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This is my first ever Battle Report so please forgive me for the image quality etc. I will do a video next time with everything setup correctly etc...

The battle report is my 2 armies, played by myself and my Girlfriend.

So here are the essentials...

THE BATTLE

Points: 1850
Deployment: Dawn Of War
Game Type: Purge the Alien
Night Fighting: No
Table Sides: Tyranids Win Roll
1st Turn: Tyranids Win Roll
Steal the Initiative: Failed (Rolled a 1)
Tyranids Warlord Trait: Conqueror of Cities
Dark Eldar Warlord Trait: Divide to Conquer

THE ARMIES

Tyranids

This is my fast attack list. Lots of wounds and lots of shooting and rending!

1x Hive Tyrant - TL Devourers, Wings, Catalyst, Onslaught (Warlord)
1x Hive Tyrant - TL Devourers, Wings, Warp Blast, The Horror
3x Tyranids Warriors - 1x Venom Cannon, 2x Devourers
15x Termagaunts - 5x Fleshborers, 10x Devourers
20x Gargoyles - Toxin Sacs
9x Shrikes - 9x Devourers, 9x Rending Claws
9x Raveners - 9x Devourers, 9x Rending Claws
2x Mawloc
3x Biovores


Dark Eldar

This is a Tournament List im working on, does well normally due to range control, anti flyers, and a butt load of shooting.

1x Baron Sathonix (Warlord)
1x Autarch - Scorpion Chainsword, Eldar Jetbike
6x Guardian Jetbikes - 2x Shuriken Cannons
5x Kabalite Warriors - Venom (2x SC, FF, NS)
5x Kabalite Warriors - Venom (2x SC, FF, NS)
5x Kabalite Warriors - Venom (2x SC, FF, NS)
5x Kabalite Warriors - Raider (1x Disintegrator, FF, NS)
5x Kabalite Warriors - Raider (1x Disintegrator, FF, NS)
5x Kabalite Warriors - Raider (1x Disintegrator, FF, NS)
1x Crimson Hunter - 2x Bright Lance, 2x Pulse Laser
2x Ravager - 3x Dark Lance
3x War Walkers - 3x Scatter Laser, 3x Starcannon
1x Razorwing Jetfighter - SC, 4x Monoscythe Missiles, 2x Dark Lance


TABLE AND DEPLOYMENT




RESERVES




TYRANID TURN 1



> Warlord Casts Onslaught and Catalyst and doesn't Peril.
> All units run up their maximum distances to try and close the gap between the armies.
> Due to Night Shields on the DE Vehicles none of the Tyranid Weapons are in range so all units decide to run up the board and close the gap a bit more.


]DARK ELDAR TURN 1



> All vehicles shift around so the Tyranids are in their firing arcs.
> Firing Begins
> Raider & Units Inside shoot at the Right Flank Hive Tyrant (Not Warlord) and inflict 2 wounds.
> Ravager shoots at the Hive Tyrant and the Hive Tyrant makes 2 Cover Saves.
> Raider & Units Inside shoot at the Hive Tyrant inflicting no wounds!
> Venom & Units Inside shoot at the Gargoyles inflicting no wounds!
> Venom & Units Inside shoot the Warlord Hive Tyrant, inflict no wounds but manage to ground him (grounding doesn't wound).
> Venom & Units Inside put another wound on the Warlord Hive Tyrant.
> Raider & Ravager on the left flank put 1 more wound on the Warlord Hive Tyant.

End of Dark Eldar Turn - Some very poor shooting on the right flank has left that side of the board with practically no damage done. Both Hive Tyrants however are down to 2 wounds each.


