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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2009 2:19:56 GMT -5
Tonight I've played an idiot battle against a tyranid army, in the first turn my firepower killed all the synapse creatures, causing his troops to fall back and run like cowards, so the battle was just between his CC carnifexes and my bunkered guardsman. My heroic Krieg troops wasn't going to run but also won't wound his carnifexes, the same goes to the fexes, so by turn 3 we decided it to finish it because no body was going to kill nobody.
Good Fight,
good night!
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Post by aeonian on Feb 11, 2009 10:39:31 GMT -5
You should give more details of the battle next time, it sounds epic! I want to here more now!  |
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Feb 11, 2009 17:30:49 GMT -5
how many synapse creatures did he have?
hah, got him good, sounds like he should have gone for some flanking genestealers, espically if he didn't have enough synapse creatures to handle his lesser broods.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2009 6:15:45 GMT -5
This is why a mountain of Warriors is essential, plus Tyrant and Broodlord (who's handy as he's the only power player that can hide in a squad!).
Sounds like your opponent had a fairly simple swarm.
I'm developing a swarm assault brood, with lictors, leaping warriors, ravenors (deepstrike, 6 shot S3, reroll to wound, +1 saving throw) and muchos flanking (termagaunts and genestealers).
I'm a bit confused how you could kill ALL his synapse creatures in the first turn, unless he had like 3 - which is dumb.
Even the weakest synapse creature (warrior) has two wounds, and all tyranids are immune to instant kill. Meaning that with a decent clump of warriors, you're in trouble.
Unless he had only 3 warriors, without carapace and standing in the open - I'm unclear how you could achieve this genius round one victory?!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2009 10:01:54 GMT -5
Was a 750 pints battle not all that epic, I have two heavy mortars, one basilisk and lots of luck, he had 4 warriors and not so luck.
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Post by blackarmchair on Feb 12, 2009 10:10:55 GMT -5
4 warriors was all he had for synapse?!?!?
Man, last time I played Nids I got reamed, I wish that's all he had brought -_-
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Feb 12, 2009 12:00:42 GMT -5
I at least take six warriors, give em sything talons and death spitters and toxic sacs, rain down st6 blasts all over the place, really messes people up, I'm working on getting 2 squads of six, death spitters for everyone, toss in a flyrant following in the wake of a wall of gargoyles who act as moving cover, toss in a brood lord and around 30 genestealers, synapses control isn't such a big issue, you just gotta make sure you have plenty of back up.
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Post by aeonian on Feb 12, 2009 14:43:16 GMT -5
My friend brings a tyrant, 6 warriors, 2 zoanthroaps, and some other stuff that I can't remember, but what I'm getting at - too many freakin' synapse creatures to kill off!  |
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Post by blackarmchair on Feb 12, 2009 22:41:33 GMT -5
When my Tyranid friend and I play he usually brings 4 warriors, 3 zoanthropes and 2 hive tyrants for synapse and 4 carnifexes for killing me.
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Post by xorl on Feb 13, 2009 11:27:46 GMT -5
haha
i dont remember my one battle with tyranid.
i just remember that my arse hurt from the epic kicking it had received.
haha. i dont even know what i was doing ahah. my poor smurfs...
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Post by Sen.Kerry on Feb 13, 2009 20:26:53 GMT -5
Heh, my friend brings one synapse creature and clusters them really close to the synapse creature. Any way my battle cannon scatters, it kills some bugs.
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Mar 2, 2009 8:22:59 GMT -5
Warriors- because the Emperor loves the Heavy Bolter/Autocannon.
Hive Tyrants/elite fexes: Because krak missiles are you friend.
Heavy fexes: Well, at least we have a use of all these meltaguns....
'Stealers: Using stealers against guard is silly. Reward your enemy by plastering his men with frag missiles and anything you used against the warriors
Gaunts: If you've killed the syspanse beasties....then mortar. And lasgun. And everything else!
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Mar 2, 2009 11:55:38 GMT -5
Flanking stealers eating up your gunline isn't silly, charging them forward and watching them get blasted apart by missiles is.
hide the broodlord and his posse someplace close by and watch them panic while you spring an ambush, still worried about those carnifexes and hormagaunts? you better...because this stealer business is just the sideshow...oh and did I mention the flyrant and gargoles? yep, here they come swooping in like a flock of daemons...
Oh and the warriors with s6 blast weapons gunning for your command squads, that'll ruin your HSOs day for sure...
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Post by mccaptain on Mar 9, 2009 1:30:32 GMT -5
ymmot is correct. Nids can be VERY scary.... but seldom are....
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Post by verminard on Mar 9, 2009 7:39:12 GMT -5
Oh and the warriors with s6 blast weapons gunning for your command squads, that'll ruin your HSOs day for sure... Just another reason to always always always hide that guy behind some stuff! And thank the emperor that nobody takes the time (or money? ) to make gargoyles anymore. I don't play nid's so I am not sure why but I hear that they don't have plastic gargoyles so it costs a truck load of cash to own a proper squad which I think is the only thing that saves us from seeing them more often. |
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Mar 9, 2009 13:37:24 GMT -5
yeah it costs a lot and you can only get two in a pack, I have 8 gargoyles, just enough for the minimum sized squad.
I had to get them...I figure they would perfect for screening my flyrant for a turn or two, but I haven't used them in a game just yet, still need to paint the winged beasties...I probably oughta buy a few more too.
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