Heretic Astartes vs Tyranids

Mission: Maelstorm of War: Spoils of War
Deployment Type: Spearhead Assault
Point Limit: 1500
Lists:


Chaos Space Marines:
Battalion Detachment: Legion: Renegade Chapters

• HQ
• Chaos Lord on Juggernaut of Khorne equipped with Chainsword, Power fist, Talisman of Burning Blood
• Exalted Champion equipped with Combi-melta, Power fist
• Dark Apostle
• Troops
• 2 x 10-man Chaos Cultists
• 5-man Chaos Space Marines equipped with Chainaxe and 4 x Chainsword
• Elites
• 10-man Possessed
• Fast Attack
• 3 x 3-man Chaos Bikers equipped with 2 x Chainsword, 2 x Flamer, Combi-flamer
• Heavy Support
• Forgefiend equipped with 2 x Hades autocannons
• Flyer
• Heldrake equipped with Baleflamer
• Dedicated Transport
• 2 x Chaos Rhino equipped with 2 x Combi-bolter

Tyranids:
Battalion Detachment: Hive Fleet: Jormungandr

• HQ
• Neurothrope
• 2 x Tervigon equipped with Massive Scything Talons, Stinger Salvo, Toxin Sacs
• Troops
• 20-man Genestealers equipped with 20 x Rending Claws, 20 x Scything Talons, 5 x Acid Maw
• 2 x 30-man Termagants
• Elites
• 3-man Venomthropes
• Fast Attack
• 6-man Raveners equipped with 6 x Rending Claws, 6 x Scything Talons, 6 x Spinefists
• Heavy Support
• Exocrine

The Deployment:
Raveners and Genestealers are in reserves. Possessed in one Rhino, Marines, Exalted Champion and Dark Apostle in the second Rhino.

Tyranids Turn 1:
Exocrine blows up the Rhino and kills 2 Possessed. Gaunts kill one more Possessed. In the photo there is a mistake, not that many bikers died, only later I noticed that they have 2 wounds each.

Heretic Astartes Turn 1:
Units disembark, advance and charge the gaunts. Bikes turbo bust shoot and assault the gaunts and I manage to kill in total 20 models.

Tyranids Turn 2:
Tervigon brings back 10 Termagants. Genestealers and Raveners emerge from the ground and kill my bikes. Exocrine kills the Heldrake. Gaunts kill 2 more Possessed.

Heretic Astartes Turn 2:
Two squad of bikes, Possessed, Dark Apostle and Exalted Champion assault the Genestealers. I get interrupted and I lose almost all bikes but I kill 14 enemies.

Tyranids Turn 3:
10 more gaunts come back. I forgot to assault with the Chaos Space Marines so they died from overwhelming firepower of all those Termagants. Raveners assault the Possessed and one of them manages to survive and the Exalted Champion is left with one wound. Genestealers kill the last bike and the Dark Apostle survives. Exocrine inflict a few wounds on the Forgefiend.

Heretic Astartes Turn 3:
Forgefiend barely wounds the Exocrine and Dark Apostle survives another turn.

Tyranids Turn 4:
Dark Apostle dies and Termagaunts assault the Rhino.

Heretic Astartes Turn 4:
Chaos Lord kills 4 Genestealers and 1 Ravener. Forgefiend fails again to wound the Exocrine.

Tyranids Turn 5:
They kill the Chaos Lord and I manage to save the Forgefiend. Gaunts still in combat with the Rhino.

Heretic Astartes Turn 5:
I inflict 2 wounds on the Exocrine.

Tyranids Turn 6:
One squad of Termagaunts disengages the Rhino. Exocrine reduces the Forgefiend to 3 wounds.

Heretic Astartes Turn 6:
I try to kill the last Genestealer and the Venomthrope but I fail.

Game ends in major Tyranid victory. Final score was 16 -2. The game was in my opponents favor, I didn't manage to kill a single unite, I rolled bad on the flamers, I drew impossible objectives and my opponent saved her units like crazy. Still it was a nice game.