Space Wolves vs Tyranids 40k Combat Patrol sized Battle Report

James Jones is back on the channel and he's NOT playing Orks! Little known is that he is a huge fan of Space Wolves and he jumped on the chance to play the new beautifully painted Space Wolf combat patrol we just got! Nick, ever eager to play, takes control of the Tyranids to try and get revenge on James!
Note! Combat Patrol plays slightly different than regular full size 40k. Some of the data sheets and abilities have been adjusted to be more balanced for this smaller size of play.
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[@threeEyedKing]

I'd love a 'Points on Board' stat at round changes to show how close they are to being tabled and units remaining value

[@businesscasualsauron]

That's a nifty idea

[@ashurroth6585]

Total wounds too

[@7Falcon8Wings7]

I don’t think the effort needed to keep track of this is worth it. They already have to keep track of a bunch of stuff for the game itself, along with video-making. Out of curiosity, do people calculate how much points-wise is left on the table during their own games? Does knowing the number help more than just looking at the types of units left?

[@threeEyedKing]

@@7Falcon8Wings7 Im a noob who watches their channel and hasn't played. So I don't really know the value of any one unit versus another and I can't pick out what units are what most the time.

[@christophervennix9861]

@@7Falcon8Wings7 Yeah, editing exact numbers would be a nightmare definitely. In my own games I don't keep exact track but certainly rough estimates each round. (Eg, if I know a full unit of 10 models is worth 150 pts and its lost 4 models, I round to roughly half and say they are down 75 pts.) I find its a helpful marker on whether to be aggressive or defensive - if you are up on points, being aggressive can often close out the game.

[@ShivrMeTimbrz]

The "I'll hug you!" from Nick when James was rolling the charge was adorable. Always a really wholesome game when James and Nick are on the table!

[@JimJones-ur3el]

I seriously considered the reroll, I really wanted that hug

[@khalidkhothiwale4124]

Gay stuff naahh

[@Lucat27]

Homophobic stuff naaah

[@joeblogg2957]

Nick learning from his Leapers' mistakes with over-aggressive deployment and choosing to play it safe instead is such a hivemind adaptation learning moment. You never fool the synaptic nexus twice (or three times). He really is meant to play Tyranids.

[@OG-ke5xi]

It's no surprise that Mr. Initiative always wins, because he always baits Nick into bad decisions and unnecessary risks. Keep it up dude!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Sigh. He does doesn’t he.

[@Clasteau]

So funny. FIrst I hear "OH NO, James whiffs!" on the split fire and then I hear my dog rolling around behind me scratching his back on the floor "gnrrr gnrrrr rrhaaa rhaaa" right behind it like some demented Hive Fleet celebratory spasm.

[@davistaylor8782]

The space wolves details look sick

[@MarioInfantesyoutube]

They are! Those bits are from Greytide.

[@astondeitz814]

@@MarioInfantesyoutube awesome thankyou!

[@adangarciafernandez5501]

It’s only bits from the primal hounds range from @greytidestudio. And the miniatures are made by @liver.eating.johnson

[@hufferou812]

Looked great guys. I had a blast watching this. You guys probably don't hear this much but we (Son and I) get excited when we see a new report up. Thank you all.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

I LOVE that you watch it with your son :D.

[@zherospa3603]

Amazing space wolves conversions, nice work artW Studio! And really great game ❤

[@jackharbor3347]

How the hell do Space Wolves get a Tactical Suit in their combat patrol, but regular Space Marines do not have any vehicle/suit in theirs with only 12 models.

[@lostwolfx]

​@@jackharbor3347yeah the old space marine combat patrol would have held up better against most of the other combat patrols. The new one desperately needs something else.

[@StephenZerbe10]

Love these "Shorter" form Battle Reports so I can watch it during lunch or on my commute. Thank you guys for making such great content. Nick does make the game so fun, and he has shown me I can have fun even if I loose and I really love that effect he brings.

