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[batrep] 6K Tyranids 8.4m vs Steel Legion |
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Markconz
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Post subject: [batrep] 6K Tyranids 8.4m vs Steel Legion  Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:02 am |
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Myself and another guard player, vs a couple of tyranid players. One of them playing his first game with tyranids in EA, the other has used many previous versions of the bugs (Note their armies look similar in terms of paintjob because both players bought stuff from the same second hand source!)
The list they used was 8.4m with exp bio-titans (most other changes in a previous version were scrapped for this battle).
http://www.box.net/shared/4kstaal0cg
Sadly I haven't got time to do a full report, so will just do an overview plus impressions.
Force lists from memory.
Guard armies
1 Reg HQ with hellhounds and hydra
1 Inf Company
2 Leman Russ Companies
2 Basilisk Batteries
1 Manticore battery
1 Reg HQ with ogryns, fire support, hydra
2 Infantry companies with fire support ogryns
1 Leman Russ Company
1 Shadowsword Company
1 Basilisk Battery
Bug armies
Dom, 2 trygon, gargoyles, termis
2 Assault swarms each of 16 gaunts and warriors
2x 5 Lictor
1 Hydraphant
1 Hierophant
1x 8 Genestealer
Brood Nest
Broodlord, 6 stealers
6 stealers
2 x 4 Lictor
Assault 16 gaunts, Trygon.
Nexus, 16 gaunts, Trygon.
1 Winged Tyrant, 12 gargoyles.
Hierophant
Brood Nest
Setup: (Pic below after bugs have advanced first swarm opposite the overwatching guard infantry companies centre left. The infantry companies are holding fire waitng for the genestealers...)
Leman Russ on the starting line, warming their engines...
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Markconz
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Post subject: [batrep] 6K Tyranids 8.4m vs Steel Legion Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:22 am |
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Turn 5
The Tyranids win the Strategy roll.
The Dominatrix having a regenerated a wound, and sick of being chased, turns around and together with the winged tyrant, attacks the Leman Russ...
However, staunch as ever the Russ beat off the attack without taking a single casualty! Praise the Emperor!
But back at our blitz objective, the hierophants spit bioplasma everywhere my supreme commander dies and my manticores break.
My Leman Russ blast the Dominatrix but still can't finish it off!! Aaagh.
At our blitz objective the remnants of two infantry companies try to hold. However, my now leaderless Regimental HQ company panics and breaks when it's ordered to engage the hierophant (understandably perhaps)... and the bugs swarm forward taking the position and the game.
Bugs have all their objectives and two of ours, winning the game 3-0 with 'blitz', 'take and hold', and 'defend the flag' (or rather 'defend the brood nests'...).
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Mark_Logue
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Post subject: [batrep] 6K Tyranids 8.4m vs Steel Legion Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:56 am |
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Location: Australia
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Nice armies!
Thanks for posting up the BatRep.
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Chroma
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Post subject: [batrep] 6K Tyranids 8.4m vs Steel Legion Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:25 pm |
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Thanks for the report on the big fight!
Four swarms of Lictors is nasty, even at 6000 points...
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The doubling artillery and tanks smash two lictor formations as they fire on the move... I fire two artillery batteries in support at the chasing tyranids but to little effect.
). Also even just one battery of bombards would have been amazingly useful in this battle to smash up the bugs taking cover in the buildings and ruins. Usually my ally brings bombards but didn't this game for some reason.