Ouch, this one hurt... big respect to Craig for taking it on the chin! Without doom posting I gotta say this is pretty much how casual play has felt for 'nyds since the first data slate + codex dropped 😭I gave in a while back and started running a biovore and neurolictors to tread water, but you're still screwed bringing our off-meta units unless your opponent agrees to tone down their list Fingers crossed we see either a couple reworks or some serious point changes in the coming months 'cause it'd be nice to start running fat warrior blobs again... and my other army is ad mech 💀
Really nice to see assimilation swarm battle reports. Last dataslate kind of forgot about the detachment, but hopefully next one gives a bit of love to the assimilation (phage and swarmy point drop or maybe some aditional unit getting the keyword?)
Problem of tyranids is currently not to being fun, to feed is to kill mercilessly, without fun or emotion lol kinda like how they feel. I wished tyrant guard could had been better but as of late the tyranids aren´t as good (syndrome of 1st book). Was fun to watch the game however. I did made an extensive "updates " on how they should had been which i did pointed out to GW in hopefully they might fix something.
Glad you still enjoyed it! I hope Tyranids receive a few more changes in the next few dataslates. For now I'm just trying to make them enjoyable to watch on the table top! They can still win, but it is an uphill battle indeed.
I'm a new player and wondering why Tyranids lost because they seem ahead in points based on the screen overlay. Did they lose because they were "tabled" or did something else happen? I can't seem to find recent rules where tabling is a automatic loss in 10th edition playing by Leviathan rules and the Internet is awash with articles/people claiming that it is and isn't and arguing over which rules it may or may not be the case. In my Leviathan deck leaflet and Leviathan box rules book, under ending the battle, it says even if a player has no more units they other player continues playing on their turn to score points.
Unfortunately, I think I chose the wrong melee loadout. I think the cleaver and whip is the best option. Still think it's a fun tactic, but not a tournament staple.
Try a full Unending Swarm list, not the good one with Exocrines and Maleceptors and 4-5 swarm units, but a true swarm list with 120 termagants/hormagaunts and either 66 Neurogaunts or gargoyles... only 1 winged tyranid prime as HQ, rest is swarms/battleline. With the stratagem to get back units its like 300 bodies + 80!
I know its not the best, but its for sure one of the funniest detachements. Looking forward to playing it myself in the future. One thing i m gonna do is, take 2 or 3 Parasite of Mortrexes to hunt down some squishy infantry and break the game by spwing additional Ripper Swarms. ^^ Really surprised i don´t see anyone using them in Assimilation Swarm. Question: When it comes to aura abilities, do you measure from any point of the model or the base? I rackon it could be anything, but i like to be sure.
I think in turn 2 you forgot that the tyrant guard crushing claws are twin-linked. That said, 2 attacks a piece hitting on 4s with only str 8 ap2 dmg2 is a joke (even with the neurotyrant +1 to hit). I would never run that unit :( Thank you for showing this dettachment but it seems even worse than crusher. At least that one can stat-check some armies with bad shooting.
Nids will always be my first love. I just wish I didn't love and collect a losing team 😂. I guess you could call them a "smart man's" army, because you need to be a skilled player to actually win with them. However, sometimes I wish I could just phone it in like Knights or Custodes etc. Even Orks can hit hard when you need them to.
I know this was just a friendly game, but if matt is going to pull units around cover to pull you out of combat you should be a little more careful about the order you activate in. If your 2nd haurspex had gotten to attack and you'd remebered you have twin linked on your tyrand guard the bottom board might have come out different
It was a perfect play by Matt, I knew he was going to do that. That's why I only allocated 6 attacks from the first Haruspex. Statistically 6 attacks, Only kills one or two Marines. There were 3 in range of the Haruspex. Had I not killed 5 marines with 6 attacks, the 2nd haruspex would have done significant damage and yes, completely changed that flank.
Ouch, this one hurt... big respect to Craig for taking it on the chin! Without doom posting I gotta say this is pretty much how casual play has felt for 'nyds since the first data slate + codex dropped 😭I gave in a while back and started running a biovore and neurolictors to tread water, but you're still screwed bringing our off-meta units unless your opponent agrees to tone down their list
Fingers crossed we see either a couple reworks or some serious point changes in the coming months 'cause it'd be nice to start running fat warrior blobs again... and my other army is ad mech 💀
Really nice to see assimilation swarm battle reports. Last dataslate kind of forgot about the detachment, but hopefully next one gives a bit of love to the assimilation (phage and swarmy point drop or maybe some aditional unit getting the keyword?)
