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Ok, I'm having my first Tyranid battle in the near future. This is my first army list. I understand it is very gaunt heavy.

HQ

Hive Tyrant: Armoured Shell (It's my only synapse creature so it needs to be tough)
Scything Talons
Heavy Venom Cannon

Troops

Termagants: Fleshborers (20)
Hormagaunts:No Biomorphs (20)


Any advice?

Don't use a Hive Tyrant in 500 points?

Don't really know what you could really do at 500 points.
Maybe a Prime with 2 Hive Guard (or Zooanthropes) and rest Gaunts....You could have 37 Hormagaunts with AG or TS if you made your Prime 100 points with 2 Hive Guard. you then have quite a lot of Gaunts to go and assault with. And 2 S8 2 shot guns. And a Prime who can be quite nice in combat.

this army will get riped up, so first i would just drop the tyrant, also, i would never give a hive tyrant venom cannon, its a hit and miss weapon, after running it continouously for dozens of games i have found it not worth it. i think the battle force is a fairly good 500pt army, change a warrior to a prime, all with rending claws in stead of devoureres but if you do want range you could leave the devourers ( i think they are better in combat). genestealers will rip up any light tanks and your guants will give numbers.

500 points - try dual tervigon. No one really has an answer to that at such a low points level ...