7-20-26

Welcome, today's Art of War Battle Report features our member's voted match between John's Carnival of Excess and Frenzied Host Emperor's Children versus Jack's Stormlance Task Force and Legacy of Grace Blood Angels!

As always, this competitive battle report is going to focus on the tactics and strategies employed by two of the best players in the world. How will both of these armies adapt to the new 11th Edition competitive meta?

John's Emperor's Children are led by a Keeper of Secrets, A Lord Exultant with Possessed Blade attached to Infractors, a Lord Exultant with Warp Walker attached to Infractors, a Lord Exultant with Dark Blessings attached to Infractors, 4x units of Daemonettes, a unit of Tormentors, a Chaos Rhino, and 2x Defilers.

Jack's Blood Angels are led by Commander Dante and 3x Sanguinary Guard, a Sanguinary Priest attached to 6x Blade Guard, a Sanguinary Priest attached to 6x Blade Guard, and a third Sanguinary Priest attached to 6x Blade Guard, a Lieutenant with Combi-Weapon, 2x Ballistus Dreadnoughts, an Incursor Squad, 2x Land Speeders, a Scout Squad, a Storm Speeder Hammerstrike, and a Storm Speeder Thunderstrike.

Today’s battle will be fought using the Priority Assets vs Priority Assets matchup on the new 11th Edition Terrain format, Crucible of Battle Deployment, Layout B!

0:00 Intro & Deployment
8:59 Emperor's Children Turn 1
17:23 Blood Angels Turn 1
25:18 Emperor's Children Turn 2
42:20 Blood Angels Turn 2
1:05:39 Emperor's Children Turn 3
1:41:30 Blood Angels Turn 3
1:52:02 Post Game Analysis