hyv3mynd's First 6th Ed Tournament - 1500pts

[hyv3mynd]

Our monthly event for July was a "Welcome to 6th" event. Players were allowed to bring up to 3 different 1500pt armies to try out as many of the new rules as possible. Allies, fortifications, and player set terrain were all in use. Prize support was raffled off randomly at the end to discourage WAAC lists/behavior for the first event under the new rules.

My first opponent was Garrett who has come out to several of our events, but I haven't had the chance to play him. He brought about 750pts in BA and 750pts in Necrons.

His list (approx):
Librarian + unleash rage, sword
Assault Squad x10 + fist, melta x2, rhino
Assault Squad x9 + sword, plasma, rhino (libby here)
Assault squad x8 + axe, melta, rhino

Overlord + scythe, scarabs, phase shifter, command barge
Lance-tek
Warriors x9 + ghost ark (lance-tek here)
Wraiths x3 + whips x3
Annihilation Barge

I actually brought 2 lists and I decided to try the more diverse one for this game.

My list:
Tyranid Prime (warlord) + whip/sword, toxins, regen (bio)
Tyrant + wings, devourers, old adversary, regen
Hive Guard x3
Zoanthropes x3 (all bio this game)
Termagants x30 (warlord here)
Tervigon + claws, toxins, 3 powers (bio), cluster spines
Raveners x6 + rending
Shrikes x3 + whip/sword, toxins

The mission was Pure the Alien and deployment was Dawn of War (6th). We set up the terrain and Garrett took the first turn. I think both our warlord traits were objective based so wasted. Zoans get enfeeble x1 and endurance x1, everything else shooting. Tyrant gets warp speed. Tervigon gets endurance and enfeeble.



Garrett deploys his BA on the right and crons on the left since they're desperate allies.



I deploy in a semi-refused flank to go after the BA first hoping for a transport kill for first blood and his warlord. We get night fight and I decide not to seize as I want him to come to me.



BA move up shifting even more to the right.



Necrons shift up to the middle. Short ranged shooting combined with night fight leave me safe for a turn.



The tyrant swoops up the flank. Everything else pulls right away from the necrons and forward a bit. Hive guard claim 2 hull points off the left rhino. Tyrant wrecks the right rhino via hull points. Tervigon hits the unit with cluster spines and causes enough casualties to also make them fall back.

End of turn 1: BA 0vp, Nids 2vp (rhino, first blood)



The remaining rhinos move up 6". The broken unit regroups. Wraiths and surflord close on the left. Combined necron shooting kills 1 zoan, 1 hive guard, and a few gaunts. BA fail to ground the tyrant.



BA on foot and wraiths get enfeebled. Shrikes move up to intercept the wraiths. Zoans back up to protect the hive guard from the surflord. Raveners, gaunts, and tervigon push up the middle. Tyrant pivots left and swoops 24". Hive guard fail to penetrate the command barge. Tyrant finishes the rhino with 1hp.



Shrikes assault wraiths and each side loses 1. Raveners assault the ghost ark and explode it thanks to hitting on 3's and rerolling 1's.

End of turn 2: BA 0vp, Nids 4vp



BA come out to play. Melta guns take out a couple raveners and put a couple wounds on the tervigon.



Assault marines charge the raveners and wraiths drop another shrike.



Raveners take out 2 marines and get wiped. Surflord assaults zoans and causes 1 wound.



Tervigon spawns 7 with doubles and the whole right flank moves up to assault. The tyrant glides down so he can assault the assault squad that killed the raveners, putting himself closest to the fist. Hive guard explode the last rhino putting 17 hits on the gaunt squad. I lose the front rank and then the prime soaks up all the remaining saves like a pro. The tyrant kills the first and a few others with shooting and finishes them in assault. Wraiths also finish the last shrike. I goof my assault moves on the right flank and don't leave enough space for the tervigon's base. Sometimes 2d6" gives you too much movement and you block your other assaults. The prime challenges (sarge or libby) and the sarge accepts and dies. I lose 9 gants from the blob and take down a couple more marines.

