Of some interest to me is how I would fare if I faced a Necron Imotekh (or double Solar Pulse) list. with my Templars. Since the general objective is to:
1. Shoot the crap out of everything
2. Beat the crap of anything left standing
Disregard all the fancy, highfalutin jargon about maintaining the initiative, movement blocking and other such goodies, those are only the tools by which I achieve the two basic objectives. Similarly, mech lists use Rhino rushes, vehicle bunkers, etc. to perform the same two tasks.
Dealing with Night Fighting can be a problem with a lot of 48" range units. Simply running up closer and engaging at shorter ranges isn't the best option, especially for my Speeders since that would deny me my range advantage, although since S4 weaponry can already glance AV10, the Gauss auto glance isn't such a big deal, but I do depend on a turn or three of prep fire to soften up and stress my opponent's army to set him up for the endgame.
1. Shoot the crap out of everything
2. Beat the crap of anything left standing
Disregard all the fancy, highfalutin jargon about maintaining the initiative, movement blocking and other such goodies, those are only the tools by which I achieve the two basic objectives. Similarly, mech lists use Rhino rushes, vehicle bunkers, etc. to perform the same two tasks.
Dealing with Night Fighting can be a problem with a lot of 48" range units. Simply running up closer and engaging at shorter ranges isn't the best option, especially for my Speeders since that would deny me my range advantage, although since S4 weaponry can already glance AV10, the Gauss auto glance isn't such a big deal, but I do depend on a turn or three of prep fire to soften up and stress my opponent's army to set him up for the endgame.
Despite my cries elsewhere for a strong CC component to a Black Templar list as a requirement, my list is a hybrid of the Gunline & Drop Pod lists. It acts somewhat as a Gunline with a few concentrated heavy hitting long range shooters with mobility and distraction covered by the falling pods. In fact, in the several times I've tabled my opponents it was directly because I shot the crap out of them and only used CC to save the time of shooting an almost dead unit again.
Against the Necrons using Night Fighting, I lose that chance. Other lists might be different, but for the one I'm currently running or the simple variations I'm running off of it, this can be a slightly scary prospect. Right now the only idea I have is to edge my Speeders forward to just over 24" and march my Terminators right into their faces. I can shoot them down more effectively at shorter ranges and getting into CC with even a big squad of Necrons is winnable. The issue is just if I can do it enough to break some of their units and chase them off the board.
Against the Necrons using Night Fighting, I lose that chance. Other lists might be different, but for the one I'm currently running or the simple variations I'm running off of it, this can be a slightly scary prospect. Right now the only idea I have is to edge my Speeders forward to just over 24" and march my Terminators right into their faces. I can shoot them down more effectively at shorter ranges and getting into CC with even a big squad of Necrons is winnable. The issue is just if I can do it enough to break some of their units and chase them off the board.
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