Thousand Sons vs Death Guard 2000pts | Warhammer 40,000 League Report

Avatar The Chef August 28, 202174  92 74 Likes

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It’s brother vs brother as the two Daemon Primarch face off at the head of their Legions in this furious League Report!

00:00 Intro

02:08 Death Guard List

04:58 Thousand Sons List

09:35 Mission

10:50 Game Intro

12:01 Game

2:04:41 You’ll need them

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The Army Lists are:

Thousand Sons

++ Supreme Command Detachment ++
Magnus the Red: Warlord- Arrogance of Aeons, Undying Form, Lord of Forbidden Lore, Powers – Yes
++ Battalion Detachment ++
Cults of the Legion: Cult of Duplicity
+ HQ +
Ahriman: Disc of Tzeentch, Powers- Presage, Weaver of Fates, Temporal Surge
Infernal Master: High Acolytes- Seeker After Shadows, Relic- The Chronos Tutorum, Pacts- Bladed Maelstrom, Glimpse of Eternity, Power- Psychic Stalk
+ Troops +
5x Rubric Marines: Icon of Flame
Aspiring Sorcerer: Force Stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol, Power- Gaze of Hate
3x Rubric Marine: Inferno Boltgun
Rubric Marine: Soulreaper Cannon
5x Rubric Marines: Icon of Flame
Aspiring Sorcerer: Force Stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol, Power- Temporal Manipulation
3x Rubric Marine: Inferno Boltgun
Rubric Marine: Soulreaper Cannon
5x Rubric Marines: Icon of Flame
Aspiring Sorcerer: Force Stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol, Power- Tzeentch’s Firestorm
3x Rubric Marine: Inferno Boltgun
Rubric Marine: Soulreaper Cannon
5x Rubric Marines: Icon of Flame
Aspiring Sorcerer: Force Stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol, Power- Desecration of Worlds
4x Rubric Marine: Inferno Boltgun
10x Tzaangor: Tzaangor Blades
10x Tzaangor: Tzaangor Blades
+ Elites +
5x Scarab Occult Terminators: Hellfyre Missile Rack
Scarab Occult Sorcerer: Force Stave, Inferno Combi-bolter, Power- Glamour of Tzeentch
3x Terminator: Prosperine Khopesh, Inferno Combi-bolter
Terminator: Prosperine Khopesh, Soulreaper Cannon
5x Scarab Occult Terminators: Hellfyre Missile Rack
Scarab Occult Sorcerer: Force Stave, Inferno Combi-bolter, Power- Cacodaemonic Curse
3x Terminator: Prosperine Khopesh, Inferno Combi-bolter
Terminator: Prosperine Khopesh, Soulreaper Cannon
5x Scarab Occult Terminators: Hellfyre Missile Rack
Scarab Occult Sorcerer: Force Stave, Inferno Combi-bolter, Power- Dark Blessing
3x Terminator: Prosperine Khopesh, Inferno Combi-bolter
Terminator: Prosperine Khopesh, Soulreaper Cannon
++ Total: 2,000pts ++

Death Guard

++ Supreme Command Detachment ++
Mortarion: Warlord- Revoltingly Resilient, Living Plague, Arch-contaminator, Gloaming Bloat, Powers- Miasma of Pestilence, Putrescent Vitality, Gloaming Bloat
++ Vanguard Detachment ++
Plague Company: Mortarion’s Anvil
+ HQ +
Lord of Virulence
+ Troops +
10x Poxwalker
10x Poxwalker
10x Poxwalker
+ Elites +
5x Blightlord Terminators
Blightlord Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
Blightlord Terminator: Flail of Corruption
2x Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
5x Blightlord Terminators
Blightlord Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
Blightlord Terminator: Flail of Corruption
2x Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
4x Deathshroud Terminators
Deathshroud Champion: Champion of Disease- Reaper of Glorious Entropy
3x Deathshroud Terminator
Plague Surgeon: Relic- Fugaris’ Helm
Tallyman: Gift of Decay- Tollkeeper
+ Fast Attack +
Foetid Bloat-drone: Fleshmower
+ Heavy Support +
Plagueburst Crawler: 2x Entropy Cannon, Rothail Volley Gun
Plagueburst Crawler: 2x Entropy Cannon, Rothail Volley Gun
++ Total: 2,000pts ++


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Vi Archer
Vi Archer
3 years ago

Man that was a tense game! Amazing playing by chef at the end; you did the XVth proud!

Justin Wilson
Justin Wilson
3 years ago

Why use obscuring terrain if you can smite thru first floor windows @Chef?