[@britishlad3689]

love the ewok on the base of the warsuit

[@AlaynaZebra]

yes! i came to comment this exact thing XD

[@jamiewebb5580]

I like watching these combat patrols. As a new player it helps me keep track of the status of the match so I can learn more then a full 2k point vid

[@thedandy6765]

combat patrol does play different from a full 2k match tho but know this if you play wiht friends you dont have to play with a 2k team you can play 1000v1000 of 1500v1500 its up to you in the end

[@victorwunderlich7520]

i love the paint scheme for the wolves and the invictor had an ewok!

[@adangarciafernandez5501]

All the bits are from the primal hounds range from @greytidestudio. And the miniatures are made by @liver.eating.johnson

[@tschriv]

Those Space Wolves are..... words fail me. Holy crap.

[@pablomuno8128]

The bits of the wolves are awesome!!! I just saw their campaign on myminifactory, they are from a studio called greytide

[@jaimeperales7219]

I dont think these are the Grey tides bits that just came out. I go on that store page pretty frequently and some of these bits don't seem to be on there

[@Carvur]

No. They're not

[@TheFrokka]

@@jaimeperales7219 It's a mix of Greytide and Kromlech, some original GW and maybe custom stuff.

[@darthhell]

@@TheFrokka @jaimeperales7219 @carvur The bits are from GreyTide. In the Primal Hounds campaign, all these miniatures are showcased, painted by Art-W with GreyTide bits.

[@MarioInfantesyoutube]

They are indeed from Greytide, I've seen those on their social media. 100%

[@DNSfeatchamper]

Great match, thank you! I love all your team members but you two guys are my all time favorite matchup, playerwise, not factionwise. You two vibe on a whole nother level, its the perfect combination of calm, excited and funny, i love to watch you play.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Love to hear that! Thanks for the encouragement!

[@zodbones]

Awesome looking wolves. Theyre the next army i want to build up eventually. For now im going to keep enjoying my mean greens. Waaaaggghhh!!

[@Nutellafuerst]

Good game. Man, I'd really love to see how it might've gone if the Leapers had made that charge.

[@GCEvans09]

Love Combat Patrol on this channel!

[@Ilveryn]

Now that I know, I need to see James play his Black Templars patrol !

[@JimJones-ur3el]

I better get painting

[@Ilveryn]

@JimJones-ur3el for some reason, I feel like you'll make a very fine Marshal. Maybe it's the energy you put into your WAAAGH. Replace that with "For the Emperor" and I think you got the Black Templar energy spot on 👌

[@vilookingknightjack7909]

already loving it ! awesome painting for both armies !

[@thatepicwizardguy]

tyranids seem way stronger in normal games than in combat patrol especially against space marines who just seem to have higher power units for this?

[@Billuhhanks]

Yeah how come the wolves get a battlesuit while the nids get the psychophage

[@tonyt3638]

wowza those Wolves are the biggest army glow up I've ever seen. gg everyone

[@adangarciafernandez5501]

The wolves are painted by @liver.eating.johnson

[@stevefelten1197]

I love watching Nick play he brings so much positive energy even when he starts losing.

[@winterwolfcr7]

We need more Space Wolves!

[@joshuasmith5472]

Agreed!!

[@lucianr.matarredona4880]

These minis were painted by the magnificent brush of liver.eating.Johnson !

[@Ghostpanzer]

Love that ork math , combat is wicked , games take an hour , once it ramps up it takes 60 minutes, man James is just so orky even when he’s not playing orks

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Another great battle report about Space Wolves vs Tyranids!

[@mizter5597]

I really want to see the Death Guard combat patrol on here. Would love to see how those 30 poxwalkers get used lol

[@broluggroortuk2894]

You’re my favorite Nick, keep fighting the good fight. James is pretty cool to I guess

[@JimJones-ur3el]

LMFAO

[@erikholbik1891]

I personally enjoyed watching this combat patrol sized match more than big armies. It's easier to keep track of what was going on, you get more acquainted with units and their capabilities, and of course it's less time consuming ;-)

[@RyanVBoom]

Wow that space wolves army is gorgeous

[@JoshTheComedian]

Considering James always seems to beat Nick, I need to these these guys bring both of their main armies. I wanna see Nick with his T’au and I wanna see James bring the WAAAAAGH! with his Boyz

[@jacobbragg9958]

Seeing James play Space Wolves was awesome, glad to see it. Good ol' bug hunt to exterminate some gribblies.

