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[BatRep] AMTL vs Tyrands 8.2
Chroma
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:19 am 
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Okay, we took it up a notch and tried out a 4000 point game.

I didn't know my opponent was bringing an AMTL list, packed with Knights, and he thought I was bringing Eldar, so, definitely an interesting match-up.

This may have been the first time Knights had been fielded around here... let's see how they do! (We actually proxied the Knights with 40k Space Marines... *laugh*)

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 Post subject: [BatRep] AMTL vs Tyrands 8.2
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:20 am 
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Rules Used

Experimental Rules
AMTL 2.0
Tyranids 8.2 (Increased Synapse values, fearless Hierophants, and a couple of other small things, I'll post it soon.)

Armies Used

Legio Niveus - 4000 points

Reaver Titan - (BTS Goal)
Veteran Princeps
Carapace Multilasers
3 x Melta Cannon

Warhound Pack 1
2 x Warhounds
4 x Plasma Blastguns

Warhound Pack 2
2 x Warhounds
4 x Plasma Blastguns

Warhound Pack 3
2 x Warhounds
4 x Plasma Blastguns

Paladin Household
3 Knights Paladin
1 Seneschal
1 Baron

Crusader Household
3 Knights Crusaders

Errant Household 1
3 Knights Errant

Errant Household 2
3 Knights Errant

Lancer Household
3 Knights Lancer

Tyranid 8th Iteration - 4000 points

(BTS Goal - 8 Synapse Creatures)

Hive Swarm
Dominatrix
2 Scythed Hierodules
1 Trygon

Assault Swarm
3 Tyranid Warriors
4 Gargoyles
10 Hormagaunts
10 Termagants
2 Raveners

Nexus Swarm 1
1 Hive Tyrant
2 Tyranid Warriors
3 Biovores
2 Carnifex
6 Zoanthropes
6 Raveners
3 Gargoyles

Nexus Swarm 2
1 Hive Tyrant
2 Tyranid Warriors
2 Malefactors
1 Haruspex
2 Exocrine
2 Carnifex
6 Raveners
3 Gargoyles

Lictor Swarm 1
3 Lictors

Lictor Swarm 2
3 Lictors

Bio-Titan Swarm 1
1 Hierophant

Bio-Titan Swarm 2
1 Hydraphant

Reserves
7 Mycetic Spores

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 Post subject: [BatRep] AMTL vs Tyrands 8.2
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:40 am 
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Battlefield:

4x6 - Tournament Scenario level of terrain
AMTL chose corner deployment.

Deployment:

Tyranids kept the Lictors in reserve.

No garrisons were placed.

Remaining deployment as shown:

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:09 am 
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Turn 1

Lictor Swarm 1 shows up to harass the Crusaders, but they get a Blast marker on the way in.


Strategy Roll: AMTL

Sensing the nearby danger, the Crusaders advance away from the Lictors, and then turn and vaporize all three of them!

The Assault Swarm marches forward onto the smaller fortified hill.

Knights Errant 1 double forward and fire on the Assault Swarm, killing a single Termagant.

Nexus 1 marshes towards the green crystal in the marshy middle area, avoiding the actual marsh.

Knights Errant 2 try to double forward, but make slow progress and only move into the cover of the nearby forest.

Nexus Swarm 2 marches towards the large fortified hill, all infantry taking cover against bio-tanks.

Warhounds 1 double and unload everything on the "not in cover" armoured vehicles of Nexus Swarm 2? and kill a single Exocrine.

The Hierophant doubles up and fires on Warhounds 1, placing a single Blast marker.

Warhound Pack 2 doubles up, unloads everything on the Hierophant? and kills it!

Hoping to avenge the death of L'il Brudder, the Hydraphant marches towards all those Warhounds?

Warhound Pack 3 decides to join in the fun and doubles forward to unload on the Hydraphant? which shakes it all off with no damage!

The Hive Swarm marches forward towards all the massed trouble?

And the Imperial Reaver does the same thing!

The Knights Lancer double up and take out a Hierodule from the Nexus Swarm.

The Knights Paladin march over to get withing 5cm of both groups of Knights Errant?

End of Turn:

Knights Errant 2 fails to rally.

The Hive Swarm uses a Spore to spawn an Exocrine and a Termagant.

Nexus Swarm 2 uses a Spore to spawn a Hierodule? and the spawning pool is empty!

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:41 am 
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Turn 2

No teleports.

Strategy Roll: Who ever wins this roll is going to do a lot of damage to their opponent? we both roll "1"? AMTL.

The Reaver advances to a nice supporting position and strips away the Hierodule and the Trygon from the Hive Swarm.

