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Im a Necron player that's starting my Tyranid Army, so heres my first list im going to build off of and I play competitvely in Tournaments pretty regularly with my NEcrons and would hope to play Nids at that level also. C&C very welcome.

Ben’s 1500 Pt Tyranid Army List

Hq:
-Hive Tyrant
2-Twinlinked Devourers, Enhanced Senses, Toxic Sacs, Warpfield, Fleshhooks, Wings
=200 Pts
3x Warriors
Adrenal Glands (ws), leaping, Extended Carapace, Rending Claws, Scything Talons= 111

Troops:
-25 x Spine Gaunts = 125pts
-25 x Spine Gaunts = 125pts
-24 x Spine Gaunts = 120pts
-8 x Genestealers
Extended Carapace = 160pts
3x Warriors
Adrenal Glands (ws), leaping, Extended Carapace, Rending Claws, Scything Talons= 111

Elite:
- Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, 2-Twin Linked Devourers, Flesh Hooks=114pts
- Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, 2-Twin Linked Devourers, Flesh Hooks=114pts
- Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, 2-Twin Linked Devourers, Flesh Hooks=114pts

Heavy Support:
-Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, Spine Banks, Barbed Strangler, Venom Cannon = 153 pts
-Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, Spine Banks, Barbed Strangler, Venom Cannon = 153 pts


Total=
1500pts

I really like it.

Only things are, the warriors are not a troops choice so you'll have to sort that out.

Apart from that seems really good to me, will be nicwe and competitive. I would probably swap out one of the units of warriors for a couple of synapsing zoanthropes though, they have more survivability in my opinion.

I'm not a Tyranid expert but thought I'd throw some advice your way

Get rid of the spine banks on the snipe fexes. They'll never be in close combat, and they will never be in range to use the spinefist.
Flesh hooks are an ok upgrade if you use a lot of impassable terrain.
Either get more genstealers or drop them. One unit of 8 will die pretty fast.
Warriors are not that great, but if you do take them, keep them cheap. Just RC and ST, maybe Ext. Carapace.

thanks for the replies ya I realized I made that mistake on the Warriors I added them lastm minute in need of Synapse range. Perhaps ill add some zoanthropes instead of one of the troops of warriors, you're probably right about the spine banks on the sniper fexes.

Hq:
-Hive Tyrant
2-Twinlinked Devourers, Enhanced Senses, Toxic Sacs, Warpfield, Fleshhooks, Wings
=200 Pts
3x Warriors
Adrenal Glands (ws), leaping, Extended Carapace, Rending Claws, Scything Talons= 111

Troops:
-25 x Spine Gaunts = 125pts
-24 x Spine Gaunts = 120pts
-24 x Spine Gaunts = 120pts
-8 x Genestealers
Extended Carapace = 160pts


Elite:
- Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, 2-Twin Linked Devourers, Flesh Hooks=114pts
- Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, 2-Twin Linked Devourers, Flesh Hooks=114pts
- Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, 2-Twin Linked Devourers, Flesh Hooks=114pts

Heavy Support:
-Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, Barbed Strangler, Venom Cannon = 138 pts
-Carnifex
Enhanced Senses, Barbed Strangler, Venom Cannon = 138 pts

-2x Zoanthropes
Synapse
Warp Blast
130 Pts

=1500pts

should i drop an elite fex for 8 more stealers?

I like the new list.

One thing though, change the Flesh hooks on the dakkafex's to Enhanced sences