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Hey everyone!! Ive tweaked and re-tweaked this list. In the process of cleaning + assembling.
Originally I was planning to run 2 flying Tyrants, but dropped one for more litte bugs.

** Spearhead Detachment +1CP **  

+ HQ +  
•Old One Eye (140pts)

+ Elites +  
• Deathleaper (90pts)
• Tyrant Guard: Rending Claws, S/Ts (111pts)

+ Heavy Support +  
• Carnifex: AG, 2x Monstrous S/Ts, Bio-plasma, Thresher Scythe (112pts) 
• Carnifex: AG, 2x Monstrous S/Ts, Bio-plasma, Thresher Scythe (112pts)
• Trygon Prime: AG, Biostatic rattle (219pts)
• Trygon Prime: AG, Biostatic rattle (219pts)


** Battalion Detachment +3CP **  

+ HQ +  
• Hive Tyrant: AG, TS, Wings, Monstrous R/Cs, Monstrous S/Ts (211pts)
• Swarmlord (300)

+ Troops +  
• 20x Hormagaunt: AG (120pts)
• 20x Hormagaunt: AG (120pts)
• 30x Hormagaunt: AG (180pts)
• 3x Ripper swarms (33pts)
• 3x Ripper swarms (33pts)

 
• Total 2000points, 7CPs

Plan:
• 20 gaunts riding with each Trygon Prime; better chance to charge with AG, and they get 6" pile-in + consolidate
• Swarmy to "Hive "Mind" the 30 gaunts up the field
• Tyrant Guard to protect Swarmy and flying Tyrant from any possible alpha-strikes
• OOE and 'fexes to wobble up the board and eat stuff
• Rippers for objective grabbing
• Deathleaper for shenanigans

Anyway, comments welcome! Thanks for reading

Its almost mandatory to run a Malanthorpe or other cheap synapse with OOE and the Carnifi if you are going to devote a 1/4 of your army supply spent 90 points and get a -1 to attacks and gain synapse for them. A savy opponent is going to ignore it until it becomes a threat and then they'll throw the cheapest unit near them so they can avoid the charge and bioplasma on the bigger more expensive units. Just think once they get in range place a unit of 10 hormogaunts so that they are the unit charged by all three. Once they wipe them send another unit of hormagaunts to soak the charge all while your volume of fire guns down threats like the deep strike and swarmy.

consider the stone crusher carnifexes over the regular ones, they are 121pts with Bioplasma - Bioflail and Wrecker claws - Thresher scythe. Their claws don't have the -1 to hit which is huge allowing your carnifexes a good strength so they can do their job and hurt MC and vehicules. the bioflail also gives you extra attacks if the opponent tries to bog them down.

I also will encourage a Malanthrope or two to protect your army as it marches forward, I would remove the flyrant to make the points for these.

This is all of course based on you accepting forgeworld options .

"This is all of course based on you accepting forgeworld options"
Im open to Forgeworld options... although my wallet may need convincing haha!!

Thanks for the constructive comments!! I will investigate Mr Malanthrope and Stone Crusher 'fexes... although I noticed that S/C 'fexes cant get AG ??
I might magnetise the carnifexes I have to have 2 sets of crushing claws as "counts as" Stone Crushers??

Cheers

Kenny81 wrote:
"This is all of course based on you accepting forgeworld options"
Im open to Forgeworld options... although my wallet may need convincing haha!!

Thanks for the constructive comments!! I will investigate Mr Malanthrope and Stone Crusher 'fexes... although I noticed that S/C 'fexes cant get AG ??
I might magnetise the carnifexes I have to have 2 sets of crushing claws as "counts as" Stone Crushers??

Cheers

I run a Neurothorpe and call it a Malanthorpe, no one in my group cares You can drop your deathleaper at 90 points and add him. Stonecrusher Carnifex cannot equip AG or Toxin Sacs but they are cheaper. Frankly I think they should be either brought to the same cost as regular Carnifex or Carnifex should be reduced in price.

Thanks again for your advice!

List ammendments:
• drop 10 gaunts from the 30 squad (-60)
• drop 1 squad of rippers (-33)
• add Malanthrope (90)
• add Adrenal Glands to Tyrant Guard (3)

2000 points neat. Malanthrope to protect big stuff early, and fexes as they wobble up the board!!
Scored an old metal Zoanthrope (not the spikey one) off eBay for $20 to sub as Malanthrope!

Cheers to Resipsa131 for that awesome idea!!