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Alright guys, this is a battle report for my second ever (non-Vassal) 40k game with a friend who is relatively new as well. Bear in mind that I realize I probably spent WAY to many points building my nids and used a strategy that wasn't executed very well, my goal was to beef up my fex's and run the warriors/stealer squad behind them until they were in close combat range but, it didn't work all that well, lol... a lot of obvious noob stuff in here but, I learned quite a bit and any tips/criticism/comments would be greatly appreciated.

Anway here goes! (Sorry some pics are blurry)

Builds:

Tyranids 2000pts (What you see is not what you get)

HQ
Broodlord - Adrenal Glands, Extended Carapace, Feeder Tendrils, Flesh Hooks, Toxin SacsRetinue: Genestealers (10) - Extended Carapace, Toxin Sacs, Rending Claws, Scything Talons
Warriors (5) – Adrenal Glands In, Adrenal Glands WS, Extended Carapace, Flesh Hooks, Leaping, Toxin Sacs, Rending Claws, Scything Talons

Elite
Warriors (4) – Adrenal Glands In (whoops), Adrenal Glands WS (...another whoops), Enhanced Senses, Extended Carapace, Toxin Sacs, Scything Talons, Deathspitters, Scything Talons
Warrior [Heavy] (1) - Adrenal Glands In (whoops), Adrenal Glands WS (...another whoops), Enhanced Senses, Extended Carapace, Toxin Sacs, Scything Talons, Barbed Strangler, Scything Talons

Heavy Support
Carnifex – Adrenal Glands In, Adrenal Glands WS, Bio-Plasma, Bonded Exoskeleton, Enhanced Senses, Extended Carapace, Regenerate, Reinforced Chitin, Toxic Miasma, Toxin Sacs, Tusked, Twin-Linked Devourer (x2)
Carnifex – Adrenal Glands In, Adrenal Glands WS, Bio-Plasma, Bonded Exoskeleton, Enhanced Senses, Extended Carapace, Regenerate, Reinforced Chitin, Toxic Miasma, Toxin Sacs, Tusked, Twin-Linked Devourer (x2)
Carnifex – Acid Maw, Adrenal Glands In, Adrenal Glands WS, Bonded Exoskeleton, Extended Carapace, Flesh Hooks, Implant Attack, Regenerate, Reinforced Chitin, Toxic Miasma, Toxin Sacs, Tusked, Rending Claws, Scything Talons

Troop
Genestealers (10) – Extended Carapace, Feeder Tendrils, Toxin Sacs, Rending Claws, Scything Talons
Genestealers (10) – Extended Carapace, Feeder Tendrils, Toxin Sacs, Rending Claws, Scything Talons

Space Marines 2000pts (What you see is mostly what you get)

HQ
Space Marine Chaplain - ...in Power Armour, Bolt Pistol, Crozius Arcanum, Frag/Krak Grenades, Power Armour, Rosarious, Melta Bombs, Jump Pack
Captain Cato Sicarious – Frag Grenades, Iron Halo, Krak Grenades, Mantle of Suzerain, Plasma Pistol, Talassarian Tempest Blade

Elite
Terminator Assault Squad (9) – Lightning Claws x1, Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield x8
Sergeant – Lightning Claws
Land Raider – Power of the Machine Spirit, Searchlight, Smoke Launchers, Twin Heavy Bolter, Twin Lascannon x2, Extra Armor
Dreadnaught – Heavy Flamer, Assault Cannon
Venerable Dreadnaught – Multi Melta, Storm Bolter

Fast Attack
Assault Squad (7) – Bolt Pistol x7 Chainsword x6, Frag Grenades, Jump Packs, Krak Grenades, Power Armour, Flamer Seargent – Bolt Pistol, Frag Grenades, Jump Packs, Krak Grenades, Power Armour, Power Fist

Troop
Tactical Squad (9) – Bolt Pistol x9, Bolter x7, Frag/Krak grenades, Power Armour, Flamer, Missle Launcher
Sergeant – Bolt Pistol, Frag Grenades, Krak Grenades, Power Fist
Rhino – Searchlight, Smoke Launchers, Storm Bolter

Tactical Squad (9) – Bolt Pistol x9, Bolter x7, Frag/Krak Grenades, Power Armour, Flamer, Missle Launcher
Seargent – Bolt Pistol, Frag/Krak Grenades, Melta Bombs, Chainsword

Scout Squad (4) – Bolt Pistol x4, Frag/Krak Grenades, Sniper Rifle x3, Missle Launcher
Sergeant – Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Frag/Krak Grenades

Game Type: Annihilate (SM set up first)

SM Deployment (Assault Terminator's in Land Raider, Rhino w/Tactical Marines inside in Reserve)


Nid Deployment (Broodlord/Retinue and Genestealer squad in Reserve)


Deployment Complete



Turn 1 (Sorry missed the pic of SM move only)


SM
Movement – Dreadnaughts Move 6”
Shooting - Land Raider shoots far right Dakka fex (no wounds), Snipers shoot far left Dakka fex (1 wound), Dreadnaughts all shoot at far left fex (no wounds)
No Assault (Out of Range)
End of turn

Tyranids
Movement – Everything moves up 6 inches
Shooting – Barbed Strangler misses Assault Terminator's, nothing else in range (all other units run instead)
No Assault (Out of Range)
End of Turn

Turn 2 (Sorry missed another movement shot)


