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Alright, I've been painting my nids up like mad, rushing to hit 1750. I'm just wondering if this list seems like a decent, fairly solid, all comers type list. I am not used to the nids at all, my main army is Eldar... so I'm entering a brave new world here.

+++ Hive Fleet Jormungandr (1748pts) +++

++ Tyranids: Codex (2014) (Combined Arms Detachment) (1748pts) ++

+ HQ (240pts) +

Hive Tyrant (240pts) [Electroshock Grubs, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Wings]

+ Elites (365pts) +

Venomthrope Brood (45pts) [Venomthrope]

Venomthrope Brood (45pts) [Venomthrope]

Zoanthrope Brood (275pts) [Neurothrope, 4x Zoanthrope]

+ Troops (928pts) +

Children of Cryptus (215pts)

Phodian Hive Warrior (170pts)

Ripper Swarm Brood (45pts)
3x Ripper Swarm [3x Deep Strike]

Termagant Brood (128pts) [28x Fleshborer Termagant]
2x Devourer Termagant [2x Devourer]

Tervigon (*30 termagants) (255pts) [Cluster Spines, Crushing Claws, Electroshock Grubs, Regeneration]

Tyranid Warrior Brood (115pts) [Venom Cannon]
Tyranid Warrior [Devourer, Scything Talons]
Tyranid Warrior [Devourer, Scything Talons]
Tyranid Warrior [Boneswords, Devourer]

+ Heavy Support (215pts) +

Tyrannofex (215pts) [Acid Spray, Electroshock Grubs, Regeneration]

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Anything I should add or take away? Thought about adding another flyrant but don't want to be that guy... Any advice from vet nid players would be outstanding thanks.

Problem with only having one Flyrant is that A) he's your only source of AA and B) he will be focused fire to death in one turn in a lot of cases. Also the zoan brood would benefit a lot from a tyrannocyte

2 flyrant isnt that bad, even 3 is not overly cheesy, taking 5 or 6 on the other hand would be where your going really overboard.

For your list I would recomend taking out 1 Zoan to get more devourers on your termagaunts. Maybe a barbed strangler on your warrior squad. Not sure the bonesword is gonna pull its weight.


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Regeneration is overly expensive for a big game, in smaller points game I would say its okay (barely) but on bigger games the opponent will focus the gribly down and kill it before it can do much

Havelock wrote:
Alright, I've been painting my nids up like mad, rushing to hit 1750. I'm just wondering if this list seems like a decent, fairly solid, all comers type list. I am not used to the nids at all, my main army is Eldar... so I'm entering a brave new world here.

+++ Hive Fleet Jormungandr (1748pts) +++

++ Tyranids: Codex (2014) (Combined Arms Detachment) (1748pts) ++

+ HQ (240pts) +

Hive Tyrant (240pts) [Electroshock Grubs, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Wings]

+ Elites (365pts) +

Venomthrope Brood (45pts) [Venomthrope]

Venomthrope Brood (45pts) [Venomthrope]

Zoanthrope Brood (275pts) [Neurothrope, 4x Zoanthrope]

+ Troops (928pts) +

Children of Cryptus (215pts)

Phodian Hive Warrior (170pts)

Ripper Swarm Brood (45pts)
3x Ripper Swarm [3x Deep Strike]

Termagant Brood (128pts) [28x Fleshborer Termagant]
2x Devourer Termagant [2x Devourer]

Tervigon (*30 termagants) (255pts) [Cluster Spines, Crushing Claws, Electroshock Grubs, Regeneration]

Tyranid Warrior Brood (115pts) [Venom Cannon]
Tyranid Warrior [Devourer, Scything Talons]
Tyranid Warrior [Devourer, Scything Talons]
Tyranid Warrior [Boneswords, Devourer]

+ Heavy Support (215pts) +

Tyrannofex (215pts) [Acid Spray, Electroshock Grubs, Regeneration]

Created with BattleScribe (http://www.battlescribe.net)

Anything I should add or take away? Thought about adding another flyrant but don't want to be that guy... Any advice from vet nid players would be outstanding thanks.

Well, some small things, some large...One, Thorax hives are way to good not to take on everyone who can take them. Whew. Two) Regen is almost always not worth it, so on the Tyranno it is 'iffy" and it is a bad buy anyplace else.

Tervigon is borderline over priced, so putting a lot on one is not a wise investment. I usually just add the Thorax hive (Electro grubs) and call it good at 205 points. When I do use a Tervigon, I like to use Hive Commander to Outflank her.

I usually find that the best way to use Warriors is to camp out in some nice terrain, so I toss in a Cannon, I prefer Strangle for the possible "pin" effect (and the bigger Blast) If I want CC out of them, I just add Rending Claws.

You look to have 2/3 of the special Formation from Cryptus. Have you thought about running that? 550 points all told, and you get some nice special rules out of it. (and it is tre-fluffy )

As far as a second Tyrant, it is almost nessisary, solo fliers are too easy to focus on, a pair is more than twice as good. And two is hardly WAAC!!! If you are running a fluffy Formation, twin Tyrants, and a Tervigon with x30 Brood anyone who screams just likes to scream.

In any case, good luck! And welcome to the Hive Mind!