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Shrike brood with 2 boneswords and adrenal glands. 50 pts/model. but i wish i could get 2 swords and a devourer.

50 pts a model for things that can be insta killed.. i wouldn't take them. you can get 10 gaunts for 1 warrior. or 9 gargoyles with poison attacks

Twin Bone Swords are an interesting metagame choice. As such, they have more merit than their initial value. I would always give them toxin as well as adrenal... 50 versus 55 points is nothing, and toxin rerolls make them more reliable.

Twin Bonesword warriors, IMHO, are probably better as a troop choice. Yes, you lose the mobility, but gain scoring and a 4+ armor save. Either way, the uber warrior helps win in the following matchups:

Nob/Bikers
Thunderwolf Calv
and most importantly: Other Nids!

Basicly, if you know that you will be facing lots of nid armies, or if you are really worried about dealing with nobs or thunderwolves en mass, there are only 2 options: the swarmlord or dual bonesword warrior variants. The winged variants are the faster of the 3 dual bonesword units you can get and faster than a swarmlord. Thus, they are better at initiating the assault.

Other than nids specificly, and nobs/thunderwolves, units of supergants or gargoyles will pretty much always dominate compared to warriors. Thus, my final advice, like Lordbug, is that if you fancy bringing a balanced nid army, stay away from warriors.