8-12-26

Welcome, today's Art of War Battle Report features Tucker's Combined Arms and Abhuman Auxiliaries Astra Militarum versus Jack's Plague Legion and Warptide Chaos Daemons!

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? Can the Guard hold the line in the face of battle-shock spam?

Jack's Daemons are led by Rotigus, a Great Unclean One with Droning Shroud, Epidemius attached to 10 Plaguebearers, 2x Poxbringers attached to 2x 10 model units of Plaguebearers, a 3rd Poxbringer leading 10 Plaguebearers with the Soul-Hungry Slaughterers upgrade, and a Sloppity Bilepiper with Cankerblight leading 10 Plaguebearers. Supported by 2x units of Blue Horrors and 3x Skull Cannons.

Tucker's Guard are led by Lord Solar Leontus attached to a Cadian Command Squad and 20 Cadian Shock Troops, a Commissar with Exemplar of Duty attached to 6 Bullgryn, another Commissar with Exemplar of Duty attached to 6 Ogryn, a Militarum Tempestus Command Squad attached to 10 Tempestus Scions and Gaunt's Ghosts. Supported by a unit of 20 Death Korps of Krieg, a unit of Death Riders, Krieg Combat Engineers, 3x Leman Russ Battle Tanks, and a unit of Tempestus Aquilons.

Today’s battle will be fought using the Take and Hold versus Take and Hold matchup on the new 11th Edition Terrain format, Tipping Point, Layout A!

0:00 Intro & Deployment
12:57 Astra Militarum Turn 1
22:57 Chaos Daemons Turn 1
31:08 Astra Militarum Turn 2
47:26 Chaos Demons Turn 2
1:02:37 Astra Militarum Turn 3
1:18:30 Chaos Daemons Turn 3
1:47:54 Astra Militarum Turn 4
2:18:19 Chaos Daemons Turn 4
2:35:03 Astra Militarum Turn 5
2:45:33 Post Game Analysis