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Hi all,

Created a list which I hope to get some feedback on where it can be tweaked to be improved! This is meant to be competitive however appreciate it will fall short of top table levels.

The idea is to have waves of attacks with genestealers (20 squad using Swarmlord to catapult for the first turn, the rest hit 2nd turn regardless).

This is supported by covering fire from hive guard and biovores (use missed spore mines to trap opponents and prevent falling back)

Mawloc distraction turn 1.

As much as possible huddles around the malenthropes bubble for turn 1 -1)

Anyway list is as follows

Battalion Detachment
2xHQ (462 points)
Broodlord
Swarmlord

3x Troops (540 points)
20 Genestealers
15 Genestealers
10 Genestealers

Fast Attack (98 points)
3 Shrikes (2 deathspitters 1x devourer)

Spearhead Detachment
HQ (90 points)
1 Malenthrope

Heavy Support (249 points)
2x Biovores
2x Biovores
1x Mawloc

Vanguard Detachment
HQ (162 points)
Broodlord

Elites (399 points)
3x Hive Guard with Impaler
3x Hive Guard with Impaler
3x Tyrant Guard

Anyway there you go!

Feedback on what to drop and ideas of course welcome!

Id suggest swapping mawloc for a trygon, and drop your hive guard and tyrant guard for a tyranocyte. Deep strike in your swarmlord and 20 genestealers and get the 1st turn guaranteed assault.

Not a fan of the shrikes personally, but ymmv.

 The Tyranid Swarm wrote:
Id suggest swapping mawloc for a trygon, and drop your hive guard and tyrant guard for a tyranocyte. Deep strike in your swarmlord and 20 genestealers and get the 1st turn guaranteed assault.

Not a fan of the shrikes personally, but ymmv.

Yeah that makes sense and I must admit that's where I started with the list but after a few games, I found if you played anyone with an option to scount or essentially move a unit post deployment (scouts/sentinels etc) they could increase the 9" bubble so that I couldn't get a massed charge where I wanted to.

With the Swarms ability this idea is that the largest genestealer unit will still get a first turn charge with move/advanceX2 and charge, however I will have a turn to eat through some chaff!

Must admit I haven't used thr shirkes yet! that is very much a last minute choice....just wanted synapse that could keep up witht he front runners and jump about if required!