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Taking a jab at some 'nids. Found a list on reddit and made some alterations to it.

HQ:
Hive Tyrant
- Twin-Linked Devourer x2
- Wings

Troops:
Termagaunts x30
- Fleshborers

Tyranids Warriors x3
- Devourers
- Scything Talons

Fast Attack:
Gargoyle Brood x10

The idea is to have this 500 be the stepping stone towards larger games in the future. I'm not too familiar with Tyranids yet, so I'm not sure if this is good or not for 500. I would want to assume yes simply because of the decent model count.

As I was saying though, this is a stepping stone. So I would hope to use all these units in any games above 500.

Thoughts?

Few things.

1) at 500 points it's a dick move to bring a flyer. That being said, he would wreck your opponents gak right to hell.

2) The only reason to bring 30 Termagants is to bring a Tervigon as a troop. Otherwise your better off doing a smaller force of Termies with a small force of Hormagaunts.

3) Warriors are not especially survivable. Not that in a 500 point game you really need the toughest units around, but a couple Zoanthropes in separate units would be way tougher to kill, give you extra psychics and a wider synapse web. Also it would cost less points which can be used for more troops.

It's not bad, but you have no need to take 30 Termigants. If you trim there are some " must takes" you seem short on. Take a thorax hive on everything that can take one, electro grubs are our only high quality anti AV. Two I really prefer a Cannon I. A Warrior Brood, both of those run 10 points, so drop 5 Hormagaunts, and it's all good