AoS 2K Battle report, the Snakes Vs the Spooky Ghosts

Aktanolt · Feb 8, 2019

Hey there !

After many games , playtesting a concept list. Finally got to do a battle report.
Is was a 2 k battle on Duality of death ( 2 objs controlled by heroes and behemots )
Table was full of mystical and Fatal terrains ^^
My opponent played Nighthaunt :

Lady Olynder
2 guardians of soul
A Cairn wraith
A Spirit torment
A Knight of shroud
20 Grimghast
20 chainwrasp horde
10 Bladegheist
6 Spirit host
A Mournghul

I Got Seraphon :

A Slaan
A Skink Starpriest
3*10 Skinks
A Bastiladon ( ARK of SOTEK )

A Thunderquake bataillon with
An Engine of the gods
3 Skinks handler
4 Salamanders
2 Bastiladons ( ARK of SOTEK )

Balewind vortex / Chronomatic cogs

Here was the deployment :

Opponents put Bladegheist,Knight of shroud, one Guardians of souls, the spirit torment and Ghrimgasts in Deepstrike.
Finished to deploy first, let him start.

TURN 1 Nighthaunt :

Hero phase :
Nothing
Movement phase :
On right he moved a bit to place for turn 2 , heroes cant run enough to get objective
On Left Mournghul took objectives , Olynder stay a bit behind.

NH 1 / Seraphon 0

TURN 1 Seraphon :

Hero phase :
Managed to cast cogs and failed other spells, put cogs in +2 move. Falied to port twice the right bastiladon ... EoTG deals a few mortals to Mourghul

Movement phase :
Everyone went forward preparing to charge while skinks screen to avoid the massive deepstrike incoming . Invoced 10 skinks to screen

Shooting phase :
Skinks do nothing, but salamander went through chainwrasps, killing 14 !!

Charge phase :
1 basti, 1 Eotg managed to get to Mournghul, skinks and salamander did it on right.

Melee phase :
Salamanders nearly ate Cairn wraith ( 3 wounds ) and skinks back to protect objective on right
Bastiladon and Eotg managed to put Mourghul to 6 wound , snakes helped to pass through the ignore rend save ! He did nothing

NH 1 / Seraphon 0 since that bastiladon didnt wanted to teleport, and Mournghul still alive !

TURN 2 Nighthaunt :

Hero phase :
I Lost initiative, He failed to cast stuff, but Olynder deal 6 ( !! ) MW to my Eotg.

Movement phase :
Everyone popped and prepared to charge

Charge phase :
With cogs everyone gets in, aside from olynder that didnt wanted to be harmed ^^
Grimghast rolled 10 , so the left basti got 2 wound from those 30 attacks ( god bless the 3+ rerollable )

Melee phase :
Only one Snake basti... managed to kill a Ghrimghast, 1 spirit host , 4 wound on olynder an 3 to Mournghul
Next ... 60 grhimgast attacks, boosted by the Knigh and bastiladon survived with 2 wounds !!!
Mourghul died to the engine so i took objective control. On right, skinks died to Bladegheist and chars, but avoid them enters in the 3 inch objectives bubble
Cairn died but slained 2 salamanders !

NH 1 / Seraphon 0

TURN 2 Seraphon :

Hero phase :
Engine did nothing,and .... i failed teleport the slann twice
Starlight on Ghrimghast

Movement phase :
Right basti placed to charge, Left basti from Battalion too. Skinks moved forward, free to screen those deepstrikes. Invoced a Razordon to shoot at hosts.

Shooting phase :
1 host went down, and a few Bladegheist to the salamanders.

Charge phase :
Skinks charged hosts and olynder to avoid them going in, 2 basti charged in left in the big melee, right in the 2 chars / Bladegheist near the objective.

Melee phase :
SNAKES !! so Ghrimghast, hosts and olynder were in range of 2 basti. 5 grhimghasts died, 2 hosts ... and olynder took 6 MW and died too .
On Right , snaked did one mortal to each of the 3 units.
In Melee, killed bunch of Ghrimghast ( 10 ) that cant finish anything with the -1 hit, on right killed the guardian of souls but took 4 wounds on basti ( Ouch >< )

NH 1 / Seraphon 2

TURN 3 Seraphon :

Hero phase :
Took initiative ! Engine did 3 mw to the Knight, Slaan failed to teleport twice again ( yea that's 6 failed teleport in a row )
Magic did nothing but popping a balewind

Movement phase :
The basti free from grimghast prepare to charge the 2 chars, other skinks / razor and salamander ready to shoot. One more razordon join the fight

Shooting phase :
hosts got slained by razordons ( 2 of them ) survivors stuck with Eotg and basti.
Salamanders burned the Spirit torment. Right objective was safe !

Charge phase :
Everyone in melee !

Melee phase :
SNAKES !! wounded the guardians of soul ( 2MW ) on extreme left, Killed an Host on left and 2 Bladegheist on right. Left basti took 2 wounds xD and couldnt finish that Guardians of soul. On right 1 bladegheist died to basti.
Surviving, the 2 chars wounded on left and some Bladegheist.

NH 1 / Seraphon 4

We called it done at that point. My opponent did few mistakes for me but was fun to see that big clusterfight on left ! I think he played a bit too safe but he feared the snakes