Spearhead: Krox Responds

In the commentary on my recent post about Spearhead deployment and facing fast/deep-striking armies, Krox at Mis-modeled Firewarrior put his support firmly behind the Alpha Strike strategy, and offered to put together a video battle report to support his argument. This evening, he was good as his word, as his video batrep is now up for viewing. He faces off against a Chaos Marine army in a 2000-point Spearhead/Seize Ground battle. I won't give away how the battle ends - please, watch the video - but I will say that he's able to blunt the oncoming Chaos forces and avoids getting steamrolled. Had he gone with a Null Deployment strategy, he would have ended up having to dislodge Chaos Marines all over the table, so his plan was definitely the better course of action.

I will say that there's some luck involved, though. There's some absolutely lousy rolling on both sides, but particularly on the Chaos side. Had the dice been more favorable to Krox's opponent, he would have been in a much better position to overrun Krox's positions. It's a very hard-fought battle, though, for both sides, and I'm definitely leaning towards agreeing with Krox in the Null Deployment v. Alpha Strike debate.