(Transferred from another blog, originally published 6/11/16)
Recently I acquired a Tyranid army to add to my Warhammer 40k collection. I am very excited to be spending the next several months figuring out strategies with them and getting it all painted. Its maiden voyage was a 2000 vs 1000/1000 point battle against two of my friends. One of them was playing as my Dark Angels, and the other was playing his budding Space Wolf collection. I hope you enjoy this 40k battle report!
Scenario: Purge the Alien
Table and Deployment: Mountainous forest with Dawn of War Deployment.
Warlord Traits: The Tyranids rolled Synaptic Lynchpin for an 18" range synapse on the Hive Tyrant, and they rolled the trait that gave Monster Hunter to Logan Grimnar of the Space Wolves.
Psychic Powers: Dark Angels Librarian took Prescience. The Hive Tyrant rolled Paroxism and Psychic Scream. The Tervigon rolled Warp Blast. The Zoanthropes rolled Catalyst.
Army Lists:
Deployment: Tyranids deployed first. The mawloc and all 3 spore mine clusters were placed in reserve for deepstrike, and the genestealers were placed into reserve for outflank. The marine forces deployed their gunline without any reserves.
Tyranid Turn 1:
Everything moved up. The Tyrant tried to use Psychic Scream but failed his test. The warriors shot and killed two DA tactical marines. The exocrine shot and killed three more DA marines and one Space Wolf marine to secure first blood and a victory point for a destroyed unit.
Marine Turn 1:
The Dark Angels shot at the Hive Tyrant and took a wound from him, but he remained in the air. The Long Fangs shot and killed the Tervigon. Synaptic backlash took out 3-4 models from both the spawned group of termagants and the main group. The Land Raider moved up and took a wound from the zoanthropes with the assault cannon, and killed a large swath of termagants with a flamestorm cannon. The rest of their shooting took out a couple hormagaunt models.
Tyranid Turn 2:
The mawloc came in from reserves but scattered off to the side and failed to do any damage. One group of spore mines came in, but scattered onto his squad, and were destroyed on the mishap table. The genestealers came in and entered the table near Logan Grimnar. The Hive Tyrant flew over and killed three long fangs with Psychic Scream. The zoanthropes shot and killed the land raider with a lucky explosion result. One terminator died from the explosion. The termagants shot and then charged the terminators, but failed to kill any. He killed 7 termagaunts in the assault with his swings back. The hormagaunts tried to assault but failed their distance roll.
Marine Turn 2:
The zoanthropes were shot with missile launchers and were killed by double-toughness instant death. The space wolves shot and killed 11 genestealers. The terminator/termagant brawl killed 1 terminator, and 7 more gants. They were out of synapse range, so they fell back, but regrouped by entering the warrior's synapse range.
Tyranid Turn 3:
Everything moved up. The mawloc burrowed to try to deep strike again next turn. The Tyrant killed several from the front-most long fang squad with his Psychic Scream and with his heavy venom cannons. The exocrine shot and killed several models with his blast. The long fangs on the center box failed their morale check, but did not fall off the table. The carnifex charged and killed all but 1 of the remaining terminators. The hormagaunts charged the front-most blood claw squad. The genestealers charged and took 3 of Logan's 4 wounds in the assault, and Logan single-handedly killed 5 genestealers.
Marine Turn 3:
The long fangs that regrouped snap fired and shot a venomthrope and killed it with double-toughness. The front-most squad of termagants was shot and wiped out by the Dark Angels. The carnifex killed the terminator and consolidated toward the squad with the Dark Angel librarian. The genestealers killed all but 1 of the marines and Logan, and lost all genestealers except the broodlord, who remained locked in combat. The hormagaunts failed to do any damage and lost 1 model.
Tyranid Turn 4:
The mawloc came back in and completely wiped an entire 5-man tactical squad on entry. The Hive Tyrant switched to glide mode screamed and wiped the squad that the hormagaunts were locked with. He did suffer a perils result, but rolled a 6 on the chart, passed his leadership, granting him a warp surge! The exocrine and warriors shot and killed a few models from the librarian's squad. The hive tyrant forgot to fire his weapon. The hormagaunts that were freed up charged the little long fang squad in front. The back squad of hormagaunts charged the other blood claws. Logan wiped out the broodlord and consolidated toward the Hive Tyrant.