[@budtloper1]

Mister Initiative betrayed the waaagh!. I never saw this coming, he's like a green Kharn now lol

[@toddvogel8887]

The luck of the dice was all that prevented the many poor choices from ending this game in half the time.

[@GuntherCloneC]

Amazing Space Wolves conversions! Who is responsible for them?

[@laurencepenfold]

The episode sponsor Art-W Studios

[@darthhell]

The bits are from GreyTide (Primal Hounds) . The paintjob is from ArtW studio.

[@joshuasmith5472]

Love seeing space wolves on the channel!! And a wolf win!!! Thise graytide bits are stunning!!!!

[@expectopatronum-c7m]

Only time i have seen space marines win against anything except other space marines. Go Space Wolves!

[@laurencepenfold]

That tyranid patrol is hard to win with. A lot of bodies but very little firepower. They should have left the Psychophage its FNP aura to let the swarm turtle up on it when the terrain doesn't give many sheltered spots.

[@thatepicwizardguy]

yeah it seems way weaker than playing tyranids in normal games where they seem really good and much more flexible. space marines also seem like an especially hard matchup for them in combat patrol?

[@CromCruaigh]

10 Termagants have more OC than almost any enemy unit. You just run them around and take Objectives. And you have enough firepower to snipe few units, so enemy just don't have enough units to chase your resurrecting Termagants until end of battle

[@lordnub926]

Every time I see Ewoks they give me Vietnam flashbacks🐻🔪

[@theStamax]

That wasn't particularly well played by Nick, but it was a fun match to watch regardless 😊 They didn't score primary a few times even though battleline units held the objectives. Teeming broods is also the best nid strat, which should have been used much, much more.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

In this mission, your home objective wasn't worth any points. That would have been nice.

[@TheRationalCarpenter]

Have you tried switching the WTP to a support model? Give it the -1ap enhancement and the OC secondary. Then just keep it safe and use it for -1ap (massive), synapse support, or objective control.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

That’s actually a very interesting idea. Hmm.

[@TheRationalCarpenter]

@@PlayOnTabletop I play a lot of nid patrol and a lot of my opponents are elite infantry armies like CSM and GK. I even have an Ork Army in the mix. I have found that rushing in and trying to kill my opponent with a big Alpha strike almost never works. I've definitely had battles like this one, where my entire force bounces off the enemy's armour and dies in a hail of gunfire and chainswords. Instead of collapsing my Army on the enemy, now I spread out and control the board. The termaguants get jammed onto control points, whenever possible make my enemies spend attacks on the unit I can bring back. The rest of my force is then used to punish and prevent over-extension. I religiously over extend with termagaunts while threatening maximum pain if my opponent tries to do the same with elite infantry. Then I just play for points and try to die as slowly as possible. I have found this to be much more successful against elite infantry, even if I still get tabled.

[@TheRationalCarpenter]

@@PlayOnTabletop also you guys make the best battle reports. You have a knack for gathering the experience of a game into a concise and smooth story.

[@ArthurRiggins]

Space wolves models are absolutely gorgeous. Really tempted to buy an army from the sponsor because I know I could never get anything like that hahaha

[@corygreenhoe5274]

The two armies I'm currently building, LOVE IT!

[@TheCrimsonArchivist]

Did nick not ever fire the barbguants? They can move and shoot, heavy just gives yoy a +1 to shooting if you dont move

[@joseantoniolopez3736]

Amazig wolves conversions!!! Where Could I find these bits?!!!

[@ratedjentertainment]

Art-W studios it seems.

[@ImogenFord-fh1sr]

Grey tide studio it's got a massive stl package give it a look

[@joseantoniolopez3736]

@@ImogenFord-fh1sr oh thanks I Will check out

[@TheAndromeda12]

did nick do any feel no pain ? the best part of the psychophage is bouble of the feel no pains!

[@bananalad2129]

I don't think the psychophage gets its fart cloud in Combat Patrol.

[@XboxClips219]

Space wolves showed no mercy 🤣

[@robpaintsminiatures]

Would love to see some Shatterpoint played at some point on this channel! 😊

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Weve done a live stream of it. But don't have any plans for an edited game of Shatterpoint at the moment.

