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The only downsides to this list I see is anti air... gonna have to rely on many many snap shots. only 2 units of 5 man scoring units.
a lot of t6 wounds at this point level.

Swarmlord
3 tyrant guard
venomthrope

3 hive guard
3 hive guard

3 carnifex
2 as dakkafex
1 as a crushing claw with either stranglethorn or heavy venom cannon. and bio plasma. (maybe )

5 warriors
4 with deathspitters 1 with barbed strangler
all have rending claws and toxin

5 warriors
4 with deathspitters 1 with barbed strangler
all have rending claws and toxin


use swarmlord to buff carnifex
pretty much run everything up the center and kill anything in my path.
use the venom for mobile cover for the warriors and swarmlord unit.

Statistically each unit (obviously within range) of hive guard will score a hit with a str 8 weapon on flyers...

Not sure how well it would work in theory but it just looks fun. Any thoughts?

comes out to just about 1700, add in a few toxin upgrades to carnifex I guess and to the tyrant guard. Bam.. 1750.

Interesting list. I think the most important thing to note is that right now it is illegal. I am assuming that you are using the swarmlord, tyrant guard, and venomthrope in that formation. If you are, they are considered outside the FoC. Therefore you do not have an HQ for this list.

Baring that, the list looks alright. I would be extremely worried about only having 10 troops on the board. Tyranids win through numbers. It is their biggest strength. Instead you have invested a lot of points into upgrades. I don't know how effective that will be, but it's worth a try at least.

The carnifexes should all have the same upgrades. You don't need crushing claws for a carnifex to be effective in combat. It already is effective at S9 and being an MC. I would either run the 3rd one as a dakkafex or with a HVC and another gun of your choice (if you want the long range S9 blast for tank shooting).

Warriors should usually be kitted out for either cc or shooting. Doing both is usually too expensive. I would either drop the RC and TS to focus on shooting, or I would drop the deathspitters and barbed strangler. It will free up a lot of points that can go into more bodies.