Page 1 of 2

[ 17 posts ]

Go to page 1, 2  Next

[BatRep] Swarm vs Horde
Chroma	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:19 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:06 pm Posts: 9684 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada	Well, got in a game with the new Tyranid rules, versus the tough old Greenskins...  I've found Tyranids to often have trouble against them, as they're playing to the Orks' strengths. Let's see how it goes! _________________ "EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?
Top

Chroma	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:20 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:06 pm Posts: 9684 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada	Rules Used Tyranids 7.3.1 Experimental Tyranid AA WE Synapse count full DC for BTS Armies Used Stomp-M-Flat Warhorde - 2980 points Big Warband Warboss 3 Nobz 12 Boyz 4 Grotz 8 Battlewagonz Mekboy Stompamob 1 3 Stompas Kombat 'Ammers Supa-Stompa 2 Soopa-gunz 1 Mega-Choppa 1 Powerfield Mekboy Stompamob 2 3 Stompas Kombat 'Ammers 1 Supa-Stompa 2 Soopa-gunz 1 Mega-choppa 1 Powerfield Normal Kult of Speed 8 Skorchas Big Blitz Brigade 8 Deth Koptas Fighta-Bommerz 6 Fighta-Bommers Gargant - (BTS Target) 2 Soopa-Gunz 1 Mega-Choppa 4 Powerfields The New Swarm in Town - 3000 points (BTS Target - 7 Synapse Creatures) Assault Swarm 1 3 Warriors 5 Raveners Assault Swarm 2 3 Tyranid Warriors (Winged) 4 Gargoyles 3 Raveners 8 Termagants Attack Swarm 1 Hive Tyrant 1 Carnifex, Screamer-Killer 3 Biovores 3 Gargoyles 1 Haruspex 1 Malefactor 2 Raveners 4 Termagants 1 Zoanthrope Bio-Titan Swarm 1 Hierophant Genestealer Swarm 8 Genestealers 1 Broodlord Nexus Swarm 1 Hive Tyrant 2 Tyranid Warriors 3 Carnifex 1 Gargoyle 3 Zoanthropes Strike Swarm 1 Vituperator 2 Gargoyles 1 Malefactor 2 Hierodules, Scythed 6 Mycetic Spores _________________ "EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?
Top

Chroma	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:39 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:06 pm Posts: 9684 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada	Battlefield: 4x6 Orks chose corner deployment. Deployment: Orks had no garrisons. Tyranids garrisoned the Genestealers and the Nexus Swarm well forward, with the Nexus Swarm placed on overwatch. The Big Warband was deployed mounted in their Battlewagons. Assault Swarm 1 was placed in transport with the Vituperator. Remaining deployment as shown: _________________ "EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?
Top

Chroma	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:14 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:06 pm Posts: 9684 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada	Turn 1 No teleports. Strategy Roll: Orks Stompamob 2 stays put and sustains fire on the Nexus Swarm killing 1 Carnifex and 1 Zoanthrope. The Nexus Swarm advances to get Stompamob 2 in range? and places a single Blast marker. The Kult of Speed doubles over to flame the Nexus Swarm? and kills their Gargoyle. Coming out of nowhere, the Genestealers engage the Kult of Speed in a firefight! The Genestealers lose 4 broodmates, but the support of the Nexus Group takes out 2 Scorchers and the Tyranids manage a narrow win! Irritated by this, the Fighta-Bommerz buzz down to hammer the Nexus swarm? to no effect. The Attack Swarm marches forward to take cover in the ruins of the big x-shaped building. The Deth Koptas also buzz forward, to engage? and eliminate, the Genestealers! The Strike Swarm flaps forward on a double and disgorges Attack Swarm 1 and they all fire on the Deth Koptas, knocking one of them from the sky. The Gargant double down the road, just getting the Strike Swarm and Attack Swarm 1 in range? and blows away a single Tyranid Warrior. Attack Swarm 2 also flaps forward on a double to place a Blast marker on the Kult of Speed. The Warband doubles down the road, dumps out the Boyz, and fires to little effect on the Strike Swarm. The Hierophant doubles from cover to cover and fires on the Warband, trashing a Battlewagon. Stompamob 1 doubles down the road to fire on the Strike Swarm, but they to do no damage. End of Turn Three Gargoyles are sacrificed to knock a single Fighta-Bommer out of the sky. The Kult of Speed fails to rally for the Orks. The Nexus Swarm uses a Spore to spawn back a Carnifex and 2 Gargoyles. _________________ "EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?
Top

