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I do not have much experience with Tyranids lately, I am wondering what people think. Stupid question but can Gaunts give a cover save to Warriors? I am too lazy to look it up. What about Tyrant Guard (with a Hive Tyrant)? Zoanathropes?

Hive Tyrant
Enhanced Senses, Extended Carapace, Toxin Sacs, Toxic Miasma, Symbiote Rippers, Flesh Hooks
Lash Whip & Bonesword, Venom Cannon
3x Tyrant Guard
Flesh Hooks

Broodlord, "The Killer"
Toxin Sacs, Adrenal Glands, Extended Carapace, Feeder Tendrils, Flesh Hooks
6x Genestealers
Flesh Hooks

3x 4x Warriors
Enhanced Senses, Extended Carapace, Symbiote Rippers
4x TL Deathspitters (S4 Warrior, S5 Shooting)

2x 6x Ripper Swarm
Enhanced Senses, Spine Fists

1x 3x Bio-acid Spore Mines

1x 3x Frag Spore Mines

1x 3x Toxin Spore Mines

2x Carnifex
Adrenal Glands +1 I, Adrenal Glands, +1 WS, Bio-plasma, Bonded Exoskeleton, Extended Carapace, Flesh Hooks, Implant Attack, Regenerate, Reinforced Chitin, Spore Cysts, Symbiote Rippers, Tail Weapon - Scythe, Toxic Miasma, Toxin Sacs, Tusked

1x 3x Zoanthrope
Psychic Scream, Warp Blast

// 1956

I really wanted a good amount of Devourer Gaunts. I think I will lose the Broodlord. Basically lose the killer close combat unit and take more shooting. I don't know if I have anti-tank. I really want the running Carnifexes, although they are probably better with Venom Cannons, especially since everything else is shooting anyway. Soon as I start Venom Cannons on they are losing other upgrades.

Being a somewhat new nid player myself take some of these suggestions with a grain of salt, but this is what I am seeing.

First and foremost...not a single scoring unit in your army except perhaps the genestealer retinue, but then again they are taken as an HQ choice so they still may not be scoring. You will notice in the dex that it says specifically that rippers swarms are not scoring units. Therefore on any non-kill point game the best you can get is a draw.

The hive tyrant should focus on one aspect, close combat or long range. With tyrant gaurd I would just stick to long range. Definitely drop Toxic Miasma and the Symbiote Rippers.

Broodlord is good, just remember to specify with adrenal glands if it is WS, Initiative, or both.

Warriors are ok, take off the rippers and give them Toxin sacs. Maybe give them one gun and scything talons as well.

Replace the ripper swarms with gaunts. You can probably take twice as many flesh gaunts than you would rippers.

Just take out the spore mines.

The Carnifex has no weapons in his profile there, and seems a little too upgraded. For CC give him scything talons and crushing claws and for range you can give him two TL devourers (8 S6 shots that are re-rollable to hit and wound) or a Venom cannon and Barbed Strangler. After giving him weapons and basic upgrades (WS and I for CC or BS for range) if you are still hurting for points give him more wounds and toughness, then maybe regenerate.

I like Zoanthropes, if you are having trouble with synapse then take out psychic scream and give them the synapse ability.

After you have taken off all the unneeded upgrades you should have plenty of points left over to fill in more troop slots. One thing to remember is that sometimes it is better to run alot of cheaper units then some upgraded units, and spinegaunts at 5 points per unit makes a great meat shield for some of your better units. Also if you are playing in 5th edition it is very important to run scoring units for objective holding.

Hopefully some of those suggestions help you out there.

yeah you're right, it sucks. I'll take another look at it later today, I just woke up.

Id drop the rippers and spore mines to start. I like the choir - Id develop that.

At 1850, something like:

Flyrant with 2x TL devourers ad scream

Walkrant with BS or 2x TL devourers and Scream with 2x Tyrant Guard

3x Boomfex's with Talons and BS (elite)

2x Boomfex's with Talons, BS, reinforced chitin, bioplasma, toxic miasma, tusks

3x Zoanthropes with Scream and synapse

8 Stealers with Scuttlers and feeder tendrils
8 Stealers with Scuttlers and feeder tendrils
8 Stealers with Scuttlers and feeder tendrils

14 spineguants WoN
14 spineguants WoN