We got closer to the legendary Haruspex tongue snipe!
I just played a 2500 game and had two haruspexes
Brought an Overlord (necrons) to 1 wound 🥲
As someone who plays Tyranids and Death Guard, I unfortunately saw this coming 😅 Props to both players for a great game!
1:32:41 so if you beat assimilation swarm by whipping out the whole unit then try getting the toughest units
Problem of tyranids is currently not to being fun, to feed is to kill mercilessly, without fun or emotion lol kinda like how they feel.
I wished tyrant guard could had been better but as of late the tyranids aren´t as good (syndrome of 1st book).
Was fun to watch the game however.
I did made an extensive "updates " on how they should had been which i did pointed out to GW in hopefully they might fix something.
Glad you still enjoyed it! I hope Tyranids receive a few more changes in the next few dataslates. For now I'm just trying to make them enjoyable to watch on the table top! They can still win, but it is an uphill battle indeed.
I'm a new player and wondering why Tyranids lost because they seem ahead in points based on the screen overlay. Did they lose because they were "tabled" or did something else happen? I can't seem to find recent rules where tabling is a automatic loss in 10th edition playing by Leviathan rules and the Internet is awash with articles/people claiming that it is and isn't and arguing over which rules it may or may not be the case.
In my Leviathan deck leaflet and Leviathan box rules book, under ending the battle, it says even if a player has no more units they other player continues playing on their turn to score points.
Death Guard really do seem to cancel out so many of the great things that Tyranids can bring to the table. Our toughest matchup I think.
Great camera angles! I liked the batrep! do you guys run any OPR?
Neuro leading Guards into melee is something I've been curious about.
Unfortunately, I think I chose the wrong melee loadout. I think the cleaver and whip is the best option. Still think it's a fun tactic, but not a tournament staple.
Try a full Unending Swarm list, not the good one with Exocrines and Maleceptors and 4-5 swarm units, but a true swarm list with 120 termagants/hormagaunts and either 66 Neurogaunts or gargoyles... only 1 winged tyranid prime as HQ, rest is swarms/battleline. With the stratagem to get back units its like 300 bodies + 80!
Am I wrong in saying you cant use the 5+ FNP on the guard since they are not harvester units?
Nope, you are totally right there. Completely went over my head..
I know its not the best, but its for sure one of the funniest detachements. Looking forward to playing it myself in the future.
One thing i m gonna do is, take 2 or 3 Parasite of Mortrexes to hunt down some squishy infantry and break the game by spwing additional Ripper Swarms. ^^ Really surprised i don´t see anyone using them in Assimilation Swarm.
Question: When it comes to aura abilities, do you measure from any point of the model or the base? I rackon it could be anything, but i like to be sure.
I think in turn 2 you forgot that the tyrant guard crushing claws are twin-linked.
That said, 2 attacks a piece hitting on 4s with only str 8 ap2 dmg2 is a joke (even with the neurotyrant +1 to hit). I would never run that unit :(
Thank you for showing this dettachment but it seems even worse than crusher. At least that one can stat-check some armies with bad shooting.
Nids will always be my first love. I just wish I didn't love and collect a losing team 😂. I guess you could call them a "smart man's" army, because you need to be a skilled player to actually win with them. However, sometimes I wish I could just phone it in like Knights or Custodes etc. Even Orks can hit hard when you need them to.
I know this was just a friendly game, but if matt is going to pull units around cover to pull you out of combat you should be a little more careful about the order you activate in. If your 2nd haurspex had gotten to attack and you'd remebered you have twin linked on your tyrand guard the bottom board might have come out different
It was a perfect play by Matt, I knew he was going to do that. That's why I only allocated 6 attacks from the first Haruspex. Statistically 6 attacks, Only kills one or two Marines. There were 3 in range of the Haruspex. Had I not killed 5 marines with 6 attacks, the 2nd haruspex would have done significant damage and yes, completely changed that flank.
Thats a fair point - it might be the only time you got lucky with your damage spikes the whole game - it's a shame it ended up hurting you back.
Scoring windows somewhere along the video stopped counting
I did, sorry for the inconvenience. No idea what happened cause it was working just fine before we started.