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We both started playing a short while ago, every time we do I get my ass handed to me. I was wondering if you had any advice on not getting my ass kicked by 'Nids in CC. Is there something I'm missing, or is it just not a good matchup? (I play Orks). I have pics of my army if you want to see what my Boyz are rockin'.

Thanks for reading and may your Boyz be ever bloodthirsty.

I've had success with meganobz and killa kanz against nids in close combat.

As a nid player, meganobz, mech guns, tank bustas and bikes with fnp/shield are the most annoying.

Tank bustas bust mc really well, meganobz are good vs.everything, lobbad kill my small stuff, bikes are durable and killy. What does your opponent use?

Small advice, malenthropes/Venomthropes are your no.1 target.

Ghazghkull coming out of nowhere seems to work pretty well against Nids.

Do bully boyz in trukks or something tougher. Kill kanz can hold their own in cc, but for max dmg give them grotzookas.

Lootas, Tankbustas, Flashgitz, and mega nobz are where you want to focus.

Play purge the alien and only play a green tide with an allied ork horde. Have like 2 min gretchin squads, A warboss with DLS, Big Mek with KFF, painboy and a super decked out green tide. Just get in meele at all costs and mulch through everything you can.

geargutz wrote:
Do bully boyz in trukks or something tougher. Kill kanz can hold their own in cc, but for max dmg give them grotzookas.

IMHO if you are going to list-tailor against nids then I would advise against bullyboyz, if you use MANz at all. They are overkill against units that MANz kill anyway and just as vulnerable against hard targets like monstrous creatures.

Units that are good against nids:

* Boyz, boyz and moar boyz. Beat up the little ones and overwhelm the big ones. TBH I am thinking of getting even more boyz because Tyranid players often use a sacrificial gaunt unit to absorb your initial charge and then send in further waves.

* Tankbustas or flash gitz to shoot up the monstrous creatures.

* Deff koptas or kommandos to get behind their lines and kill the support units like venomthropes. However, don't over-invest points here.