Re: Sv: [Epic] Eldar & Disrupts.

From: J Andrew Evans <J_Andrew_Evans_at_...>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 14:17:49 +0100

Susanne Henriksen wrote:

> > Surely there has to be some effective deterrment against them. Big long
> range guns > seems like a first thought. I just bought some Squat Goliath
> Mega-cannons to bolster my four Squat Thunderer stands into an actual
> detachment - what about something like that?
> >
> > A#
>
> How about a Titan armed with a couple of Heavy Weapon Batteries (a Warlord
> Titan could pack 32 firepower this way).
>
> - Beller-
> Not-so-faithful servant of the Hive Mind
>

This is the sort of thinking . . . Surely it is too easy to condemn 10+
Biovore detachments as cheesy and never try a few differing strategies to beat
them. Something that laid down lots of firepower or even disrupted back seems
the best strategy.

Mind you, the Titan below didn't strike me as doing so well in this game.

A#




>
> BTW, I fought a battle with my Tyranids this weekend. My (Imperial/Space
> Marine-wimpy) opponent took the usual Warlord combined with a detachment to
> protect (referred to later as the wimpy ones) it from my assault swarms.
>
> This is what I did (and send his Titan to the fiery pits of hell):
>
> I had four swarms:
> One Biovore swarm (+extra to support)
> One Transport swarm (Lots of Assault Spawn)
> One Hormagaunt swarm (Loads of Hormagaunts)
> One Assault swarm
>
> They totalled about 700 pts.
>
> First, I put loads of BMs on the wimpy ones and a few on the warlord to
> shut down its 2 death rays and the vortex. All of my swarms were more than
> 45cm away in the shooting phase, which meant the Warlord couldn't fire. In
> the assault phase, my Transport swarm moved 20cm towards the Warlord and
> unloaded the Hormagaunts, who charged 35cm and engaged the wimpy ones.
> Needless to say they kicked ass, the wimps ran off with 9 BMs. The Warlord
> then drove off the Hormagaunts in a firefight. They retreated 20cm. In the
> end phase the wimps recovered 4 BMs (but still had 5)
>
> In the next phase the Hormagaunts stayed where they were. The assault and
> transport swarm moved closer towards the Titan. The Warlord moved closer to
> my Biovores and the wimps were still broken so they just sat there!
>
> In the shooting phase the Biovores, assault swarm, and transport swarm
> unloaded everything they had into the Titan downing 4 shields and placing
> heaps of BMs. The Warlord caused a few casualties in its shooting phase
> before my swarms tore it apart in the assault phase (luckily it didn't
> explode).
>
> I had lost only a few Biovores, some Termagants, one Carnifex, and one Hive
> Tyrant for the cost of a Titan. That game was in a bag.......
>
> The tactic I used here, was to stay out of the Titan's range initially. I
> used Hormagants in Assault Spawns to run 55cm towards the enemy in the
> assault phase and broke the wimps. The rest of the swarms assigned to the
> job then finnished off the Titan.
>
> - Beller -
> Faithful servant of the Hive Mind
Received on Wed Sep 30 1998 - 13:17:49 UTC