With the support of a *LOT* of Titans, Warhound Pack 3 engages the intermingled Dominatrix and Hydraphant. ?

The Imperials lose? 3 Void Shields, while the Dom suffers 2DC damage and the Hydraphant suffers 5DC! ?The Imperials win, but the surviving Tyranid monstrosities move to attempt some kind of flanking move, even though they've both been driven instinctive.


The battered Dominatrix holds, shooting and catching Warhound Pack 3, Warhound Pack 2, and the Lancers in a gout of bio-plasma. ?Warhound Pack 3 suffers 1DC damage, Pack 2 gets a Blast marker, and the Lancers lose a Lancer and break. ?(If the Dom had been allowed to "engage" on a hold, She would've been able to take the Hydraphant with her on a combined assault and *demolished* the AMTL forces. ?Considering the Titans had won the assault that drove them both "instinctive", I cannot see any opponent thinking that was a good/fair thing.)

Far across the battlefield Assault Swarm 1 leaps forward to engage the intermingled Knights Errant and the Paladins? in a very foolish move.

Two Knights from Errant Household 2 are taken out in the fray, but all the Knights account for 10 Hormagants, 2 Gargoyles, and 1 Termagant. ?They then toll over 4 Termagants, 1 Gargoyle, and 2 Raveners as they steam-roller the infantry Swarm! ?The surviving Bugs high-tail it back to the fortifications. ?(*MAN*, those Knights are hard core!)


Warhound Pack 1 engages the Hydraphant in a firefight, losing a Void shield and taking out the Bio-Titan before any support fire? *OUCH*


Nexus Swarm 2 scrambles forward to engage Warhound Pack 3 with the support of the Dominatrix. ?One Warhound is destroyed, the other broken, while the Tyranids lose 1 Ravener and 1 Gargoyle to enemy action, and 1 Ravener escapes synapse control. ?All nearby Imperial formations take Blast markers.


Warhound Pack 2 then engages Nexus 2 in a firefight. ?It's close, the Bugs lose 1 Haruspex, 1 Gargoyle, and 1 Ravener, doing 1DC to a Warhound? but it's just enough as the Tyranids win by "1".


Hunkered down in the marsh, Nexus Swarm 2 sustains fire on Knights Errant 1? placing a single Blast marker.

The Crusader Household sustains fire on the damaged Assault Swarm and kill 4 Termagants and 1 Tyranid Warrior.

The Paladins double on the Assault Swarm, but do no damage.

Errants 1 prepares to engage, but is still shaken from cleaning ichor off their armour, so they hold and regroup?

End of Turn:

Knights Lancer fail to rally.

The Dominatrix regenerates 1DC? but fails to spawn anything!

Nexus 1 spawns 5 Termagants.

The Assault Swarm fails to spawn.

Nexus 2 uses a spore to spawn? a Scythed Hierodule? now they have two!

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 Post subject: [BatRep] AMTL vs Tyrands 8.2
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:08 am 
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Turn 3

No teleports. (I forgot about my other Lictor Swarm? *sigh*)

Strategy Roll: AMTL.

With a rather nonchalant swagger, the Reaver advances on the Dominatrix and melts Her away like spun sugar in the rain? a rain of Melta Cannon fire! (That was a *lot* of TK damage? I even did a "demo" roll as if the Dom had an invulnerable save? She still died? *sigh*)

Warhound Pack 1 then engages Nexus 2? and things don't go as well.  The conflict lasts two rounds, 3 Raveners, 1 Exocrine, and the Malefactor are taken out, as are 2 Warhounds? but that's all the Imperials have in the formation, so they lose! (In round 1, one Warhound took 2DC damage, and a critical? and stumbled into the other Warhound, killing itself? the other Warhound was overwhelmed in round 2.)


Screaming for "mommy", Nexus Swarm 2 engages the Reaver and most of them, including the Scythed Hierodules, get into base contact with the Imperial Titan.  

One Hierodule suffers 1DC damage, and 1 Termagants gets melta-ed, while the Reaver suffers 5DC damage? and an astounding four critical hits!  (I can hardly wait for the End Phase!)  The Tyranids win handily.

Nexus Swarm 1 rushes out of the marsh to engage the Paladin Household.
 
One Paladin and the Seneschal go down, but not before securing an honourable victory, taking out 6 Raveners, 3 Gargoyles, 3 Termagants, 2 Zoanthropes, and 1 Biovore!  (The combat resolution was a difference of "7"!) The Tyranids back off?


Errant Household 1 then engages the very small Assault Swarm, but, in two rounds, loses a Knight, and only wins by one, leaving the two Tyranid Warriors alive and in the Bunker.


