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- Tyranids (Combined Arms Detachment) (900pts)

+ HQ (230pts) +

Hive Tyrant (230pts) [Powers of the Hive Mind, Psyker (Mastery Level 2), Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms (15pts), Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms (15pts), Wings (35pts)]

+ Elites (100pts) +

Zoanthrope Brood (50pts) [Zoanthrope (50pts)]

Zoanthrope Brood (50pts) [Zoanthrope (50pts)]

+ Troops (195pts) +

Hormagaunt Brood (50pts)
10x Hormagaunt (50pts) [10x Scything Talons]

Hormagaunt Brood (50pts)
10x Hormagaunt (50pts) [10x Scything Talons]

Hormagaunt Brood (50pts)
10x Hormagaunt (50pts) [10x Scything Talons]



+ Fast Attack (105pts) +

Gargoyle Brood (60pts)
10x Gargoyle (60pts) [10x Blinding Venom, 10x Fleshborer]


+ Heavy Support (270pts) +

Carnifex Brood (135pts)
Carnifex (135pts) [Adrenal Glands (15pts), Scything Talons, Scything Talons]

Carnifex Brood (135pts)
Carnifex (135pts) [Adrenal Glands (15pts)]


- Spore Minefield

Mucolid Spore Cluster (15pts) [Mucolid Spore (15pts)]

Mucolid Spore Cluster (15pts) [Mucolid Spore (15pts)]

Mucolid Spore Cluster (15pts) [Mucolid Spore (15pts)]

Spore Mine Cluster (15pts) [3x Spore Mine (15pts)]

Spore Mine Cluster (15pts) [3x Spore Mine (15pts)]

Spore Mine Cluster (15pts) [3x Spore Mine (15pts)]

Genestealer Cults

-Command Formations:

Magus (65pts) [Autopistol, Force Stave, Mastery Level 2 (25pts)]

Patriarch (115pts) [Mastery Level 2 (25pts), Patriarch's Claws]

-Subeterrenean Assault

Primus (75pts) [Blasting Charges, Bone Sword, Needle Pistol, Rending Claws, Toxic Injector]

+ Elites (169pts) +

Aberrants (120pts)
4x Aberrant (Pick) (120pts) [4x Power pick, 4x Rending claws]

Hybrid Metamorphs (49pts)
Hybrid Metamorph (11pts) [Autopistol, Blasting charges]
Claw (2pts) [Metamorph Claw, Rending claws]
Hybrid Metamorph (11pts) [Autopistol, Blasting charges]
Claw (2pts) [Metamorph Claw, Rending claws]
Hybrid Metamorph (9pts) [Autopistol, Blasting charges]
Talon [Metamorph Talon, Rending claws]
Hybrid Metamorph (9pts) [Autopistol, Blasting charges]
Talon [Metamorph Talon, Rending claws]
Hybrid Metamorph (9pts) [Autopistol, Blasting charges]
Talon [Metamorph Talon, Rending claws]

+ Troops (174pts) +

Acolyte Hybrids (83pts) [Cult Icon (10pts)]
5x Acolyte Hybrid (40pts) [5x Autopistol, 5x Blasting charges, 5x Close combat weapon, 5x Rending claws]
Acolyte Hybrid w/ Heavy Weapon (33pts) [Blasting charges, Heavy Rock Saw (25pts)]

Acolyte Hybrids (91pts) [Cult Icon (10pts)]
6x Acolyte Hybrid (48pts) [6x Autopistol, 6x Blasting charges, 6x Close combat weapon, 6x Rending claws]
Acolyte Hybrid w/ Heavy Weapon (33pts) [Blasting charges, Heavy Rock Saw (25pts)]


The general idea is to stay with a Tyranid base, adding the most effective GSC formation without ruining the '' alien style ''
The Magus and Patriarch stay with the Aberrants (who won't benefit from the formation). The tactic is to search for 6 on the Cult ambush with the formation, engage the most troublesome units with the gaunts (and keeping them there through maledictions on the Ac) and finish them off with the Carnifexes or the cult. The Tyrant can bring down vehicles and ''Glass Cannons'' and the minefield is just too op.

I have a huge ground control and I had good results but I feel like the list is not strong enough, is just too much frail. Is it better to abandon the tyranids and go for a whole GSC list? Any comment is appreciated

Sry if I made mistakes with the language or the format

Looks nice! Some of your build looks a little less than optimal though...I'll mostly talk about Nid's I really like GSC, but I haven't had a chance to see them "work".

The Flyrant Needs Electro Grubs...that will be a big uptick in ability...secondly you should have Two in a CAD, or three if you go Hive Fleet.

Canifexen are very good, even as CC monsters, but do even better with Brain leeches. The last thing to add would be some Shrouding for the Nids, combined with screening it makes the Big Bugs Much more durable.


Personally I would lose one Brood of Hormies, and one Carnifex, and toss in a second Tyrant, finding any more points where I can. Good luck! And welcome to the Hive Mind!

Oh thank you so much! Yeah I was thinking about a second Tyrant but is not too much expensive to have a second one? And yeah the Malanthrope for shrounding would be good too, but the firts turn the cult takes the whole shooting so I felt like it was a waste of points. And the carnifex? both devourer and adrenaline?

I'd only use Adenals if I had extra points, Fleet is nice but shooting jillians of Brain leeches, then HOW D3 is enough to smash most anything. The question is will the GSC absorb all the shooting? Or will your foe focus on the easy targets?