Hello Wargamers! Today, Matt demanded that his Tyranids get a rematch on my Orks. I am going to try and get both army lists up moving forward.
The game:
1. Crusade w/ 3 objectives (Worth 3 points each)
2. 2,000 points
3. Dawn of War deployment
4. Warlord Traits- Useless for both of us.
5. Tyranids deployed first and was going to go first.
Preamble: Last time Matt brought out a lot of little guys trying to over take me with numbers. It did not work at all. This time he unloaded with ton of monstrous creatures.
Reserves: The Tyranids had 2 Trygons and I had a 1 Dakka Jet and 5 Koptas.
Turn: 1
Orks STEAL initiative with a 6!!
Moving: The 2 groups of boyz moved out of heavy cover to be able to shoot. I didn't think I was going to steal the initiative.
Blue Battlewagon w/4 big shootas, rolla, and wrecking ball. Inside: 5 burnas, 5 Mega Nobz, and a Warboss. Moved 6" so it could still shoot
Red Wagon w/4 big shootas. Inside: 1 Big Mek (Warlord) w/ force field and 9 tank busters. Moved 6" so it could still shoot.
Shooting: The lootas, big shootas, and everything was trying to hit the monstrous creatures and the flying creatures. The boom guns were able to kill the guards around his Warlord and wound him. Night fighting was enabled so he got a lot of cover saves. I was able to kill 1 small group Termagants. (FIRST KILL)
Tyranids-
Moving: He had 2 Harpys and 1 Hive Tyrants both with wings. He zoomed with both of them in the first turn. He casted Feel No Pain all over the place. His Tervigons made over 10+ termagants and did not roll doubles, Bummer. Then he moved up his other 2 groups of termagants.
Shooting: His 2 Harpy units used their big blast templates to kill a lot of lootas on both sides of the board.
Orks turn 2:
Right Side
Left side
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Moving: Both the 1 Dakka Jet and 5 Koptas came in this turn. The dakka came out on the left side and the koptas came on the right side. The boyz on the right side moved into the ruin to fill in the gaps where the lootas died. The blue wagon moved 12" and rolla'd 2 groups of termagants and a Tervigon. A lot of wounds. they later get hit by the wrecking ball as well.
Shooting: Made all 3 flying monstrous creatures crash to the ground. Both Harpies were able to stay alive with 1 wound. the Hive Tyrant went down 2 wounds. The boom guns killed a ton of termagants and injured the tervigons. Dakka brought the black tervigon down to 1 wound. Nice.
Tyranid turn 2:
Moving: 1 of his Trygons came in on the right side near the Basilisk. Everyone moved forward.
Shooting: the harpies AGAIN blasted the lootas and looted tanks. The closet red looted tank (Left side) blew up 6" and didn't kill any boyz. The looted tank on the right side was brought down to 1 hull point with glances. EVERYONE SHOT into the back of the blue battlewagon. The wagon was blown up killing 8 termagants and 2 burnas.
Assaulting: A tervigon and hive tyrant charged the Mega Nobz and Warboss from the blown up Battlewagon. Result: Only 1 Mega Nob survived and fell back. The Tervigon ended up dying.
Orks turn 3:
Moving; The last looted tank with 1 hull point couldn't shoot so I squeezed in the middle of 2 termagant squads. If he blows up maybe take a few of them with me. The dakka jet moved up into the forest and continued shooting into the Tervigon. The koptas moved a little closer. Mega Nob regrouped, but only moved 3".
Shooting: The boyz on the left killed that harpy. The lootas on the left killed the harpy on the right. The tank busters killed the flying Hive Tyrant. The koptas killed the endless termagants.
Assaulting: The boyz on the right side assaulted out of the basilisk and hit the Trygon. The Trygon attacked first and killed 5 boyz. the boyz and the klaw were able to bring the Trygon down to 1 wound. The boyz passed their leadership and stay in combat.
Tyranid turn 3:
Moving: The black Tervigon finally stopped making termagants. It was a pretty amazing thing. Matt's Tervigons must have made at least 30-40 termagants.
Shooting: Termagants finished the looted wagon off on the right side. Only a wreak though. termagants also shot the koptas, killing 1.
Assault: Both his flying Tyrant and a few termagants attacked the koptas killing all of them. That tyrant insta-kill claws/swords are amazing. The on-going assault with the boyz on the right side. The Trygon kills 5 and the boyz wound 3 bring the Trygon down to 1. The boyz fallback and the Trygon catches them.
Summary of the end of the game:
Orks kill the Hive Tyrant, both Trygons, the last Harpy, and a ton of Termagants. The Orks were able to hold 2 objectives, line breaker, Warlord Kill, and first blood. ORKS WIN!!!!
Orks: 9
Tyranids: 3 (1 Objective)
I will try and take more pictures next time. Hope you enjoyed it.
