So, people are too stunned by me winning a game to even comment on the army lists?
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| Author: | Chroma [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | [BatRep] Tyranids vs Steel Legion |
It was a very rainy weekend here in Southern Ontario, so I got in a couple of games of EPIC while avoiding getting drenched. Got in one game with Tyranids, and my opponent had brought a rather specialized Steel Legion list. My wife was out of town, visiting La Belle Province, and had taken my camera with her, so, no photos. |
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| Author: | Chroma [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | [BatRep] Tyranids vs Steel Legion |
Rules Used Epic Update 2008 NetEA Recommendations Tyranids v9.2.2 (Experimental) Changes Assault Group – 3 Tyranid Warriors – 100 points Raveners – CC4+. +1EA BTS – More Synapse killed than remaining Scenario Tournament Scenario Armies Used Galvanized Steel Legion - 3000 Points Mechanized HQ Company 1 Supreme Commander 1 Commissar 12 Imperial Guardsmen 7 Chimeras 1 Hydra Superheavy Tank Company 3 Shadowswords Artillery Company – (BTS Target) 9 Basilisks 1 Hydra Artillery Battery 1 3 Manitcores 1 Commissar Artillery Battery 2 3 Manitcores 1 Commissar Artillery Battery 3 3 Manitcores 1 Commissar Artillery Battery 4 3 Manitcores 1 Commissar Artillery Battery 5 3 Manitcores 1 Commissar Horde of Teeth and Claws Mk 2 - 3000 Points (BTS Target – 8 Synapse creatures) Assault Swarm 1 3 Tyranid Warriors 3 Zoanthropes 3 Termagants 3 Hormagaunts 4 Raveners 4 Gargoyles Assault Swarm 2 3 Tyranid Warriors 2 Zoanthropes 3 Termagants 3 Hormagaunts 4 Raveners 4 Gargoyles Assault Swarm 3 3 Tyranid Warriors 3 Termagants 3 Hormagaunts 4 Raveners 4 Gargoyles 2 Malefactors Assault Swarm 4 3 Tyranid Warriors 3 Termagants 3 Hormagaunts 4 Raveners 4 Gargoyles Harrassment Swarm 1 1 Harridan Harrassment Swarm 2 1 Harridan Lictor Swarm 1 4 Lictors Lictor Swarm 2 4 Lictors Genestealer Swarm 6 Genestealers |
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| Author: | Chroma [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | [BatRep] Tyranids vs Steel Legion |
Battlefield: 4x6 Steel Legion chose long table edge. Deployment: Tyranids kept both Lictor swarms in reserve and garrisoned the Genestealers. All Synapse creatures were hugging cover. |
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| Author: | Chroma [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | [BatRep] Tyranids vs Steel Legion |
Turn 1 One Lictor Swarm shows up... and gets a single Blast marker. Strategy Roll: TYRANIDS! (Oh how I wished I’d deployed both sets of Lictors!) The Lictor Swarm races forward to engage… the ever so slightly intermingled Manticore Batteries 4 and 5 (There was a building edge between both Batteries which, I believe, fooled my opponent into thinking they weren’t intermingled.) Both Batteries are wiped out without any Tyranid casualties. Harridan 1 attempts to double, but fails and only advances. Manticore 3 sustains fire on Assault Swarm 4 killing 2 Termagants, 1 Ravener, and a very unlucky Tyranid Warrior. The Genestealer Swarm marches, spreading out to harass Manticore Battery 1. The Super-Heavy Company advances… and fires their massive guns on the Genestealers, only killing two. Manticore Battery 2 then *ENGAGES* the single nearby Genestealer, killing it and winds up forcing the entire swarm to scatter. D’OH! Harridan 2 then doubles forward, popping up to put a Blast marker on the Artillery Company. The Artillery Company now sustains fire on Assault Swarm 3 killing 1 Ravener, 2 Gargoyles, 1 Hormagaunt and 2 Termagants. Assault Swarm 4 attempts to march… and fails! They shuffle forward into cover. Manticore Battery 1 just can’t get it together and can’t manage to sustain fire, so they regroup. Assault Swarm 1 marches in a wide loop towards the Imperials, attempting to stay out of sight. The Regimental HQ goes on overwatch, feeling a bit panicked by the advancing hordes. Assault Swarm 2 marches directly towards the Super-Heavy Company… just outside of overwatch range… End of Turn All formations rally. And *ALL* Brood creatures are respawned! (Oh, my opponent was *not* pleased by this!) |
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| Author: | Chroma [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | [BatRep] Tyranids vs Steel Legion |
Turn 2 The second Lictor Swarm shows up, in a position to harass Manticore Batteries 1 and 2... and gets no Blast markers! Strategy Roll: TYRANIDS, AGAIN!!!  The Harridan flaps low over some ruins, staying out of overwatch LOS, and engages Manticore Battery 1… the missile tanks are torn apart, but do manage to dish out a singe DC of damage. Lictor Swarm 2 follows up, also staying hidden, by engaging Manticore Battery 2… and wipes it out.  (This may be the first battle where Lictors actually managed to play a significant role!  Again, my opponent was not pleased.  *laugh*) The Super-Heavy Company goes on overwatch. And Assault Swarm 2 barrels directly into them, lashing out with an extended tendril of Gargoyles, Hormagaunts, and Raveners.  The Super-heavies hold their fire, as the Regimental HQ lets loose… taking out 2 Raveners, 3 Hormagaunts, and 2 Gargoyles.  The Shadowswords can’t seem to shake off the two Raveners in range, and the two beasts together only score a single penetrating hit… which, of course, goes *CRITICAL*… and the Imperials wind up losing by “1†|
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| Author: | Chroma [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | [BatRep] Tyranids vs Steel Legion |
So, yes, a very short fight, but it was fun... at least for me... *laugh* With his focus on disrupt weapons, my opponent really found the "no Blast markers for Broods" thing a bit excessive, since his expensive arty was greatly reduced in power. Despite the quick game, I still think the "Horde of Tooth and Claw" is quite a viable army choice and I don't think my swarms are 'excessively Ravener'ed, as there's a decent mix of Broods in there. At 100 points, I feel the three-Warrior Assault Group as LVs is a comparable choice against a single Hive Tyrant at the same price... though, I know others dispute that. *laugh* Hoping to line up a larger battle this week, using a similar concept. |
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| Author: | Chroma [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | [BatRep] Tyranids vs Steel Legion |
So, people are too stunned by me winning a game to even comment on the army lists?
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| Author: | The_Real_Chris [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | [BatRep] Tyranids vs Steel Legion |
Well with no pics how will we be drawn in to comment? So has your opponent ever thought of getting a siege army? 
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