Tabris1
Tabris1
3 years ago

At the end of the game when Morty could herocial interven Magnus and may pile in upwards (to the mission point), killing Magnus and consolidat to the Tzangor but parallel to the Mission point … so beard could point in his turn and win the game ?
I’m wrong ?

moonalex17
Lodge Member
3 years ago

I just want to see, AT LEAST, the 4 Daemon Primarchs of Chaos. so now all Geedubs needs to do is put out an Angron and Fulgrim daemon model and we’ll be perfect! then Lorgar and Perturabo can come out later.

haydn evans
haydn evans
3 years ago

Great game guys. Can anyone on here answer a couple thousand sons question’s for me? Off to the LGT soon and would rather be sure of my rules before going The stratagem unwavering phalanx reduces the damage characteristic by 1 for incoming attacks to the affected unit. My question is so a damage 2 weapon it becomes a damage 1 weapon and therefor do you get the benefits of all is dust? I question this as it is written that the damage of the attack is reduced not the wounds taken is reduced. Also stratagems aside if a weapon is… Read more »

James Newell
James Newell
3 years ago

A league match and it’s 2 hours long. Man am I excited!!!

Philip Reyneri
Philip Reyneri
3 years ago

Man, great game…and also…great app!

Joshua Mitchell
3 years ago

So many great moments. Fantastic game gentlemen. Hat’s off to the both of you. Thank you.

thesleeper
thesleeper
3 years ago

Great game!

lucidbeatbox
lucidbeatbox
3 years ago

As a father of a 2 year old, I really appreciated the octonauts reference 🙂

USS Sylvester
Lodge Member
3 years ago

Great game guys loving the league Reports please keep them up love seeing the competitive side of the game 🙂 Now we need some Grey Knight action Spider 😉

Shahbaz Bokhari
Lodge Member
Shahbaz Bokhari
3 years ago

What an absolute NAIL biter.

Just as planned of course. >_>

Wismondo
Wismondo
3 years ago

Cracking game folks

Miles Scholl
Miles Scholl
3 years ago

Good ish gents

Johan Røikjer
Lodge Member
3 years ago

League game!!!!! Whuhuuuuuu

pyrhus8
pyrhus8
3 years ago

Wow! Nice game guys! Thanks!

Daniel King
Daniel King
3 years ago

Great game I really enjoyed that!

Very strange question here but would you be able to tell me the colours you used for the large red and blue(ish) ruins? I’ve recently bought the same ruins and really like the way these are painted.

Jack Whorton
Jack Whorton
3 years ago

Great game. I think DG still have the edge overall but I’d rather use T Sons any day of the week.

Bryan
Lodge Warrior Member
Bryan
3 years ago

What a game chaps, very much enjoyed, thanks.

Azaiel
Lodge Warrior Member
Azaiel
3 years ago

Such a happy and cheerful game!
Was this a friday game?

YorsWorld
3 years ago

Much as I hate to see Chaos fighting Chaos when they should be fighting the Long War, I enjoyed this one immensely. Thanks lads!

Alex Bing
Alex Bing
3 years ago

Classic matchup! Too many books versus too many beans!

Daniel Bromley
3 years ago

Been looking forward to this game since I saw it on facebook. Such a great game!

UseLess
Lifetime Member
UseLess
3 years ago

This was awesome guys! Always love these Primarch games. Thousand Sons look like a lot of fun, I’m looking forward to watching more of them.

Coffee
Coffee
3 years ago

Good game, guys! 👌🏻

Zaius
Lifetime Member
3 years ago

Great game.

John McTavish
John McTavish
3 years ago

Beard DG & Chef TS make for a fantastic game – really enjoyed it.

Sasori
Sasori
3 years ago

Chef,
I hope you play some more Thousand sons games! They are a great army, I’ve been enjoying them quite a bit. It takes quite a few games to start to really get the hang of it, that’s for sure.

Philippe Boulanger
Lodge Member
3 years ago

Yeeeah ! Great batrep, but the highlight was still Beard citing the Octonauts.

As for the best Primarch, I guess we will need to put Bobby G in the ring. It’s been a while since we have seen Bobby & Tiggy on the show.

Have a good one !

EvenTheTurtle
EvenTheTurtle
3 years ago

I loved the 1K sons list, I’ve been toying around with a 3 Cult list of Duplicity/Scheming/Change all patrols
The duplicity is for objective snagging and shenanigans, while I take advantage of the Warlord trait of Scheming to run a 10 man of SoT, and the cult of change seems to have good specialty things all around, and can really increase the survivability of your guys in combat by removing 1 attack characteristic from whoever they are fighting.

Ralldis
Ralldis
3 years ago

Hexfire sold out so stupidly quickly im not convinced they actually made the box. I was never able to add it to the cart within Australia when it came online.

