On the other hand I did have quite a few games this last week. Over the long 3 day weekend I played one of my friends who is newer to the hobby and his Craftworld Eldar. We worked on building him a couple 1,000 point lists as he had only been playing 1,500 point games he thought it would be a nice change. What we came up with I thought was kind of scary for 1,000 points. It included the Avatar, 3 Wraithlords, and 3 Guardian squads with Brightlances, and Warlocks. Both games we played were multiple objectives and Dawn of War... Game 1 I took my "normal" 1,000 point chaos list with Nurgle D. Prince w/Wings & Warptime, PMs with Fist & Melta, 10 CSM with Fist & Melta (both in rhinos), and 2 sets of Havocs 1 with 4 autocannons and the other with 4 missiles.
Game 1 Eldar won 2-0. He made me go first and I had to spend too much time killing his Wraithlords that his Guardians were able to hold 2 objectives without taking too many casualties.
Game 2 I asked him if he wanted to play against a different style list so he can get a better idea of how his army plays. So I ended up taking a really fun (non competitive) close combat list that consisted of Abaddon w/8 Berserkers w/Fist in a Land Raider, and 9 Berserkers with Fist in a Rhino... and thats it. He forced me to go first again so I deployed the Rhino with 9 Berserkers in the center of the table with all 3 objectives close by. While he Deployed off to my right flank. The game did not start off well for me as the 9 man squad was destroyed when they were charged by the Avatar and a group of guardians with a Wraithlord ready to charge in to support right behind them. Luckaly the Zerkers were able to take out the Guardians and force a couple saves on the Avatar taking out 1 wound. The tables turned when the Land Raider was in position for a multi-charge on a new guardian squad and a Wraithlord. Abaddon took out the Lord before he was able to realize he was in trouble, and the Berzerkers were able to cut the Guardians down to the last man before they were able to get in their attacks.
Here the game makes another turn, The eldar open fire on Abaddon and his Berzerkers with the Avatar, and the 2 Wraithlords and their flamers killing about 4-5 Berzerkers. I remove casualties in a way to deny the charge to 1 of the Wraithlords, but still get hit with the Avatar and 1 Wraithlord. I am able to kill the Wraithlord but take several casualties from the Avatar and lose combat. I survive with a hurt Abaddon (from fearless wounds) and 1 Berzerker left. In the next turn my land raider turns and starts firing at the last set of Guardians, but only manages to kill 1. Abaddon takes out the Avatar and he and the Berzerker consolidate back towards the Land Raider. The Eldar Guardians advance on the Land Raider, firing their Brightlance with no effect. While the Wraithlord moves away from Abaddon (he knows that Abby is bad news) and fires at Abaddon and the Berzerker in hopes of killing my last scoring model. His shots bounce off the Power Armored Marine like they were pebbles. Abaddon and his companion embark into the Land Raider and Move into cover on top of an objective. The Eldar advance towards the Land Raider again in hopes of destroying it and their passengers. The Brightlance fails to hit and the Wraithlord is also unable to hit the quick moving Land Raider with his 3 attacks.
Abaddon decides that it is time for swift action. He disembarks alone and faces off with the Wraithlord, while the Berzerker disembarks and keeps in cover by the objective while the Land Raider moves towards the Guardians in hopes to block their line of site to the Khorneite Marine. The Land Raider is able to pluck off another guardian while Abaddon utterly destroys the Eldar Wraith and consolidates to the Guardians. The Guardians shoot the Raider again to no avail as it was successfully blocking sight to the Berzerker, and the Warlock charged the Raider with no favorable result. And in the end Abaddon charged the Guardians and in the blood bath the followed stood alone covered in scraps of Eldar.
Victory: Chaos
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