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Welcome, today's Art of War Battle Report features Richard's Eradication Cohort Adeptus Mechanicus versus Mike's Champions of Contagion and Paragons of Putrescence Death Guard!

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?

Richard's Admech are led by Belisarius Cawl, a Manipulus with Martial Signatum Amplificator with 6 Kataphron Destroyers, 2x Tech-Priest Enginseers, a unit of Skitarii Rangers, 2x units of 2 Ironstrider Ballistari, 2x Onager Dunecrawlers, a unit of Serberys Raiders, a Servitor Battleclade, a unit of Sicarian Infiltrators, and 2x Skorpius Disintegrators.

Mike's Death Guard are led by a Lord of Contagion with Deathshroud Terminators, a Lord of Virulence with Deathshroud Terminators, a Biologus Putrifier, a Foul Blightspawn, a Malignant Plaguecaster with Rejuventating Swarm, a Malignant Plaguecaster with Host of the Hybridized Pox attached to two units of 10x Plague Marines, 2x Chaos Rhinos, 2x Chaos Spawn units, 3x Myphitic Blight Haulers and 2x Poxwalker units.

Today’s battle will be fought using the Purge the Foe vs Take and Hold Disposition matchup on the new 11th Edition Terrain format, Search and Destroy Deployment, Layout B.

0:00 Intro
10:10 Official AoW Dice
10:40 Death Guard Turn 1
20:06 Adeptus Mechanicus Turn 1
36:09 Death Guard Turn 2
1:08:22 Adeptus Mechanicus Turn 2
1:38:56 Death Guard Turn 3
1:50:54 Adeptus Mechanicus Turn 3
2:09:19 Death Guard Turn 4
2:21:21 Adeptus Mechanicus Turn 4
2:25:06 Death Guard Turn 5
2:26:55 Adeptus Mechanicus Turn 5
2:34:49 Post Game Analysis