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Hello, I am getting ready for a battle (Just a brawl, no objectives) vs a nid army. Normally he runs a mix of Gene stealers, Gargoyles, some Gaunts, likely backed up with a Marlok(sp), hive tyrant and or Tervigon. And might be thinking more of a Nidzilla list. What I had in mind was an army that used artillery and then massed AC fire to soften the nids up some before getting into the main fight.

HQ: 2 Company Command Squads each with: 2 Flamers, AC HWT, Master of the fleet, Chimera, and HK Missile. 330
TROOPS: 5 Vet Squads each with: 3 Flamers, AC HWT, Demolitions, Chimera, HK Missile. 950
HVY SPT: 3 Earthshaker Cannon Platforms (Imp Armory). 225.

This gives me the 3 cheep artillery to pound big monsters and squads for a while and 7 HK missiles to sail in with the arty to hopefully round 1 kill a Tervagon or the like. Then 7 AC and 18 Flamers(have to drop one somewhere to loose the 5 I am over) all in Chimera to do the main fighting against hopefully artillery weakened squads.
Any ideas or suggestions? I do not own Vendettas or more than 1 Russ at the moment. Thanks in advance.


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Additionally: I normally like a similar list with Lascannons and Meltaguns instead of flamers and AC as space marines are popular here but with Nids' lower armor I thought the more numerous hits from AC and flamers might be better? Might well be wrong though.

The HK missiles are generally considered to be too much for too little. If you're going to pay for vets don't waste their BS 4 on flamers, better even to get GLs on Vets (better still to put plasma or meltas though). If you're going to pay for chimeras for your vets don't waste points on a HWT because you'll never get to shoot it.


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Additional: between the MLs and the HFs on the Chimeras you should have enough anti-horde to handle most of what you need to handle. Use the high BS Vets to plasma or melta high T threats.

Great advice, thank you. I like the HKM for trying to round one kill a Tervigon or the like but it is a lot of points for the 3ish wounds they would likely deal and looking at the Nid HQs, the meltaguns are needed. Thanks again!

Put plasma/melta on those vets in the chimeras. Use the HF on the chimera for anti-horde. I would take the Leman Russ if you have one as, outside of CC, Nids have little that can dent it's front armour but they can kill your artillery.

Agree that HK missiles are expensive for a one-shot weapon and these points could be better spent elsewhere.