[@jimmiewd]

If your looking at straight probability rolling a 4, 5 or 6 is 16.6% each or 1in6 Rolling a 4 or higher is 50% or 3in6 But it also is dependant on which number is upright when you start the roll. Blah blah blah I remember watching another video of a mathematician that is way smarter than me, say that after rolling dice 1000 times they that the chances of rolling a 4,5 or 6 was 66% on 6 sided dice but i didnt understand why, and can't find the video to ref sorry. 😅 Also James saying "I'm having fun" when tabling Nick in the last minute is the most orky thing ever! Haha can take the orks away from Mr Initiative, but can not take the Ork out of the boss! 😂😂😂

[@tauhudson]

so the Ork player is playing space marine style Orks ????? COOL :) whaaaagh!!!! i mean.............. howling noises !!!!!

[@nekro5342]

Great looking wolves, nice job.

[@adangarciafernandez5501]

They are painted by @liver.eating.johnson in Art W studio

[@reimalaluan5286]

Mr. Initiative playing Black Templars in the future? Can't wait!

[@toportime]

That "Alpha Xenoform" seemed a bad choice.

[@PoYi-fi1zt]

The terrain looks wonderful

[@306461]

Warboss Mr Initiative playing black templar (which is my main army). Lord Martial initiative!! lets go

[@JimJones-ur3el]

Let's go

[@RiddleR78]

Nick is such a good personality, always positive no matter what love that ❤

[@kevgar]

the little ewok was badass! on the dreadnaught

[@MichaelDBruce]

The custom paint jobs are amazing. Are those base models for the space wolves or at they also kit based?

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Painted by Art-W Studio with custom bits from Grey Wolf Studio

[@Sn0w1981]

Good thing the Ewoks brought some friends! Would've been real quick and ugly otherwise..

[@garylingenfelter4111]

Love those Wolves and James was Epic even Without Dakka. Nick was great as well.

[@JimJones-ur3el]

Thanks

[@garylingenfelter4111]

@@JimJones-ur3el They are beautiful wolves and can't wait to get mine painted but they won't look half as sexy.

[@pixel_mode]

James Jones have a space wolf face, he is a true space marine

[@JimJones-ur3el]

Thanks

[@pixel_mode]

​@@JimJones-ur3elthe legend listen to my call !

[@huskerdevil24]

We need to see that BLACK TEMPLARS combat patrol on the channel!

[@Ghostpanzer]

Hey guys can you do a spin off series, on how to paint going over the basic using basic techniques

[@echoechoecho7142]

No idea how to play. Been painting for 4 years. I just can't understand the rules. Such a massive rulebook and so much going on. But I love these videos.

[@chrisfahnestock]

Those wolves are pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bearnecessities9568]

One day I'll see the Von Ryan Leapers be useful.... but today is not that day... *sad bug noises*

[@Thaxsar]

No mention of that sneaky Ewok?

[@JacintoDeSousa-bq2wp]

THAT WAS AWESOME!

[@AntiNubDevice]

I really prefer the bigger games, but as a Space Viking guy, I gotta watch it.

[@lvolvo1810]

Well played Guys

[@Astartesparty]

Can you guys please do an episode of combat patrol when you both try armies you’ve never played . Would be cool to see experienced players try a new army an fumble through it like a more experienced beginner to the game . ❤❤please pretty please

[@AndWilly]

where did you guys get the smoke effect on the invictor. looked at deadly print and they didn’t have anything like that.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

The smoke is from deadly print yes.

[@jackharbor3347]

More combat patrol please this was awesome!

[@paranelmanterlyzastratatum885]

Can we please get someone to play tyranids here well? It's exhausting to see my boys lose constatly and tbh I don't know how many more times I'm gonna watch past the first round

[@stevebarnett-f5o]

great game , and those Wolves were fantastic models , put mine to shame.

[@iiFreaks]

Amazing paint job WOW

[@TheHorreK2]

I think i have yet to see leapers actually fighting something lol

[@ratedjentertainment]

When do we get a battle featuring all the Primarchs currently in 40K? I know that would be insanely hard to do, but man I would love to see that. Chaos vs. Imperium with ALL Primarchs.

