Dracoknight wrote:Either a Tyranid prime in a full group of Warriors, or a hive tyrant with guards... errr... is there anything else tyranids can take ?
Carnifex brood. They are 160 points a pop, so you are looking at 480 points base, plus you could add an independent character.
It wouldn't do very well, but for S&G, a 3 man zoanthrope unit. Just shoot str10 ap1 at everyone and laugh.