14-01-2014, 09:24 AM
With the draw pending (around 12 today 5 hours and counting!)
After reading the lists a couple more times this morning and reading each of the Chaos and Daemon codex I feel a bit more prepared... seriously going to be out of my depth against some lists, not really knowing whats going to happen, what my opponents plans are... etc. I'm glad I can plan first!
Some of the lists that really worry me, namely the masses of Riptides, 1 I can deal with, 2 I can take out 1 and really hurt another, 3+ I'm in trouble....
Skyrays are going to be vital in these games, doubling out battle suits is massive, going to rely on these quite heavily throughout the tournament!
I'm also worried about a lot of the Chaos/Daemon lists, I don't know a lot about them... which has me concerned, might be different on the battlefield once I've blown away a couple of units and a Lord or Prince or 2, leaving a few stragglers on the table and a Helldrake in reserve... target priority has to be the fast stuff, then the flamers... Burning Brands of Skalathrix seem popular as do Helldrakes. I'm thinking going first is the best plan, Princes won't have Iron arm or any powers up, no Portaglyph dropped etc etc Again Skyrays crucial in the anti-air war.
But first tonight...
Looking forward to seeing what Nick is planning, going to be a close game or completely one sided depending on the rolling goes turn1!
A few things concern me, the amount of tanking Characters and majority T5 is big on the centurion bomb so this means I have a choice to make, do I go after his Bomb or not? Do I want turn1 or not, both have pros and cons.
I hope we get 2 games in, one where I do and one where I don't (deployment depending etc) going to be good practice as there are 8 Centurion squads, so the same amount of Screamer Councils :p
After reading the lists a couple more times this morning and reading each of the Chaos and Daemon codex I feel a bit more prepared... seriously going to be out of my depth against some lists, not really knowing whats going to happen, what my opponents plans are... etc. I'm glad I can plan first!
Some of the lists that really worry me, namely the masses of Riptides, 1 I can deal with, 2 I can take out 1 and really hurt another, 3+ I'm in trouble....
Skyrays are going to be vital in these games, doubling out battle suits is massive, going to rely on these quite heavily throughout the tournament!
I'm also worried about a lot of the Chaos/Daemon lists, I don't know a lot about them... which has me concerned, might be different on the battlefield once I've blown away a couple of units and a Lord or Prince or 2, leaving a few stragglers on the table and a Helldrake in reserve... target priority has to be the fast stuff, then the flamers... Burning Brands of Skalathrix seem popular as do Helldrakes. I'm thinking going first is the best plan, Princes won't have Iron arm or any powers up, no Portaglyph dropped etc etc Again Skyrays crucial in the anti-air war.
But first tonight...
Looking forward to seeing what Nick is planning, going to be a close game or completely one sided depending on the rolling goes turn1!
A few things concern me, the amount of tanking Characters and majority T5 is big on the centurion bomb so this means I have a choice to make, do I go after his Bomb or not? Do I want turn1 or not, both have pros and cons.
I hope we get 2 games in, one where I do and one where I don't (deployment depending etc) going to be good practice as there are 8 Centurion squads, so the same amount of Screamer Councils :p