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A friend of mine let me borrow his 'nids, so I figured I'd try and give it a shot. Any C+C appreciated.

HQ:
Hive Tyrant w/ Bonesword/Lashwhip, 1 TL devourer, toxic miasma, armored shell and hive commander -265 points

Elite:
Hive guard x3 -150 points

Deathleaper -140 points

Zoanthrope brood (2) w/ Mycetic spore -160 points

Troops:
Hormagaunts x20 w/ toxin sacks -160 points
Hormagaunts x20 w/ toxin sacks -160 points
Genestealer Brood x7 w/ toxin sacks -119 points

Fast attack
Gargoyles x20 w/ adrenal glands and toxin sacks -160 points

Heavy Support:
Carnifex w/ TL Devourer and Heavy Venom Cannon w/ frag spines (free 5 points I couldn't put anywhere) -205 points

Trygon Prime -240 points

Trygon Prime -240 points

Total 1999 points

Nice list!

Looks pretty hard hitting, at 2k points i would have a lot more horde. MC are good, but if your opponents main and only reall concern is the MC sterngaurd and such are going to be a real pain.

Deathleaper is a killer unit!
and its good to see a carnifex, no one has room for them anymore

Should I drop a Trygon and take another group of gaunts and give the tyrant wings, then?

Or, I could take a Tervigon as a second HQ choice to get more gaunts on the table?

Nice list. My only personal preference to change would be swapping those hive guard for more zoanthropes. Their powers are amazing vehicle killers. Plus the extra synapse is useful. Or venomthropes for cover saves.

Second attempt:

HQ-
Hive Tryant w/ BS/LW 1x TL Devourer, armored shell, hive commander -250 points

Tervigon w/ Catalyst - 175 points

Elite-
Zoanthrope (2) in Mycetic Spore -160 points
Zoanthrope (2) in Mycetic Spore -160 points
Deathleaper - 140 points

Troops-
Hormagaunts x20 w/ toxin -160 points
Hormagaunts x20 w/ toxin -160 points
Genestealers x7 w/ toxin -119 points
Termagaunts x15 75 points

Fast Attack-
Gargoyles x20 w/ Adrenal and Toxin 160 points

Heavy Support-
Carnifex w/ TL Devourer and Heavy Venom Cannon -200 points

Trygon Prime -240 points

Total: 1999 points

Since you have a unit of termigants, you can take the tervigon as troop aswell.
So you then have a TMC that can score.

List wise though its pretty nice.

Stealers - i'd take a broodlord with them.
Its amazing how much extra punch he provides.


Fex - not really that good these days.
Sadly its points cost compared to profile make him alot worse than they used to be.

I'd honestly drop death leaper aswell, since his use is minimal.
So fex and death leaper save you 340 points.

If you want fire support then biovores are a little better than before, and with 3 large blasts a turn for a little over half the price, they are great.

I'd also try and boost the thropes to 3 per unit.
You will be amazed at how often it doesent work, so a full unit will make sure you have the best possible chance.

I guess you could drop the leaper, Though its always one more threat your opponent needs to think about. For his points i think he is awesome, i have good results using mine at least. Typically in lower point games though around 1k-1250

Tyrant would be better with venom cannon and can hang back then. Failing that move along with Hormagaunts and Tyrant Guard and take old adversary letting the Hormagaunts re-roll to hit, nasty!

Tyrant Guard is ok to get cover saves.

mercer wrote:Tyrant would be better with venom cannon and can hang back then. Failing that move along with Hormagaunts and Tyrant Guard and take old adversary letting the Hormagaunts re-roll to hit, nasty!

Tyrant Guard is ok to get cover saves.

This is your biggest problem. The armored shell isn't awful based on the "everyone runs missiles" meta but the guard would be necessary.

What? I didn't say the shell was bad at all. I said keep it, get a Guard and put the Guard in cover so you now get cover saves against AP2. Missile launchers have no affect against Hive Tyrants 2+ armour save so not sure what you're point is.

You misunderstand...the "biggest problem" is not having Guard.

HQ:

Hive Tyrant w/ TL Devourer, Hive Commander, Armoured Shell -250 points

2x Tyrant Guard -120 points

Elite:
Hive guard x2 100

Zoanthrope x2 in spore - 160 points

Zoanthrope x2 in spore - 160 points

Troops:
Hormagaunt x20 w/ toxin 160 points

Hormagaunt x20 w/ toxin 160 points

Genestealer w/ broodlord x6 w/ toxin and scything -158 points

Termagant x15 -75 points

Tervigon w/ scything talons -165 points

Fast Attack:

Gargoyle brood x20 w/ adrenal and toxin -160 points

Heavy Support:

Trygon Prime -240 points

Biovore -45 points

Biovore -45 points

Total 1998 points

Elites will be the main source of anti-tank. Everyone else does what they do. Tyrant guard present to help protect the tyrant. Tervigon there to sit on objectives and spit out many gants, etc.

Right, so get Guard as I said then...

Ended up going with a list like my second one, except I swapped 2x zoanthrope with 3x hive guard.

Tervigon didn't get constipated until turn five, spawning, iirc, 58 termagants. Managed to swarm almost half the board and won 2 objectives to 1 vs. Eldar. The Trygon prime absolutely wrecked, destroying 4 vehicles before it was finally gunned down. I wish I had a second one to use. lol