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Right, i've been making nid armies for quire some years now, but I have this problem with tyranid warriors, I don't think I am really using them effectively, actually I RARELY do use them, I havn't REALLY seen a reason for scything talon+deathspitter, I MUCH prefer rending claws and devourer, Rending Claw, Devourer, Toxin Sacs and leaping warriors are the best i've really found for effectiveness.

But i'm not gonna ramble on, please if you have any ideas about nid warriors post post post

I use mine with rending claws + scything talons + adrenal glands (I) + leaping. They do fairly well, but you have to be careful with them due to their fairly low model (or wound) count. The additional I helps to get the first hit against marines but I leave the additional strength out. I hope rending will seal the deal.

I don't know if a purely shooty configuration is good but I would suggest so because combined troops are often a worse idea than specialized troops.

Greets
Schepp himself

I'd suggest going with the Scything Talons, Deathspitters, Toxin Sacs, and perhaps some Adrenal Glands. Having a flexible unit that can support other specialist units is a good idea with Tyranid Warriors. Plus it's a classic look.

Depends on the role you have them in.

If they are shooting then you would build them a certain way, if they are all assault base thats a different build and so on.

My wifes nid army is all about flying and the CC so her warriors have wings, +1 intiative, +1 strength, talons, claws, bio plasma, +1 weapon skill.

mughi3 wrote:my wifes nid army

that's a sweet looking nid army. I like the judicious addition of the venom cannons.

My theory hammer nid lists used Warriors in two ways: pure close combat w/ wings or leaping and pure shooting w/ twin-linked deathspitters, extended carapace and barbed strangler + ST. Alternatively you can just go pure deathspitters for S6 shooting or take a venom cannon. But I preferred the anti-infantry shooting for some reason. You can also twin-link the barbed stranglers if you so choose.

but then it was never played with, either . But I played against a guy who took two squads of Death Spitter and Barbed Strangler + Rending Claws squads and all those templates gave my guardians fits. For 140 points you can get 4 TL BS3 S5 3" templates w/ synapse and a 4+ save. Not bad, and they're still OK in close combat. They're even better in close combat if you give them toxin sacs.

that's a sweet looking nid army. I like the judicious addition of the venom cannons.

Barbed stranglers actually. the venom cannon was a bit high in points and it was counter to thier anti-infantry role. dropping a few pie plates into a unit your about to assault (if you hit) on the other hand

mughi3 wrote:

that's a sweet looking nid army. I like the judicious addition of the venom cannons.

Barbed stranglers actually. the venom cannon was a bit high in points and it was counter to thier anti-infantry roll. dropping a few pie plates into a unit your about to assault (if you hit) on the other hand

nice.

Not to mention the pinning check with the barbed strangler. What bits did you use for the wings?

Darrian

Fantasy vampire bat wings and brood lord claws(cheeper than the warrior sprue with claws) to get all the bits needed.

mughi3 wrote:Fantasy vampire bat wings and brood lord claws(cheeper than the warrior sprue with claws) to get all the bits needed.

nice. I picked up Harpy wings for mine, back in the day but I found they were a little skimpy looking.

That's alot of rending claws.

Well thats the basic idea
you can do a dakka nid army but thier real strength lies in thier CC abilites as you cannot get thier BS above a 3 and most of thier guns are rather short ranged. against MEQs (the most common apponant) high strength, high initiative rending attacks in numbers are where they are going to come out ahead.

This list is an a-typical 1,850 list it was done with the theme of flying nids in mind without having to buy loads of costly gargoyles. the design was also done to avoid the now common nid-zilla list. it has the alternate benefit of being an almost 100% fearless/synapse nid army. kind of an anti-horde/ horde army with 75 wounds for only 32 models.
personally i prefer the leaping carapiced warriors better, but this is what the wife wanted........and since i am lucky enough to have a wife who plays 40K, i am just fine with building it the way she wants it.

Cool, some awesome responses and Idead, I have made a quick 100 point army that Isaved must rememebr to upload to see what they think with some stuff i'll test for warriors, basically see how it works, 2 units of five tyranid warriros with leaping, ST RC, +I, Flesh Hooks.

And a unit of three for supporting the gunfex, if places right two gunfexes, synapse, 1XVC ST, 2XDS St.

The melee build (either leaping or flying) is probably the most likely build to get its points back, but there’s ‘stealers and raveners and flying tyrants that will all get into melee sooner, and with at least as much for your buck.

Ranged AT is better offered by carnifex and tyrants. You’ll also be paying around 100 points for a slightly poorer version of the autocannon, which just isn’t worth the investment.

One thing warriors offer that other units don’t is versatility. With rending claws and AP weapons (devourers and barbed stranglers), plus BS and generally plus ST, you get models that can provide useful supporting fire and very good assault. They’re a bit too expensive for what you get, but until the last couple of codices every all-rounder unit was too expensive for what you got. Warriors taken like this aren’t a particularly great unit, but to me it seems the only build that offers something that can’t be found elsewhere in the tyranid codex for less points.