Tau vs space wolves 1200 points

First off I want to apologize I want this to be my first full battle report unfortunately time was a issue.  So are game was cut short, but I will be doing a rematch this saturday. Even tho the match last to turn 4 I learned alot in that short amount of time. But before I start rambling lets get the lists we used and a brief turn by turn overview.

Space wolves
HQ    220
Wolf lord  
-Runic armour
-Combi-melta
-1x wolf claw
-belt of russ/W.T.N
-Saga of warrior born

Elites   175
Venerable Dreadnought 
-Plasma Cannon

TROOPS    800
Grey hunters  1
10 men
-2 plasma guns
-Plasma pistol
Rhino
Grey hunters  2
10 men
-2 plasma guns
Rhino
Grey hunters  3
10 men
-2 melta guns
-Mark of wulfen
Rhino
Grey hunters   4
9 men
-1 melta guns
-mark of wulfen
-Wolf Standard
Rhino

Tau
HQ  215
Shas'el
-shield gen 
-Plasma rilfe/missile pod 
-bonding knife
-harded wired multi tracker
-2 Gun drones 
Body guard 
-2 fusion blasters
-2 gun drones 
-HW target lock

Elites  100
Stealth team 
3 fish
-target lock
-bonding knife

Troops   700
Fire warrior team   1
8 fish
-shas'ui w/target lock bonding knife
Fire warrior team   2
8 fish
-shas'ui w/target lock bonding knife
Fire warrior team   3
8 fish
-shas'ui w/target lock bonding knife
Fire warrior team   4
8 fish
-shas'ui w/target lock bonding knife
Kroot  1
17 chickens
-shaper
Kroot  2
17 chickens
-shaper

Heavy support  185
Broadside battlesuits 
2 fish
-bonding knife
-target lock
-2 shield drones

Mission:  Purge the alien
Deployment : Hammer and Anvil

Space wolves win the roll for first, tau fail to steal initiavite the game ended on turn 4 due to time(had to pick up the girlfriend from work) long story short I lost 5-2. Tau killing 3 out of 4 of my Rhinos and Venerable dreadnought and got line breaker. I got first blood and killed a squad of fire warriors in assualt with the dreadnought(just in time to get melta'd in the face by bodyguard). I made a few mistakes like trying to charge threw difficult terrian, bottle necking rhinos due to terrian and accepting a challenge from a shaper with my wolf lord who failed to kill him while grey hunters killed the rest of the kroot in 1 round of assault . If I had to pick a MVP on my side it would be the dreadnought he never missed with the plasma cannon even with bs5. For Tau it would be the broadsides followed by his commander.

 I have mixed feelings about Rhinos now in 6th ed against tau forget about it but I need to play against different armies before I write them off as a lost cause. I am going to be getting more drop pods tho only have 2.  Saturday is the rematch and I will be ready.

I recognise my failings and will be sure to correct it.
          Ironwolf

SW/Necron lists ideas for 6th

These are just a few lists I wrote up when I was bored hoping to get in a few games with my 1000 point list this week against my buddy and his tau empire.

First list :  1000 points
Army: Space wolves

HQ    220
Wolf lord  
-Runic armour
-Combi-melta
-1x wolf claw
-belt of russ/W.T.N
-Saga of warrior born

Elites   150
Dreadnought  
-Plasma Cannon
Drop pod

TROOPS    610
Grey hunters  
10 men
-2 plasma guns
-Mark of wulfen
Rhino

Grey hunters 
10 men
-2 plasma guns
-Mark of wulfen
Rhino

Grey hunters  
9 men
-1 melta guns
-mark of wulfen
-Wolf Standard
Rhino


Basically my tactic's with this list is race forward with the 3 squads WL will be in the 9 man squad and be my primary assault unit with both plasma squads laying down fire support. The dreadnought will drop on a flank and lend fire support/draw fire.

I like this list but not to sure about the Rhino's with the new hull points especially against tau with hammerheads/broadsides. I would prefer drop pods but I only own 2 atm so I may have to proxy some in the future. Not sure about the drop pod on the dreadnought might drop it and upgrade the dread to a Venerable dreadnought. I know the wolf lord is expensive but I prefer them over wolf/Rune priests I like how he is kitted out with combi-melta and wolf claw for opening up tanks and carving up the squishy fish dudes inside.

List: 1000 points
Army: Necrons

HQ   295
Overlord  
-Rez orb
-Phase shifter

Royal court 
-2 lords w/Rez orb

Troops  522
Nercon warrior 
14 bots

Immortals 
10 bots
-all Tesla

Immortals 
10 bots
-all tesla

Fast attack  180
Destroyers
-3x Heavy destroyers

This list I call the phalanx just because in the 3 games for 6th I played against my buddies tau I have gone 2 wins and 1 draw and the only full sqaud I lost was the destroyers. My strategy with this list is having the warrior squad in front with a lord and the 2 squads of immortals with a lord and overlord in each squad and weather the storm and get into that sweet 24" range give them hell. The destroyers are there to either hunt his battlesuits or go after his broadsides.

Anyway I hoped you enjoyed these lists if you have any C&C please feel free to chime in still getiing used to this new edition.

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