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Hi,
I will soon have a 900 pts game against a friend's all new tyranids. It is the first time he plays with his tyranids.
I have little experience with such a small amount of points, and I'm wondering if his tyranids could stand against my vehicles heavy IG army.
So here is his list, and then my two possible lists:

TYRANIDS (pretty much this, it is supposed exactly 900) :

-1 Hive tyrant ( wings, two twin-linked devourer with brainleech worms) 240
-1 venomthrope 45
-1 zoanthrope 50
-1 zoanthrope 50
-30 termagants 120
-30 hormagaunts 150
-10 gargoyles 60
- 1 carnifex ( two twin-linked devourer with brainleech worms) 150

TOTAL: 865



My list, firstly the SM one:

Chapter tactics: Ultramarines.
Chaplain (with jump pack) 105
5 Vanguard veterans (4 power mauls, sergeant has two lightnings claws) 140
10 Tac marines (drop pod with DML, sergeant with combi flamer, 1 flamer, 1 ML) 215
10 Tac marines (rhino, sergeant with combi plasma, 1 plasma, 1 ML) 205
1 thunderfire cannon
1 vindicator

TOTAL: 900


Or this one, from Imperial Armour Volume One Second Edition:

Company command tank (vanquisher, co-axial heavy stubber, beast-hunter shells) 205
1 Leman Russ Battle Tank 150
1 Leman Russ Battle Tank 150
10 veterans (chimera, 2 melta, demolition charge) 205
1 cyclops demolition team 115
1 hydra 75

TOTAL: 900

(company command tank is basically a BS 4 vanquisher wich can shoot at very long range a melta Strenght and AP with instant death 3" template, and give orders like targeted ennemy unit reroll successful cover save, cyclop demolition team is, loosely, 2 infantry models which can, in assault phase, explode and put on the mini a basilisk template at i10, useful, I think, to protect me from tyranid assaults, and hydra still has "ignore jink" in this list).

This is why I came to you: I'm afraid my IG list has too many things to counter him (instant death, templates, etc...).
What do you think ?


TL;DR: wich Imperium list is the more balanced against the tyranid one ?

Thanks !

I know FW is allowed, but if it is your friends first game I would give a friendly recommendation to not use an army list / units from FW.

The nid list could possibly glance the AV12 armor, but outside of MC melee or lucky zoanthrope shots (ha!) most of your stuff can ignore most of his stuff.

Do the hormagaunts have adrenal glands(furious charge?)

I must precise: his first game with his tyranids, he has played SM for years^^
Yep, this is what I was afraid of.
Playing with objectives might help, however.
I don't know exactly his list, it is possible, because he still has points left.

He has 35pts left over which iirc is enough to give 30 hormagaunts adrenal glands.

If its not his first game, your IG list should be legit