His destroyers also whiffed spectacularly, failing to even take down my Hemlock, which was a huge bonus given I’d decided against Vecting Extermination Protocols after running the maths in my head and finding they still had a decent chance of a kill without it. His first turn was also good for me – his key Time’s Arrow attempt rolled a 2, and I slammed the Vect button on his re-roll. It exploded (vaults go on a 4+) doing a decent amount of damage to my front units (I’d kept most things as far back as I could to stay within the Autarch’s bubble while he had a chance to charge, but he rolled a 10 for the radius), but not nearly enough to really worry me. Jinx and Doom landed on the front vault, and the stuff pouring out of the transport duly succeeded in blowing it up. The farseer positioned himself so that he’d be hidden from at least one of the other vaults on the return. The Warlock hung back due to being a very vulnerable Times Arrow target, and I used Jinx from the Hemlock instead. I got the first turn, and phantasmed my two transports and Autarchs forward to go for the Alpha strike.

Here they come (the third is to the left – unfortunately this table was extremely badly designed for Tesseract vaults and they spent a lot of time off their bases, because rules-wise that’s the only space they take up. If I go first this should be fine – my army can comfortably take out a vault a turn, and even losing one puts him into a really tough spot regards ever taking me off the board. If at all possible, I want to take out one of the ones with Times Arrow first, and try and throw dooms from maximum range at a vault I’m planning to kill to minimise the risk of another getting in range. The biggest single threat to my army is “Times Arrow” taking out my Farseer – without Doom taking out vaults gets substantially harder. With prepared positions and a willingness to Vect “Extermination Protocols”, the destroyers are also unlikely to get their points back if they Alpha strike me, and if they go for me straight away I probably spend the first turn taking them off the board without getting too much out of their transports so I can continue weathering the vaults. However, this should still be an OK matchup – his vaults won’t do very much at all to me if he goes first because they’re not great against vehicles and Alaitoc turns Tesla off. His spin on this list (the destroyers rather than the deceiver) does add an interesting angle and certainly improves his game a lot against my list. For this one at least Search and Destroy is probably a close third, as it effectively forces him to put one vault right in front of me. Search and Destroy is also OK, but not ideal – as with all LOW games, I’d generally prefer Dawn of War or Front Line Assault, as it makes it easier to split the targets up. I’d really like something progressive here, as it would potentially allow me to lock in a victory early on with a good start. Secure and Control + Cleanse and Capture, Search and Destroy deployment. I don’t have a note of how he assigned the powers between the vaults, but because of the way you pick them you end up with each power twice across them when you have three vaults in the army. HQ1:Overlord : WARLORD, Artefact: The Veil of Darkness, Warscythe Warlord: WarlordįA1:Canoptek Scarabs : 3x Canoptek Scarab Swarm įA2:Canoptek Scarabs : 3x Canoptek Scarab Swarm įA3:Canoptek Scarabs : 3x Canoptek Scarab Swarm ++ Super-Heavy Detachment +3CP (Necrons) ++

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