Martin K
Lodge Member
3 years ago

One of the best – and close! – games in a long time 😀 Really enjoyd it 🙂

Justin Prato
Lifetime Member
3 years ago

What a great game. I don’t think Magnus will be competitive at 450 points due to the fact that any kind of real AT in a list will melt him. They should have gave him the only 3++. If they drop him to like 400, maybe, but right now he just takes up to many points. Chef you should try the hellbrutes. With the 5++ they and -1D they are pretty surviviable (well if you manage to make a 5++ lol). I like them with LC and Scourge. Also you need to get the rubrics with flamers cause they are… Read more »

Robert Kriszun
Lifetime Member
3 years ago

Great game. Good to see my dusty boys in good shape. What do you think about a battle-phsyker in Terminator Armour with the stave of abominus? If he is swelled by the warp he pumps out 12 S9 attacks, AP -1, damage 1, hitting on 2s. With a combi-melta he costs 120 points. Better than a kick in the teeth.

Andrew Cradduck
3 years ago

I’ve been playing Thousand Sons recently trying to wrap my head around the new book. So far my takeaway has been really positive! @Chef: I’m sure you’ve seen others talking about it online, but if you’re going to try a 10 man squad in Thousand Sons it should absolutely be a 10 man squad of Scarab Occult Terminators IMO. When paired with an Infernal Master for the +1 strength to ranged weapons pact and the “Wrath of the Wronged” stratagem, they re capable of INCREDIBLE damage. Wounding T8 on a 4+ with your 38 inferno combi bolter shots is just… Read more »

Joseph Thomas
Lodge Member
3 years ago

That was an absolute belter of a league game, really enjoyed watching it. Beard and Chef on fine form as usual presenting! Thousand Sons look really interesting now, Magnus as well seems like a bit of a beast and not too op which is always nice. Some great changes to the army though and nice to see them give Death Guard a close game despite Chefs best attempts to kill it with his rolling..

Leon Wait
Lodge Member
Leon Wait
3 years ago

I don’t know if you have got one now but I have got the hexfire set however I don’t play thousand sons so I would a happy to donate the Infernal Master and the rest of sons if you would like them

O Brother J
3 years ago

this was great, what a ride! was brilliant to see these two armies face off. i also can’t help but enjoy me some Chef and Beard action. Also, Chef, those rolls Chef! what did you do to displease the dice god?

Stefano
Lodge Warrior Member
3 years ago

Nice to see the two Demon Primarchs! Seeing them on the field is as always impressive. I am a little conflicted about having other Primarchs in the game, I would like to have a bunch of them both as demon and as returning imperial ones, but the fine line between useless and too strong is always risky. I don’t know if TS are balanced or not, I don’t know nearly enogh about them so I’ll wait and see how they’ll perform in the next tournments. Still, I am not a fan of those MW deluges in the psychic phase (or… Read more »

Last edited 3 years ago by Stefano
Joseph Swenson
Lifetime Member
3 years ago

Here we go! Who is the best?

Scott Childress
Scott Childress
3 years ago

Hearing Chef saying “Jaghatai” is somehow more confusing than Stig saying “three”

Tobias Heuser
Tobias Heuser
3 years ago

Wonderful magic show!😁. Who said that you can’t have fun in a competitive game?🤔 You two seemed to had more then plenty. Great video. Keep it up!

Doddy
Lodge Member
Doddy
3 years ago

Awww man. You still should have played that last turn out so there was a fight with Morty and Magnus.

James McLennan
James McLennan
3 years ago

Don’t think there is anything in the rules this edition that requires thousand sons players to measure from the sorcerer in squads of Rubricae?

Just something in core rules about “units of psykers” and selecting “a” model.

If there is, grateful to understand!

joseph woodland
joseph woodland
3 years ago

oooh this is going to be good. For something I’d like to see, i know you aren’t a fan chef, but i’ve been enjoying a cheeky bit of hero hammer with having ahriman, an exalted sorcerer, exalted master, and 2 terminator sorcerer thralls Instead of magnus, i actually think a couple of rhinos and a big blob of cultists is nothing to be sniffed at either.
There are so many opportunities with this new book, they just aren’t quite where you would expect to look for them…

The Casual
Lodge Member
3 years ago

Beard: “I’ll use my last CP…”
Sidebar tracking CP: Beard is not in negative CP
Me: What is this madness???

James Marsden
3 years ago

If you’re after Hexfire, hit up Holmfirth Gaming Centre. They have a bunch!

Vae
Vae
3 years ago

Been looking forward to this one I have a feeling the mortal wound spam is going to be too much for nurgles Bois, but I will hope for a different outcome :p

Brett Pettitt
Lodge Member
3 years ago

Yessssss! MORTY VS MAGGY! I have been waiting for this for weeks. And I can’t wait to see what list you used for the new Thousand Sons. Thank uou very much guys.

Dusan Radujko
3 years ago

Now that is a dramatic match up!