Vampire Counts - Daemons of Chaos · 1250 PTS

Battle recap

The opponent deployed with mostly shooting on his left (2 x 4 Flamers + cannon), and combat units on the right (chariot, Seekers and Furies). I responded by deploying all the bats (Vampire, Varghulf, Vargheists) on the left, and the blocks and cavalry on the right. At the start I move up so as not to get charged at all (which is hard, because Slaanesh charges 19 inches!), and only give the Furies the option to charge the Varghulf (I figured 8 attacks at S5 is statistically 2 wounds, I'll hit back and kill more, and I can still heal). The Furies fall for the trap. The Varghulf held, and the next turn the Furies get a block of Skeletons in the flank. The Furies evaporate as predicted, but sadly the last Fury sticks a stick in the Varghulf's eye and kills it. Meanwhile the Vampire gets -2T from a spell. The shooting from 2x4 Flamers and the cannon goes into him, but he doesn't even take a wound :D The dice really hurt the opponent. Then the Vampire crashes into the Slaanesh chariot, kills it and goes off hunting further. The healthy Vargheists charge the Flamers. I land 7 wounds, the opponent passes 6 wards ;) This combat will go on for a long time, ultimately ending with the Vargheists dying. The turbo block of Seekers crashes into the Blood Knights, but Strength 3 doesn't impress them much. Thanks to the counter-charge I end up killing more and win the combat. Because of that, next turn I manage to get a block of Skeletons into the flank and the unit evaporates. The end of the battle is the Vampire's show. He's left on 1 wound and in that situation takes a cannon to the face. He passes the save, shakes it off and kills the cannon. Somewhere in the background the Ghouls from ambush kill one unit of Flamers. Here the inability to raise models really hurt. If I could have raised 1 wound on the Lord, I wouldn't have given up 200+ points.