40k Video Battle Report #1 – Chaos Space Marines vs Tyranids
Welcome
all to our first Battle Report under Warhammer 40,000: 7th edition!
In
an effort to clean up the Battle Reports for ease of location and ordering,
I’ve decided to start assigning each Battle Report a number. This will allow me
to refer back to older Battle Reports when posting new content, and it will
hopefully help you, the reader/viewer, to remember which reports you’ve seen!
All
right, enough of that nonsense. On to the carnage!
The Armies
Renegades
of the Warp
Chaos
Space Marines/Chaos Demons – 2,000
Disclaimer: I’m
writing this list from memory, with dozens of psychic cards laying all over the
room. I’m sure there are some minor errors, and I apologize in advance.
Chaos Space
Marines
HQ
Chaos
Sorcerer: WARLORD (Immovable Object), Terminator Armor, Force Axe; Mastery Level 3, Summoning, Cursed Earth, Dark Flame, Sacrifice
Chaos
Sorcerer: Terminator Armor, Force Axe; Mastery Level 3, Summoning, Dark Flame, Infernal
Gaze, Possession
ELITES
Noise
Marines: five additional Noise Marines, 2x Blastmaster, 6x Sonic Blaster
TROOPS
Chaos
Space Marines: ten additional Chaos Space Marines, 2x Plasma Gun, Champion has Melta Bombs
Chaos
Space Marines: ten additional Chaos Space Marines, 2x Plasma Gun, Champion has Melta Bombs
FAST
ATTACK
Heldrake:
Hades Autocannon
HEAVY
SUPPORT
Forgefiend:
2x Hades Autocannon
Forgefiend:
2x Hades Autocannon
Chaos Demons
HQ
Lord
of Change: 2x Greater Reward; Mastery Level 3, Flickering Fires of Tzeentch, Prescience, Forewarning, Precognition, Foreboding
TROOPS
Pink
Horrors of Tzeentch: ten additional Pink Horrors, Iridescent Horror; Flickering Fires of Tzeentch, Summoning, Dark Flame
Hive
Fleet Nug Assault Swarm
Tyranids
– 2,000
HQ
Hive
Tyrant: WARLORD (Conqueror of Cities); Wings, 2x Twin Devourers with Brainleech
Worms; Dominion, The Horror, Paroxysm
ELITES
Zoanthrope
Brood: two additional Zoanthropes; Warp
Blast, Dominion, Psychic Scream
TROOPS
Hormagaunt
Brood: ten additional Hormagaunts
Hormagaunt
Brood: ten additional Hormagaunts
Hormagaunt
Brood: ten additional Hormagaunts
Hormagaunt
Brood: ten additional Hormagaunts
FAST
ATTACK
Ravener
Brood: two additional Raveners, Rending Claws and Scything Talons; The Red
Terror
Hive
Crone
Hive
Crone
HEAVY
SUPPORT
Carnifex
Brood: one additional Carnifex, 2x Scything Talons, Adrenal Glands
Mawloc
Mawloc
Post-Game
Thoughts:
Keep
in mind, this game was played the day after 7th edition came out, so
there was much we were still learning.
This
game went very well for me, and showcased some of the potential weaknesses in
the new Psychic Phase. I will definitely need more Synapse (and more Psykers)
in the future to continue getting my powers off in time.
Personally,
I love the new rules for Move Through Cover. In 6th edition, I
wouldn’t have dreamed of making some of the charges I pulled down in this game.
While I wish it had went on a bit longer, to see how I did against the summoned
Bloodthirster and the Forgefiends, I did agree with my opponent’s assessment
that he was in a tough spot. The Carnifexes are amazingly swift now, and they
feel more useful because of Smash’s changes. I’m also eager to try out a
Haruspex or two with Adrenal Glands, since their Crushing Claws could prove
useful in a battle against significant armor.
The
Psychic Phase just doesn’t feel all that bad. My opponent was able to get off a
spell or two, but he overloaded on dice and left himself without the Warp
Charge needed to defend himself. As a result, the Lord of Change died very
early in the game. I also think he needs to roll his powers on the opposite
Psykers, since the Demons don’t have the risk of Perils on any double when
rolling for Malefic. We’ve played a few more games since this battle report was
done, and I have already seen that he indeed learned from this approach.
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