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This is my Ard Boyz Nid List - 2500

HQ

Prime
Scything talons x2
Adrenal Glands
Toxin sacs
Regeneration

Prime
Rending claws
Deathspitter
Adrenal Glands
Toxin sacs
Regeneration

Elites

Lictor

Zoanthrope

Troops

Warrior (x3)
Venom cannon
Adrenal Glands
Toxin sacs

Stealer (x20)
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs

Stealer (x12)
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs

Stealer (x9)
Broodlord
Scything talons
Implant attack
Acid blood
Scything talons
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs

Termagaunt (x20)
strangleweb
strangleweb
spike rifle
Adrenal Glands
Toxin Sacs

Rippers
Spinefists
Adrenal Glands
Toxin Sacs
Tunnel Swarm

Fast Attack

Spore mine Cluster (x6)

Heavy support

Trygon
Adrenal Glands
Toxin Sacs
Regeneration
Prime

Mycetic Spore (x4)
Venom Cannon (x4)

Opinion, thoughts, ideas, assistance, and advice welcome.
(x# = number of models)

Are you going with a reserves-based army? If so, I'd suggest you dump the 2 primes and get a tyrant with hive commander (or dump 1 prime at the very least).

Rennoc215 wrote:This is my Ard Boyz Nid List - 2500

HQ

Prime
Scything talons x2
Adrenal Glands
Toxin sacs
Regeneration

Prime
Rending claws
Deathspitter
Adrenal Glands
Toxin sacs
Regeneration

Give them boneswords + lashwhips instead and drop the other upgrades. The only other upgrade I would keep is toxin sacs.

Elites

Lictor

Zoanthrope

Way too little shooting. Dump the lictor and get more zoans (in pods if you want). Better yet, consider hive guards.

Troops

Warrior (x3)
Venom cannon
Adrenal Glands
Toxin sacs

Way too much upgrades. If you're using 3-warrior squads, dump all upgrades except the venom canon. The only other upgrade I would consider for them are rending claws.

Stealer (x20)
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs

Stealer (x12)
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs

Stealer (x9)
Broodlord
Scything talons
Implant attack
Acid blood
Scything talons
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs

Too many upgrades. Toxin sacs are good. Drop adrenal glands and any other upgrades.

Termagaunt (x20)
strangleweb
strangleweb
spike rifle
Adrenal Glands
Toxin Sacs

Dump all the upgrades. Personally, I would either keep them naked of give them a devourer and put them in a mycetic spore.

Rippers
Spinefists
Adrenal Glands
Toxin Sacs
Tunnel Swarm

This unit is crap. Drop them like the plague.

Fast Attack

Spore mine Cluster (x6)

Another junk unit. Use at your own risk.

Heavy support

Trygon
Adrenal Glands
Toxin Sacs
Regeneration
Prime

Too many upgrades. The only thing useful for them is adrenal glands. Drop everything else.

Mycetic Spore (x4)
Venom Cannon (x4)

You should list these with the units that will be using them. Right now, which units will with which spores?


Honestly, this isn't a very good list. You've got way too many upgrades when it's almost always better to increase the number of models instead. You've got no redundancy of important units. You've got very little anti-tank shooting. Lastly, you're using not very good units such as the lictor, rippers and spore mines. Perhaps you should ask in the Tactica section of how to make a competitive Tyranid list. And the reason why I'm assuming you want a competitive list is because usually the Ard Boyz tournament is pretty competitive.

Tervigons. Nothing like another MC (troop) that is tough as nuts to kill but only worth 1 KP.
Then in the objective missions you start pooping out scoring units galore (making your 2500 point list 3000+ points with a bunch of scoring gants that have to be dealt with).

Ok, Here is a more revised version:

Ard Boyz Nid List - 2500

HQ

Hive Tyrant
HV venom Cannon
Old Adversary
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs
Acid blood
Implant attack
Toxic Miasma
Regeneration
Wings

Parasite Of Mortex

Elites

Zoanthrope x2

Troops

Warrior (x3)
Venom cannon
Scything Talons
Adrenal Glands
Toxin sacs

Stealer (x20)
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs

Stealer (x12)
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs

Stealer (x9)
Broodlord
Scything talons
Implant attack
Acid blood
Scything talons
Adrenal glands
Toxin Sacs

Rippers (x9)
Spinefists
Adrenal Glands
Toxin Sacs
Tunnel Swarm

Heavy support

Trygon
Adrenal Glands
Toxin Sacs
Regeneration
Prime

Tyrannofex
Fleshborer Hive
Desiccator Larvae
Regeneration
- - - - - - - - - - OR - - - - - - - - - -
Tyrannofex
Rupture Cannon
Desiccator Larvae
Regeneration

I usually run stealers with both upgrades because they can sprint into assault on the first turn, keeping them out of the line of fire. I kept the rippers because I use them to support the trygon. Dropped the 'Guants, because I usually lose using them. I'm much better using a stealer horde.

Here is how I see combat evolve with this list:

The stealers sprint into CC, preventing them from being shot at. The warriors, zoas, and hive tyrant hold position after position, and the stealers force all enemies off objectives.

When the time is right, Pop the trygon out inside their ranks, and pop out the rippers with him, using them to swarm into CC, keeping the enemy distracted.

While distracted, I flank with the warriors, zoas, and hive tyrant, providing me easy shooting.

Not getting this ...

3 warriors is too small a brood - 3 missiles and the whole lots gone.
Hive tyrant is too expensive - toxin sacs can make him "worse" in CC. Regen very expensive and implant attack, toxic miasma, acid blood is putting him in the 400 point area.
Parasite of mortrex has nowhere really to go - get him some gargoyles.
2 zoeys on foot and no other elite slots taken in a 2,500 point list. This is the best slot in the Nid Codex!
Stealers are good but adrenals and toxin makes them too expensive.
Trygon - again, drop the toxin sacs and regen is very expensive.
Why would you ever run a tyrannofex with fleshborer - his rupture cannon and 2 zoeys is your only ranged AV here at all.

You need hive guard, gargoyles, tervigon and less goodies in the list to make it work.

The newer list is better, but it's still all over the place. It still needs a lot of fine tuning, and can go in many different directions.

This list is going to be eaten alive. You need to stop with the upgrading and throw more bodies on the table. I could see if you were throwing upgrades on things like carnifexes but rippers?? Really? I won't tell you you have to have hive guard to win because you don't but putting anything on rippers is a waste of points you are going to need elsewhere. Part of playing nids is scaring your opponent when setting up your swarm of models. If I see someone set up rippers I'm just going to laugh and use one squad with 2 flamers to kill them all in one turn.your swarm of models. If I see someone set up rippers I'm just going to laugh and use one squad with 2 flamers to kill them all in one turn.