Casual crusher stampede 1.5k

[garg]

I have been itching to do a cs list since the new rules came out. I normally pay 1.5k with friends so I had created a list to try and get the best out without HG or FW models. My regular playing partner is not available so I'm playing another friend who is not as good. He is playing crons probably with 40 warriors stalker and stuff.

With that in mind I tried to create a toned down CS list.

Flyrant MST, size, carapace, AG

Mala Neural lobe warlord

Swarmy


2* 9 warriors
link, 6*ds, 3*VC, scytals, +1 bs/ws

3 warriors
scytals link

Toxicrene
T-fex fleshborer hive

Will this list be soft enough, or should I ignore the -1 damage or something?

[piersonsmuppet]

Drop the Mal for Venomthropes if you want a -1 to-hit in a soft list, FW models of any kind are poor takes in friendly games (Stone Crushers might be borderline friendly since they don’t get Spore Cysts). This at least gives your opponent the option to shoot at what provides -1 to-hit instead of just having to accept it.

[afewveiws]

You brought a fleshborer hive.... seems soft enough to me.

[piersonsmuppet]

Jan 24, 2022 2:04:57 GMT afewveiws said:

You brought a fleshborer hive.... seems soft enough to me.

T4 bodies with a 4+ or worse save are actually the few targets where FH is a decent weapon. Compared to other shooting, one round of shooting is almost equally pts efficient. If it can stand still and shoot, it outperforms most options for less pts and can still use CP to bump output more.

[afewveiws]

Fair enough but that is going to be a fairly narrow target selection. Necrons and what else fit that profile? If you go up into t4 3+ then you have marines but itll require scorch bugs to actually do good into those so... idk.

Im pritty sure FH isnt the competitive choice in most cases.

[piersonsmuppet]

Jan 25, 2022 19:56:02 GMT afewveiws said:

Fair enough but that is going to be a fairly narrow target selection. Necrons and what else fit that profile? If you go up into t4 3+ then you have marines but itll require scorch bugs to actually do good into those so... idk.

Im pritty sure FH isnt the competitive choice in most cases.

The point was that the OP is taking Fleshborer Hives into Necrons, so it is a viable weapon (40 warriors as targets) and doesn’t really make the list soft just by its inclusion.

[garg]

I took your advice on the mala, I was going to exchange it for a broodlord with link, in the end we played 1.1k because of a miss communication. I also dropped the second big warrior squad.
He brought 20 warriors, 10 immortals, lord, 2 antihalation barges and stalker.

We played the 9th ed version of Maelstrom with printed cards. We had a lot less obscuring terrain than the GW setup because neither of us has all that much (I have mostly Tyranid spires and he has one big ruin a DA base and some smaller stuff).

The t-fex didn't get a chance to shoot the warriors because he teleported them to the other side of my deployment and it had other targets. The 18" range really hurts, even 24 would make it a lot more interesting. I ignored the -1 damage part of CS but it didn't make too much difference since he has a lot of D1.

Maelstrom was a lot of fun, I printed the cards based on those from st Andrew's wargaming blog. The game was very even all the way through. I made two big mistakes, I tried to go for a very long shot to kill the warriors because they were worth a lot of points that turn and in another I had a chance to run around and punk his warlord for points. The game ended as a draw, not sure of the exact points.

The warriors we're not great