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Heavily revised from my first army list. Feedback greatly appreciated!

HQ
Hive Tyrant with implant attack, acid blood, toxic miasma, wings (275pts)
Tervigon with Catalyst (175)

Elites
Zoanthropes x3 (180pts)
Lictors x3 (195pts)
Deathleaper (140)

Troops
Warriors x8: 1 w/ barbed strangler, 7 w/ deathspitters (280pts)
Warriors x8: 1 w/ barbed strangler, 7 w/ deathspitters (280pts)
Genestealers x17, Broodlord x1, all w/ scything talons (334pts)

Fast Attack
Shrikes x8 w/ rending claws (320pts)

Heavy Support
Carnifex w/ heavy venom cannon (185)
Biovore x3 (135)

I personally think that your elite side is key for nids.

hive guard, two full units of these guys.
zoe unit with pod full unit.

This core set up will help remove armour and take out that one unit that is a pain. After this is just filling in what is needed.

Personally one hq is great, two is over the top.

That makes sense but 2 hive guard broods seems a bit much. I think I'll stick with the zoanthropes, lictors, and one unit of hive guard.

*Bump* I'd really like some more feedback, please let me know what you think if you're a tyranid player.

Either the lictors or Deathleaper, one has to go, they fufill the same role, and the HG provide some desperately needed anti-light armor, following this, you might want to cut implant attack on the HT, and free up some points for a gargoyle brood to take shots for your shrikes and HT, and they give cover, so that will make a huge difference.

Whats your plan? Sit back on objectives with everything except HT shrikes genestealers and (maybe) gargoyles?

Actually I had annihilation missions more in mind since that's the game type I've been playing most. You're both right about the deathleaper, but if I replaced him with HG where would points for gargoyles come from?

The Biovores. They're cool, but not cool enough imo.

That swap makes sense, but I wanted to use the biovores to create a "wall" of spore mines. Does that strategy look better on paper?