Gibraltar winning lists: Harlequins continue to laugh at the Competitive meta winning the top spot at all 3 Majors this weekend. Games Workshop has announced a Balance Dataslate to deal with the sheer inequity of this army but as of right now the math is simply in the Embrace and Caress of the Light Harlequins.
Gibraltar 1st Place Ruud Steenbakkers – Harlequins
Harlequin vs Slaanesh Deepseaweed
Congratulations to Ruud Steenbakkers for pulling first place at the Gibraltar GT even managing to do so without running all 9 of the max Voidweavers. Nope, only 8 Voidweavers in his list. Those extra points went into the Solitaire. The Thirsting for Darkness pivotal role is an auto advance 6” along with a 3” bonus to Pile In and Consolidate moves. Along with ignoring intervening models and terrain, the advances and charges can get the Solitaire in for quick assassination attempts. Such as murdering an opposing Shadowseer.
The Troupe squads took a variety of weapons. This allows for access to different stratagems, extra mortals and some hard hitting fusion.
Gibraltar winning lists 1st place:
- Light Harlequins Battalion Detachment
- Stratagems
- Treasures of the Aeldari
+ HQ +
Shadowseer w/ Shuriken, Shadow Stone, Mirror Architect, Mirror of Minds, Webway Dance
Troupe Master w/ Fusion, Cegorach’s Rose, Player of the Light, Favoured of the Laughing God Warlord for Player of the Light & A Foot in the Future.
+ Troops +
Troupe x5 w/ 1 Kiss, 1 Embrace, 1 Caress, 2x Blades, 2x Fusion, 2x Neuro, 1 Shuriken
Troupe x5 w/ 1 Kiss, 1 Embrace, 1 Caress, 2x Blades, 2x Fusion, 2x Neuro, 1 Shuriken
Troupe x5 w/ 1 Kiss, 1 Embrace, 1 Caress, 2x Blades, 2x Fusion, 2x Neuro, 1 Shuriken
Troupe x5 w/ 1 Kiss, 1 Embrace, 1 Caress, 2x Blades, 2x Fusion, 2x Shuriken, 1 Neuro
Troupe x5 w/ 1 Kiss, 4x Blades, 5x Shuriken
+ Elites +
Death Jester w/ Harvester of Torment Champion of the Aeldari for Favour of Cegorach
Solitaire w/ Thirsting Darkness
+ Heavy Support +
Voidweavers x2 w/ Prismatic Cannon
Voidweavers x3 w/ Prismatic Cannon
Voidweavers x3 w/ Prismatic Cannon
+ Dedicated Transport +
Starweaver
Starweaver
Starweaver
Starweaver
Starweaver
Gibraltar 2nd Place Mani Cheema -Harlequins
You can’t blame Mani for spamming the same units as every other Light Harlequins player out there. Even the Warlord is pretty much set when a Troupe Master is taken, that’s the Warlord. One slightly different thing Mani did was to take the Fractal warlord trait on the Shadowseer. The Shadowseer is the force Multiplier of this army and needs to be protected and one way to do so is to not allow re-rolls when it gets in that danger close range. So well done in that regard.
The Death Jester with the Favor of Cegorach can get past that by not needing rerolls and simply taking the 6 to hit. Which also works against those Voidweavers to also plink at them a bit.
Gibraltars winning lists 2nd place:
- Light Harlequins Battalion Detachment
- Stratagems
- Treasures of the Aeldari x 2
+ HQ +
Shadowseer w/ Neuro Disruptor, Shadow Stone, Mirror of Minds, Webway Dance, Mirror Architect, Champion of the Aeldari for Fractal Storm
Troupe Master w/ Fusion Pistol, Cegorach’s Rose, Player of the Light, Favoured of the Laughing God Warlord for Player of the Light & A Foot in the Future.
+ Troops +
Troupe x5, 1 Embrace, 1 Caress, 1 Kiss, 2x Blades, 2x Fusion, 2x Neuro, 1 Shuriken
Troupe x5, 1 Embrace, 1 Caress, 1 Kiss, 2x Blades, 2x Fusion, 2x Neuro, 1 Shuriken
Troupe x5, 1 Embrace, 1 Caress, 1 Kiss, 2x Blades, 2x Fusion, 2x Neuro, 1 Shuriken
Troupe x5, 1 Embrace, 1 Caress, 1 Kiss, 2x Blades, 2x Fusion, 2x Neuro, 1 Shuriken
Troupe x5, 1 Embrace, 1 Caress, 1 Kiss, 2x Blades, 2x Fusion, 2x Neuro, 1 Shuriken
+ Elites +
Death Jester w/The Laughing God’s Eye, Harvester of Torment, Champion of the Aeldari for Favour of Cegorach
+ Heavy Support +
Voidweavers x3 w/ Prismatic Cannon
Voidweavers x3 w/ Prismatic Cannon
Voidweavers x3 w/ Prismatic Cannon
+ Dedicated Transport +
Starweaver
Starweaver
Starweaver
Starweaver
Starweaver
Gibraltar 3rd Place Dusty Justy – T’au
Tau Alien Commander by Borja Garcia · Putty&Paint
Gibraltar winning lists : Making the podium is always an accomplishment. Losing round 3 didn’t keep the Tau down as Dusty kept at it with the Farsight Enclaves. Farsight Enclaves may not allow for Ethereals but a third detachment isn’t needed to take a third Commander. So that’s always a perk. What’s unknown is the ruling for first turn teleport homers or allowing for the first turn use of positional relays. Arguably neither are allowed but it’s a little bit less clear in the case of the Teleport Homers. Regardless, the Exemplar of the Kau’yon makes good use of redeployment shenanigans.
There is limited screening but the throw away units like the Kroot Hounds can hop on an objective and prevent some actions from being done as well as help secure a landing zone as they can help prevent your opponent from moving forward. Think of the Death Company and other pregame moves where you must stay more than 9” away.
Gibraltar winning lists 3rd place:
- Farsight Enclaves Patrol Detachment
- No Force Org Slot
- Crisis Bodyguards x3 each w/ 2x Frag, 1 Plasma
+ HQ +
Commander in Crisis Battlesuit w/ 2x Frag, Plasma, Missile, 2x Marker drones & Promising Pupil for Exemplar of the Kau’yon.
Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit w/ Ion, 2x Plasma, Thermoneutronic Projector, Talisman of Arthas Moloch, 2x Marker Drones, Warlord for Precision of the Hunter
+ Troops +
Kroot Carnivores x10
+ Elites +
Crisis Battlesuits x5 each w/ Ion, 2x Plasma, shield, 1 w/ Iridium & Stimm Injectors, & 4 Shield drones
+ Fast Attack +
Kroot Hounds x4
Kroot Hounds x4
+ Heavy Support +
Broadside Battlesuits x3 each w/ Heavy Rail, Twin Smart Missiles, & 4x Shield Drones
++ Farsight Enclaves Vanguard Detachment ++
+ HQ +
Commander in Crisis Battlesuit w/ 2x Marker Drones, & 2x Frag, Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle, Promising Pupil for Exemplar of the Mont’ka
+ Elites +
Crisis Battlesuits x5 each w/ Ion, Shield, 2x Plasma & 1 with Iridium & 5x Shield drones
Stealth Battlesuits x3 w/ 3x Burst Cannons ,Homing Beacon, & Marker Drone
Stealth Battlesuits x3 w/ 3x Burst Cannons ,Homing Beacon, & Marker Drone
