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Made in us
Raging Ravener




All over the place

So building up and painting my Nids and wanted to get some feedback on two potential lists- First is a Nidzilla list intended for semi-competitive play, and the second list is for a little more fun though I'd still like it to be competitive mid-tier. 'Ere we go!:

Nidzilla-
Combined Arms Detachment
HQ (560pts)
-Hive Tyrant (290pts)- Electroshock Grubs, Hive Commander, Regeneration, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Wormsx2, Wings
-Hive Tyrant (270pts)- Electroshock Grubs, Regeneration, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms x2, Wings

Elites (335pts)
-Hive Guard Brood (165pts)- Hive Guard x3, Impaler Cannon x3
-Malanthrope Brood (85pts)- Malanthrope x1
-Malanthrope Brood (85pts)- Malanthrope x1

Troops (133pts)
-Ripper Swarm Brood (45pts)- 3x Ripper Swarm, Deep Strike
-Termagant Brood (88pts)- 3x Devourer Termagant, 16x Fleshborer Termagant

Fast Attack (240pts)
-Meiotic Spore Brood (75pts)- 5x Meiotic Spore
-Meiotic Spore Brood (75pts)- 5x Meiotic Spore
-Tyranid Shrike Brood (90pts)-Shrike x3 (Devourer, Scything Talons)

Heavy Support (730pts)
-Carnifex Brood (300pts)- Carnifex x2 (Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms)
-Mawloc (170pts)- Regeneration
-Tyrannofex (260pts)- Adrenal Glands, Electroshock Grubs, Regeneration, Rupture Cannon, Stinger Salvo

TOTAL POINTS- 1998
Strategy- March up field, Dakka everything, Mieotic spores for a little bit of fun harassment early (and hopefully a little killing), Shrikes for synapse and to counter assault potential tarpits for the MCs, Mawloc for additional harrassment, Extra Malanthrope is for redundancy Oh and Guard are there for S8 A2 homing, ignores cover fire (figure that is always useful).

LIST #2
Combined Arms Detachment
HQ (290pts)
-Hive Tyrant (290pts)- Electroshock Grubs, Hive Commander, Regeneration, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms x2, Wings (35pts)

Elites (170pts)
-Malanthrope Brood (85pts)- Malanthrope x1
-Malanthrope Brood (85pts)- Malanthrope x1

Troops (304pts)
-Termagant Brood (76pts)- 4x Devourer Termagant, 11x Fleshborer Termagant
-Termagant Brood (76pts)- 4x Devourer Termagant, 11x Fleshborer Termagant
-Termagant Brood (76pts)- 4x Devourer Termagant, 11x Fleshborer Termagant
-Termagant Brood (76pts)- 4x Devourer Termagant, 11x Fleshborer Termagant

Fast Attack (150pts)
-Meiotic Spore Brood (75pts)- 5x Meiotic Spore
-Meiotic Spore Brood (75pts)- 5x Meiotic Spore

Heavy Support (705pts)
-Mawloc (185pts)- Adrenal Glands, Regeneration
-Tyrannofex (260pts)- Adrenal Glands, Electroshock Grubs, Regeneration, Rupture Cannon, Stinger Salvo
-Tyrannofex (260pts)- Adrenal Glands, Electroshock Grubs, Regeneration, Rupture Cannon, Stinger Salvo

Formation (380pts)
Deathleaper's Assassin Brood (380pts)
-Deathleaper (130pts)- Flesh Hooks, Rending Claws, Scything Talons
-Lictor Brood (50pts)- Lictor x1, Flesh Hooks, Rending Claws, Scything Talons
-Lictor Brood (50pts)- Lictor x1, Flesh Hooks, Rending Claws, Scything Talons
-Lictor Brood (50pts)- Lictor x1, Flesh Hooks, Rending Claws, Scything Talons
-Lictor Brood (50pts)- Lictor x1, Flesh Hooks, Rending Claws, Scything Talons
-Lictor Brood (50pts)- Lictor x1, Flesh Hooks, Rending Claws, Scything Talons
TOTAL POINTS- 1999

Strategy- DLAB infiltrates as close as possible, giving the Mieotic spores a much more accurate deployment. They harass and do their best to kill things while the rest of the group rolls up. Flyrant is for dakka and synapse on the lictors, Basically split the rest of the army in two groups of: Malanthrope, 2 squad gants for bubble wrap, and Tfex And they mosey up the table in their usual fashion. Once again Mawloc does its normal thing.

Let me know what y'all think!

6000 4000 3500 3000 4000
"Our crops will wither, our children will die piteous deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky." - Tom Kirby
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Made in ca
Rampaging Carnifex




West Coast, Canada

Comment for your MC's: I'd lose the Regen on them - all of them. It frees up enough points in either list to take a whole extra Carnifex, or with additional work another Mawloc - either one will guarantee those extra wounds that you're hoping to regenerate back.

I've taken regeneration on several occasions, and it usually does not seem points-efficient. In fact, I don't recall ever regaining a wound; usually the big bug gets taken down in one round. 120 points is enough for lots more toys...


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Oh, and the rupture cannons are not very good - I absolutely adore Tyrannofexes, but with just acid spray and a template. Drop the Adrenals, rupture cannon, and run them at 185 points each.

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Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut



Cheyenne WY

Not much to add...I think you'd get way more milage from cheap gaunts for bubble wrap vs Regen. The higher the point totals, the less use you're likely to get. The enemy just has too many resources for it to play a role.

One of the best strategys for Nids is "Lots o'figures!" And too many upgrades works against that. Personally I'd have a Lot of Troops at 2000 (because I have a Lot of troops at lower points games as well. )

One of the main advantages of x2 CAD is getting extra slots (Elites, and Heavy mostly) so I suggest to look to exploiting that in your builds.

The will of the hive is always the same: HUNGER 
   
Made in us
Raging Ravener




All over the place

Thanks y'all I'll tweak around with it and see what else i can come up with

6000 4000 3500 3000 4000
"Our crops will wither, our children will die piteous deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky." - Tom Kirby
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