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Hello,

I find it increasingly difficult to be better at something over space marines. When any of their hq and their mother can take flaming sword, a Warlord trait and a litany boost and be more efficient than any (GW)tyranid unit.
Then they also have better shooting.

What are your good melee builds?
How do you plan on scoring better?
Any advice is welcome.

You will get a lot more advice on The Tyranid Hive, a forum exclusively for Nids/GSC.

I think comparing models 1 to 1 is a mistake. So is comparing factions in a vacuum.

Don't rely on close combat to cripple the Space Marine, use your guns and brain bullets Hive Mind gave you. Your main beatstick should be Hive Guard, Zoanthropes, Exocrines, T-Fexes with acid spary. Your Genestealer mobs and Homagant should just flood the board with bodies to prevent opponent taking the mid-board objectives early. Then use your big guns and psychic to blast SM off the board.

Flood the board with genestealers? Have you seen their cost?

It is hard to identefy where nids are good. Shooting vs an army that shoots better then us does not sound good either.