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I'm not sure of its effectiveness, but it fits together so nicely... well, anyway, I'll leave it here:

HQ: Tervigon - 160

Troops: 5 Genestealers x 2 - 140

Heavy Support: Trygon - 200

Thoughts?

It's not terrible but it will be hard to win. 5 genestealer troops to hold objectives will not last long at all. Even if you grant a unit FnP it won't do all that much.

What happens if you roll doubles on your first turn and can't produce troops? Very risky I have to say, but then again you never know. Too risky for my taste is all. The trygon will draw a lot of the fire but even then who knows if it can last all that long.

Do the Termagants not count as troops when they come out? Not that I thought that as standard, the thought just occurred to me, haha xD

I was thinking a deep-striking Trygon would cause havoc and in 500pts many armies would be poorly equipped to take it down easily? The idea is less to hold and more to table with outflank and deep-striking I guess...

Don't bother deep striking it in a 500pt game - it's fast enough to cover before anything can really threaten it at this point level.

Yes, the spawned gants count as troops, but if you double out on turn one you're going to be in trouble.

rigeld is right. Don't worry about the deep strike. You can't assault which hurts. The trygon can Fleet first turn and has an 18' potential assault range. Just place him near the front of your deployment zone, preferably in cover but being a MC it's tough to find.

Test it out, it's the only way you will know for sure.
Like we say you DO get troops on the spawn but they are weak and if you double out first turn or roll badly you may not have enough termagaunts to hold objectives as you will need those stealers to kill his troops that are on objectives.

I wouldn't take genestealers at this point level, you can take more hormagaunts for cheaper points and be more effective. That or take devil gants to go with the tervigon.