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Read your report. The army you faced wasn't a Nidzilla force though, it was pretty much a standard Nid army. Those I can beat just fine, its the Nidzilla version that I think is going to give DA a major headache.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

DE are actually one of the armies that has little problem with nidzillas. You've got so many blasters, dark lances, disintigrators, and agonizers that nidzillas just get swamped before they get into range.

Posted By Tarval on 04/27/2007 5:50 PM

I still am in ahh to the fact that people think this list is so darn hard? An army that shoot, and assaults? First off you get a save vs any weapon that they have. If you dont via zons, just space your units out. Very few of his units will be able to move fast. That in turn is going to give you plenty of time to burn him down. Maybe you should invest in more in troop instead of termies with assault cannon. Waiting on a six to pay off is pointless in a game, and 260 ish point for your termi unit is a big chunck of change to have in a five man unit. If you are getting pounded into the dirt via Nids, then I would look to the general of the DA player. 

Also posting a battle report from last night NID VS Green Marine/DA if you want to read up. Hats off to David the nid player and to find out  who won, well you will just have to see the report!

I stopped reading after I realized your tyranid opponent took warriors.  No offense, but warriors are about the most sub-optimal choice in the nid dex. 

DE are the only army that think of Zilla Nids as a freebie

actually I think DE are a brutal meta choice right now, I'm rather surprised that so few people field them.

Ugly models, and they're only available through mail order.

Yeah, but they are so easy to get through ebay. Just about my entire force is from e-bay.

The exception are my wyches, which are converted from Dark Elf Witch Elves so they actually look decent.

As much as I love DA, I'm bringing DE to the local RT tournament this summer.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

I was thinking the other day about possibly using a pure Ravenwing army to take on Nidzilla. Lots of mobile firepower and high toughness. If any of you are still reading this, how would this work:

Master Sammael - 205 points
- Landspeeder variant
6 - Ravenwing Attack Squad- 365 pts
Vet Sgt w/ Fist, 2 x Plasma Guns, Apothecary, Ravenwing Standard
1 - Attack Bike w/ Multi-Melta
6 - Ravenwing Attack Squad - 325 pts
Vet Sgt w/ Fist, 2 x Plasma Guns
1 - Attack Bike w/ Multi-Melta
6 - Ravenwing Attack Squad - 375 pts
1 - Landspeeder Tornado
Assault Cannon, Hvy Bolter
1 - Ravenwing Landspeeder Tornado - 100 points
Assault Cannon, Hvy Bolter
1 - Ravenwing Landspeeder - 65 pts
Multi Melta
1- Ravenwing Landspeeder - 65 pts
Multi-Melta

Total: 1500

6 plasma guns, 4 multi-meltas, 3 hvy bolters, 3 assault cannons, 3 fists
25 models, 13 scoring units

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Would you pounce on one fex at a time? Coming from a few different directions like?

I think this list could kill one zilla a turn, maybe two at close range. Once the little bugs are cleared out by the landspeeders, get up close, rapid fire the plasmas and then assault.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

To be really effective, it's still got to get too close to the zilla's ozzy. They've got to expose themselves to return fire. Misjudge the distances just a bit, and the return fire from the devourers & venom cannons is going to smoke you.

I agree, in order for this list to work, one would have to play super tight. I think that with correct deployment and good target priority, it could actually do some damage. At this point, DA's are screwed no matter what vs. Zillas, running a Ravenwing army against them would be unorthodox and might just be crazy enough to work.

I have two more Ravenwing army boxes to buy before I can even field this list, but I'm planning on giving it a try.

Ozymandias, King of Kings