Death Guard vs T'au

Mission: Maelstorm of War: Spoils of War
Deployment Type: Spearhead Assault
Point Limit: 1000


Lists:
Chaos Space Marines:
Battalion Detachment: Legion: Death Guard

• HQ
• Chaos Lord equipped with Power maul and Combi-flamer
• Daemon Prince of Nurgle equipped with 2 x Malefic talon, The Suppurating Plate, Wings
• Troops
• 3 x 6-man Plague Marines equipped with 2 x Flail of Corruption, 2 x Plague spewer, Plaguesword
• Fast Attack
• Foetid Bloat-drone equipped with 2 x Plaguespitters
• Foetid Bloat-drone equipped with Fleshmower

T'au Empire:
Battalion Detachment: Sept: Sept

• HQ
• 2 x Cadre Fireblade equipped with Markerlights
• Troops
• 3 x 14-man Strike Team equipped with Pulse Rifle and 2 x MV7 Marker Drone
• Elites
• 3-man XV8 Crisis Battlesuites equipped with 6 x Plasma rifle and Advanced targeting system

Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment: Sept: Sept

• Lord of War
• KV128 Stormsurge equipped with 2 x Burst Cannon, Advanced targeting system, Cluster rocket system, 4 x Destroyer missile, Early warning override, Pulse driver cannon, Shield generator, 2 x Smart missile system

The Deployment:
My opponent wins the dice roll and chooses to go first.

T'au Turn 1:
Crisis suites move forward to grab an objective then everybody shoots and they kill 3 Plague Marines and inflict 4 wounds on one of the drones.

Death Guard Turn 1:
All Plague Marines advance. Daemon Prince and melee drone assault the Crisis, killing two of them.

T'au Turn 2:
They retreat a bit then they kill a drone and 7 Plague Marines.

Death Guard Turn 2:
Marines continue to advance. Daemon Prince assaults the Stormsurge and enemy warlord. He manages to kill the Cadre Fireblade. Drone also assaults the Stormsurge and inflicts 2 wounds.

T'au Turn 3:
They continue to fire on the Marines and kill 5 more.

Death Guard Turn 3:
I fry a few Fire Warriors then I lock the Strike Teams in combat. Daemon Prince kill half of a squad in combat.

T'au Turn 4:
They all stai in combat, they just lost more bodies.

Death Guard Turn 4:
I almost killed the Stormsurge and I continued killing Fire Warriors.

We stopped the game, I was winning at points and on the board. Clear victory for Chaos.