Summer 40k League R6 Roundup and R7 Prediction

sgodding123
Aug 21
4 min read

Guys are you even trying? It's like Knights are good or something. Oh what's that - it looks like a giant hammer, is that something written on it's side, I think it says "nerf"!

Oh no now I can only run 10 armigers, Canis and a couple of agents....anyway.

Round 6 Roundup

Sam (Armigeddon IK) V Chris (Dorn heavy Guard)

Prediction: Gonna ruin him 99-66

Result: Sam

Omniscient I tell ya.

Ben (Seer Council Aeldari) V Mike (Starshatter Necrons)

Prediction: Ben

Result: Mike

A wildcard causing loss for Ben, leaning into the more direct killing power of Warhost. Fuck Necrons just because.

Jack (Pactbound CSM) V Sean (WE)

Prediction: Sean

Result: Sean

Obviously. In fairness to the buttery boy it was his first run out with Pactbound. In less fairness it is Pactbound.

Max (IA Nonsense) V Craig (Champions DG)

Prediction: Craig

Result: Bye win for Craig

Still counts.

Luke H (MSU Votann) V Rob (Breacher spam Tau)

Prediction: Luke

Result: Luke

Tau are still struggling in the wider meta and Jenko will die before he accepts a bazillion Breachers might not be optimal.

Fletcher (Peerless EC) V Mark (Reapers Drukhari)

Prediction: Fletcher

Result: Fletcher

An infantry blending army going into Drukhari was likely going to only end one way.

Ryan (Big IK) V Tom S (Shooty UM)

Prediction: Ryan

Result: Ryan

A real close one this but there was just too many big bodies on the field.

Dan (Virulent DG) V James (Invasion Nid)

Prediction: Dan

Result: Bye win for James

Luke N (Awakened Necrons) V Tom D (Taktical Orks)

Prediction: Tom D

Result: Bye win for Luke

Dickie (Queen Liz Guard) V Freddie (TWC Stormlance)

Prediction: Freddie

Result: Bye win for Dickie

Ben J (Shooty UM) V Jamie (Wardog Houndpack)

Prediction: Jamie

Result: Ben J

Ben has shoved my prediction up my arse and got one over on the nasty Knight boys!

John (Land Fortress Votann) V Harry Lord of the Rubric

Prediction: Bye win for Harry.

---Predictions---

Sam (Canis + Dogs) V Sean (Helbrute Bezerkers)

Prediction: BIG DAWG

I am an unstoppable juggernaut of destruction and I simply shall not be stopped.

Mike (Starshatter Necrons) V Craig (Unknown Death Guard)

Prediction: Mike

The first on the list with the new-look Death Guard and I think it will take a few games to adjust to having 10% (at least) less stuff on the board. On the other hand will be happy-go-shooty Necrons ready to clear the stink off objectives at will.

Chris (Hammer Guard) V Ben B (Warhost Aeldari)

Prediction: Ben B

Four Phoenix Lords and big daddy Eldrad - love this! Now can a bunch of monkeighs with big fuck off guns pin them down enough to stop them winning? I'm not convinced as 10 Fire Dragons with Fuegan could conceivably pop 2-3 Dorns on the turn they arrive. Chris could potentially avoid this with clever movement, but that would mean Chris having to do something clever.

Luke (New Votann) V Fletcher (Peerless EC)

Prediction: Fletcher

I do think Votann will outclass EC but Luke will still be tinkering wildly with what works and what doesn't. Fletcher has at least piloted his crap EC list a reasonable amount.

Jack (Pactbound CSM) V Ryan (Updated IK)

Prediction: Jack

This will be a tough one for Ryan I think - Pactbound are well equipped to take out big knights and now Ryan will have less of them. Unless Ryan makes an aggressive list change with the new IK points I think it will take some real precision to bait out the Knight killing stuff early. Or Jack just does like 6 damage with 2 Vindicators and loses.

James (Subterranean Nids) V Max (IA nonsense)

Prediction: Max

One thing IA can do well is screen the board (gotta give them something right?) and that isn't great news for maximising the potential of Subterranean Assault. The flipside is that with a bunch of blast weapons how much technical teleporting do you need to do to murder Imperial Agents.

Jenko (Breacher madness Tau) V Luke N (Awakened Necrons)

Prediction: Jenko

Ok I may have dunked on Jenko's list quite a few times but I am not sure anything is as well equipped to deal with the warrior brick, Szeras and maybe even the Wraiths. High volume of low damage attacks that do bad things to units on objectives. If Luke doesn't clock this early on and plays defensively the Tau might actually be able to hold objectives.

Dickie (No Queen Liz Guard) V Ben J (Shooty UM)

Prediction: Dickie

Despite Ben shitting all over my prediction last week I am backing Dickie to reach enlightenment due to him running an actual Guard list. Queen Liz would have been a wild liability here and now he has more stuff to actually play the game. Don't get me wrong I think this will be a close one as UM can pop tanks easy peasy.