Week 3 Round Up

While you all wait with baited breath for my Week 4 predictions I present you with a summary of Week 3.

As I let you all down with my AI imagery on the predictions I will make it up to you here.

Also my prediction were all eerily accurate - mayhaps I am a Farseer transposed into a chunkier body than what they are normally used to.

Sam V Leo - DA (Gladius) V WE

A battle with a lot riding on it this one - a moral victory recently claimed by Leo stoked my sexy internal fires and I was I out for blood.

Gone are the days of Leo turning up with CSM and it all falling apart near enough immediately. He plays with a respectable caution for a WE player and knows when to pounce, which is lovely to see.

I set up a beautiful screen of Scouts to protect my Eradicators as they hung out behind the ruin walls in midfield, waiting for a target. Leo willingly put a Maulerfiend out as bait and, by jove, did I take it. Thinking I could screen the incoming MoE, Berzerkers and E8B with my scouts I went out and blew it to smithereens.

I spent 2 CP on very silly things that turn and left my throat bared for Leo next. Thinking the scouts would be fine and that the Vindicator could tank a round of E8B I went in confident. Turns out the smattering of WE pistols are enough to crack a line in the Scout screening and a Vindicator cannot tank what I thought it could without AoC.

Losing Vindicator and Eradicators T2 was a puckering sensation and sudden the game was totally up for grabs. I had smashed out max primary for 2 turns and denied a lot to Leo but suddenly half the board was his.

I committed hard to Angron, probably a bit overly hard to be honest, and took him down however that pesky half damage Daemon prince was a speed bump - LR multi meltas continuously failed.

I did get back board control but Leo had taken a secret and Angron came back from the dead, but a smidge too late to have a real impact. Leo actually would have max scored primary t4+5 but his secret capped him well below and he failed it, meaning what would have been a 10-10 was reduced to a commanding 15-5 to me. Even if it was his own fault I find my prediction of back doors being smashed accurate.

Gary V Ross - Orks (War Horde) V Deathwatch

My prediction here was rewarded through careful and precise play by Gary. Never have I seen a man so focussed on making the right decision when faced with dilemma after dilemma. It was like watching a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Caesar work strategic magic turn after turn.

Ross and Gary crossed swords in the sexiest way possible. Throbbing slab of muscle versus hard black ceramite. Who would maintain eye contact the longest?

Deathwatch did a lot of shooting and Gary rolled loads of feel no pains, then the Orks killed the Deathwatch. Gary continued to under utilise Skikrot, dying T1. Deathwatch continued to do not that much. 12-8 to Gary.

Jack V Alex - Eldar V Nids (Crusher)

My prediction here was a saucy 14-6 to Alex and I was marginally out as it ended 17-3. That monster horde Alex is running is bloodying the nose of anyone that faces it. If you look at the pure datasheet of a lot of those monsters and their cost their efficiency really does shine, good strats or no!

It should, theoretically, struggle on secondary scoring but if the gribblies are just going around munching on all your opponents shit then who gives a fuck. Really hard to shift off primary, even with quite low OC as well.

Double Tyrannofex brings me joy to see, despite it not always doing that much - just love that fuck off gun!

Can anyone stop the Hive Mind??

Craig V Ben - DG V WE

I've fucking done it again - bang on prediction of 11-9 to Craig. Worship me.

Angron going down T1 and never coming back never helps but it might not be a bad idea to not run Angron out T1 every time Ben :P ? What am I saying, follow your heart!

Mortarion was still standing towards the end of the game and the smelly tide had slowly washed over the World Eaters with just enough viscosity to get the victory.

Max V Dave - Custodes (Shield Host) V CSM (Pactbound)

I know Dave is waiting in shaking fear and preparatory rage for the incoming points hike to Vindicators but he manages to put one within range of a T1 charge here. I was watching this and definitely thought that if the Warden brick could weather a turn of CSM firepower they could go in causing havoc in the back field. However Vindicators, Forgefiend and souped up ACDC got the job done. Unfortunately that meant a trade of about 300 points for 190 and something the lads in gold can't afford to do.

Max never gave up though and continued chopping up heretics until the day was done.

A 13-7 to Dave, perfectly predicted by me of course.