End of turn 3: BA 2vp, Nids 6vp



Here's where I made my biggest mistake of the game. I never read the chariot rules. I knew that the lord can assault while on it, but I didn't put all the pieces together. Sweep, shoot, assault, impact, mindshackle, then they can leave combat with another sweep move and assault back in? This is why necrons are my least favorite army to face. So his surflord leaves combat with the zoans sweeping them, 3 wounds which I fail all saves against, finishing that unit. Then he assaults the hive guard and wipes them out.



My tyrant barely survives the shooting phase. Tervigon makes combat and finishes the right unit but I lose the spawned gaunts. Gaunts and prime finish the left unit and libby.

End of turn 4: BA 5vp, Nids 10vp

Necrons line up to shoot me down.



The tyrant goes down. Due to the new cover and LoS rules for shooting, I start losing gaunts like crazy against all the tesla. The surflord does his thing. I barely survive the turn and we roll for the end but the game continues.

End of turn 5: BA 6vp, Nids 10vp

Garrett tables me in the following turns. I think we even played through 7.

End of game: BA 10vp, Nids 10vp but tabled. New rules state being tabled is an auto-loss!

Well, it started out real good for me, but necrons proved to be too tough for me again. Looking back, I think I should have deployed on the other flank and hit the necrons with my full strength. I spent too many resources on the BA's thinking the rhinos would be the easiest points. I think enfeeble + tyrant dakka would have been the way to go on wraiths and hive guard/raveners going after the command barge. Either way it was a great game, even if a little frustrating at the end when the surflord claimed a total of 5vp because nothing I had left could stop him. I made a bunch of mistakes too often forgetting enfeebled stats and never took my regen and "it will not die" rolls. I didn't set up my terrain very well or even use it much which hurt me against the necron weight of fire.

Still a good learning game for the new edition. There's a lot of potential with tyranids I think now. Hopefully I can start capturing that potential the more accustomed I get to the mechanics and flow.

Images are giving me trouble. The full report can be found here: synaps3.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-event-game-1-tyranids-vs-blood.html

[leeroy1986]

Thanks for posting this, I really enjoy reading Battle Reports especially with pictures.
You've got a rather nice looking Tyranid army there, don't suppose you have some close ups of the models?

I think you made a few tactical errors, but hey that's how we learn.
Necrons are alot dirtier since I last played them evidently, may need to be careful of any floating Lords, thanks for the pre-warning.

Can't wait for your next Batrep.

Leeroy

[N.I.B.]

Surflords are absolutely mental and I hate them. My most common opponent usually takes two.

[coredump]

The tyrant glides down so he can assault the assault squad that killed the raveners, putting himself closest to the fist.

With the new wound allocation rules, stuff like this is *very* important. Positioning matters, and being able to 'snipe' the Pfist is important to surviving.

I keep forgetting just how powerful Enfeeble can be. You are right, the HT devourers would have ID'd those wraiths once enfeebled.

Based on your 'teaser' last night, I started reading up on Chariots. I don't think they will be too hard to deal with if they are a priority, but it can't be an afterthought. And if not dealt with, it does seem like they can cause all sorts of havoc.
If you can surround the chariot, then glance it to death, the Lord will die also. Which means he will be forced to take wounds instead of Hull points. It may be easier to get glances on AV 11, rather than wounds on Sv2+.

But you also got really unlucky. He only gets 3 attacks on the sweep, and hit all 3 times, wounded all three times, and you were 0-3 on making 3+ saves.
Even taking out the Hguard was a bit lucky (but more reasonable)


thanks for the great report. Looking forward to the next ones, especially the Fexes...

[hyv3mynd]

Jul 15, 2012 20:15:13 GMT leeroy1986 said:

Thanks for posting this, I really enjoy reading Battle Reports especially with pictures.
You've got a rather nice looking Tyranid army there, don't suppose you have some close ups of the models?

I think you made a few tactical errors, but hey that's how we learn.
Necrons are alot dirtier since I last played them evidently, may need to be careful of any floating Lords, thanks for the pre-warning.

Can't wait for your next Batrep.

