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Hello,

I am looking at trading for some Nids and need advice on what I should trade for.

1. I prefer low model counts over swarms
2. I always loved the look of Nidzilla lists back in the day
3. I am trading around $445 worth of Admech while his list is worth over $600, so I am looking for that value.
4. I think I am interested in Geanstealers, (which he doesn't have of course). Would looking at only Warriors as troops be a bad idea?

His Nids list:

HQ
Broodlord
Old One Eye
Swarmlord
x2 Hive Tyrant

Troops
x6 Warriors
x30 Gaunts with Talons
x13 Gaunts with Fleshborers
x16 Guants with Devourers
x12 Ripper Swarms

Elites
x6 Zoanthropes
x3 Venomthropes
Death Leaper

Fast Attack
x30 Gargoyles
x3 Shrikes

Heavy Support
x3 Carnifexes
Tyrannifex
Exocrine
Mawloc
Trygon/Prime

Thanks for whatever advice you have.

Of that list your least valuable models are the venomthropes and death leaper and the shrikes (though if they are ACTUAL shrikes with the FW wings they are VERY rare and hard to come by, those wings sell for like... 50 bucks for 3 models worth when you can find them at all).

Everything else is either mildly useful to essential depending on the list you build.

Ok,
What do most like between a Trygon, 3 Carnifex, 6 Warriors, Mawloc?

I can add one of them to my trade.

 Da-Rock wrote:
Ok,
What do most like between a Trygon, 3 Carnifex, 6 Warriors, Mawloc?

I can add one of them to my trade.

3 carnifexes depends on their build and your list. Dakka fexes are doing great. But melee work great in certain lists. Trygons are great for delivering stuff. Like.. With jormungandr you can do a devilgaunt bomb with raveners (30 termagants with devourers popping out of a tunnel and the 1cp stratagem to shoot twice is 180 shots) but trygons let you bring troops regardless of hive fleet.

Warriors are great in certain lists. Venom cannons are nice.

The mawloc is your weak link of those 4 choices.

Again. Good to essential depending on your hive fleet/list

Good info.

So if I'm going for a Nidzilla style list - (Casual play and with maybe Warriors and Genestealers) would Trygon still be good?