Breaking out the Blood Angels..

Monday I remembered to grab an army for when I swung by Red Castle Games after work.  I broke out my Blood Angels, which I haven't played since early December and was actually able to get a game in.

Played against Tyrannids.  It was Dawn of War with 3 objectives. I played my OFCC list.

Roughly he had:
Hive tyrant w/sword/whips
2 Tyrant guard w/whips
Prime with sword/whips

8 ymgarls
8 ymgarls
Doom in a pod

Tervigon
Tervigon
10 gaunts
10 gaunts

3x Trygons

What struck me though is most of his models had no upgrades. Tervigons were stock - to glands, sacs, or even catalyst...all of which would have helped tremendously.

The objectives were placed roughly in the middle length-wise, with one on my left and the other 2 on the right.  For deployment he put a tervigon on the middle-ish objective, and I put a Razorback with libby behind a rock on my left.  He failed to steal initiative.

BA turn 1:
I rolled on everything 6" to shoot the tervigon, except the devastators which come on next to the razor on the left. I failed all my searchlight rolls, but was able to knock off a couple wounds.  DC blast up the middle.
Nid's turn 1:
Everything walked on.  1 Trygon was right in the middle, then another trygon to it's right, then the deathstar, then the 3rd trygon.  The tervigon and gaunts moved to the objective on my left.  Tervigon that was already deployed spawned 10, but rolled doubles, then moved back. Everything ran as he had no shooting.

Based on the way he came on, I came up with a plan.

BA turn 2:
Dante fails to come on even with the re-roll.  I shuffle all the tanks around, including going flat-out with the libby to the parking lot in order to shoot the tervigon.  Shooting, the devastators take 3 wounds off the middle trygon, and I am able to get the tervigon down to just 1 wound.  DC move to the objective on the left.
Nid turn 2:
One unit of ymgarls comes on and wrecks one razorback (passed pinning) and shakes another while removing the plasmaguns.  Everything else moved up and ran.  2nd tervigon spawns 12.

So here is the plan: kill the tervigon and gaunts on my right, then slaughter everything on the left leaving the one objective open and my opponent with no troops...

BA turn 3:
Dante comes in, drops on his board edge on my left.  Tanks shuffle around again.  Shooting the tervigon on the right dies, and ends up killing all remaining gaunts as a result. One Baal kills the ymgarls outright.  The 3 meltas on the jump pack unit do 2 wounds to the tervigon.  The wounded trygon that was in the middle dies. The DC jump out and assault a unit of spawned gaunts, wiping them out.
Nid turn 3:
Everything moves up again. The Doom drops in, but scatters away enough that nothing is within 6" so it runs.  The ymgarls move on, killing the 5 guys from the wrecked razorback. They also assault the libby's razor, but it had moved 12" and they completely failed to damage it.  The remaining tervigon spawns 12 more without doubles.  It then assaults the death company, I get 2 wounds in and he kills 2.  The 32 gaunts shoot and assault the jump pack guys, I lose 2 to shooting but none in assault, resulting in most of them dead from damage + no retreat.  Dante's unit hits and runs out of combat.

BA turn 4:
Dante splits off to assist the DC. The other jump pack guys get ready to assault either the gaunts or Doom.  My tanks then start moving to my left, getting away from all the nasties.  Doom goes off, killing a DC, but the other 2 units make the LD tests!  Shooting wipes out the 2nd unit of ymgarls, does a couple wounds to the 2nd trygon (which is the only other thing that is a threat to the left objective). I shoot a bunch of S8 stuff at doom, but he passes all the saves (which is a theme for the rest of the game).  Assault phase I move in against the doom, but can't kill it ..he makes a ton of saves and nothing on my side dies. Dante and DC brings the tervigon down to 1 wound, and stay locked in combat.
Nid turn 4:
Stuff moves up and runs. The trygon blows up a Baal Pred.  The trygon spawns 11 more gaunts and he uses them to block the objective.  The doom kills an assault marine and the last 2 DC, but does nothing in the assault phase again. Dante finishes off the last wound on the trygon and does some damage to the gaunt units but they all stick around due to synapse from Doom.  Again, a bunch of saves on the Doom keeps the combat going. 

BA turn 5:
I continue to shuffle the tanks to the left.  The libby and assault marines move out and kill off the gaunt unit on the objective.  Dante finishes off the biggest of the other gaunt units, and shooting kills another. That leaves 2 gaunts remaining that have gone to ground.  The doom kills 2 assault marines, and in the assault phase is able to kill the priest (thanks to being S9 so no FNP). Missiles kill the pod for lack of anything else to do.
Nid turn 5:
The wounded trygon moves to my left, hoping to get over there in time to do some damage.  The doom's combat continues, I pass my LD and I'm able to do just 1 wound to it.

We roll for a turn 6.

BA turn 6:
All my tanks move up and block the objective from the trygon.  Dante has just 1 wound remaining, all from the doom's power and failed invul saves so he kinda stays away. The libby's unit gets back in the razor and sit on the objective.  The assault continues with the doom.
Nid turn 6:
The trygon moves up and blows up the 2nd Baal.  The doom kills another marine but finally falls to the power fist!

Roll for turn 7 comes up a 3, giving a 1-0 objective win to the Blood Angels!

I knew I cold not handle his list in combat, too many MC's, he had just too much and I don't have the bodies to deal with the number of wounds I'd suffer.  Being able to isolate the much weaker troops units and concentrate on them for shooting and assault was the key here.  I played the mission instead of trying to go toe-to-toe with an obviously superior combat force, and the result was a solid victory.