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So i am new to nids and i have recieved a bunch from a trade and so i tried to put together a list please help me out.

HQ: Tervigon w/ catalyst

Troops: (all have toxin sacs)
15 hormagaunts
15 hormagaunts
10 Genestealers
10 Genestealers

Heavy:
Trygon Prime

It's an okay list, but not amazing.

With no gaunts around to buff, the tervigon is not really worth it, so consider dropping him and getting a tyranid prime instead.

Also you have limited anti-tank (it can be tricky to destroy them consistently in CC), so some hive guard would also be good.

I would pay for 3 of them using the leftover points from the tervigon, and dropping 10 hormagaunts to give you just the one unit of 20 hormagaunts.
(you could play around with this and drop some genestealers and the prime off the trygon to have the same effective points to use).

Hope this is useful

but the tervigon can buff any unit on the field from what i read, so he can boost the troops, also i may have the Hgaunts and Tgaunts mixed up......

GreyTauKnight wrote:but the tervigon can buff any unit on the field from what i read, so he can boost the troops, also i may have the Hgaunts and Tgaunts mixed up......

It can target any unit with its psychic powers like Catalyst. But it can only buff Termagaunts (not homragaunts) with it's toxin sacs and Adrenal glands.

Since your HQ is the Tervi, make sure you bring more termagaunts. On average a Tervigon produces 23 Gaunts per game, but it can be as low as 3 in one game. Make sure you have something to buff and bring a squad of Gaunts regardless.

If i were you I would combine the Gene squads into one tough squad and Catalyst them every single turn. Homragaunts traded for Termagaunts and Hive guard would help greatly.

HQ: Tervi, Catalyst, Toxin sacs, Adrenals -195

ELITE: 2x Hive Guard - 100

TROOPS: 20x Genestealers, toxin sacs - 340
Either 12x Devourer Gaunts 120pts or 25x Basic termagaunts -125 points

HEAVY: Trygon Prime - 240

Dependant on your chocie of gaunts, that 995 or 1000 points.

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