Three weeks ago, I began playing in a 40k Escalation League at one of my LGSs. It's a nice sized group with a lot of great people; no real power gamers, just a bunch of guys trying to learn a new army or play against new people. Many newer players involved, and I consider myself to be one. So I thought I would share my lists thus, as well as my experiences. The League starts out at 750pts and adds 100pts per week, until the end when we reach 1250pts. You can change lists between weeks, but not your overall army. One CAD, no allies or formations. Kind of limiting for Khorne Daemonkin, since we love our formations, but it's a good challenge. So here goes...
Week One - 750pts
Svane Vulfbad, Great Wolf & Legion Master of the Blood Wolves
Chaos Lord, Terminator Armor, Combi-melta, Goredrinker, Sigil of Corruption
177pts
Blood Guard Terminators
Champion with Power Sword and Combi-melta
Terminator with Power Sword and Combi-bolter
Terminator with Chainfist and Combi-bolter
Terminator with Chainfist and Combi-bolter
172pts
Fifth Hammers
10 Chaos Space Marines with CCWs
Powefist for the Aspiring Champion
2 Flamers
195pts
Sixth Hammers
10 Chaos Space Marines with Boltguns
Chainaxe and Melta-bombs for the Aspiring Champion
2 Plasma Guns
203pts
I wanted to forge a bit of personal narrative with this army, focusing on mortals first and adding daemons slowly as the army grew. I also used this as an excuse for basing, priming, and starting to paint my models. So far, I've just based and primed.
My first game was against the league organizer's Blood Angels. It was a brutal fight, swinging back and forth. We nearly tabled each other. In the end, I managed to make a strong showing but lost on objective points.
My second game was against a Dark Eldar player. This time I was worried. All those skimmers and AP2 weapons on the board. My Terminators were the MVPs though, DSing in and laying waste to a lot of those vehicles. In the end, he had many more points than me and I almost snuck in the victory by tabling his forces. Came very close, but his last Venom was able to evade my forces long enough for the game to end.
Overall, very happy with this list, but it's slow. Needed a little something more to go with it... next post, Week Two...
