Not the usual quality of batreps I am used to but this will suffice. Primarily due to my army being in bits and pieces as I am preparing them. I am playing Hivefleet Leviathan today and my opponent will be bringing Ultramarines.
Hivefleet Leviathan wakes up from its slumber |
Rolled these powers up for both Tyrants. |
These two powers for the Tervigon |
The mission was Cloak and Dagger and Ultramarines had the first turn.
A Crone from Kraken came in to join the fun. Tyranid deployment |
Ultramarines deployment |
Here's when I realized that this list was in 2 parts. This sat back and did not do much to put pressure to the opponent. |
Tigurius and Sternguard turn up in Drop Pods |
With combat doctrines one they managed to down my Warlord for First Blood and Slay the Warlord |
Ultramarines score 6 VPs |
Turn 2 saw the arrival of my Toxicrene. I even charged my Malanthrope (proxied by the Carnifex) |
While the unit of Gants came back in to support |
The Malanthrope managed to kill off a few Marines and consolidated nearer to Tigurious |
Managed to score one VP for his Scouts fleeing |
Flying bats took this photo |
In Turn 3 Tigurius lost 2 wounds to the swarm and Malanthrope |
But the Ultramarines managed to score 2 VP's for a total of 8VPs |
In the Tyranids Turn 3, I was targetting to remove as many small units as possible to secure the VP so went for the Scouts |
The Crone took one Marine out in it's Vector Strike |
And the Malanthrope finally kills off Tigurius scoring me Slay the Warlord |
Scored 4VPs for total of 5VPs |
In the Ultramarines' turn 3 they manage to score these 3 VPs for a total of 11VPs |
But in the Tyranid turn 4 I managed to score another 2 for a total of 7 VPs |
I had lost all of my Synapse creatures at this stage and it was looking really bleak |
Ultramarines score another 2VP's for 13VPs |
We concluded the game at the start of Turn 5 as I simply did not have enough units to really contest or go out to capture objectives. The lack of Synapse creatures sure did not help. It was a good game that thought me one thing, this army list needed work.
Tyranids need the synergy and the focus that comes from building a strong synergistic list is important. I will be adding the 2 other pods I have in my collection into my lists as I think it has really earned a place. Aggressive and effective in 2 phases of the game. An excellent unit.
I am still on the fence with the Toxicrene. I will have to play a few more games before I can really conclude.
I will be back with more games. Now to get building.
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