The Crusaders then attempt to sustain fire on the Assault Swarm, but they can't get a good lock and fire indiscriminately? doing no damage!

Surprised to be alive, the Assault Swarm holds and shoots at Errant 1, doing no damage, but breaking them.

The last lonely Knight of Errant 2 tries to march into enemy territory, but fails and breaks, looking for cover?

End of Turn:

Things don't go so well for the Titan Legion?

First, the Reaver blows up.  Then, the Lancers, Paladins, and Errant 1 all fail to rally, as does Warhound Pack 2.

Nexus 1 spawns 4 Hormagaunts and 1 Ravener.

Nexus 2 spawns 2 Raveners and 1 Hormagaunt.

The Assault Swarm? fails to spawn?

Score

AMTL 0 (none) vs Tyranids 1 (BTS)

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:18 am 
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Turn 4

Lictor Swarm 2 shows up late for the prom in the forest near the Tyranid Blitz? at least they get no Blast markers.


Strategy Roll: TYRANIDS!!!

The two Tyranid Warriors of the Assault Swarm look at each other, nod, and then sustain fire on the lone Knight Errant 2? doing no damage, but breaking the impetuous youth.

Nexus 2 then streams forward to engage Warhound 3? no one does any damage at all, but the Bugs win, breaking the lone Warhound.  A Lancer pilot abandons his machine, and a Ravener goes after him, out of synapse range.


Again the Crusaders attempt to sustain fire? again they fail? again they fire on the Assault Swarm? and again the score no hits!

Lictor Swarm 2 wonders what all the fuss is about and advances to secure all the Tyranid side objectives.

Nexus Swarm 1 marches, spreads out, and grabs the two Marine objectives?

End of Turn:

None of the AMTL formations on the Tyranid half of the table rally?

Score

AMTL 0 (none) vs Tyranids 4 (BTS, DTF, T-n-H, TSNP)

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 Post subject: [BatRep] AMTL vs Tyrands 8.2
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:22 am 
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I must say that was quite an unexpected victory for the Tyranids!

When all my Bio-Titans, AND THE DOM!, were taken out in, essentially, two turns, I was very worried.

Honesly, the AMTL should have probably won... those Knights are nasty! ?

I'm not sure what I would've done different... but it was a fun game for all.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:36 am 
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Lol funny seeing the pics of assault marines waving chainswords at hormagaunts that are the size of ants!! :D

Nice report though Chroma! :)

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:37 am 
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(Markconz @ Jun. 23 2007,06:36)
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Lol funny seeing the pics of assault marines waving chainswords at hormagaunts that are the size of ants!! :D

Nice report though Chroma! :)

Thanks!  *laugh*

When my friend arrived this evening, he said, "I'm fielding units that we've never had on the battlefield, and then started plonking down his 40k Marines... this is a Paladin... these are Errants..."  *laugh*  Was quite funny.

I can't believe how nasty those Knights can be!

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:28 am 
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Very entertaining battlereport :)

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(BlackLegion @ Jun. 23 2007,09:28)
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Very entertaining battlereport :)

It was a very interesting game... *laugh*

Here's the dead count for the Tyranids:

Synapse
1 Dominatrix
1 Tyranid Warrior

Independent
1 Hydraphant
1 Hieropahnt
3 Lictors

Uncommon
1 Trygon
2 Exocrine
2 Zoanthrope
1 Malefactor
1 Haruspex
1Biovore

Common
13 Raveners
9 Gargoyles
9 Termagants
5 Hormagaunts

Dead value ~2500 points.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:31 am 
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(Hena @ Jun. 24 2007,18:19)
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(Chroma @ Jun. 23 2007,07:41)
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Turn 2

The Reaver advances to a nice supporting position and strips away the Hierodule and the Trygon from the Hive Swarm.

Why shoot at the Hive swarm? I would have blasted the Hydraphant out. With potential 3d3 damage, Hydra would have been a toast (or after the assault anyway if not before).

Actually, the 3 Melta Cannons give 6xMW3+ TK(d3)... that's *6*d3 TK hits...

I believe my opponent hoped to burn right through the Dominatrix's bodyguard and fry Her up as well, and then take on the Hydraphant with a lot of support fire.

My opponent only scored 3 hits, the first did 1 TK to the Hierodule, the next did 3 to the damaged Hierodule killing it, and the last did 2 to the Tyrgon killing it.  Another hit or two and the Dom would've been in bad shape; I don't think it was a tactical mistake at all, more like bad luck.  *laugh*

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:21 am 
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Nice pics ! And good use of 40K SMs ! :D

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