Leeroy

Thanks man. More of the army can be seen here:
synaps3.blogspot.com/p/splinter-fleet-colossus.html

However, I'm repainting the whole collection now. I couldn't stand to paint any more metallic green. The new scheme can be seen here:
synaps3.blogspot.com/2012/04/hobby-week.html
And on the table here:
synaps3.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-tournament-game-3.html

@ coredump ~ I didn't use the fex list until game #3 because I had so much fun playing with the raveners and zoans. My main problem now is I can't fit all the units I actually want to use in one list.

Along with directional sniping, it's also worth noting that the Tyrant is a character now (p413) so with devourers, he can allocate each 6 to hit, even on overwatch.

[fragile]

Im curious how your shrikes didnt just eat the wraiths on that first charge. 12 swings should have caused enough wounds to wipe those 3? wraiths.

[coredump]

12 attacks, 8 hits, 6 wounds, 2 failed saves... one dead Wraith. (they have a 3++ save)

[fragile]

Thats it. Didnt notice they had an invulnerable save.

[apaosa]

You can't utilize Precision Shots with Snapfire. Pg 63.

[hyv3mynd]

Ah good catch.

[hyv3mynd]

My second opponent was Konrad who was also my first opponent's brother.

His list:
HQ
Company Command Squad(Power Fist, Med-Pack, Standard,Vox, Plasma Gun) + Chimera
Fast
Vendetta Gunship
Troops
Vets 1 ( 3Plasma Guns, Grenadiers, Power Fist) + Chimera
Vets 2 ( 3 Meltas, Demolitions, Power Fist) (In Vendetta)
Infantry Platoon
Command Squad (Vox, Power Sword, Commissar, Power Sword, Standard)
5 Infantry Squads (2 Commissars, 7 Power Swords, 2 Vox, 3 Flamers, 2 Grenade Launchers)
Heavy Weapons Squad (3 Lascannons)
Heavy Weapons Squad (3 Missile Launchers)
Special Weapons Squad (3 Sniper Rifles)
Special Weapons Squad (3 Grenade Launchers)


My list:
Tyranid Prime (warlord) + whip/sword, toxins, regen (bio)
Tyrant + wings, devourers, old adversary, regen
Hive Guard x3
Zoanthropes x3 (all telekenesis this game)
Termagants x30 (warlord here)
Tervigon + claws, toxins, 3 powers (bio), cluster spines
Raveners x6 + rending
Shrikes x3 + whip/sword, toxins

The mission was The Emperor's Will and deployment was Hammer/Anvil. We set up the terrain and I took the first turn. I don't recall warlord traits so I think they were inconsequential. Zoans get crush x2, dome x2, shockwave, and the rest primaris. Tyrant gets iron arm. Tervigon gets endurance and enfeeble.



There's the swarm. My one objective (skyfire nexus from mysterious objectives) is just on the other side of the wall between raveners and zoans.



Konrad's guard closest to furthest: blob in front, PCS in back. Plasma vets in the chimera. Big blob in the middle with missile team up top. Snipers in the black ruin. In the furthest ruin is another blob, lascannon team, and the CCS in their chimera. Melta/demo vets are in the vendetta reserved. Guard fail to seize.



Tyrant gets endurance and two zoans pop the tk dome. Tervigon spits out 17 gaunts with doubles who move into the lower right ruin (also within 3" of my objective). Everything except the spawned gaunts advances. The tyrant guns down the lascannon team (first blood).



Nothing in the guard army moves. He issues bring it down and FRFSRF twice. My tyrant survives the fusillade and passes all grounding tests. I lose 1 ravener and 1 termagant.



Tyrant gets endurance again. Zoans save their power for crushes (which totally sucks IMO). The swarm advances but the tervigon gets poor terrain rolls. Shrikes advance in the open to help provide target saturation. Tyrant swoops over the central blob and puts himself closest to their commissar.



Love that raveners can move 12" now and ignore terrain. Hive guard wiff against the plasma vet chimera. Zoanthropes attempt crushes on the missile teams but do nothing. Tyrant open up into the blob killing six or so including their commissar.



Raveners assault the closest blob, taking 40 (ish?) overwatch shots, striking last, and still mowing down a dozen or so guardsmen. Their commissar is still in there though so we lock.



