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Hey all have not been playing long fist major list I have ever made so please tell me what you think and any suggestions.

HQ
Hive Tyrant
Venom Cannon
Indescribable Horror
Leech Essence
Psychic Scream
Bone Sword
Lash whip=260

Elites
Hive Guard
Yimgarel Genstelersx8
scything talonsx8
Yimgarel Genstelersx8
scything talonsx8

Troops
Warriorsx6
Deathspittersx5
Barbed Stranglerx1

Warriorsx3
Deathspittersx2
Barbed Stranglerx1

Termagantsx20
Devourerx20

Termagantsx14
Fleshboresx14

Hormagantsx30
Toxin Sacsx30

Ripper swarmsx6
Tunnel swarmx6

Heavy Support
Trygonx3
Trygon Primex3
Regenerationx3

I would get rid of some termagaunts in favor of more hormagaunts in this list. Also, is it only 1 hive guard? I would take more. If you are only taking 1 squad, make it a full set of 3. 1 will die to easy. Now, im not a huge fan of warriors in the current meta. There are so many missiles and melta shots being thrown around. And all that = lots of instant death to your warriors. Depending on your opponents, warriors will get wiped pretty quick. But if you know your opponent, and think these will do well, then by all means keep them. They are great fire bases and synapse as well. If you run into missile spam, you will be in trouble.

I dont have any more hive guards. I should but i dont. That all my hormagants. As for the Warriors my opponent only has lasecannons ap2, So im hopeing that when i deep strike my 3 trygons his will start shooting at them in stead of my warriors who can then move up and launch vollys of fire power with my termagants.

Yeah, hive guard are freakin sweet. i take them every time. depending on how many lascannons there are, you may be in trouble, especially if the trygons dont come in on time.

That is true. I guess I will see soon. Playing my battle next week

Imperial Renegade wrote:Hey all have not been playing long fist major list I have ever made so please tell me what you think and any suggestions.

HQ
Hive Tyrant
Venom Cannon
Indescribable Horror
Leech Essence
Psychic Scream
Bone Sword
Lash whip=260

220 by my math

Elites
Hive Guard
Yimgarel Genstelersx8
scything talonsx8
Yimgarel Genstelersx8
scything talonsx8

50+207+207=464 And you can't add anything to Ymgarl's - you buy them as/is.

Troops
Warriorsx6
Deathspittersx5
Barbed Stranglerx1

Warriorsx3
Deathspittersx2
Barbed Stranglerx1

Termagantsx20
Devourerx20

Termagantsx14
Fleshboresx14

Hormagantsx30
Toxin Sacsx30

Ripper swarmsx6
Tunnel swarmx6

215+110+200+70+240+72=907 Rippers? Really? And only 6 bases?

Heavy Support
Trygonx3
Trygon Primex3
Regenerationx3

265*3=795

220+464+907+795=2386

How's this:

* HQ (260pts)

* Hive Tyrant (260pts)
(Psyker, Shadow in the Warp, Synapse Creature)
Armoured Shell, Bonded Exoskeleton, Heavy Venom Cannon, Hive Commander, Lash Whip and Bonesword, Leech Essence, Paroxysm

* Elites (150pts)

* Hive Guard Brood (150pts)
* 3x Hive Guard
(Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk)
3x Claws and Teeth, 3x Hardened Carapace, 3x Impaler Cannon

* Troops (955pts)

* Genestealer Brood (380pts)
* 20x Genestealer
(Brood Telepathy, Fleet, Infiltrate, Move Through Cover)
20x Reinforced Chitin, 20x Rending Claws, 20x Scything Talons, 20x Toxin Sacs

* Hormagaunt Brood (160pts)
* 20x Hormagaunt
(Bounding Leap, Fleet, Instinctive Behaviour - Feed, Move Through Cover)
20x Chitin, 20x Scything Talons, 20x Toxin Sacs

* Termagant Brood (200pts)
* 20x Termagant
(The Scuttling Swarm)
20x Chitin, 20x Claws and Teeth, 20x Devourer

* Tyranid Warrior Brood (215pts)
* 5x Tyranid Warrior
(Shadow in the Warp, Synapse Creature)
5x Deathspitter, 5x Hardened Carapace, 5x Scything Talons
* Tyranid Warrior with heavy weapon
(Shadow in the Warp, Synapse Creature)
Barbed Strangler, Hardened Carapace, Scything Talons

* Heavy Support (530pts)

* Trygon (265pts)
(Deep Strike, Fearless, Fleet, Subterranean Assault)
Bio-electric Pulse, Bonded Exoskeleton, Regeneration, Scything Talons (two sets), Upgrade to Trygon Prime (Containment Spines, Shadow in the Warp, Synapse Creature)

* Trygon (265pts)
(Deep Strike, Fearless, Fleet, Subterranean Assault)
Bio-electric Pulse, Bonded Exoskeleton, Regeneration, Scything Talons (two sets), Upgrade to Trygon Prime (Containment Spines, Shadow in the Warp, Synapse Creature)


I don't have my codex, but that Tyrant also needs some Tyrant Guard and I left you points for that.

Forgot the armored shell and i did not have a codex went off what i could remember. Sorry for math error. And unfortunetly thats all the nids i have so i could buy more but i just bought 2 trygons.

With my edited list you'd need to find/proxy 2 Hive Guard and that's about it... maybe two genestealers if you really only have 18.

To make your list legal points wise, drop the small Warrior brood, one of the Trygons, the Rippers, and the small Termagant brood.

edit: And add the Armored Shell to Tyrant - I'm not 100% sure what points that'd work out to, but it'd be close

Thanks for the advice. 40pt for armor shell.

Warriors aren't great troop choices (I want to like them, they just don't work) - the 6 strong brood should survive, but the 3 warrior brood is just missile fodder.

Devourer gants are good, but the basic gants are pretty yuk. Only take basic gants if spawned for free by tervigons.

Hormogaunts have been given toxin, which is good.

Rippers are points that could be spent better elsewhere.

Hive tyrant - I prefer tyrant guard to armoured shell. A few more points but much more survivable.

Trygons you want adrenal glands on them. You don't need prime on all three and regen is too expensive. Personally I'd only run 2 as that's a lot of points in units with no invul save.

You have no ranged anti-vehicle at all here and at 2,000 points you should assume you will see plenty. Hive guard are very good - maybe model those warriors with bigger guns and use them as hive guard instead. Ymgarls can then be used as normal stealers.