Horus Heresy Battle Report - Emperor's Children vs Death Guard - 3250pts

This week we've got a FULL LENGTH battle report. Jason will be playing the traitor Death Guard and Paul will be playing the loyalist Emperor's Children, in a 3250 point game from SN Battle Reports latest mission release.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:53 Death Guard Army List
06:10 Emperor's Children Army List
11:06 The Battlefield
11:37 Death Guard Deployment
13:08 Emperor's Children Deployment
14:08 Seize
14:28 Death Guard Turn 1 - Movement
16:16 Death Guard Turn 1 - Shooting
26:24 Emperor's Children Turn 1 - Movement
27:49 Emperor's Children Turn 1 - Shooting
34:50 Emperor's Children Turn 1 - Assault
38:15 Death Guard Turn 2 - Movement
40:11 Death Guard Turn 2 - Shooting
49:51 Death Guard Turn 2 - Assault
52:11 Emperor's Children Turn 2 - Movement
01:00:42 Emperor's Children Turn 2 - Shooting
01:04:43 Emperor's Children Turn 2 - Assault
01:16:03 Death Guard Turn 3 - Movement
01:18:30 Death Guard Turn 3 - Shooting
01:29:03 Death Guard Turn 3 - Assault
01:36:03 Emperor's Children Turn 3 - Movement
01:36:58 Emperor's Children Turn 3 - Shooting
01:39:38 Emperor's Children Turn 3 - Assault
01:42:27 Death Guard Turn 4 - Movement
01:44:05 Death Guard Turn 4 - Shooting
01:49:00 Death Guard Turn 4 - Assault
01:51:34 Emperor's Children Turn 4 - Movement
01:52:23 Emperor's Children Turn 4 - Shooting
01:53:43 Emperor's Children Turn 4 - Assault
01:56:53 Random Turn 5
01:57:33 Death Guard Turn 5 - Movement
01:58:50 Death Guard Turn 5 - Shooting
02:04:54 Post Game
Many thanks to our participants:
Jason Ortega ( / oa_gamer )
Paul
Edited by:
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[@benjaminbrenner745]

THANKS GUYS

[@fareastwargaming]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@naaman3314]

Nice battle. In turn one before the inductii charged you forget to roll for the rang of the explosion for the Land Raider.

[@fareastwargaming]

Thanks. There would have been a (slim) chance of losing some Terminators (or the Praetor). But five 1s have been seen before 😂

[@AnRGFProduction]

First to watch the first in 30k battle reports.

[@fareastwargaming]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@DeusExMachina10001]

Volkite Heavy Support squads are really underrated IMO. Mathhammer wise, though the guns are only Strength 6 and AP 5, they are actually a little better at killing terminators than lascannons are.

[@fareastwargaming]

Haven't run the math myself, but I agree that weight of fire is the best way to whittle down terminator squads.

[@erinbosman4803]

Great game, gents. It's been a while since I played but would the DG praetor unit's hold your ground test not have failed in the EC turn 1 assault phase due to night fighting?

[@DaddyWarCrimes78]

Praetors (and anyone else in Terminator armor outside of legion specific units that are Stubborn instead) have Inexorable, which ignores penalties to Leadership for pinning and morale checks other than Fear or from the Corrupted or Anathema subtypes so the praetor gets to use his full Ld10 during Night Fighting morale checks like Hold the Line.

[@fareastwargaming]

Cataphractii terminator command squads are hard to shift. WS5 v WS4 plays a big part. 2+/4++ and 2W is another. So unless you're attacking them with Instant Death AP2 weapons it's a tough fight. The inductii were relying on weight of attacks and then rending wounds from the sabres. Sadly, some pretty bad rolling failed to cause 1. Enough wounds. 2. Any rends...
Was always a gamble on Paul's part. But honestly one worth taking. Average rolls and he would have killed 1 maybe 2 and taken less wounds on the way back.

[@erinbosman4803]

Ah, yeah. I forgot about inexorable on terminator units. Thanks!

[@giovannidistefano8486]

Hey guys didn't the EC command squad do the counter change reaction? Or they did already before and that's why you cancelled? Just curious btw

[@fareastwargaming]

Thanks for pointing that out. It's an editing mistake on Richard's part. So, as you saw from the first roll. The EC just won the roll off, but the Death Guard had forgotten that they have a +2 for Jump Packs, meaning that they would have won that roll off. After deciding to 're roll' that charge. With a +2 roll for the DG, the EC decided to do the safer bet and hold the line to mitigate some attacks.

[@giovannidistefano8486]

@@fareastwargaming thanks! And great batrep

[@jbumgarn]

Mortarion saves!

[@fareastwargaming]

He was certainly favouring his legion in the rolls!

[@nathanvarley542]

I love your channel. I always enjoy watching your games but I'd not have any fun seeing that DG list across the table.
Especially with no real line of sight blocking terrain.
I'd tonne it down for the sake your opponent. Switch the command squad for some death shroud or something. Every unit doesn't need to be the most optimal choice.

[@fareastwargaming]

Thanks for the feedback! We try to play all kinds of lists across our batreps, some fluffy, some with more punch!