Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

So ive been colecting nids for a bit now trying to get a working list together, 5 tervigons sounds super appealing to me however i haven't seen lists with that yet. average of 40 termigaunts a turn even with the risk of doubles skins horifying

You can fit 5 Tervigons and 3x10 Termagants into 1,000 points.

Want to play a real list? Take 10 Tervigons a 2,000 points using a second FOC. Now that's a list.

 Gorgosaurusrex wrote:
You can fit 5 Tervigons and 3x10 Termagants into 1,000 points.

Want to play a real list? Take 10 Tervigons a 2,000 points using a second FOC. Now that's a list.

Yeah, it's also gonna cost you ~$600 just for the Tervigons. Best case you're talkin ~$480. Not to mention the 400+ gants you need @ ~$24 per 12....

sykl wrote:
So ive been colecting nids for a bit now trying to get a working list together, 5 tervigons sounds super appealing to me however i haven't seen lists with that yet. average of 40 termigaunts a turn even with the risk of doubles skins horifying

That was my first list I ever played when this codex came out in 5th.

I ran 5 in 2000 points against an army of Russ Punishers.

I covered 75% of the board by the end.

To be fair...FnP was 4+ then and cover rules were better for termagants.

roxor08 wrote:

 Gorgosaurusrex wrote:
You can fit 5 Tervigons and 3x10 Termagants into 1,000 points.

Want to play a real list? Take 10 Tervigons a 2,000 points using a second FOC. Now that's a list.

Yeah, it's also gonna cost you ~$600 just for the Tervigons. Best case you're talkin ~$480. Not to mention the 400+ gants you need @ ~$24 per 12....

Also... it will cost you friends... Having the first turn you decide to spawn take ~1hr is a real buzz kill. (albeit hilarious. I tried this with a couple proxy tervs and reserved all the gants and my WL terv. Dropped 100 gants turn 3 right in the heat of assault.)

Average on 3 dice is 10.5...so you should be getting an average of 52-53 termagants on the first turn.

 ductvader wrote:
Average on 3 dice is 10.5...so you should be getting an average of 52-53 termagants on the first turn.

In a 5 terv list, yes.

Also, consider not birthing turn 1, and instead using the first couple turns to move+run into a nasty surprise assault from those 50+ termagants (and your big bad mommas). Given the ease you can give yourself FNP (the catalyst power in a list like this), surviving isn't as big an issue unless you are playing against a lot of grav or JotWW. You can almost treat your tervs as pseudo dedicated transports, birthing whenever necessary.