Gencon 2014 Worldeater Top 4 Chaos w/ Dark Eldar
Got back from Gencon , and needed to get down what little I remember before I forget it all. I didn’t take notes and apparently my memory isn’t what it used to be, so I may have gotten the allies and some minor details wrong. I’m pretty sure I got the warlords right.
I chose Chaos w/ Dark Eldar as it matches my play style. I’m a long time Targ Burn/ control player for AGoT LCG, and Chaos has a lot of targeted damage effects and Dark Eldar has a lot of control so what could be better.
Round 1
Vs. Tau w/ Space Marines (I think)
Turn 1 opponent plays 2 units. During combat I play 2 Power from Pains to remove both of them from play. Turn 2 opponent plays only 1 unit, which is destroyed during combat. At this point my opponent scoops since he has no units or attachments in hand and zero board position and I have units at most planets.
1-0
Round 2
Vs. Eldar w/ ??Tau??
Don’t remember much, other than it was a much closer game than Round 1.
2-0
Round 3
Vs. Space Marine w/ Tau
My opponent mulligans his hand. Apparently his new hand is not any better. Puts an Iron Halo on his Warlord and a Speeder at Planet 1. By the end of Turn 2 he has no units, an almost Bloodied Warlord, nothing that costs less than 3 in his hand and I have command at every Planet. He scoops.
3-0
Round 4
Vs. Dark Eldar w/ Eldar
This was the closest game I played. The only thing that saved me was warpstorm and the fact I was able to get it back twice with Coliseum Fighters. It came down to an Epic battle at Planet 6 (maybe 5), which we both needed to win. I managed to get through the first round of combat in a favorable position. This forced my opponent to move all his Khymera tokens to the planet and attack while all my units were exhausted. At that point I play Warpstorm wiping out his side.
4-0
Round 5
Space Marines w/ Imperial Guard or whatever they’re called now
I’d like to blame poor drawing on my loss, but I just got out played. He controlled the command phase better, and had all the answers to anything I could do. He does go 6-0 in swiss, so at least it helps my Strength of Schedule
4-1
Round 6
Eldar w/ Dark Eldar Allies
Starts out close, but I manage to get a dominate board position. My opponent digs for a Doom as I’m constantly winning the first planet. He doesn’t find it. I win.
5-1
Top 8
Vs. Imperial Guard w/ Space Marines
I get my board position up and running early. A couple of Battles go badly for my opponent and I deploy my 2 nd Soul Grinder onto the Planet I need to win. That’s game.
Top 4
Vs. Space Marines w/ Imperial Guard
Rematch from Round 5. This time things start out much more promising for me. My opponent doesn’t draw as well early and I’m able to wipe his board clean, removing a Deathwing Guard with a Power from Pain. I just never draw any of my big hitters to keep my advantage and close the game out. He manages to get enough board position to start winning Planets and then he drops a Dreadnought that I know I can’t do anything about. That’s game. That’s the Tournament for me.
I don’t know the break down of the top 8 for sure, but I was the only Chaos, and I’m pretty sure the other Top 3 decks were Space Marine.
I really like Conquest and look forward to building decks with multiple core sets.
Decklist
Warlord:
Zarathur, High Sorcerer
Signature Squad:
Zarathur’s Flamers x4
Shrine of Warpflame x1
Infernal Gateway x2
Mark of Chaos x1
Chaos Faction:
Units:
Alpha Legion Infiltrator x1
Possessed x1
Splintered Path Acolyte x1
Khorne Berzerker x1
Vicious Bloodletter x1
Umbral Preacher x1
Ravenous Flesh Hounds x1
Virulent Plague Squad x1
Chaos Fanatics x2
Soul Grinder x2
Xavaes Split-Tongue x1
Events:
Warpstorm x1
Tzeentch’s Firestorm x1
Promise of Glory x1
Attachments:
Dire Mutation x1
Support:
Fortress of Madness x1
Murder Cogitator x1
Dark Eldar Faction:
Units:
Sybarite Marksman x1
Incubus Warrior x1
Hellion Gang x1
Baleful Mandrake x1
Coliseum Fighters x2
Kabalite Strike Force x1
Events:
Power from Pain x2
Archon’s Terror x1
Support
Altar of Torment x1
Neutral:
Units:
Rogue Trader x2
Void Pirates x2
Events:
Fall Back! x2
No Mercy x2
Attachment:
Promotion x2
Support:
Promethium Mine x2
Edited by tofubones