Chroma	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:40 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:06 pm Posts: 9684 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada	Turn 2 No teleports. Strategy Roll: Tyranids (on a tie!) The Strike Swarm rushes forward to engage the Big Warband, with the support of the Hierophant. The horrendous battle lasts for two rounds.  Each of the Tyranid war engines suffer 2DC in damage, but all that survives of the Orks is the Warboss and his Battlewagon which beat a hasty retreat down the road! The Hierophant roars in admiration, but then sputters out as it fails to engage Stompamob 1? *sigh* Stompamob 2 again sustains fire on the Nexus Swarm, backing 3 Carnifex and 2 Zoanthropes. The Fighta-Bommerz strafe the weakened Nexus Group and kill the Hive Tyrant and 1 Tyranid Warrior. Assault Swarm 1 engages the Blitz Brigade.  This battle also lasts two rounds? in which the Tyranids score a *single* hit, downing 1 Deth Kopta.  The Raveners are wiped out and the surviving Tyranid Warriors move for cover. The Nexus Swarm also moves to engage the Blitz Brigade, with the support of the survivors of Assault Group 1.  Two Gargoyles go down, but the Orks lose 4 Deth Koptas and flee. The Gargant attempts to sustain fire on the Strike Swarm? but the yells of the broken Warboss sound more like screams and the krew decides just to fire normally, killing 1 Hierodule. Assault Swarm 2 doubles to fire on Stompamob 1. Stompamob 1 sustains fire on the Strike swarm killing the Malefactor and doing another DC damage to the Vituperator. The Attack Swarm fails to advance and just moves forward. End of Turn: The Kult of Speed rallies, but the Warboss and the Blitz Brigade fail. The lone Warrior of the Nexus Swarm uses a Spore to spawn 2 Raveners. Assault Swarm 1 uses a Spore to spawn a Carnifex and a Gargoyle. The Vituperator fails to spawn, but does regenerate 1DC. _________________ "EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?
Top

Chroma	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:57 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:06 pm Posts: 9684 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada	Turn 3 No teleports. Strategy Roll: Orks Stompamob 2 finally gets stuck in and engages Attack Swarm 1? the Supa-Stompa actually suffers 2DC damage, but only 2 Tyranid Warriors survive? but they stand their ground. The Strike Swarm advances on Stompamob 1 and takes out a single Stompa. The Hierophant also gets into the action, engaging Stompamob 1 in a firefight.  The Bio-Titan suffers 1DC damage, but the Stompas are wiped out.  The broken Supa-Stompa moves to base the Hierophant! The Gargant follows up this kunning move by engaging the intermingled Strike Swarm and Hierophant.  It is a titanic clash; in the end the Gargant suffers 2DC of damage and *NOTHING* else has survived?  WAAAGH! Assault Swarm 2 tries to engage Stompamob 2, but the death of the Vituperator has confused them so they just shoot, placing a Blast marker. The Kult of Speed doubles against Assault Swarm 1, killing 1 Tyranid Warrior. The Attack Swarm blows it again and fails to engage Stompamob 2? The Fighta-Bommerz show up to ground attack the Nexus Swarm, but do no damage. Seeing a gap in the enemy lines, the very small Nexus Swarm marches to just narrowly get the surviving Tyranid Warrior near the Ork Blitz? End of Turn: Orks 1 (BTS) vs Tyranids 2 (Blitz, TSNP) _________________ "EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?
Top

Markconz	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:49 pm
Purestrain Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:43 pm Posts: 7925 Location: New Zealand	Pah a 'marching to the objective' victory rather than a good honest slaying of the enemy... Great report though!  So what are your thoughts on the Gargoyle AA? _________________ http://hordesofthings.blogspot.co.nz/
Top

Lightbringer	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:56 am
Brood Brother Joined: Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:09 am Posts: 276	Great report Chroma and close too! Suggests to me that we are getting there with the bugs! I also would like your thoughts on the Gargoyle AA. Lightbringer _________________ Overseer Lightbringer II
Top

Pulsar	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:02 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:17 pm Posts: 726 Location: London	nice battle report, an intresting match up, thanks very much! _________________ "Dyslexia is a Privilege, not a right"
Top

Chroma	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:56 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:06 pm Posts: 9684 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada	[quote="Markconz,Mar. 06 2007,21:49"]Pah a 'marching to the objective' victory rather than a good honest slaying of the enemy... Well, if I'd failed that March activation, I think the Orks would've cleaned up in Turn 4... sometimes Bugs gotta be sneaky! [quote]Great report though! ?So what are your thoughts on the Gargoyle AA? Honestly, I loved it.  And my opponent thought it was very flavourful. With swarms scattered about, the the 15cm AA coverage can actually wind up being quite extensive.  Even just putting Blast markers on squadrons or forcing the enemy off the wrong table edges makes it worth it.  You don't need to sacrifice a lot of Gargs to make them act as a deterrent.  Additionally, if all you're doing is respawning Gargoyles, you're not getting any other good stuff back. I really liked it and would love to see more people try it out. _________________ "EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?
Top

snotgun	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:04 am
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:53 pm Posts: 54	Quick question concerning your army list: As I'm currently painting 'nids myself and already see problems with my common broods (or lack thereof) I'm wondering how you managed to use so few units... I'm counting 5 + 3 + 2 Raveners, 4 + 3 + 1 Gargoyles, 8 + 4 TGaunts and no HGaunts - which should be 640 points of common broods... 640 * 4 equals 2560 which is considerably less than the played 3000 points (which would usually require 750 points of common broods to get to the required quarter). Am I missing something?
Top

snotgun	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:48 am
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:53 pm Posts: 54	Heh, that makes sense. Thanks
Top

Chroma	Post subject: [BatRep] Swarm vs Horde Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:53 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:06 pm Posts: 9684 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada	(snotgun @ Mar. 10 2007,09:48) QUOTE Heh, that makes sense. Thanks Hey snotgun!  I always do my Tyranid unit purchases on a spreadsheet to keep the percentages right before I assign the Brood creatures to swarms, but good eyes none-the-less!   _________________ "EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?
Top

Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending

Print view

Previous topic | Next topic

Page 1 of 2

[ 17 posts ]

Go to page 1, 2  Next

Powered by phpBB ® Forum Software © phpBB Group
CoDFaction Style by Daniel St. Jules of Gamexe.net