Fending off a 4k Tyranid Swarm with DA + Fortifications

[Berzul]

Hey everyone!

 

Sunday morning I am having a killpoints match against a tyranid friend from my local game group. It is going to be a 4k match, of up top 4 detachments on each side, but it will be fought on waves and on a regular Strike Force board.

 

My Successors will be 2750 points of Firstborn Marines, set up along with three detachments of up to 1250 points of fortifications, spaced over pretty much 3/4ths of the board; and they will be facing off against three waves of Tyranids. One starting on the board at 2k, then two additional reinforcement waves of 1k each, on turns 2 and 3.

 

We are playing this to finish up a narrative Urban Conquest campaign my local group has been playing for the past year. The scenario will be just kill points, though. The forces of the Wings of Dawn have to stop the Tyranid swarm no matter the cost. The Tyranids, in turn, seek to breach through the fortifications to reach a point of high strategic value on the other side. 

 

No idea what the swarm will bring, but I am bringing the following:

 

Wings of Dawn Defense Force 

2750 Points - Battalion Detachment - 10 CP

Hidden Content

Azrael

+ Warlord (Brilliant Strategist)

 

Interrogator Chaplain in Terminator Armor

+ Master of Sanctity

+ Benediction of Fury, Storm Bolter

+ Exhortation of Rage, Mantra of Strength

+ Hero of the Chapter (Wise Orator)

 

Librarian in Terminator Armor 

+ Chief Librarian

+ Neural Shroud, Force Stave, Storm Bolter

+ Mind Worm, Righteous Repugnance

 

10-man Tactical Squad

+ Combi Plasma, Chainsword

+ Plasma Gun

+ Plasma Cannon

 

10-man Tactical Squad

+ Combi Plasma, Chainsword

+ Plasma Gun

+ Plasma Cannon

 

10-man Tactical Squad

+ Combi Plasma, Chainsword

+ Plasma Gun

+ Plasma Cannon

 

Apothecary

Company Champion

+ Chapter Champion

 

5-man Company Veterans Squad

+ Power Sword, Storm Shield

+ Chainsword, Storm Shield

+ Chainsword, Storm Shield

+ Chainsword, Storm Shield

+ Chainsword, Storm Shield

 

Deathwing Ancient

+ Chapter Ancient

+ Pennant of Remembrance

+ Storm Bolter, Power Fist

 

10-man Deathwing Knights Squad

+ Watcher in the Dark

+ Marked for Command (Master Crafted Flail of the Unforgiven)

 

5-man Deathwing Terminator Squad

+ Power Sword, Storm Bolter

+ Assault Cannon, Power Fist

+ Storm Bolter, Chain Fist

+ Storm Bolter Power Fist

+ Storm Bolter Power Fist

+ Watcher in the Dark

 

Dreadnought

+ Missile Launcher

+ Twin Lascannon

 

Ravenwing Darkshroud

+ Heavy Bolter

 

Ravenwing Land Speeder Vengeance

+ Heavy Bolter

 

9-man Devastator Squad

+ Heavy Bolter

+ Missile Launcher

+ Missile Launcher

+ Missile Launcher

+ Armorium Cherub

 

Planetary Fortifications

1250 Points - Fortification Detachment x3

Hidden Content

Aegis Defense Line

 

Imperial Defense Line

+ 2 trench sections

 

Imperial Defense Line

+ 2 trench sections

 

Imperial Defense Line

+ 3 Defense Emplacements

 

Imperial Bunker

+ Icarus Lascannon

 

Firestorm Redoubt

+ Quad Icarus Lascannon

+ Quad Icarus Lascannon

 

Imperial Bastion

+ Quad-gun

 

Vengeance Weapon Battery

+ Battle Cannon

 

Vengeance Weapon Battery

+ Battle Cannon

 

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2021 by Berzul

[Berzul]

I don't know what my opponent will bring, but I know he has, in his collection, over 40 genestealers, over 200 gants of both breeds, 2 flying hive tyrants, about 20 gargoyles, lots of venomthropes, biovores, and carnifexes, a lot of neurothropes, and a Hierophant. Among other nasty things.

[Berzul]

It will be a hammer and anvil deployment, with my zone a bit extended towards the halfway point of the board. On a board with mostly craters. Ill have LoS advantage.

 

My mission is only to try and outlast him. So, what I guess I'll do is set up all my tacticals in combat squads. Use them and the devastators to man the buildings, spreading over as many firepoints as I can. Use the rest and the defense points to to set up two lines, around a middle ground of Deathwing Knights, veterans, and characters, to spread out and lock down his forces.

 

Ill focus my fortifications on his fliers. Then use the rest to try and pick out his Venomthropes first, before moving on to the bigger beasts. Perhaps he might get stuck inside his own units, due to the volume of light infantry he will be packing.

[Vulshra]

The only problem I have is that a dark angels defensive positions doesn't have a fortress of redemption.

 

Purge the alien, glory to the lion!

[Berzul]

Sadly, it is a fortification I do not own... But, I must do what I can with what I have, for now.

[Berzul]

In the end, my opponent had a big life crisis he had to attend to, so we had to postpone this game for another weekend. Ill post a report on it, whenever it does take place