Struggling against Astra Militarum.
My friend and I have been playing 40k for about 2 years now. We started out with Myself playing sisters and he would play world eaters (We both have models but he lives 4 hours away so mostly we play on TTS). When those were the armies we played the games seemed to go either way and it never was one sided and i never felt oppressed by every list he plays. Now we have both picked up a couple new armies just to try out and his favorite now is Guard.
I for the life of me cannot understand how i am supposed to deal with the lists he builds, even if i know the list before hand it is Daunting attempting to Kill 3 squads of 2 scout and 3 squads of 2 Armored sentinels, 3 leman russ's and a rogal dorn, and the rest of the list just being as many Rough Riders as possible.
I cant help but feel no matter what positioning i take or regardless of who goes first i cant get out of my deployment zone. The Rough riders are in my face before i know it with melta lances and The Second any armor i have pokes out his next shooting phase it gets hunter killer's thrown at it until its dead which usually ends up being 3-4. Losing One castigator is bad, but when he can hide his entire army behind things and make it impossible to get LOS on Anything meaningful typically means i am forced to either cower in my deployment zone on my first turn, or move out into an in opportunistic position and get my Anti-Armor units blown to smithereens by a HAIL of hunter killer missiles which he of course has so many buffs to their BS its ridiculous. Even if he gets the first turn he sometimes just will not move at all and force me out of hiding.
I'm not one to complain when i lose and I really don't mind getting tabled but we have played 5 games and i have just been grinded to dust by turn two and typically end up forfeiting. I truly don't know if this is a skill issue or if this is just some uber level of a dickhead list to play against, but i genuinely am starting to not want to play this game anymore due to this. Truly hope i'm not coming off as a sore loser here just am kind of frustrated with the overwhelming amount of fire power and board Prescence he has.
Any tips or advice on how to deal with this? If it truly is just me i am more willing to admit that, it was just before he started making lists like this we would usually have a pretty even W/L ratio between us, even when he first started playing the Guard.
Edit: Seperated into paragraphs for better reading quality. Added my List
Char1: 1x Intranzia Fraye (150 pts): 2x Heavy bolter, 2x Ministorum heavy flamer, Melta missile array, Mace of Saint Praxedes, Throne of Blame
Char2: 1x Morvenn Vahl (185 pts): Warlord, Fidelis, Lance of Illumination, Paragon missile launcher
10x Battle Sisters Squad (105 pts)
• 9x Battle Sister
6 with Bolt pistol, Boltgun, Close combat weapon
1 with Simulacrum Imperialis, Bolt pistol, Boltgun, Close combat weapon
1 with Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Multi-melta
1 with Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Meltagun
• 1x Sister Superior: Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Power weapon, Ministorum hand flamer
1x Castigator (160 pts): Armoured tracks, 3x Heavy bolter, Castigator battle cannon, Hunter-Killer Missile, Storm bolter
1x Castigator (160 pts): Armoured tracks, 3x Heavy bolter, Castigator battle cannon, Hunter-Killer Missile, Storm bolter
1x Castigator (160 pts): Armoured tracks, 3x Heavy bolter, Castigator battle cannon, Hunter-Killer Missile, Storm bolter
2x Death Cult Assassins [Legends] (55 pts): 2 with Death Cult power blades
1x Exorcist (210 pts): Armoured tracks, Heavy Bolter, Hunter-Killer Missile, Exorcist Missile Launcher
1x Exorcist (210 pts): Armoured tracks, Heavy Bolter, Hunter-Killer Missile, Exorcist Missile Launcher
1x Immolator (115 pts): Armoured tracks, Heavy Bolter, Hunter-Killer Missile, Immolation Flamers
3x Paragon Warsuits (210 pts)
• 1x Paragon Superior: Bolt pistol, Paragon Storm Bolters, Paragon War Blade, Ministorum heavy flamer
• 2x Paragon Warsuit: 2 with Bolt pistol, Paragon Storm Bolters, Paragon War Mace, Multi-melta
5x Retributor Squad (120 pts)
• 1x Retributor Superior: Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Power weapon, Inferno pistol
• 4x Retributor: 4 with Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Multi-melta
5x Seraphim Squad (80 pts)
• 1x Seraphim Superior: Close combat weapon, Chainsword, Plasma pistol
• 2x Seraphim: 2 with 2x Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon
• 2x Seraphim with Special Weapons: 2 with Close combat weapon, 2x Ministorum hand flamer
5x Seraphim Squad (80 pts)
• 1x Seraphim Superior: Close combat weapon, Chainsword, Plasma pistol
• 2x Seraphim: 2 with 2x Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon
• 2x Seraphim with Special Weapons: 2 with Close combat weapon, 2x Ministorum hand flamer
PS. I usually don't run lists that look like this but due to the sheer amount of armor to cut through i didnt know what else i could do.