Marine Turn 4:
The Dark Angels tried to kill the termagant squad, but 2 models remained. The Hive Tyrant was shot by all remaining squads, reducing him down to two wounds. Logan tried to charge and kill the Hive Tyrant. He successfully wounded him twice with no armor saves allowed, but he was saved by his invulnerable save rolls granted by warp surge from the previous turn's perils result. Crazy! Logan was killed in close combat by the Hive Tyrant's return swings. All other squads locked in close combat were wiped out by the Tyranids. We decided to call the game after this turn. Remaining on the Marine side was a long fang squad with two models, and a Dark Angels tactical squad with three models. Remaining for the Tyranids was the mawloc, carnifex, two termagant models, warriors, exocrine, one venomthrope, both hormagaunt squads, the Hive Tyrant, and a squad of spore mines that I deep struck and forgot about.
Results:
The final score was 15-5, Tyranids. The Tyranids killed 5 Space Wolves units, 7 Dark Angels units, Slay the Warlord, First Blood, and Line Breaker. The Marines killed 5 units. Overall it was a very good game, and an excellent first game for my Tyranids!
Recently I acquired a Tyranid army to add to my Warhammer 40k collection. I am very excited to be spending the next several months figuring out strategies with them and getting it all painted. Its maiden voyage was a 2000 vs 1000/1000 point battle against two of my friends. One of them was playing as my Dark Angels, and the other was playing his budding Space Wolf collection. I hope you enjoy this 40k battle report!
Scenario: Purge the Alien
Table and Deployment: Mountainous forest with Dawn of War Deployment.
Warlord Traits: The Tyranids rolled Synaptic Lynchpin for an 18" range synapse on the Hive Tyrant, and they rolled the trait that gave Monster Hunter to Logan Grimnar of the Space Wolves.
Psychic Powers: Dark Angels Librarian took Prescience. The Hive Tyrant rolled Paroxism and Psychic Scream. The Tervigon rolled Warp Blast. The Zoanthropes rolled Catalyst.
Army Lists:
Tyranids
HQ:
Hive Tyrant
-2x Heavy Venom Cannons and Wings
Troops:
Hormagaunts
-20 models
Hormagaunts
-20 models
Tervigon
-Cluster Spines
Termagants
-30 models with fleshborers
Warriors
-3 models. Venom cannon/rending claws, deathspitter/boneswords, deathspitter/rending claws
Genestealers
-20 models with rending claws/scything talons, and the Broodlord with rending claws/scything talons.
Elites:
Venomthrope
Venomthrope
Zoanthropes
-2 models
Fast Attack:
Spore Mine Cluster
-3 models
Spore Mine Cluster
-3 models
Spore Mine Cluster
-3 models
Heavy Support:
Carnifex
-Crushing claws/scything talons
Exocrine
Mawloc
Extra termagants to be spawned are included in the picture.
Dark Angels
HQ:
Librarian
-Bolt pistol/force sword, mastery level 1
Troops:
Tactical Squad
-5 models, missile launcher
Tactical Squad
-5 models, missile launcher
Tactical Squad
-5 models, missile launcher
Tactical Squad
-5 models, missile launcher
Tactical Squad
-5 models, heavy bolter
Elites:
Deathwing Terminators
-5 models with thunderhammer/stormshield
Heavy Support:
Land Raider Redeemer
-Multimelta
Space Wolves
HQ:
Wolf Guard Battle Leader
Troops:
Blood Claws
Grey Hunters
-Terminator Pack Leader
Heavy Support
Long Fangs
-Lascannon, missile launcher, plasma cannon
Long Fangs
-3x Missile launchers, plasma cannon
-2x Missile launchers, plasma cannon
Lord of War
Logan Grimnar
May include a couple proxies. The rune priest is proxied for the Wolf Guard Battle Leader.