[@tygerflare5098]

They had a series that was a 2v2 (Lion and Roboute v Mortarion and Magnus). Ik it's not all the primarchs but it's close enough considering 2 loyalist armies v 3 chaos armies seems a tad unfair. unless you give the imperium a militarum regiment or something

[@ratedjentertainment]

Yeah, there would definitely need to be a lot of balance and things they would have to figure out. No doubt about it. In my head it would be as follows CHAOS: 2k World Eaters/Angron 2k Thousand Sons/Magnus 2k Death Guard/Mortarion IMPERIUM: 3k Ultramarines/Robute Guilliman 3k Dark Angels/The Lion Or make it a free for all.. That would also be fun.

[@TheSirLolington]

Why was there an ewok on the invictus

[@huskerdevil24]

Blast weapons can target enemies within engagement in CP?

[@joshuademeria903]

Termagants! NOT GAUNTS

[@PlayOnTabletop]

…. Huh…Yep! You are right.

[@oberonfeyarch4128]

This is best looking Space Wolves army I've ever seen 🤩 Where they get all those parts for conversions?

[@ecstacyofgold86]

Grey Tide Studios, they have a crowd funding campain going

[@schmittywhamjenson]

You guys should do a “most valuable model” or squad at the end of the match!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We often do! For our memberships we add a “aftermath” to the end of the video that goes through the game and often picks out an mvp.

[@schmittywhamjenson]

@@PlayOnTabletop guess i need to get a membership then, lol

[@KukoDane]

Try playing Grey Knight for Combat Patrol, its abusive how few troops they can field and how much of their gear they dont get to use.

[@WilliamSabio]

Could we do a battle of black templars vs orks combat patrol?

[@Terry80801]

I’m having fun. I love it lol.

[@christophervennix9861]

I think on turn 2 if he used oath-of-moment on the termagaunts he could guarantee a charge into the winged prime. Would basically guarantee wiping the unit of termagaunts and the charge would mean he comfortably locks down the objective. Seems like a really greedy option to try for the psychophage and just assume you can kill everything else with what he had. Edit: Re-rolling a 4+ is a 75% chance of success. A 4+ is the same as a 50/50 chance or a 1 in 2 chance. Taken twice, the odds are 1/2 * 1/2 which gives you a 1/4 chance of failing both rolls.

[@36Marciano]

at 6.08min i do like the Ewok on the base.

[@pottsworth13]

I think the termagants are meant to be one unit of 20 for combat patrol?

[@llmarts1002]

No actually it’s a special rule u can choose to make 2 units of 10 or one of 20

[@pottsworth13]

@@llmarts1002 Ah yeah it says Patrol Squads! Never noticed that thanks for pointing it out.

[@Ghstmarauder]

Love Combat Patrol, easier for quick games

[@OldManRogers]

Rerolling a 4+ is overall 75% success

[@BLOODKINGbro]

For the swarm

[@electriccatnd]

Could we see a Grey knights Combat Patrol?

[@Narutokun11]

Thanks for another fun game!

[@marasmusine]

I'm in a combat patrol tournament tomorrow with Tyranids. I've never had much luck with the Von Ryan's Leapers either, but tommorow I'm going to try my best to use their Heroic Intervention special and have them lurk behind the termagants or psychophage. Can't be overwatched if I'm heroically intervening, right?

[@solemnreign7574]

How did it play out?

[@leSmokySmoke]

cool, Im at minute 2:21 and I already know who will lose. :)

[@MrNuclearturtle]

Anyone know the music in the background at 10:15?

[@Nackenzwei]

Ryan Taubert - Verve (feat. FJØRA).

[@sirShotgunnery]

sure nick could have re rolled the 4 up...and then the prime would have died to the rest of the shooting

[@NekoUmbra]

Can someone explain the 90% chance nick had of succeeding that 4+ save? that math isn't adding up. he has a 50% chance on a 4+ save with one balanced D6, right? And that will always be that case, right?

[@davidmcloughlin6547]

Ork maths.