This Saturday I took part in a 50pt Hardcore tournament organised by Battlecult. With the experience of my single Hardcore practice game behind me I decided to leave Trolls at home and take Karchev Tier 4. I needed to get two models painted up to get my 35pt list upto 50pts so made the time to finish off an Extreme Destroyer and a Devastator. This is a list I am familiar with and is much trimmer than the Trolls.
I had a good tournament winning 3 of 5 games. All 3 games I won were close and boiled down to me being very aggressive. I learnt the importance of getting models into the scoring zones in the latter stages of the game to pick up control points and win the tiebreak in the event of dice down.
In the two games I lost, Karchev was pushed away from his jacks. The first was against Gorten who used his feat to pull him out of his ‘jack bunker; the second was against Bethayne who used Gallows to do the same. Gallows should be easy to counter in future by using Sidearms and marching forward more slowly. I’m not sure what could done against Gorten. Possibly using terrain as a road block but that is very situational. It’s a tricky one that needs careful thought.
I enjoyed the Hardcore and with a smaller list focused on the battle group it was possible to play efficiently and with a doable plan.
Well done to Battlecult on a successful first event!
