Eldar vs Tyranids 1500 scourging

[Malduran]

Hi guys, this is my newest battle report against tyranids. The game was the scourging with hammer and anvil deployment.
Its turned out to be a very cinematic game. Hope you enjoy

http://skulkers-surprise.blogspot.co...nids-1500.html

[Grimgork]

Good report, I enjoyed reading it a lot. Too bad you were crushed that badly but as you said, it is all Mercers fault ;-)

I played a similar list and I think the key with Serpent Lists is that you bring all your force to a portion of the enemy. In your game you engaged the Nids peacemeal and so it was possible to overwhelm your small units and Serpents. Better luck next time :-)

[Malduran]

Yer next time, im going to be attacking in force, none of this half and half lark.

[Nooodles]

I liked your report, it was detailed and it was easy to read.


However I don't think serpent list work that well against nids, serpents are just way too expansive and not enough on actually models. Also serpents are for transporting melee units into combat but melee vs nids is just mental, you're just playing to the strength of the nids. Personally I would pack out on as much lances and scatter lasers as I possibly can. So maybe 9 walkers with 18 scatters along with guide from eldrad and the only melee unit I might take would be scorpions but still they will be at the lowest priority.

[TheDoctor]

One thing that I noted: Never guide Serpents. Their main gun is already twin-linked. Doom something instead.

[smileyface]

It was always going to be a difficult one. High mobility doesn't count for as much when you're engaging on a narrow front. Also, that list doesn't have a good way to knock out MCs at range, so when dealing with a nid list that can spawn gaunts you've got the exciting choice of hanging back and hoping the critical MCs fail enough saves or getting in close and committing your entire army to a death-or-glory engagement.