TYRANID TURN 2



> Warlord cast Catalyst but rolls and 11 on Onslaught and Fails it.
> Both Mawlocs roll 4's and come in from Reserve.
> 1st Mawloc attempts to come up under 2 Venoms and 1 Ravager on the left flank and rolls a hit. Manages to Pen 1 Venom which is Shaken and the other vehicles pass their FlickerField Saves. Mawloc gets Mishap place at the back on the Tyranid Deployment Zone.
> 2nd Mawloc attempts to hit the same target and scatter left onto the Raider and manages to put a glance on it. Again goes back into ongoing reserves.
> All Tyranid Units move up their respective distances to get into range.
> Firing Begins
> Biovores fire at the injured Venom and miss, 3x Spore Mines placed just in front of the Venoms.
> Right Flank Hive Tyrant shoots the Ravager and manages 2x Glances.
> 7 Gargoyles in range due to Night Shields shoot and manage 1 Glance on a Venom (luckily FF saved the other).
> Raveners fire their Devourers at the Raider and manage 1 Glance.
> Venom Cannon hits a Venom but does no damage.
> Warlord Hive Tyrant shoots a Venom, does 3 Pens and 3 Glances, 1 of each saved by FF but ends up wreaked and doesnt explode. (1ST BLOOD)
> Shrikes shoot nearest Venom and Fail to Damage it.
> Assault Phase
> Hive Tyrant fails his charge on the Ravager.
> Raveners charge the Raider they shot at and take 3 wounds from overwatch and lose a model. Make it into combat.
> Shrikes fail their charge on the Venom they shot and lose a wound to overwatch.
> Warlord fails his 5" charge on the warriors that dropped out the Venom.
> Assault Combat
> Raveners manage 24 hits on the Raider, they get 4 Rends, no FF saves and the Raider Explodes. 1 Ravager takes 2 wound's from the explosion and 1 Warrior bites the dust.


DARK ELDAR TURN 2



> Thanks to the Autarch all 4 Dark Eldar / Eldar reserves come in.
> All units shuffle around to try and get away from the oncoming horde.
> Firing Begins
> Crimson Hunter does 1 wound to Hive Tyrant, Tyrant passes 2 Covers saves on a roll of 5 (already on ground so no check).
> Ravager instant deaths 1 Ravener.
> Pinned Warriors from the Wreak attempt to shoot the Raveners and fail miserably.
> Raider & Troops Inside kill 3 Gargoyles.
> Venom & Troops Insurde kill a further 9 Gargoyles (much better shooting this turn!).
> Razorwing Jetfighter fire at the Shrikes outright killing 2 and putting a wound on another one.
> The HQ Biike Group fires at the Shrikes with everything they have and mange to kill a further 3!
> Ravager on the left flank instant deaths another 2 Shrikes.
> Rest of the left flank vehicles shoot the Shrikes attempting to finish off the Synapse but the Shrikes manage to save 7 3+ wounds and take no more damage.
> War Walkers fire everything into the Warriors and manage to kill 2 and put a wound on the last one.

Post Turn Picture



TYRANID TURN 3



> Mawloc at the back passes IB and burrows.
> Mawloc comes up under the Jetbikes and HQ, scatters a bit but manages to kill 2 Jetbikes.
> Warlord cast Onslaught and Catalyst successfully.
> All other models move up.
> Firing Begins
> Hive Tyrant on Right shoots the Crimson Hunter, it attempts to Jink but gets blown up.
> Warlord Hive Tyrant shoots the Raider and does 1 Glance and 5 Pens. Amazingly it only gets Wrecked.
> Shrikes shoot the Venom and dont damage it.
> Raveners shoot the Raider and do 2 Glances, now wrecked due to taking a hull point earlier.
> Gargoyles shoot and kill all the warriors hiding behind the Raider wreak.
> Dev Gaunts shoot at the War Walkers and somehow manage to do 19 hits and 7 glances which they manage to save none of. 2 Wreaked War Walkers and a hull point on the other.
> Warrior shoots the War Walkers but does nothing.
> 3 Biovores shoot and hit the Jetbikes 3 times for 6 wounds but only manage to kill 1!
> Dark Eldar HQ Squad passes leadership.
> Assault Phase
> Warrior charges the War Walker
> Spores charge the Warriors
> Warlord charges the Warriors from the Wreak, takes and saves 2 wounds from overwatch.
> Shrikes charge the Venom and take no OV wounds.
> Raveners charge the Warriors and take no OV wounds.
> Assault Combat
> Warlord kills 2 warriors, takes no wounds and the warriors pass leadership!
> Spores do 8 hits at strength 6 to the Warriors and wipe them out...!
> War Walker and Warrior combat ends in nothing happening.
> Shrikes wreak the Venom.
> Raveners take 1w from the Warriors but then proceed to wipe the squad out and consolidate into the Raider wreak for cover.


