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Hi all!

I have a monthly turn tournament, first round is 1000 points, second 1250, third double 1000, and so on.
More than half of the opponents are MEQ, with 5-6 drop pod armies... Only 1 or 2 eldar and tau.

No FW are allowed. :(

For the first I have made 3 lists, and would like to ask you to help me choose one, or how to make one of them better:

1. Pinning with LAN and Horror:
2x Flyrant with 2x dev, only had points for ESG on 1 of them
1x Zoa
2x 10 Terma

Living Artillery Node:
Exocrine
Biovores
Warrior brood with Venom Cannon, 2 deathspitter
(I have only warrior models with a deathspitter)

2. Flying Circus:
2x Flyrant with 2x dev, ESG
1x Venom
1x Zoa
1x Zoa
2x 10 Terma
2x Harpy with venomcannon

Have 10 points left, for maybe a Stinger Salvo on one of the Harpies, or for 2 more Terma.

3. Nidzilla:
2x Flyrant with 2x dev, ESG
2x 3 Rippers with DS
2x T-fex with acid spray, shreddershard, regen

Played a test match with number 1 against one of the drop pod armies, and he brought 4 flakk launchers, and he pretty much wiped the floor with me on the first turn.

Number 3 would also fold on the first turn against a drop pod army, if he goes first.

Ugh Drop Pod armies...you're in for a tough time, they are currently one of the best armies out there due to how they can just spam OS Pods.

I would actually use this list at 1000:

Hive Tyrant Wings, 2x Dev, ESG
Hive Tyrant Wings, 2x Dev, ESG
10x Termagants
10x Termagants
Zoanthrope
Venomthrope
Venomthrope
Carnifexes x2 models, 4 Devourers


It may be worthwhile splitting those Carnifexes into two groups to provide target Saturation, but essentially you've got 48 S6 shots and 6 WC in the bag so you can cast your Powers.

Those Termagants are expendable and screen your bigger bugs to increase their cover save, maybe equip them with Spine fists to increase their damage output.

What models do you currently possess? It may be that you can't currently run the list I suggested

Termagants are all with spinefist. Last time killed two termies on overwatch with them.

For some reason I don't have any carnifexes.
My t-fexes are ex tervigon with acid spray hand (magnetized).

Have a lot of warriors and genestealers, one broodlord, but I consider them too fragile (melta and plasma spam, Sv5+ on stealers, bah)
I have a trygon and a mawloc, but those are too risky for 1000 points.

Fair enough, Carnifexes should be next as they are great

Tyrannofex's with Regeneration work well though at smaller points games, although I would drop Regen if you have the option to buy something else, like a Zoanthrope for example.

Spinegants are great and what I am normally taking these days simply because of Twin-Linked.

I think, if you were to take Warriors, have MSU so that frakk missiles don't ruin your day, say two units of three.

With what you have told me, this may work out better for you:

Flyrant with 2x Devourers, E-Grubs
Flyrant with 2x Devourers, E-Grubs
3 Warriors with Barbed Strangler
3 Warriors with Boneswords and LashWhips x3
Venomthrope
Zoanthrope
Tyrannofex with Acid Spray

This gives you lots of targets that the opponent has to deal with. The Flyrants should be able to deal with Light Vehicles and the Tyrannofex with Infantry. I put Boneswords on the Warriors so that they can deal with MC and MEQ, but it may be worthwhile ditching that Zoanthrope to give them Toxin Sacs if you need them to face Wraithknights.

My only real concern with that list is heavy vehicles like LR, which is why I like Carnifexes but for them, you can ignore them or fire EGrubs on them until the rest of the army is destroyed.

It sucks that the Malanthrope is banned, as it would really help you out :/

You could also replace the warriors with Spinegants and find the room for the Mawloc with Adrenal Glands, something like

Flyrant
Flyrant
Spinegants x10
Spinegants x10
Venomthrope
Zoanthrope
Tyrannofex with Adrenal Glands
Mawloc with Adrenal Glands

The two Heavy Supports should help out against vehicles, or you could switch the Adrenal Glands to Regeneration on the Tyrannofex, but I think the S7 AP2 attacks on the charge will be more useful. Four MC should have no problem Smashing vehicles. While the Mawloc is Hit or Miss, it is the best MC that you have available to you (Flyrant aside)

Hope this helps you a bit - Dakkafexes get them!

Checked the lists from the April tournament, aside from the lone Wave Serpent spam and the Anni Barge spam, majority of the lists was: 3x4 missile launcher devas with 2 tactics squads.
So warriors are out.

But the T-fex - Mawloc duo looks good, especially against cover hugging gunlines.

Not much to add...my "go to" response to Pod-spam is bubble wrap, and some Big bugs. If you can bubble wrap a Thorax Hive Tyranofex, and a pair of Dakka'rants, you should be able to tear pod spam up. I pretty much Always use Electro-bugs these days, but Shredder Beetles do very well vs marines... Deepstriking Rippers, and a Mawloc or two are also very nice, because they can hide off table....