Tournament (Nats Prep) Round 1. Space Wolves vs Ultramarines

Good day wargamers and casual passers by! Recently I took part in a Warhammer Tournament Where I placed 7th overall after 2 wins and a loss.

Here are the details for the first match that I played.

Round 1 I came to face against Nico. This was an important match since this propelled me to take on the tournament winner in round 2!!

So Nico plays Ultramarines. I play Space Wolves. If you want to check my tournament list, it is HERE.

The Ultramarines army was something like this:

• Primarch Roboute Guilliman
• Chapter Master Marneus Clagar and 2x Vetrix Guard
• Captain in Terminator Armor
• Lieutenant with Combi-Weapon
• Lieutenant in Phobos Armor
• Apothecary
• 3x Aggressors
• 3x Eliminators
• 2x 5 Man Squads of Terminators
• 3x 5 Man Riever Squads
• Impulsor
• Repulsor

Deployment

I won the Deployement Roll off and chose Attacker. We deployed one at a time starting with Nico of course. I put my Razorbacks on the flanks but also a Land Raider on one flank while the Thunder Wolves and the Vindicator (The Stormspear) took up the Right flank with with Wulfen Dreadnought.

The centre zone was held by Bjorn the Fell Handed, the Redemptor Dreadnought and the other Vindicator.

Meanwhile the Ultramarines had Guilliman and one squad plus Combi-Weapon Lieutenant across from my Thunderwolves on the Right Flank.

Their Centre was made up of the Repulsor, Marneus Calgar leading the Aggressors and a squad of Reivers

Th Left Flank had the Impulsor, another squad of Reivers led by an Apothacary and the Eliminators.

The Terminators would come later.

Space Wolves centre deployment.

Deployment Ultramarines Centre

Deployment from the Right Flank

Right Flank Deployment

Left flank Deployment from the Space Wolf side.

Left Flank Deployment from the Ultramarines side.

Deployment Right Flank from the Ultramarines side.

Turn 1

We rolled for first turn and the Ultramarines won, going first!

On the right Flank Guilliman advanced but kept the Lieutenant with Combi Bolter near. This is a nice synergy. The Lieutenant has Lone Operative and is an Infantry unit. When Guilliman is within 3" of friendly Infantry he also gets Lone Operative. This means that he cannot be targeted by someone shooting unless he is 12" away.

Then Reivers on that side took the objective on that side.

In the centre the Repulsor took aim at my one Vindicator and I used a CP to pop smoke, saving the hardy little tank!

On the Left Flank the Reivers in the Impulsor tried to move, disembark and charge my Land Raider... but failed.

In my First Turn I shunted forward.

The Ultramarines may have been a little TOO eager to get to grips with me, but the lad had never faced a Space Wolf before and he had never faced the Stormwolves before... well... he learned that day!

My Vindicator, now within 12" took a shot at Guilliman and wrecked him. Because of this, the Repulsor and the Thunderwolves charged the Reivers in the centre of the board and took that over.

Grey Hunters and Wulfen Dreadnought took the Objective on the Right Flank.

In the Centre, the Repulsor was the Oath of Moment target and I wrecked that too.

On the Left flank the Blood Claws got out of the Land Raider and charged the Reivers, hurting them soundly.

Meanwhile the Grey Hunters on the Left Flank took the objective on that side.

Massive Objective control and damage for me.

The Ultramarines advance into my Right Flank.

Turn 1 Ultramarines move forward on the Left Flank.

Turn 1 Ultramarines surge forward to take centre objective while the Repulsor moves in to take its shot.

Ultramarines Turn 1 actions.

Turn 1 Assualt!

Left Flank Space Wolves Turn 1

The Space Wolves Turn 1 advance on the Right Flank

Space Wolves Turn 1 Advance

After turn 1, Space Wolves hold the centre

Turn 2

In Turn 2 the Ultramarines brought down the Terminators and brought the Agressors nearer.

In the end of the day they did some damage but not enough to stop my roll. Now that I had done so much damage and taken command of all the objectives there was not much that the Ultramarine could do.

By battle round 3 it was over with the Ultramarines nearly tabled and Nico conceding.

Right Flank, Round 2

Turn 2 Ultramarines Reinforcements arrive!

Ultramarines round 2 reinforcements!

Turn 2 Battle Continues on the Left Flank.

Right Flank Turn 2

Final Result

Space Wolves win with 60 VP and Ultramarines 30VP.

It was not a bad match and I belive that Nico learned a lot in that game!

I hope this brief battle report was an entertaining read!

Cheers!
@zakludick

Hive South Africa