Combat Patrols: The Story So Far

I have enjoyed a good degree of success with my combat patrol squadron thus far.  This is largely due to the high armor I was packing.  My list:

Annihilation Barge
Annihilation Barge
Night Scythe
5 Warriors
3 Scarabs

... It's not the best list, and I realized it wasn't the best list when I looked at it.  I ran it mainly because I wanted to use my fully painted night scythe.  It's been fun, but in this format, the night scythe doesn't really shine.  AV11 and only a tesla destructor for more points than a barge isn't the best.  It's not terrible, but it's not the best.

Still, the list has done pretty well so far.  Here's a breakdown from the six matches I've played:

First Match:  Grey Knights - Win
This match was fairly short.  My opponent hadn't played in a while and made his list on the spot.  After he was done, he realized that his only way to hurt my vehicles were... Krak grenades.  Bad news.

Second Match:  Imperial Guard - Win
This was a little more of a fight.  My opponent had a chimera and two troop squads, each with a missile launcher.  The night scythe got in and disabled the chimera fairly quickly, and my opponent whiffed on just about all of his high STR shots.  Tesla really shined in this game - the guard units' poor armor really hurt them.

Third Match:  Grey Knights - Win
My opponent this time was a little more seasoned - he's been playing for decades, and he's actually the guy who taught me to assemble / paint models.  He brought a more balanced squad, and it was a fun game. .  He brought an tactical squad, an assassin squad, a rhino, and the Chimera.  His tactical squad packed a psycannon.

On the first turn, I went balls out after his vehicles and destroyed them both.  I lucked up, forcing his tactical squad and assassins out so I could tesla them down.  After that, it was a matter of kiting the troop squads around, and it was a win.

Fourth Match:  Black Templar - Win
My opponent brought a pretty balanced force:  A couple tactical squads and a couple land speeders.  Unfortunately for him, his whole army only contained one missile launcher.  I wrecked the land speeders with ease, and that was enough to win the game.

Fifth Match:  Grey Knights - Win
This was the same force that I fought in the Third Match, however, a different player was using them.  The player was new, and he was being coached by the guy whom I played in the first match.  Everything ran... pretty much the same.  I blew the gun off of his chimera first turn and used the rest of the game to chip away at his forces.

Sixth Match: Necrons - Loss
I saw the list here and I knew I was in trouble - not to mention the guy I played against knows his stuff.  I was up against 3 destroyers, 2 heavy destroyers, and a squad of Warriors.  I got tabled on the third or fourth turn.  With that kind of list and my kind of list, I don't really know if I could've done anything to preclude a beating.  It was still fun though.

Thoughts from all the matches:  The scarabs were pretty damn useless in every match I played.  Running them in a squad of three made them a kill point.  Not to mention, three of my games were against grey knights, who would've sliced through them like butter.  I'm not running them any more, or at least, not like that.    The Ann. Barges worked about as well as I thought they would, which is great.

Overall, lots of fun!  I can't wait to put together a list for next week.