The vendetta does not arrive. The PCS next to the ravener melee moves out but gets poor terrain rolls. The far side wipes out the shrikes. Stuff in the middle tries to ground the tyrant again but I pass my tests. At some point my tervigon takes a perils and one wound from shooting. Raveners finish the nearest blob in assault.



The tyrant pivots and swoops to get rear shots on the CCS (warlord) chimera. Raveners move on the PCS. Tervigon leads the prime's blob across the middle. Tervigon gets endurance and I forget to use tk dome on the zoans.



In the backfield the spawned blob holds my objective, hive guard are at table center, and the rest of the prime's blob stays back in case my objective is threatened.



Hive guard wreck the plasma vet chimera via hull points and the unit is pinned. The tyrant also wrecks the CCS chimera via hull points and they pin, but pass with the reroll from the banner.



The tervigon assaults the central blob (lost their commissar). The raveners assault the PCS and wipe them out. The tervigon takes a wound and kills a couple guardsmen, but we lock.



The vendetta arrives in my back corner but the unit stays onboard. The vendetta wipes out the zoanthropes.



The backfield guard try to down the tyrant again but I pass my grounding tests. The tervigon melee continues.



I send the raveners after the plasma vets now.



The tyrant glides down to shoot and assault the CCS (warlord).



In my backfield, I pull the spawned unit into cover and the prime's blob back into scoring range (objective is behind the wall). Hive guard hit the flyer once but fail to damage it. The tyrant wipes out the CCS with shooting.



Ravaners take a couple wounds from overwatch but I put the wounded models in the back of the unit so I don't have to pull one. However, the plasma vets kick butt in assault with 5 regular wounds and a couple from the str6 fist. I'm now out of synapse and one surviving model falls back. Tervigon and blob continue to bang on each other. The blob fails morale and falls back.



Melta/demo vets jump out and kill 6 or so gaunts.



Plasma vets come up to finish the last ravener. The central blob rallies and forms up. He focuses fire on the tervigon and knocks it down to 1 wound. The far side focuses on the tyrant also knocking it down to 1 wound.



This will be the last turn due to time. Spawned gaunts shoot and assault the vets. Hive guard wiff.



Tervigon and tyrant assault the central blob and wipe them out.



Combined fire kills the tyrant but my tervigon makes every save.

The game ends at the bottom of 5 due to time. Tyranids 9vp (2 obj, first blood, warlord, linebreaker) Guard 0vp. Had the game gone extra turns with more time and the 3+, Konrad would have killed the tervigon and claimed his own objective making it Nids 5vp, Guard 3vp.

This was by far the most "cinematic" and fun game I've played in 6th so far mostly due to the lists and terrain. It was like playing out Starship Troopers. Game wise, I forgot my regen rolls again and fudged the powers on the zoans, but I've been out of my tyranid game for the end of 5th ed so it's mostly getting back in the groove. Konrad's dice rolls were a bit depressing at the end with the vendetta rolling at least 7 1's over two turns. The tyrant and tervigon also should have died a bit earlier. All in all, still a pretty close game considering I was slowly losing the war of attrition. I probably should have deployed the shrikes on the same side as raveners and maybe they would have survived to see combat. Everything else went pretty well I think.

Game #3 vs "Courtney" and his Necrons coming later this week.

[leeroy1986]

Your new colour scheme is gorgeous, well done on the win.

Leeroy

[roxor08]

Great bat rep. I like your explanations of tactics, those are very helpful to those who haven't played 6th yet...like me

I also like when bat reps are supplimented with pictures and/or vassal pics. It helps readers to see the actual scenarios.

[N.I.B.]

The best 40K battle reports I know of, thanks for the effort and dedication hyv3mynd.

[hyv3mynd]

NP. I enjoy writing as it breaks up the monotony of painting and such. I also feel the mental exercise of recalling the entire battle helps me realize my mistakes.

Now if I could just take clear tournament pics. The lighting at the shop is comfortable for playing, but the end tables have the least light and it's nearly impossible to get a clear shot without a flash.