The last round of my seven game marathon was against Julio
and his Tau. Julio brought;
Commander Farsight
12 Fire Warriors with Pulse Rifles
12 Fire Warriors with Pulse Rifles
12 Fire Warriors with Pulse Rifles
8 Pathfinders (8 Markerlights/Devilfish with Burst Cannon
and Pulse Carbine Drones)
Piranha (Fusion Blaster)
Hammerhead (Railgun and Pulse Carbine Drones)
3 Broadsides (3 Twin-Linked Railguns/3 Twin-Linked Plasma
Rifles/Blacksun Filter)
3 Broadsides (3 Twin-Linked Railguns/3 Twin-Linked Plasma
Rifles/Blacksun Filter)
I realize now that this list is illegal due to Farsight only
allowing one unit of broadsides, but that obviously is after the fact now. He
has a lot of high strength shooting, which of course scares my big bugs. Once I
get across the table I should be able to handle his list, though it will be
interesting to see how overwatch effects my charges. All that plasma may make
me think twice about trying a long charge (note: it is almost always worth
risking the long charge. If I don’t charge I am taking the shots anyways, and
they will be at full ballistic skill rather than just BS1). I brought;
Tervigon (Onslaught/Scything Talons)
Tyranid Prime (Lashwhip/Bonesword/Scything Talons/Toxin
Sacs)
2 Hive Guard
2 Hive Guard
Tervigon (Catalyst)
10 Termagants
2 Carnifex (Twin-Linked Devourers x2)
Trygon (Toxin Sacs)
Trygon
One thing I forgot to do was to swap out dominion on the
tervigons for a different biomancy ability. Julio got the warlord ability that
let him pick if nightfight was in play turn one, which he selected to have
occur. I selected the Prime as my warlord and received move through cover for
units within 12”. I completely forgot to use that. I should make a token to
mark my warlord from now on so that I remember. In this report the unpainted
tervigon is my troop while the painted one is my HQ. The random people in the
background were friends and family of Julio. They all were fun making jokes and
such. One of them was a fellow nid player.
The mission is Big Guns Never Tire and we are using Hammer
and Anvil for the deployment. Not only does this mean there will be more space
between us, but also that Julio can score with his heavy support. We roll for
five objectives and thankfully I win the roll to go first.
