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My FLGS is holding a 500 point tournie, with custom missions, and 4x4 boards. I have my old standby nids, but i finally have enough tau to field a legal army. Here are lists i made for each

Nids

-Prime
swords, talons
AG

hive guard

tervigon
cluster spines
catalyst

20x hormagaunts

11x termagaunts

or a slight alteration

prime
swords, talons

hive guard

hive guard

tervigon
cluster spines
catalyst

10x termagaunts

14x hormagaunts


i know every one likes dual tervigons, but i want something that can actually fight in CC, eg the prime, and the hormagaunt are there to take FnP and go tie up something like a tac squad.

here is the tau

Shas'el
plasma rifle, missile pod
target array, HW multi tracker, HW drone controller, 1x shield drone
HW target lock

shas'ui
TL missile pod, flamer

shas'ui
TL missile pod, flamer

6x fire warriors
devil fish
disruption pods

10x kroot

broadside
black sun filter

the shas'el has the target lock so that he can bro up with a shas'ui suit or even the broadside, and offer them the protection of his drone. also, i dont have points for anything else. Or do you think i should give the drone to the broad side?




Thanks for any and all help!

A personal preference but i'd put the targeting array from the shael to the broadside. Thats just me though. Otherwise looks alright.

Your tyranid list looks better than your tau list, but both will do VERY well at low points.

Personally, I would take the second nid list, but if you could replace the kroot with more fire warriors and make the suits into fireknifes, I would play that. Fire warriors are inCREDIGOOD at super low points.

really? i have found that twin linking typically gets me the results i need, after all, you already have a .75 percent chance to hit. and besides, on the broadside, the array only benefits one shot, but on the shas'el, it benefits 3-4 shots a turn. And i would totally take 7 fire warriors instead, but i only own 6 =( although it is nice to have a nice charge blocking screen/ unit that can outflank and hide in the woods on an objective. Thanks for the advice!. Right now i am leaning towards the tau, but that is only because they are new and its always fun to try out a new army! but if i can't get the tau painted, hello nids!