The Strengths of the NEW Tyranids - Foundation for Competitive Tyranids (Eldar Tactica p.318 & 319)

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**Ratliker**

I am convinced that after the abuse the GW unleashed on us with the new codex, they really don't deserve any of our money in form of model buys, just like you wouldn't buy candies from candyman who raped your daughter (even if it's chocolate).
Now I don't say we shoudn't play tyranid, or try to construct as good lists as possible; just not buying new Gw stuff (buying from people, ebay or converting, say, trygon into crone to try it out).
If the GW only understands feedback in form of sales drop, it is what we should do.

**Ratliker**

tag8833 wrote:
felixcat wrote:

I'm still wrapping my head around on how to beat Eldau and Taudar. I've had a few games and results have varied drastically. I will be playing on Sunday ...

So how would you deploy? I had reaper cc tyrant, desthleaper, 2 squads lictors, 3 stealer squads (two with broodlord), ten gants in a comms bastion, 2 crones and two mawlocs.

My opponent had buffmander, 3 broadsides (SMS HYM 2 drones, interceptor), riptide, WK, DA in serpents, seer, warp spiders, small outflanking kroot squad, aegis.

The problem here is that the broadside unit can rip my leaper to shreds if he is within 30" easily. If I DS or outflank he has interceptor. Sure horror can help if I can survive within distance but I sure cannot set up the Mawlocs safely for no scatter. I need to hide the flyrant and crones first turn also.

So how would you deploy and advance?

How you deploy will depend on terrain. Ideally, you have some LOS blocking ruins that you can infiltrate your deathleaper, lictors, and stealers into (broodlord out front to tank wounds). I would reserve your Mawlocs and Crones.

Place your Bastion just out of your deployment zone, blocking LOS to your Tyrant who is just inside your deployment zone. Your Gaunts can be in your tyrants synapse turn 1, and then go into the bastion turn 2. Turn 1 you do nothing but hide and move your Gaunts into the bastion (and fire bastion's bolters).

Exactly what I did.
Now I am contemplating on using FoR, placing it midfield for hugeass LoS block, advancing all my flyrants-gargoiles-shrikes towards it turn one and then flying from behind it and charging turn 2 (or holding mid field if opponent castles in his backfield). Soe Lictors/genestealers can be infiltrated inside the FoR to direct it's guns too.
What would you think of this trick?

**Ratliker**

Hive crone has 4 haywire missiles, not harpy