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2013/05/27 07:29:02
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
In Hive Fleet Spectre, absorbing Agrellan after beating the Tau.
I am an avid Nids collector and am entering Young Bloods Throne of Skulls this year. I am having some trouble shaving down the Points to 1500 AND have Synapse range all over the board (that is why, with the Psychic Monstrosity special rule, The Swarmlord was a Must-Have). Here is my List, please note I haven't got most of them and I would like suggestions:
Fast Attack (I need help with having Synapse Creatures over here): Gargoyle Brood (10), Ravener Brood (3) |Equipment: 3 Rending Claws, 3 Thorax-Mounted Deathspitters|, ????????????? (This slot is where I want a Synapse Creature but also want the points to be down, It is currently filled by this: ) Spore Mine Cluster (6; 2 Frag, 2 Poison, 2 Bio-Acid)
Elites: Slendernid (140), Eldar's Bane (90), The Brethren (120)
Heavy Support: Gargantufex (195), SerpenPrime (125), Apocalypse Cannons (90)
Fast Attack: The Black Cloud (60), Death From Below (60), Orbiting Cluster (60)
Please leave suggestions! Sincerely, Tyra Nidz.
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Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/05/27 10:13:15
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
I'm a avid necron player and just getting into nids (so fresh that I'm borrowing a friends army to play nids for now lol).
I can't guide you to exactly what you need but I can suggest away of how to determine what your weaknesses are and what you need to do and/or get to make your army more effective.
When I create a list I sit down with a piece of A4 paper (a few pieces will do, just in case you make some errors), sit down and draw out a top down view on your army. You will get a feel for what kind of foot print you'll have on the board and you can draw on your synapse range aswell.
It doesnt have to be detailed, I just draw blocks and write the names of the unit and what characters maybe attached. Give it ago that way and see what you have.
Plus how do you plan on playing your army, melee? shooting? outflanking? Once you've decided this you'll know what to do next.
6000 Points
2013/05/27 10:16:07
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
Note to the reader: my username is not arrogance. No, my name is taken from the most excellent of commanders: Lord Castellan Creed, of the Imperial Guar- I mean Astra Militarum - who has a special rule known only as "Tactical Genius"... Although nowhere near as awesome as before, it now allows some cool stuff for the Guar- Astra Militarum - player. FEAR ME AND MY TWO WARLORD TRAITS.
2013/05/27 14:16:35
Subject: Re:Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
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Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/05/27 14:31:22
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
A couple of comments. Your points are way off. I've counted a 1764 pts list not to mention the massive error in the trygon primes total pts. Should be 240pts for prime.
At 1500pts you have 400 of them invested in a HQ. Albeit an amazing HQ but too many points. Drop one of the guards to take advantage of the Iron Arm you could roll. And give the guard LW. This will ensure that some models are forced to attack at I1 if you have to move the swarmlord into cover to strike as he has no grenades. Use gargoyles to screen the line and take the fire so swarmy can do his thing.
Drop the Tfex. Maybe in a 2000pts fun list. Your troops are fairly week and all 4 of them could maybe withstand a single round of shooting each.
Deathleaper, again, too many points to invest at this level for a model that rarely makes his points back.
Stealers won't work in the pod I feel as they will drop. Have to withstand a round of shooting and then take an over watch and likely be too thin to accomplish much. Same applies to hormagants. They also each need TS. Try Yrmgarl stealers instead.
Not really a fan of your fast attack. All units are too small to do anything.
Do you have access to hive Guard?
That's just off the top of my head. First thing to do would be to create a legal 1500pts list.
Without changing your list too much try something list this Swarmlord, Guard w LW 345pts DoM in Pod 130 2 zoans 120pts 7 Ymgarl 161pts Tervigon AG, TS, 3 Powers 210pts 20 termagants 20 gargoyles 120pts Trygon TS 210pts 2 Biovores 90pts
I'd like to add more troops but would need to drop something big like trygon
Thoughts?
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2013/05/27 15:05:27
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
I'd split the termagaunts into 2 groups of 10 to. And take hiceguard instead of the Ymgarl if you have themm. But thats more a personal prefference both work well.
Your list also seems to not have a single unit upgrade which strikes me as wierd.
