Flummer
02-04-2010, 09:06 AM
Now, I need to state that the purpose of the post is not to really prove anything about myself as a gamer, but really just to do a write up for a battle report and test out my new photo editor.
Before I give my Army List I need to state that I am in the middle of a escalation league that started at 500 and is working up to 2500. So, there are limitations to what I can take. Such as no Unique models can be taken, and only 1 HS slot. The scenario was already set up for us with Cap & Control on a Seize Ground deployment.
Anyways, after the new codex came out the meta at my store was to field a ton of MC's. So, I went the other way and came up with this. (also, it is really hard to fit alot of MC's in 1250 anyways.)
HQ - Tyranid Prime w/ Regen, TS, and Boneswords w/ ST.
Elite - 3 Zoans and 3 Hive Guard
Troops - 19 Devil Gants w/ Pod, Tervigon w/ Catalyst, AG, TS, & ST,
and 2 squads of 10 Stealers w/ ST and TS.
The Prime went with the 19 man squad in the Pod. I choose to have only 1 squad of stealers outflank and the other just come from my long board edge hoping that he might head that way. The idea was for the Tervigon to spawn enough gants to keep back at my objective and the rest would move forward with the rest of the army.
So here is what the board looked like pre-deployment.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Annointed1_photo/40kpics066.jpg
I guess now would be the time to tell you what I was playing against, to the best of my recollection. Now, I will admit the gentleman that I was played has been playing for just a few months and have a few years of experience on him.
HQ - Jump pack Inter. Chappy
10 man assault squad
5 termies w/LC, Assault Cannon, TH & SS, Fist, and PS.
3 Ravenwing bikes w/ a MM attack bike
10 man tactical w/ ML and flamer
5 man squad with plasma
Predator with Autocannon and las sponsons
And here is after Deployment.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Annointed1_photo/40kpics068.jpg
I won the roll off and he failed to seize so I went first. My Tervigon spawned 9 and was able to spawn more the next turn. My HG shot at the Termies and did nothing while the Zoans blasted the left side combat squad and killed 3. They then failed their Ld test and ran their plasma gun 9ish in. away. All he did was move and put 1 wound on the Tervigon.
End of 1.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Annointed1_photo/40kpics069.jpg
I did think think it was important to note my intended drop point for my spore pod, which I did get, in this pic. As you will soon find out in the next picture, thats not where I got it.
On my turn 2 I spawned 14 gants and clogged for the rest of the game, also I got the non out flanking stealers and the Spore Pod from reserves. I was really hoping to not get these 2 yet and get the OF stealers intead. Oh well. The stealers were not gonna be able to get into assault so I stuck them in cover in the right building. The pod Scattered a full 12" directly towards the board edge. I had about 1 inch left before I would have scattered off the table. Luckily, I was still in range with 15 of my Devilgants who shot at the assault squad with 45 shots! I rolled poorly though and only did 8 wounds, but he rolled even worse and saved only 2 of them! The HG tried to kill off the plasma gunner combat squad and I killed 1 of the 2, but it wasn't the Plasma guy. The zoans, the 14 new gants and the Tervigon all shot and killed only 2 bikers, but the gants assaulted and killed the Sergent and the attack bike. Catalyst was also cast on the new gants.
On his turn he brought the assault squad (w/ Chappy) and the termies down to the Devilgants. He shot and assaulted the 19 gants and killed them all but the Prime. His chappy did 2 wounds to the Prime and I delt 2 back to him. He saved 1 and made his Ld for the second and passed with a 10. *sigh*
Here is what it looked like mid combat.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Annointed1_photo/40kpics070.jpg
I can only put 4 pics per post so I made it into 2 posts.
Before I give my Army List I need to state that I am in the middle of a escalation league that started at 500 and is working up to 2500. So, there are limitations to what I can take. Such as no Unique models can be taken, and only 1 HS slot. The scenario was already set up for us with Cap & Control on a Seize Ground deployment.
Anyways, after the new codex came out the meta at my store was to field a ton of MC's. So, I went the other way and came up with this. (also, it is really hard to fit alot of MC's in 1250 anyways.)
HQ - Tyranid Prime w/ Regen, TS, and Boneswords w/ ST.
Elite - 3 Zoans and 3 Hive Guard
Troops - 19 Devil Gants w/ Pod, Tervigon w/ Catalyst, AG, TS, & ST,
and 2 squads of 10 Stealers w/ ST and TS.
The Prime went with the 19 man squad in the Pod. I choose to have only 1 squad of stealers outflank and the other just come from my long board edge hoping that he might head that way. The idea was for the Tervigon to spawn enough gants to keep back at my objective and the rest would move forward with the rest of the army.
So here is what the board looked like pre-deployment.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Annointed1_photo/40kpics066.jpg
I guess now would be the time to tell you what I was playing against, to the best of my recollection. Now, I will admit the gentleman that I was played has been playing for just a few months and have a few years of experience on him.
HQ - Jump pack Inter. Chappy
10 man assault squad
5 termies w/LC, Assault Cannon, TH & SS, Fist, and PS.
3 Ravenwing bikes w/ a MM attack bike
10 man tactical w/ ML and flamer
5 man squad with plasma
Predator with Autocannon and las sponsons
And here is after Deployment.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Annointed1_photo/40kpics068.jpg
I won the roll off and he failed to seize so I went first. My Tervigon spawned 9 and was able to spawn more the next turn. My HG shot at the Termies and did nothing while the Zoans blasted the left side combat squad and killed 3. They then failed their Ld test and ran their plasma gun 9ish in. away. All he did was move and put 1 wound on the Tervigon.
End of 1.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Annointed1_photo/40kpics069.jpg
I did think think it was important to note my intended drop point for my spore pod, which I did get, in this pic. As you will soon find out in the next picture, thats not where I got it.
On my turn 2 I spawned 14 gants and clogged for the rest of the game, also I got the non out flanking stealers and the Spore Pod from reserves. I was really hoping to not get these 2 yet and get the OF stealers intead. Oh well. The stealers were not gonna be able to get into assault so I stuck them in cover in the right building. The pod Scattered a full 12" directly towards the board edge. I had about 1 inch left before I would have scattered off the table. Luckily, I was still in range with 15 of my Devilgants who shot at the assault squad with 45 shots! I rolled poorly though and only did 8 wounds, but he rolled even worse and saved only 2 of them! The HG tried to kill off the plasma gunner combat squad and I killed 1 of the 2, but it wasn't the Plasma guy. The zoans, the 14 new gants and the Tervigon all shot and killed only 2 bikers, but the gants assaulted and killed the Sergent and the attack bike. Catalyst was also cast on the new gants.
On his turn he brought the assault squad (w/ Chappy) and the termies down to the Devilgants. He shot and assaulted the 19 gants and killed them all but the Prime. His chappy did 2 wounds to the Prime and I delt 2 back to him. He saved 1 and made his Ld for the second and passed with a 10. *sigh*
Here is what it looked like mid combat.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Annointed1_photo/40kpics070.jpg
I can only put 4 pics per post so I made it into 2 posts.