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Played at Hobby Chest, Jacksonville, NC

2500 Tyranid list for 'Ard Boyz Tournament

HQ Selections

Swarmlord with Tyrant Guard x3
Hive Tyrant with Hive Commander, Twin Devourer, Twin Deathspitter

TROOP Selections

Genestealers (11) with Broodlord and Toxin Sacs
Genestealers (11) with Broodlord and Toxin Sacs
Genestealers (11) with Broodlord and Toxin Sacs

ELITE Selections

Zoanethrope (3)
Hive Guard (2)
Venomthrope (2)

HEAVY SUPPORT

Trygon (2) with Prime and Toxin Sacs
Trygon with Toxin Sacs

Battle Reports... overall 02W 01L - finished 5th

Round 01 versus Tau - Major Victory (me)

Standard Tau list with virtually one of each unit type, minus vespid and ethereal

A good amount of dice results on my side kept this game fairly in my favor up to the end. My opponent poured about two turns worth of fire into my hive tyrant and swarmlord, felling the tyrant, using a hammerhead, 2x sniper teams, 2x warriors, 2x stealth suits, 1x kroot and 1x broadside. Which allowed the rest of my army to swarm him. Once the genestealers outflanked, it was all over. I couldnt get a massacre cause I didnt have enough troop choices to begin with or Im sure I would have had it.

Round 02 versus Space Marines: Massacred (I was)

An all mech list that included two Dreadnoughts and Vulcan

If ever there was a game that proved Mathhammer is a myth, this would be the one. I can't recall ever seeing so many wounding and to hit rolls...EVER!! He turtled up, and there was little I could do, he was just far enough away from the edge of the board that my 3 squads of genestealers were short 1 or 2 inches and couldnt get the fleet/assault combo (pluse I rolled 1s and 2s for fleet). From there I couldnt do anything. We played through to the end of course but I go slammed, bad dice rolls, bad set up...oh well.

Round 03 versus Blood Angels: Massacre (Me)

He had assault troops x2, death company, land raiders, land speeders and the sanguinar guy.

One of the few occasions were I actually deployed most of my army, rather than deepstrike the whole thing... I deployed two trygons alongside the tyrant and swarmlord and ran them down the middle right into the thick of it, with 2 squads of genestealers popping up right there also and I rolled right over him. I did lose two trygons and the tyrant but I made him pay. Ive played him before and he is a good player but everytime him and I play, he rolls more 1s and 2s then anyone I know; on the flip side i roll so many 5s and sooooo many 6s, its really weird. Since I didnt have anything that gave 3kp, it played well into my favor and since 80% of his army was fast moving, I racked up a lot of points...by turn 4 I tabled him.

It was a good expeirence over all. I will probably drop a tyrant guard and the zoanthrope as they consistently have performed sub par (except the guard) but with the points saved, I can field another 11 genestealers with a broodlord. I might even drop a trygon prime upgrade or two and deck my 'stealers with scything talons or adrenal glands. I wish I had taken pictures, but I hope this list and results help somewhat for anyone playing or building ' nids.