2013/05/27 15:44:20
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
I'd split the termagaunts into 2 groups of 10 to. And take hiceguard instead of the Ymgarl if you have themm. But thats more a personal prefference both work well.
Your list also seems to not have a single unit upgrade which strikes me as wierd.
Ymgarl Genestealers? I don't Have.
I only have 12 Termagants.
I don't have Hive Guard.
and what is a Unit Upgrade?
sorry.
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Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/05/27 17:53:36
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
You have genestealer right? They can be used as Ymgarl Stealers.
Unit upgrade. It's when you add upgrades to your units. For example giving a unit Toxin sacs. Unit 10 Genestealers - Upgrade: Toxin Sacs
You can't really play nids with only 12 termagants. Play your hormagants as termagants in the meantime.
You are just starting out so proxy some of your models. Warriors make great hive guard proxy. I trust you are playing with friends and not in tournaments so it shouldn't be an issue.
Hope that helps.
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2013/05/27 19:32:10
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
Firstly good luck . Your list is a nice list and will be fun to run but its a bit bity if that makes sense you need to decide what you want to go with and not a bit of every thing . At TOS's you can never cover for every army your best bet is to go for a list that will work well vs marines and gives you a good chance vs other army's the biggest thing your list is going to struggle with is flyers. You need to take a couple of flying hive tyrants ( or at least 1) check out this Tyranid YouTube channel for advice and tips on all things Tyranid . But most of all enjoy it.http://youtu.be/iq9wnDK1odk
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2013/06/02 17:48:21
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
In Hive Fleet Spectre, absorbing Agrellan after beating the Tau.
I am not going to next year, my BFF who works at GW has refunded my ticket, so I have time for getting stuff...
I'm just a bit puzzled as to WHAT TROOPS SHOULD I HAVE?
I mean, my idea is just to have fun, and (@Aceface) the Flyrant thet I would like is 15 points. Really, my Idea with the DoM and the spore is I just really like the idea of something coming out of an unidentified object and PSYCHICALLY SHREDDING things left, right and centre, for example.
I'd probably drop the TFex and replace it with a Mawloc, make the TFex a Tervigon and get 2 more groups of 12 Termys (one group to bolster the first and another to have as spawning) and maybe some ripper swarms.
Thats just the thing, but I have decided my 1499-point list.
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Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/06/02 19:26:25
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
Some Tomb World in some galaxy by that one thing in that one place (or Minnesota for nosy people)
Tervigons make for great troops. Take two msu of gaunts then two tervigons
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2013/06/10 16:54:51
Subject: Re:Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
The Psionic Nightmare- The Doom of Malan'Tai The Implacables- 5 Ymgarl Genestealers Embodiment of Dynamite- Pyrovore
Fast Attack
The Black Cloud- 10 Gargoyles Wings of Death- 3 Shrikes with Devourers The End- 6 Sky-slasher Swarms
Heavy Support
SerpenPrime- Trygon Prime The Seismic Terror- Mawloc Catastrophic Cannons- 2 Biovores
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Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/06/10 16:56:34
Subject: Re:Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
In Hive Fleet Spectre, absorbing Agrellan after beating the Tau.
'tank' you (with a Razorback) i sorted it, to have 2 Deathspitters. After all... they look badass, i only wanted to make use of my newly-acquired Cadian Fleshtone.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I have dropped the spores, swarmlord, raveners, zoanthropes, hormagaunts, tyrannofex and tyrant guard...
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Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/06/11 08:17:35
Subject: Re:Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
The Doom of Malan'Tai The Implacables- 5 Ymgarl Genestealers Embodiment of Dynamite- Pyrovore
Fast Attack
The Black Cloud- 10 Gargoyles Wings of Death- 3 Shrikes with Devourers The End- 3 Shrikes with Devourers
Heavy Support
SerpenPrime- Trygon Prime Seismic Predator- Mawloc Catastrophic Cannons- 2 Biovores.
This thread may be used for any Tau/Necrons/Space Wolves/Eldar/Grey Knights/Orks/any other races I decide to collect problems.
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Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/06/13 15:23:35
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
In Hive Fleet Spectre, absorbing Agrellan after beating the Tau.
