In around two and a half weeks I’ll be at the GW Team Event. There’s 8 of us going, making up two teams of 4, and it should be good fun.
The premise of the event is your captain pairs you up with the opposing team, trying to get you a good match up, all whilst the opposing team is doing the same.
Luckily for me I don’t need to worry about that as I’m not our teams captain, which also means I can blame Michael for any games I lose (bad match up by the captain you see...!).
Now my list is finalised I thought I’d share it:
Player: Alex West
Total Command Points: 13
Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Space Wolves) [1,013pts]
+ HQ +
Wolf Lord [124pts]: Jump Pack, Saga of the Beastslayer, Storm shield, The Wulfen Stone, Thunder hammer, Warlord
Wolf Lord [124pts]: Jump Pack, Storm shield, Thunder hammer
+ Troops +
Blood Claws [74pts]
. 4x Blood Claw
. Blood Claw Pack Leader: Power fist
Blood Claws [74pts]
. 4x Blood Claw
. Blood Claw Pack Leader: Power fist
Blood Claws [74pts]
. 4x Blood Claw
. Blood Claw Pack Leader: Power fist
+ Elites +
Wulfen [255pts]
. 4x Wulfen: Thunder hammer & Stormshield . 1x Wulfen: Wulfen Claws
. Wulfen Pack Leader: Frost claws
+ Dedicated Transport +
Rhino [72pts]: Storm bolter
Rhino [72pts]: Storm bolter
Rhino [72pts]: Storm bolter
Rhino [72pts]: Storm bolter
Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium - Space Wolves) [736pts]
+ HQ +
Njal Stormcaller in Runic Terminator Armour [153pts]: 1. Living Lightning, 2. Tempest's Wrath, 5. Storm Caller
Wolf Guard Battle Leader [109pts]: Jump Pack, Storm shield, Thunder hammer
+ Troops +
Blood Claws [74pts]
. 4x Blood Claw
. Blood Claw Pack Leader: Power fist
Blood Claws [74pts]
. 4x Blood Claw
. Blood Claw Pack Leader: Power fist
Blood Claws [74pts]
. 4x Blood Claw
. Blood Claw Pack Leader: Power fist
+ Heavy Support +
Long Fangs [252pts]
. Long Fang: Missile launcher
. Long Fang: Missile launcher
. Long Fang: Missile launcher
. Long Fang: Missile launcher
. Long Fang: Missile launcher
. Long Fang Pack Leader: Chainsword
. . Boltgun and Bolt Pistol
. Wolf Guard Terminator Pack Leader: Storm shield
. . Cyclone missile launcher and storm bolter: Cyclone missile launcher, Storm bolter
Total: [1,749pts]
The basis of it is very simple. It pushes forward as fast as possible and hits people, hard.
It’s a bit of a one trick pony but the trick it does it generally does well.
The Long Fangs are a bit of a distraction unit and are purely there to clear out a screen turn 1 and then hope my opponent shoots them. They aren’t great but do the job generally.
The rest of the army is pure assault, designed to make maximum use of hugging, fighting twice and masses of attacks to dominate the assault phase and use all the extra bonus movement to secure objectives.
With judicious use of psychic powers and stratagems it can be tough to shoot it down before it gets to you and hopefully will take a few people by surprise.
It’s a bit of a different event being a team event but I’m setting my stall out for 3 wins out of 5. That’s generally my aim in events and this one shouldn’t be any different.
I’ve no idea what to expect with it being a GW event, no idea what sort of armies will be there but whatever happens it should be good fun!
I love the Four on Four Captains' Matchups format. There's an event down in Oregon that rolls like this that I make the trek for every year, without fail, even if I don't play any other 40K the rest of the year.
ReplyDeleteYes it definitely adds another element to the event :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a solid plan. Have fun.
ReplyDeleteAre the small 5 man units a good way to increase survivability in the current game? I thought target saturation was kinda out due to units that can split fire combined with overwhelming firepower of big blocks of troops.
ReplyDeleteThey aren’t particularly survivable but tbh when they do what they’re supposed to do they tear the heart out of an army so the return fire/attacks are minimal.
DeleteIf the rhino gets popped before they get into combat then they usually start hiding and sitting on objectives 🙂