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I was looking at the Apocalapse Tyranid Sets "Hive Mind" and "Endless Swarm" and thinking of trying the Tyranid Army I always wished to play. I just wish to know if it would be worth the effort building it.

Headquarters

Hive Tyrant - Lash Whip and Bone Sword, Venon Cannon, Enhanced Senses, Toxic Miasma, Toxic Sacs (+S), Symbotic Rippers, and Shadow in the Warp - 170 pts
3 Tyrant Guards - 135

Hive Tyrant - Lash Whip and Bone Sword, Venon Cannon, Enhanced Senses, Toxic Miasma, Toxic Sacs (+S), Adrenal Glands(+I), , Implant Attack, Acid Maw, Wings, and Warp Field - 270 pts

Troops

20 Termagaunts - 120 pts

20 Termagaunts - 120 pts

20 Termagaunts - 120 pts

20 Hormagaunts with Toxic Sacs (+S), Adrenal Glands (+I), Adrenal Glands (+WS), Extended Carapace (+Sv) - 300 pts

20 Hormagaunts with Toxic Sacs (+S), Adrenal Glands (+I), Adrenal Glands (+WS), Extended Carapace (+Sv) - 300 pts

20 Hormagaunts with Toxic Sacs (+S), Adrenal Glands (+I), Adrenal Glands (+WS), Extended Carapace (+Sv) - 300 pts

Heavy Support

3 Zoanthropes with Warp Field, Synaspe, and Psychic Scream - 165 pts


Now I know that this is light on anti-tank, but it seems that it would be scary to face. The flying Hive Tyrant is used mostly for shooting side armor and picking on threatening monsterous creatures. The bone Swords are the make the most of my gaunts. The hormagaunts do the heavy lifting. Point-wise, the Hormagaunts are more efficient in killing MEQs than in basic form. I just hope the termagaunts makes good fodder. Will this idea work?

How does "Endless Swarm" work again?

And w00t for swarmy nids! The über-hormies are kinda shocking, particularly the 5+ save (which is negated by bolters anyway), though I do like to slap +1 init on my hormies for a delicious I5.

- Salvage

I'de drop the EC on your hormies and see if you can fit in a gunfex or two. aside from that your set. Personally I have a dream of making a lis with 192 gaunts for only abouts 800 points. I jsut want to see someones eyes bulge when I set that down.

I used to play swarm nids all the time, before the new codex. Right abotu then my games/week plummeted (Real World Intrusion), and I just don't have much experience with them in current incarnation. When they took the rending out of my build a bugs, I cried like a baby. MUCHO unhappy. A list I have been toying around with in my head will bring back the swarms, however. Thinking of 3 gunfexes for AT, cheap-o warriors with ST and RC, and my dear old gaunt swarms. I was figuring in 1850 points I could probably put about 170 wounds on the table. Somewhat less if I upgrade the initiative on the gaunts and warriors. Incidentaly, +1I is about the only upgrade I would give them, since I am looking to overcome firepower with numbers, a time-honored bug philosophy (fluff-wise, anyway).

I'd be real interested to see how this list ends up. Re-post it as you are getting it together? WHen are you looking at building?