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2011/10/24 00:11:52
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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Fresh-Faced New User
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I was wondering what you guys think are the best Tyranid units with the current codex.
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2011/10/24 00:54:34
Subject: Re:Best Tyranid units
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Raging Ravener
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What are you looking to do? Warriors are pretty good at what they do. Genestealers are very good at what they do. Zoanthropes are fantastic at what they do, but that all do different things.
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2011/10/24 00:59:14
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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Ancient Ultramarine Venerable Dreadnought
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Pyrovore.
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Iron Warriors 442nd Grand Battalion: 10k points |
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2011/10/24 03:30:05
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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Armored Iron Breaker
Lookin' fur daemons ta' fight!
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Swarmlord, genestealers, and Zoanthropes.
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Teh Emprah Protects 
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2011/10/24 03:39:43
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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Fixture of Dakka
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I like the Tyrannofex. For me he doen't kill much but he sure is a great distraction unit wich my opponents think they need to kill right away so my other units do not get shot up as much.
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Agies Grimm:The "Learn to play, bro" mentality is mostly just a way for someone to try to shame you by implying that their metaphorical nerd-wiener is bigger than yours. Which, ironically, I think nerds do even more vehemently than jocks.
Everything is made up and the points don't matter. 40K or Who's Line is it Anyway?
Auticus wrote: Or in summation: its ok to exploit shoddy points because those are rules and gamers exist to find rules loopholes (they are still "legal"), but if the same force can be composed without structure, it emotionally feels "wrong". |
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2011/10/24 04:00:46
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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Norn Queen
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Best points for ability:
Tyranid Prime
Hive Guard
Zoanthropes (if there's no psychic defense)
Genestealers
Gargoyles
Tervigon
Trygon
Monstrous creatures on the whole tend to be pretty overcosted for what they do, the exceptions being Trygons and Tervigons. Trygons are priced just about right, and Tervigons are pretty cheap for what they do. Gargoyles are a bloody bargain even with both adrenal glands and toxin sacs.
You can get god performance out of other units. I get good results from Hormagaunts, Carnifexes and Hive Tyrants, but there's little doubt that Carnifexes and Hive Tyrants are overpriced.
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2011/10/24 07:11:55
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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What Loki said ^^.
You also want Termagants to go with your Tervigons. They are very cheap and good at close range with their melee attacks boosted by the Tervigon.
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2011/10/24 09:53:08
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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Coolyo294 wrote:Pyrovore.
Seconded.
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2011/10/24 11:00:17
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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Really the pyrovore? Everything else I understand.
What do youthink of old one eye?
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2011/10/24 11:20:30
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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Fixture of Dakka
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SGASheppard wrote:Really the pyrovore? Everything else I understand.
What do youthink of old one eye?
They're being sarcastic.
OOE is also rated as pretty damn poor.
I have to second Loki's list, with the addition of Ymgarl's too.
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- Roboute Guilliman
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- Magnus the Red, to a statue of Leman Russ
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2011/10/24 11:26:37
Subject: Best Tyranid units
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Alluring Sorcerer of Slaanesh
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Spore Mines
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No pity, no remorse, no shoes |
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