Strategies for beating lord discordant

[Carnikang]

Jul 26, 2019 11:33:27 GMT Master Chief said:

The Lord Discordant is not the only problem, a couple of times I had to face a list with 3 Lords and 9 daemon engines, and it really was a pain in the ass!

The only reason I won was the mission. And it was a small victory...

But honesty I don't know how to handle 150 wounds on T7 with 3+/5++.

I played a list with 2 discordents leading 10 engines. It was interesting as there was a lot of FW on that list.... looked like



>Spearhead Detachment< 
>Brazen Beasts
>Specialist Detchment: Soulforged Pack

Lord Discordant - {Warlord- Master of the Soulforges}, Talisman of Burning Blood - Baleflamer, Techno-virus Injector, Mark of Khorne

Blood Slaughterer of Khorne - Impaler Harpoon
Blood Slaughterer of Khorne - Impaler Harpoon

Maulerfiend - Lasher Tendrils, Mark of Khorne
Maulerfiend - Lasher Tendrils, Mark of Khorne
Maulerfiend - Lasher Tendrils, Mark of Khorne

>Vanguard Detachment<
>The Purge

Lord Discordant - Autocannon, Techno-virus Injector, Mark of Nurgle

Chaos Decimator - Nurgle, 2x Soulburner petard
Chaos Decimator - Nurgle, 2x Soulburner petard
Chaos Decimator - Nurgle, 2x Soulburner petard

Hellforged Contemptor Dred - 2x Butcher Cannon, Havoc Launcher, Nurgle
Hellforged Contemptor Dred - 2x Butcher Cannon, Havoc Launcher, Nurgle




It was a really intimidating list at first, with everything being T7 and Up and I only had one unit with 4 rocksaws in it. My list was a mixed Tyranids and GSC, so I did have lots of Genestealers and psychic powers abound. It was a lot less scary in practice though, since he divided his forces and gave me a nice big clump to charge into, tie up, and just wear down with weight of attacks/Rending claws/psychic powers. I think the most frustrating part of it all was how I would almost kill something and leave it on one wound, and it would start to recover. The Contemptors recovered a few wounds, being able to with their melee capabilities some how. 

Overall though, if there had been a Third discordant, but less engines? It probably would have been a bit harder, as that thing had a lot of attacks, and the 5++ really saved it a few times. 

[Master Chief]

The problem with disco lords is also the 2+ armour.

By the way I faced that a couple of times with the list in my topic, and I won by board control, sending waves of infantry opened as a wall, to stop opponent's movements.

Just like you do with biovores, I did the same with first Hormagaunts and then termagants, as that list is not shooting so much.

By the way OOE on one flank did amazing things.

[sumilidon]

We have a player in my meta who loves to bring these guys and a number of Maulerfiends. I've never managed to effectively destroy them in many games but I have won all my games against him through one extremely annoying tactic - spore mines.

His Maulerfields need to stay in range for their benefits so I simply keep him trapped as long as possible with spore mines. Biovores have a 2 / 3 chance of dropping one so long as I move them although admittedly I use a Harpy as well (not specifically for this opponent, just in general because I like them).

Anyways, this forces him to either seperate them or not move them forward - meaning either easier targets or board control for me by moving an unnecessary amount of gaunts up the board. Doesn't always work, but sure as hell slows him down each time for me to win.