SM
Reserve Roll fails
Movement – Assault Terminator's forward 6”
Shooting - Far Right fex killed by Land Raider, Dreadnaughts attack center fex (No wounds), Marines and Snipers attack center fex (No wounds)
No Assault (Out of Range)
End of Turn

Tyranids
Reserve rolls fail
Movement – Everything moves forward 6 inches (genestealers toward warriors/carnifex)
Shooting – Far left Dakka fex/Warrior squad (Deathspitters/Barbed Stranglers) shoot assault terminator's killing 2, Fex runs 2 inches
No Assault
End of Turn

Turn 3

SM

Reserve roll succeeds
Movement – Rhino Moves, Assault Marines jump forward 12”
Shooting – Dreadnaughts, land raider, and tactical squad shoot and kill close combat fex. Snipers wound 1 warrior
No Assault

Tyranids

Brood Lord/Retinue Reserve roll succeeds
Movement – Ranged Warriors move back 5” BL/R move forward from edge 6”, Warriors leap into Assault squad, genestealers move forward but miss assault range by 1”
Shooting – Ranged Warriors kill 1 terminator and wound one of their own warriors
Assault – Warriors kill 2 Assault Marines, Assault Marines kill 3 Warriors, Genestealers charge and surround rhino shaking it and destroying its weapons


Turn 4

Little blurry here. Asssault Marines kill warriors and focus fire from dreadnaughts, tactical marines and snipers kill all but one lonely genestealer runs back fleets and assaults terminator squad

Land Raider moves up a few inches assault marines consolidate back toward Land Raider after defeating warriors


Reserve roll succeeds. Genestealers come in around behind the Rhino and move forward 6” + fleet. Rhino explodes killing 2 Genestealers and no Tac Marines.


Ranged Warriors 1 killed by Terminator Squad, genestealer kills one terminator, dreadnaught fails to wound ranged warriors

Terminators exit Land Raider and assault Genestealers, Assault Marines jump toward genestealers. Terminators, Assault Marines and Land Raider kill genestealer squad


Genestealers manage to kill 2 Terminator's before they all die, Assault marines kill all but 3genestealers and the broodlord broodlord/genestealers kill all but 4 tac marines


End of game - Clear win by the Ultramarines

Sorry it gets a little crazy there at the end and my memory started to fade, lol. Hope it still made sense!

What I would have done differently looking back, I think I would have made all my genestealers start off the table, used a lictor instead of some of the excess biomorphs (mostly to re-roll reserve rolls.. plus they are fun!) and I would have moved my army closer together letting my fex's screen and advance on the brunt of the army while my genestealers (hopefully) flanked from the sides.

Thanks for reading!

Regardless of the outcome, both armies are well painted, and the terrain is way nicer than anything in my FLGS.

Bottom line: don't get too down on yourself - it's your second game in RL!

Nice bat-rep, nice pictures and nice models.
well done

Thanks guys! We will hopefully be able to make more in the future (with better pics, more organization, and more close-ups). Glad you enjoyed!

Enjoyed the read thanks for the report!

Good report! Keep up the good work. Pictures are the things that make a report really enjoyable.

Agreed good report with nice pics.Next time if you want to chart what happened roll by roll take a notepad with you(this is not a short coming of the report in anyway,but you had said your memory started to fade and just if you would like to chart out what happened wright it in your notepad).


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By the way nice terian and well painted armies.For what you called a "noob battle" it was excellent.

Thanks guys!

Deff, I will take a notepad next time and take notes for more detail, thanks for the tip.

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80 points for a s6 w2 genestealer that has to roll on the deepstrike mishap table just to exist. No. He'll die to just about anything he charges that isn't absolutely helpless in assault anyway.

Broodlords are generally a bad idea because the squad that they must take can no longer fleet.

Your genestealers have taken so many upgrades that you are fielding too few of them.


You should probably read Yakface's article about equipping Carnifexes. For one, Regenerate is a waste of points because you'll be lucky to have it activate once in a game. There is no reason to give them rending claws. Especially in 4th. Literally none. There is nothing you cannot wound, and nothing that rolling a 6 on your armor penetration score cannot penetrate already without the extra D3. Besides, Monstrous Creature.

You could probably save so many points from excess biomorphs to pay for whole Elite Carnifexes.

Assault termies with Stormshields have a good chance to just laugh at Genestealers, honestly. Try shooting them with some of our lovely Twin Linked, Living Ammo Yes I can really re-roll all that firepower. Tyrants with 2x devourers, Enhanced senses and toxin sacs are great for that.

Why do people insist on playing games across open fields. I can see you've got 6 buildings to use... so why are they crammed against the edges?

I liked the wrecked russes

Thanks for he comments folks!

Good job on this report. Simple and clean.

Sorry to say that i would NOT bring this list onto the table if i play Tyranids because it taken too much upgrade on units in order to furfill the points it required due to lack of model supplies IMO. also it seems not very balanced list than Ultramarines.

Great fight, I have a feeling I lucked ou here.

Thanks Sadetta. In retrospect, I realize that I spent WAY to much for way too little. That's a big part of why I like posting these because, it helps me see what went wrong and what I can do better later as well as get advice from others.

Have read the follow up fight? If so what did you think? You can find that here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/244312.page#779543

Thanks for your input

yeah man for 2000 points you could have had a massive army. Very well done report, though, and nice painting