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So, as part of a friends YT channel, im doing a battle report against Tyranids. Its a 2000 pt list, although im over by two points, my opponent has said that is fine. Here's the list:
HQ
Typhus- 230pts

Troops
Plague Marines x10- 240pts
Flamer-5pts

Plague Marines x10- 240pts
Plasma Gun-15pts

Plague Zombies- 150pts

Elites

Mutilators x3 - 165pts
MoN- 18pts

Fast Attack

Heldrake-170 pts

Heldrake- 170pts
Baleflamer-0pts

Raptors-x5 -95 pts
flamer-5pts

Heavy Support

Vindicator-120pts
Siege shield- 10pts

Land Raider- 230pts
Dirge Caster- 5pts

Obliterators x3- 210pts
MoT- 24pts


Can anyone recommend any changes to this list to make it better for nid fighting? Thanks

Drop the lr for another vindi or oblit. Remodle a gun onto the arms of the mutilators so they are oblitz.

Break plague marine up into msu into 4 small squads with many pairs of flamers. If they fight mc then their plague knife will wound high t.

Well with the land raider, I was going to put 1 sqaud of PM in there at the begining, then deep strike Typhus in with mutilator sqaud and then when they have done abit of damage put them into the land raider to move them to another area.and what does msu mean, and mc. Im still abit of a noob

1) Nobody in this list needs a land raider. If you need movement, take rhinos.

2) Always double out special weapons.

3) Never take just one vindicator! I'm getting at the point of anger with this, lol. People say "Oh I've got 120 points left, WOW I can buy a str 10 ap 2 large blast, that's so point efficient!" Well its not, if you don't support it with rhinos and another vindicator or two, it will die before doing anything. And if it doesn't die immediately, it will not fire the next turn, explode, or lose its gun on 5/6 penn results. So if you want to take vindicators, you must take 2 with daemonic possession, and combi-bolters and siege shields if you have the points, and 2 or 3 rhinos. If you don't have the points for all that, don't take them!

4) Raptors are beat in every category by bikers but points. Know this.

5) Split up your obliterators as much as possible to limit leadership result damage and to kite out your foe.

6) Know that no matter how badass Typhus is, if you deepstrike him into 1500 points or so of your opponent by himself, he will die SO FAST. You need to throw a couple targets at your foe with him in order for him to make it into even 1 CC phase.

So what would you recommend i put with typhus?

Put him in with a max unit of zombies.

For me the only way to run Raptors is as Tank busters.
Give them 2 meltas, deepstrike them behind a tank and unless it's a land raider or monolith, it usually dies.