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Is using an Avatar against Tyranids a bad move?

I thought he might be useful to hold the defensive line against lictors and such, but 250 points in a 1000/1500 point battle is pretty painful.

Thoughts?

Might be better in 40k discussions.

I wouldn't use an avatar as it plays to Tyranids' strengths. If you need a tough unit to hold the line then Wraithguard/blades could do a better job at less cost.

in my opinion the biggest thing tyranids do is tie up a ton of things with a melee alpha strike turn 1 and try to cripple your army. Eldar aren't that bad at dealing with that as you can make sure your frontline units are all Flyers (ie wave serpents) so that they tank the charge, probably live because they're darn tough, and then just fly away if they do survive.

The only time I have taken an Avatar vs Tyrnaids was just before their codex dropped and I had him walking up the field with 2 Wraithlords. They did an excellent job of being a powerful frontline force that bought the rest of the army (warwalkers, dire avengers, and wave serpents) the time they needed to make the tyrnaids just disappear.

But now that the codex for nids have dropped I don't know if I would try that trick again. It's a lot of points for something that isn't as good as you would expect.