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Ok, this is what I have got so far. I have not used this army before, ever. I'm hoping for tips on what I should buy, what's just wasting points and what should be given something else.

HQ

Tyranid Prime with-
2 Boneswords
Sycthing talons
Ardenal Glands
Regeneration
110 pts


Troops

Genstealer Brood (8) All with Toxin Sacs 136 pts

Warrior Brood (5) With
Rending Claws (2)
Venom Cannon
Barbed Strangler
Devourer
185 pts

Termagaunt Brood (16) All with Toxin Sacs 96 pts

Hormagaunt brood (14) All with Toxin Sacs 112 pts

Hormagaunt brood (14) All with Toxin Sacs 112 pts

Ripper Swarm (4) All with Toxin Sacs and Tunnel Swarm 64 pts


Elites

Venomthrope 55 pts


Heavy Support

Carnifex with
Regeneration
Bio Plasma
205 pts

Trygon Prime with Regeneration 265 pts


1094 pts altoghethor


That's it so far. I plan to tweak it (These are all the tyranids I own) by buying-
Broodlord
Ymgarl Genestealers
A Zoanthrope brood
Another Trygon Prime
AT LEAST 1 more Fex
Raveners to go with Trygons
Expand Ripper swarm
Hive tyrant??

Hoping for advice as it is clearly in need of help-Thanks!

Hey glad to see another Nid player, well your list looks good but you don't need rippers. I just use them for MC basing.
Venomthropes are ok but they compete for an Elite slot, your points are better spent on Zoanthropes and Ymgarls.
Also you should look into converting ur carnifex into a Tervigon. However that means you would need more gaunts to.
Im sorry but shooty warriors just dont work.
If you want tank hunting Warriors, get wings and give them Sything Talons, Rending Claws and Adrenal Glands.
If you want combat warriors, go for the rape warriors (twin swords, Sything Talons, Adrenal Glands) and Outflank them.

Tyrant is a MUST but for 1000, probably not. Prime is fine but don't run it with warriors if you want TH or rape warriors as he cant have wings or outflank.

Oh and you don't reeeeally need toxin sacs on Gaunts, get a tervigon and get Toxin, then nearby gaunts get it to

Edit: Oh and if you want some load outs for a Tyrant some of these are good.

Deathstar Tyrant: Bonesword Lashwhip, HV cannon, Old Adversary, Armoured Shell, and 2 guard. this one is expensive but a TNT block.
Sniper Tyrant: TL devourers with BLW, and HV cannon. Wings. This guy can jump around the field providing Synapse and fire support.
Diablo Tyrant: Armoured Shell, TL devourers BLW, Sword and Whip, Adrenal Glands, 3 Guards with swords. Not competitive but fun

The Warrior squad is illegal, all Warriors in a brood must have the same options, apart from the 1 you give a Venom Cannon/Barbed Strangler (if there is one). You also can't take more than 1 heavy weapon. And *matthewbland282*, shooty Warriors work fine. If you do want to go for them, take Deathspitters-They are NASTY. As for heavy weapons, I'd rather go for a Barbed Strangler, but that's just me.

Meh Squigsquasher, IMHO I reckon that shooty warriors are horrid against Tough stats like marines and crons. Str 5 in a DS is nice, but ap5 will ping off their 3+ sv :/

Considering that almost nothing in the Tyranid Codex is AP3, 2 or 1, that isn't a valid argument. Warriors won't make it into close combat very easily-they'll just get targetted by Strength 8 weaponry (which all those overpowered Imperial codexes have quite a lot of) and even if you put them in a Spore, they can't assault on the turn they enter play. If Warriors are to be used for assault, at least leave on the Devourers.

Okay, looking at the models you listed, heres what I would suggest for a 1000pt army.

Tyranid Prime: 115
Pair of Boneswords
Adrenals
Regenerate
Deathspitter

8 Genestealers: 136
Toxin Sacks

5 Warriors: 180
Deathspitters
Barbed Strangler

15 Termagants: 90
Toxin Sacks

14 Hormagaunts: 112
Toxin

14 Hormagaunts: 112
Toxin

Trygon Prime: 250
Adrenal Glands

995 points total