IF VS Nidzilla (funky league)

[thepuritan]

ok... i'm in another one of those funky leagues at my LGS.
...but this time, i'm playing Imperial Fists.
normally, i'd post this somewhere a little more Imperial... but i figured this match is Tyranid related, so here goes.

i'm playing against a buddy of mine who recently got into Nids.
he usually plays a Nidzilla list that looks something like:
Scything Flyrant
2 Devilfexes
x3 Warrior brood (with Deathspitters and a Venom Cannon)
a few broods of Genestealers
2 Sniperfexes
and x2 Zoanthropes

this time, he's asked to borrow "a couple of Lictors"... so, those will probably be in there this time around (last game he played, he got screwed on bad reserve rolls for his MCs)

anyway...
for those who haven't seen my posts from the first league, this league has really oddball missions and "battlefield conditions"

the mission this week is - "Glen's Comfy Chair" (don't ask)
there is an objective marker (chair) in the center of the table. if you have an Independent Character on the chair at the end of the game, you get +1000 VPs. characters "sitting" on the chair cannot shoot, use Psychic powers or attack back in the assault phase.

the battlefield condition is - "Blistering Heat"
all models have the Slow and Purposeful special rule. this extends to even jump infantry, Dreadnaughts, Bikes, and vehicles. Fleet rolls are done by taking the lowest of 2d6.
according to the TO, vehicles with S&P roll dangerous terrain tests if they move.
(i guess they're running low on engine coolant or something)

obviously i want the extra 1k points for taking the chair... and i'd like to be able to take advantage of being able to move and fire heavy weapons (and shoot Bolters their full distance every turn)
so, this is the 2000 point list i've come up with.

HQ
Captain Lysander
x5 Terminator Command Squad w/Asssault Cannon and Heavy Flamer
attached Terminator Master of Sanctity

Terminator Master w/Iron Halo
x2 Terminator Command Squad w/x2 Assault Cannon
attached Terminator Master of Sanctity

Elites
Dreadnaught w/TL Lascannon and ML

Dreadnaught w/Assault Cannnon and DCCW

Techmarine w/full Servo Harness and Plasma Pistol

Troops
x6 Tactical Marines w/Heavy Bolter and Plasma Gun

x6 Tactical Marines w/Heavy Bolter

Heavy Support
x7 Devastators w/x3 Lascannons and a Heavy Plasma
(i don't have another Lascannon to put there)

x7 Devastators w/x4 MLs

...what do you guys think?

EDIT: sorry... forgot the Iron Halo on the Master.

[lowlygaunt]

hmmmm I guess the rules take into account that tyranids do not have any IC's (and maybe HT's can sit in the chair?)? Or is the nid player just flat out the 1k bonus points?

[invictus]

Broodlord is an independant character.

[thepuritan]

yeah... it's pretty much BL or bust for my opponent.
if i remember correctly, Lictors are "Loners"...

anyway...
i'm pretty sure his battleplan will be to ambush me with Genestealers as i move to get the chair and use his MCs to kill off my charcaters.

[Enigma]

Lol, funny mission. It should be any HQ or single model unit.

[Biowraith]

So basic your going to be killing his BL and then defending the Holy chair whilest your Master of Sanctity sits down, puts his feet up and reads the paper.

[thepuritan]

that's the plan!
though... if i can get the Techmarine on there and surround him with other units, he wouldn't be able to shoot at him (since my lone IC wouldn't be the closest model to anything...)

i almost feel bad for the Nid players in the round.... but, then i remembered last round....
the condition was "Intense Cold" where you could reroll vehicle damage charts if you score a glancing or penetrating hit. (Nids, as you know have no vehicles)
and the mission was "Ancient Artifacts" where you put markers on the table (2d6 scatter from the table center) that you needed to control at the end of the game.
...it turned the middle of the table into a buffet line.