I decided to replace the Sky-Slashers with Shrikes and cut out 4 Termys (which are, in my case, Termagants, not Terminators)
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Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/06/13 23:05:58
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
and the Flamespurt being fired without being in range of a Synapse Creature? Holy Hive Mind, that's awesome.
Kill it! Kill it with Fire! Kill it! Kill it with Fire!
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Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/06/18 17:26:57
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
In Hive Fleet Spectre, absorbing Agrellan after beating the Tau.
Could we please start talking again?
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1,500/2,000/6,000 500/1,000/1,500/2,000/10,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,5000/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000. My Dakka Code http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/The_Dakka_Code”>DT:00-S-GM-B+I—Pw40k13+D+A+/cWD400R++T(I)DM+ 'Gather the dead for battle. Let them join our ranks, lest we are forced to join theirs.' -Farseer Kelmon of Iyanden
Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/06/19 14:22:30
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
I like your final list but I'd personally change a few bits, drop the pyrovore, I would axe the shrikes and have 3 more warriors as they have better saves and are markedly more survivable, and are scoring.
2013/06/19 15:22:04
Subject: Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
In Hive Fleet Spectre, absorbing Agrellan after beating the Tau.
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oh yeah
1,500/2,000/6,000 500/1,000/1,500/2,000/10,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,5000/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000 1,500/2,000. My Dakka Code http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/The_Dakka_Code”>DT:00-S-GM-B+I—Pw40k13+D+A+/cWD400R++T(I)DM+ 'Gather the dead for battle. Let them join our ranks, lest we are forced to join theirs.' -Farseer Kelmon of Iyanden
Aspect Warriors (in order of my favourites) Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5.
2013/06/23 17:55:56
Subject: Re:Tyranid army: Throne of Skulls Young Bloods
You could drop a few Gargoyles to get some AD and TS on the Tervigon. Anything he has upgrade wise is transferred to the Gaunts he spawns. You could also drop the Gargoyles all together and get another Tervigon for some more gaunt spawning action which is always good. Plus more powers. Possibly swap a Trygon Prime for a Mawloc to deal with those IG parking lots. There are options here but this is a pretty sound list. The primes give you some forward synapse as well as the flyrant. It way more shooty but I have found that shooty nids are a hot route to take. Besides.. the Trygons are still CC monsters. The Flyrant also gives you something to deal with flyers. You know there are going to be people who spam them and to not have anything to deal with them is going to be a bad day. Trygons 12 shots could also assist with that. Doom has become a staple in all my lists because he is some backfield disruption. Just some thoughts for you.
I am an avid Nids collector and am entering Young Bloods Throne of Skulls this year. I am having some trouble shaving down the Points to 1500 AND have Synapse range all over the board (that is why, with the Psychic Monstrosity special rule, The Swarmlord was a Must-Have). Here is my List, please note I haven't got most of them and I would like suggestions:
500/1,000/1,500/2,000/10,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,5000/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000 
1,500/2,000. My Dakka Code 
Warp Spiders-(No known Phoenix Lord)-Just awesome how they can TELEPORT THROUGH THE WARP! SHADOW SPECTRES Shadow Spectres - Irillyth, Shade of Twilight - Tank Busters. HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE BUSTING YOUR OPPONENT'S TANKS?! 
Fire Dragons - Fuegan, the Burning Lance - Can you go wrong with pyrotech? 
Striking Scorpions - Karandras, the Shadow Hunter - just GREAT all-rounders. With CHAINSWORDS. 
Dark Reapers - Maugan'Ra, Harvester of Souls - Heavy Weapons Specialists. ELDAR MISSILE LAUNCHER Specialists. SHINING SPEARS Shining Spears - Drastanta, Tempest of Starlight - Jousting, 40,000-years-in-the-future-from-now-done-by-aliens style. 
Swooping Hawks - Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind - Flying people with Las weapons. 
Howling Banshees - Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence - Not too bad, the masks that amplify the screams to deafening volume shaves it out of last place. 
Dire Avengers - Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan - Just more expensive Guardians who cannot take support weapons, can have an Exarch and can be fielded in squads of 5. 
4000 
2500 
"Put your 1st best against you opponents 2nd best, your 2nd best against their 3rd best, and your 3rd best against their 1st best"-Sun Tzu's Art of War 
