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So I'm really tired of playing to Imperial armies so I think I'm going to get Tyranids, I really like how they look and I think they'd be a fun army to play. Here's my first try at a Flying Hive Tyrant list.

Flyrant - 285
-Adrenal Glands
-Wings
-Old Adversary
-Leech Essence
-Paroxysm

Zoanthrope - 60

Zoanthrope - 60

Hive Guard x3 - 150

Genestealers x10 - 236
-Broodlord
-Scything Talons
-Toxin Sacs (my understanding is that anything under S4 with tsacs I will wound on 4's rerolling?)

Genestealers x10 - 236
-Broodlord
-Scything Talons
-Toxin Sacs

Gargoyle x20 - 160
-Adrenal Glands
-Toxin Sacs

Gargoyle x20 - 160
-Adrenal Glands
-Toxin Sacs

Gargoyle x20 - 160
-Adrenal Glands
-Toxin Sacs

Trygon Prime - 240

Trygon Prime - 240

I really like this, but some $.02 for what it is worth:

Drop Old Adversary, take Hive Commander instead.

Drop Scything talons on stealers, generally they are not thought of as needed upgrades. Broodlords are cool but could be dropped for points elsewhere. Infiltrate the Genestealers.

Drop prime on the trygons and deep strike them.

Combine the zoey squad and use the left over points from the deductions above for some more hive guard or what-have-you. Try fitting in a pod for the zoeys as that max's there utility, lets you make pinpoint strikes on armored targets.

And yes AG/TS on gargoyles is a great idea. They reroll wounds against equal toughness or less.

You could maybe drop AG on the Flyrant if he is keeping the Lash Whip, unless you need him for tank smashing or like having a 2+ wounding other MC's. I personally run AG on my Flyrant also.

Basic idea is that your Flyrant is well bubble wrapped and providing needed synapse. Hive guard and zoeys tank/MC hunt. Trygons and genestealers DS into flanks and rears and force the enemy to shift focus. I do this to my roommate and it drives him nuts when there are units on all sides. The Flyrant and gargoyles move so fast they will only have to weather about 2 turns of shooting max before they start hitting the front lines. Hive Commander will bring your reserves in sooner and put pressure on the enemy right when you are about to hit his front lines.

Overall I like the look of your list, looks really fun!
Hope this helps!

Hmm I'll definitely take those things into mind. I was really having the Trygons as primes for 6 more shots and the added synapse, I'm worried if I deep strike them they will go into instinctive behavior which could prove less worthwhile than I i could chose my targets. That's why I had the zoey's separate as well.

Don't swap to Hive Commander - especially if you're going to infiltrate the Genestealers.

I would drop the Broodlords and ST on the Genestealers, pick up a pod for the Zoeys. Drop AG on the Flyrant.

With the points leftover maybe add some more stealers and spread out to 3 units?

2 Troops units of 10 could make objective games a bit tricky. A couple of flamer units doing suicide runs could leave you with nothing to fight for better than a draw.

If you dig Hive Commander, there's the option of an Outflanking Tervigon; land it in good terrain with support and it can be a real pain. A little unit of Termagants can sit backfield and camp on the home objective.

Well this list isn't really for competitive play, just for fun. It would be an all or nothing type of list. I plan on either winning big or losing miserably lol

With 60 gargs, the flyrant, and a bunch of genestealers... you'll have fun no matter what

This certainly looks like a very fun list! A few suggestions for change (most have been covered, but I'll throw in my hat as well):

-Drop the scything talons
-Put the Zoanthropes in 1 unit, and try to get a couple more Hive Guard (I can't stress enough how much these guys rock, they're one of my favourite units in all of 40k)
-You should probably get a small unit of Termagants or 2 just to sit on a backfield objective, because otherwise you're going to have to waste one of your expensive Genestealer squads on that.
-2 Trygon Primes might be a bit much. Consider just taking 1 and running the other normally

Flyrant - 255
-Wings
-Old Adversary
-Leech Essence
-Paroxysm

2x Zoanthropes - 120

Hive Guard x2 - 100

Hive Guard x2 - 100

Genestealers x10 - 216
-Broodlord
-Toxin Sacs (Since no one has addressed it, they always wound on a 4+ and anything at or under T4 they get to reroll wounds against... and Genestealers are Rending, so it stacks with that)

Genestealers x10 - 216
-Broodlord
-Toxin Sacs

-Termagants x10 - 50

Gargoyle x20 - 160
-Adrenal Glands
-Toxin Sacs

Gargoyle x20 - 160
-Adrenal Glands
-Toxin Sacs

Gargoyle x20 - 160
-Adrenal Glands
-Toxin Sacs

Trygon Prime - 240

Trygon - 200

TOTAL - 1977pts, so you can still fiddle around with the last 23, maybe buy some more Gaunts or get those adrenal glands for your Tyrant.

Don't drop Old Advesary and don't drop Hive commander! They are both very good. Your list is fine the way it is, the only think you want to drop is the zoans. One zoan by itself in no pod is not going to do you alot of good. Drop one unit of gargoloes and make a bigger zoan unit. And adrenal glands on Trygons are good, being init 5 is huge against many things. And the extra strength is nice against av 14. You do lack antitank though and that will hurt you with a very CC list.

I have the most fun with 200 gants running around but that's just me. I think this army should work pretty well accept a Sisters army might win with flamethrowers.