Terminators and Veteran Marines, killing 3 Terminators and 7 Veterans, winning the fight but the Ultramarines manage to out-run Kharn (rolled a '1' to their '6')
I score 'Slay the Warlord' + 'Break their Ranks' (with the Terminators) + 'First Strike' (for Terminators & Praetor) +3 VP
As I did not take the Objective this turn - it does not move.
Turn 2 Ultramarines - Knight charges the remaining Rampagers as destroys them, Support Marines wipe out a full squad of Despoilers with their Volkites.
Angron is targeted by the Ultramarine Leviathan causing 3 wounds, Angron uses the Worldeater special reaction and charges the Leviathan and destroys it easily.
Turn 2 Worldeaters - Angron moves to wards the Land Raider and charges it and destroys it.
While Kharn takes out the remaining Veteran Marine.
One of the Despoiler Squads takes the Objective for 2VP, it scatters 5" further into the mass of Despoiler Squads - no way the Ultramarines can take it back now.
Note: the Kharybdis and Dreadclaws all take off to make space for the Despoiler Squads to close on the remaining Ultramarines.
So many Despoiler Squads with a lack of opponents to charge!
Worldeater Leviathan charges the Ultramarine Contemptor - ends in mutual destruction due to so many 'Brutal' hits.
Forgot to take any photos of Turns 3 & 4 - main events
Knight charges Angron but GoreFather & Gorechid cut straight through the Knight with ease.
Despoiler Squads pick up the Objective two more times for +3 & +4 VP
Final result 15 v 1 points to the Worldeaters.
Interesting mission, the increasing VP for the objective can really escalate and really puts the focus on having enough Scoring Units which the Worldeaters have maxed out with 6 x Despoiler Squads, while Angron \ Kharn \ Rampagers \ Leviathans do all the heavy lifting.
Looking forward to taking this force to TTR tournament :)