Tyranid Turn 1:
Everything moved up. The Tyrant tried to use Psychic Scream but failed his test. The warriors shot and killed two DA tactical marines. The exocrine shot and killed three more DA marines and one Space Wolf marine to secure first blood and a victory point for a destroyed unit.
The Dark Angels shot at the Hive Tyrant and took a wound from him, but he remained in the air. The Long Fangs shot and killed the Tervigon. Synaptic backlash took out 3-4 models from both the spawned group of termagants and the main group. The Land Raider moved up and took a wound from the zoanthropes with the assault cannon, and killed a large swath of termagants with a flamestorm cannon. The rest of their shooting took out a couple hormagaunt models.
Tyranid Turn 2:
The mawloc came in from reserves but scattered off to the side and failed to do any damage. One group of spore mines came in, but scattered onto his squad, and were destroyed on the mishap table. The genestealers came in and entered the table near Logan Grimnar. The Hive Tyrant flew over and killed three long fangs with Psychic Scream. The zoanthropes shot and killed the land raider with a lucky explosion result. One terminator died from the explosion. The termagants shot and then charged the terminators, but failed to kill any. He killed 7 termagaunts in the assault with his swings back. The hormagaunts tried to assault but failed their distance roll.
Marine Turn 2:
The zoanthropes were shot with missile launchers and were killed by double-toughness instant death. The space wolves shot and killed 11 genestealers. The terminator/termagant brawl killed 1 terminator, and 7 more gants. They were out of synapse range, so they fell back, but regrouped by entering the warrior's synapse range.
Tyranid Turn 3:
Everything moved up. The mawloc burrowed to try to deep strike again next turn. The Tyrant killed several from the front-most long fang squad with his Psychic Scream and with his heavy venom cannons. The exocrine shot and killed several models with his blast. The long fangs on the center box failed their morale check, but did not fall off the table. The carnifex charged and killed all but 1 of the remaining terminators. The hormagaunts charged the front-most blood claw squad. The genestealers charged and took 3 of Logan's 4 wounds in the assault, and Logan single-handedly killed 5 genestealers.
Marine Turn 3:
The long fangs that regrouped snap fired and shot a venomthrope and killed it with double-toughness. The front-most squad of termagants was shot and wiped out by the Dark Angels. The carnifex killed the terminator and consolidated toward the squad with the Dark Angel librarian. The genestealers killed all but 1 of the marines and Logan, and lost all genestealers except the broodlord, who remained locked in combat. The hormagaunts failed to do any damage and lost 1 model.
Tyranid Turn 4:
The mawloc came back in and completely wiped an entire 5-man tactical squad on entry. The Hive Tyrant switched to glide mode screamed and wiped the squad that the hormagaunts were locked with. He did suffer a perils result, but rolled a 6 on the chart, passed his leadership, granting him a warp surge! The exocrine and warriors shot and killed a few models from the librarian's squad. The hive tyrant forgot to fire his weapon. The hormagaunts that were freed up charged the little long fang squad in front. The back squad of hormagaunts charged the other blood claws. Logan wiped out the broodlord and consolidated toward the Hive Tyrant.
Marine Turn 4:
The Dark Angels tried to kill the termagant squad, but 2 models remained. The Hive Tyrant was shot by all remaining squads, reducing him down to two wounds. Logan tried to charge and kill the Hive Tyrant. He successfully wounded him twice with no armor saves allowed, but he was saved by his invulnerable save rolls granted by warp surge from the previous turn's perils result. Crazy! Logan was killed in close combat by the Hive Tyrant's return swings. All other squads locked in close combat were wiped out by the Tyranids. We decided to call the game after this turn. Remaining on the Marine side was a long fang squad with two models, and a Dark Angels tactical squad with three models. Remaining for the Tyranids was the mawloc, carnifex, two termagant models, warriors, exocrine, one venomthrope, both hormagaunt squads, the Hive Tyrant, and a squad of spore mines that I deep struck and forgot about.
Results:
The final score was 15-5, Tyranids. The Tyranids killed 5 Space Wolves units, 7 Dark Angels units, Slay the Warlord, First Blood, and Line Breaker. The Marines killed 5 units. Overall it was a very good game, and an excellent first game for my Tyranids!
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