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So I am attending an escalation league that goes over a period of 3 months. We start out at 500 points the first month, next month is 750 points, and then the last month is 1000 points. I need some feedback on these lists, and need some suggestions aswell, lets start out with the 500 points:
HQ: Hive Tyrant with: Wings, x2 TL Devourers with Brainleech Worms, Hive Command 250 points
Troops: x10 Normal Hormagaunts 50 points
x13 normal Hormagaunts 65 points
Heavy Supp: Carnifex with: Crushing Claws 135
Total 500 points
So the strategy here is to make them split fire between my Flyrant and Carnifex, so while I run the carnifex up my Flyrant will try to destroy any Veichles they have while the unit with 10 gaunts run up and take some of their troops. I'll have the big unit of gaunts outflank and hopefully do some damage, as you see it really depends on my Carnifex reaching the enemy and my Flyrant to take out his Veichles, so what do you think, would like some feedback, the two other lists will be posted later

Hello Locksy,

I had the same question in mind when I discovered your post.

I assume the league has started already or has finished, so did you stick with the list that you posted? If so, how did you do?

If I may be so bold, I would guess that only having a single synapse unit would have come to haunt you, especially when playing with hormagaunts which would possibly eat themselves.

One Carnifex walking seems too slow to me, but how did you do?

Sooooo....

To you guys that want to know how this list did at 500 points, I will explain here.
I won 3/5 games with this list, the 2 losses being against a Tau player with a Riptide, and the other against an Eldar player with a Wraithknight. On the other hand, I won agains IG, BA and Orks.
The Crushing Claw upgrade to my Carnifex was futile and waste of points, but brining a carnifex was a good idea. The guys I won against saw my Carnifex as a threat, and focused nearly all their stuff on it, which was great for me, gave me more time to get my gaunts up, and to let my Flyrant deal some damage.
Overall it all came down to my lucky lucky dice rolls, passing over half of my Leadership tests on my Gaunts and Carnifex, and they didn't eat each other a single time, so got some pretty lucky dice rolls there.
As I was saying, my Flyrant dealt enormous amounts of damage, wiping out all the BA troops in only 2 turns, and the Orks and IG's in a few turns aswell, it was like a 1 man army, it never got hurt, except from the Riptide that blew it sky high... Basically the idea that it was made into, was to make the Carnifex a magnet to all firepower, while the other units charged up.
If you want really deep detail, then just ask, not sure I can remember all though.

And BTW, the league isn't finished yet, we're moving on to 750 point month, already posted my list, but I'll do it again.

HQ:
Hive Tyrant w/ x2 TW Devourers with Brainleech Worms 195 points

Troops:
x3 Warriors w/ x3 Deathspitters 105 points
x15 Normal Hormagaunts 75 points

Elites:
Lictor 50 points
Venomthrope 45 points

Heave Support:
Mawloc 140 points
Mawloc 140 points

750 points in total.

Locksy wrote:
HQ:
Hive Tyrant w/ x2 TW Devourers with Brainleech Worms 195 points

Troops:
x3 Warriors w/ x3 Deathspitters 105 points
x15 Normal Hormagaunts 75 points

Elites:
Lictor 50 points
Venomthrope 45 points

Heave Support:
Mawloc 140 points
Mawloc 140 points

750 points in total.

Looks like a pretty straightforward list. Personally, it feels light on troops. But you seem to be going for wiping out the other side with mawlocs and the flyrant. Good luck! Let us know how it turns out.

Yeah at 500 Points Mawlocs are really good.