50pts Steamroller write up

I just arrived home from my first ever 50pts Steamroller tournament. I was a good and fun tournament and I got the chance to play a bunch of new (to me) players and armies. I had some real trouble to decide what lists I wanted to plays with. But in the end I ended up with the Haleys... yes, both the Prime and Epic version. This will just be a quick write up of my four games.

Game 1 - Supply & Demand

First game was against Erik who played Menoth with eFeora with 3 heavy jacks, Redeemer and a bunch of Zealots. I choose to play Epic Haley and this turned out to be a very intense game. I took 2 early control points by controlling the zone and destroying his objective. In the end it became a game of attrition. I had 4 control points and I had killed everything in his army except Feora, Holt and some Choir members. My clock was on 15 seconds during my last turn, and I didn't have time to kill the last few models he had in my zone so I lost on Death Clock.

Result: Lost by Death Clock

Game 2 - Close Quarter

My opponent was Johan who played Skorne with a Xerxis infantry block. A shit load of medium based units with 8 wounds each and with Marshall Discipline. I choose my pHaley list this time, as I didn't think I would have enough models otherwise to handle his list. He basically ran his entire army forward and started to dominate his flag right from the start. I did what I could to kill as much of his army as possible, but when he killed all my Stormblades and Storm Strider during his feat turn I knew I couldn't win. Instead I tried to kill as much as possible to at least score some points, but it was a crushing defeat.

Result: Lost by Scenario

Game 3 - Ammunition Run

My third game was against this hilarious guy called "Osten" (Swedish for The Cheese). He played a very non-cheesy pDenny list with Bane Knights, Bile Thralls and 5 light jacks and 1 Slayer. I played eHaley this game. I think he was a bit tired because he ran most of his Banes into the objective in the middle. My Stormwall shot and destroyed the objective (everything within 2" takes a POW 12) and killed 5 Banes and 2 Bile Thralls. With the help of eHaleys feat and Tempest Blazers I killed the rest of his infantry without trouble. In the end it turned into a slug fest with my Stormwall against the rest of his jacks. On one occasion my Stormwall got charged by 3 fully loaded jacks, but only suffered 5 damage. During my turn the Stormwall missed 6 attacks(!!!). In the end I took 5 control points with the Tempest Blazers.

Result: Won by Scenario

Game 4 - Incursion

My last game of the day was against another Menoth played called Björn. He played with an Amon list that contained a battle group made up of 4 Heavy Jack and 2 Light. It was however a very short game as I once again played with eHaley. I got the first turn and ran as far as possible. He did the same his turn, but left Amon with 0 focus and he didn't cover him with his jacks. I gave 3 Focus to the Stormwall and cast Temporal Acceleration. Three boosted shots and Amon was killed. Won by assassination in less than 4 minutes. Mage Hunter baby!

Result: Won by Assassination

Conclusion - I was really surprised on how well my eHaley list was. I didn't think that such low model count could do so much damage. But with both Tempest Blazers and B13 you can drop 9 Brutal Shots each turn, and that's a lot of damage. The Storm Strider was also very effective at killing both heavy targets and clearing infantry with electro leaps. I think this will be a crutch list that I'll play again. I just need to find a list that can cover it's weaknesses... I'm looking at you Caine.