Mephiston Vs. Ork Boyz!

+++ Blood Raven Scout - Call-sign: "The Initiate" - Report begin +++

As he stepped down from the ship's ramp a large mob of Orks came crashing through our lines.  He took no time in formalities and moved with a sudden blur that would surely best even the Eldar Witches.  From this blur came a orb of blue that landed perfectly into the chest of the nearest Ork dropping him dead within the second.  As he approached the green mob his back sprouted large bloody wings and he jumped into the air several meters only to crash down into the middle of the orks.  I raised by boltgun to assist and was told not to open fire by my Sergeant.  Above the carnage I saw his Sword grow in size and turn red, already dripping with the blood of several hundred enemies.  When the destruction settled Mephiston was the only one left standing, although I doubt he survived without harm showed no signs of it.  He was truly the Lord of Death.

+++++++++++End Report, The Emperor Protects+++++++++++

Having completed my Mephiston model I wanteed to get straight into some theory-crafting on his cabilities.  Let me start by saying I know these are by no means accurate records of what would happen in a battle but more to give me and some newer Blood Angel players a guage of his capabilities without several deaths in real games.  So here we go...Mephiston vs. The Ork Mob...FIGHT!

Pff...only 30 of you?

Setup:  Mephiston vs. 29 Ork Boyz + 1 Ork Nob with Power Klaw

Rules:  Mephiston wins charge, all psyker powers auto succeed

Round 1:  I jumped over the mob into the upper right hand corner in an attempt to keep the Power Klaw out of combat for as long as possible.

Don't worry I'm not playing the Orks a fellow player named Eben is.  I wanted to ensure they have that added 'human' element.  This was our consolidation.

I killed several Ork Boyz and received no wounds on this round.  Really I only took like 3 wounds period this round.

Assuming I can deal with enough of the Ork Boyz before the Power Klaw gets into range I should be able to do this.

Round 2:  I kept killing Ork Boyz and he removed them from the ones out of combat.  He removed several Orks that weren't in battle and during his pile-in he got everything in base contact.  But thankfully, his Power Klaw was still too far to attack!  I did take two wounds to failed armor checks.

Sorry about this quality of this picture, will have to be more careful in the future.

 Round 3:  I was able to keep thinning the herd here.  And he completely failed the Power Klaw attacks.  My attacks where not amazing either.  Even with the rerolls I failed a few.

Next round I should be able to kill a majority of his orks.

Round 4:  I killed a few and his Power Klaw got one wound on me.  But he was running out of steam.  He caught me once (not in picture) so I was down to 1 wound left.

Two wounds left and his powerfist might as well be alone.

Round 5:  Suffice to I won this round.  Ending picture!

Mephiston Lives!  But was it worth it?

So lets analyze this.  It wasn't THAT big of a suprise that Mephiston Lived through this.  In fact the only real threat here was the Power Klaw.  But was he used effectively?  Should he ever realistically attack this squad in a real game?  Lets look at the point values.

Mephiston:  250
Ork Boys:  180 (Boyz) + 10 (Nob) + 25 (Power Klaw) = 215

So Mephiston has 35 Points on the Boys but they would have effectively tied him up for the entire game.  In that respect I think the boyz did what exactly an Ork Player would want them to do.  This blob squad essentially took a wrecking ball and held him down for the game.  In the one game I've played with my new Mephiston he was deadly even without using his psyker powers as much as I wanted to (damned Runes of Warding).

So lets be clear.  This awesome HQ's time is better spent wacking at vehicles in melee or destroying smaller and more essential squads (Nob squad or Lootas?).  I'll be doing more of these for sure; though not sure what.  My friend wants to try his luck with a Seer Council or a Banshee Squad so we shall see.

More to come, remember Knowledge is Power! - "The Initiate"