DARK ELDAR TURN 3



> Remaining units shift around.
> Firing Begins
> Razorwing Jetfighter kills 11 Termagaunts
> Venom & Units Inside put 4 wounds on the Mawloc.
> Autarch and Baron split off from Jetbikes and add another wound to the Mawloc.
> Jetbikes finish the Mawloc off.
> Ravager instant deaths the last 2 Shrikes.
> Warriors do 2 wounds to the Raveners.
> Ravager instant deaths another 2 Raveners.
> Assault Phase
> No DE Charge into Combat
> Assault Combat
> Warlord Hive Tyrant kills the rest of the warriors.
> Tyranid Warrior loses a wound to the War Walker (1 wound left).


TYRANID TURN 4



> All units move up.
> Everything in Synapse.
> Mawloc comes in from reserves and scatters to the middle of nowhere.
> Warlord gets both powers off.
> Firing Starts
> Biovores shoot off the board.
> Gargoyles kill 2 Warriors
> Raveners shoot the Autarch and Baron and Autarch loses 2 Wounds.
> Right flank Hive Tyrant puts 8 wounds on the HQ squad, they save all 8 of them!
> Termagaunts kill a Jetbike.
> Warlord shoots and blows up the last Venom.
> Assault Phase
> Warlord charges the Venom and takes no OV wounds.
> Raveners charge the Baron and take no OV wounds.
> Hive Tyrant charges Baron and take OV wounds.
> Gargoyles charge warriors and lose 1 to OV.
> Assault Combat
> Baron does 1w to the Raveners.
> Hive Tyrant kills the Baron.
> Warriors manage to do a wound to the Warlord Hive Tyrant who then kills 3 and overruns them.
> War Walker kills the last Warrior.


DARK ELDR TURN 4



> Razorwing flies off the board.
> Units move up.
> Firing Starts
> War Walker wipes out the Termagaunts.
> Bikes shoot the Warlord and do nothing.
> Assault Phase
> Jetbikes attempt to charge the Warlord and lose 1 to overwatch and fail charge.
> Assault Combat
> Warriors kills a Gargoyle and take no wounds in return.


TYRANID TURN 5



Tyranids essentially mop up remaining Dark Eldar and wipe them out.




GAME ENDS - FINAL RESULT

Tyranids - 17 Victory Points
Dark Eldar - 7 Victory Points

TYRANIDS WIN


Terrible rolling by the Dark Eldar for most of the game, and despite them being able to move fast the fast moving Tyranids could easily keep up. Perhaps a change in the list is required, or more focused firepower!!!

Hopefully everyone was able to follow this, was my first ever report so I cant really say how it went.


Cheers

G

How can you reach the DE models with the table in the corner like that

Thanks for the report . Mawlocs again fail to impress, though...

Im 6"5 so I can reach across pretty easily

The Mawlocs didnt really have any viable targets this game unfortunately, most of the stuff they would have killed was eaten by everything else which left them with trying to take out vehicles or going after the bikes.

In the last game I played with the Tyranids one of the mawlocs took out an entire tactical squad which was much more entertaining.

Even if they dont killed a whole unit its still nice to have them there on the enemys side of the board, they are okay in CC and are pretty good at smash attacking vehicles so they do have their uses.

Your DE opponent seemed to lay off those flyrants for some reason. Turn two he should have been able to finish them both since they were both on the ground.

That is a terrible match for Mawlocs btw. I'd give them another shot, they aren't made for AT.

I think the horde about to assault was a bit of a worry

Yeah Mawlocs dont usually fail me, they didnt do much this game but they will be back again.

Great game! I like your Tyranid list. Even though nids are stacked on the heavy supports, I'm finding that I'm using the Fast Attacks more because I like a fast army as well. I especially like the raveners and have used them in a number of my games now. The only thing that worries me in that list are the troops. It really helped out the bugs that you guys were playing Purge rather than an objective game (well, that plus good dice for the bugs). Then again, tabling someone is always a good way to win it.

BTW, one of my 40K friends who play a nasty seer council Deldar army is 6'9"!

Yeah the troops are a little light but the list is designed to deny other troops from scoring. I might drop the biovores and add more gaunts and / or warriors.

List is a work in progress but has won 2 games on the trot with pretty much tabling both time. The Ravener and Shrike blobs are hard the whittle down if you move from cover to cover.

Even a helldrake would like only kill 1/2 a turn so they are very effective.