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A list made out of just the limited range of models I currently own (26 Warriors, 24 Gants, 24 Gaunts, a Box of Genestealers, Two Venomthropes, a Zoanthrope, Hive tyrant and one OOP Warrior Prime)

== HQ ==
Hive Tyrant (1) - Heavy Venom Cannon, Lash Whip And Bonesword, Regeneration = 235 pts.

== Elites ==
Venomthrope (1) = 45 pts.
Venomthrope (1) = 45 pts.
Zoanthrope (1) = 50 pts.

== Troops ==
Tyranid Warrior Brood (3) - Rending Claws, Scything Talons = 105 pts.
Tyranid Warrior Brood (3) - Deathspitter, Scything Talons = 105 pts.
Tyranid Warrior Brood (3) - Devourer, Scything Talons = 90 pts.
Termagant Brood (24) - Devourer = 192 pts.
Hormagaunt Brood (24) = 120 pts.

== Total ==
987 pts.


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The battle plan:
I dont know the enemy or what kind of list he might be bringing, which I'm fine with because the Hive Mind isn't picky about who it eats. The Tyrant would sit in the Warrior Squad (I forget, can he actually JOIN the squad or not?) equipped with Death Spitters (I considered placing him at the back of a swarm of Gaunts as well, for a bullet sponge), the Devourer Warriors are obviously with the Devil Gants, the Rending Claw Warriors are with the Hormagaunts. A Venomthrope sits next to the Tyrant at all times, the second one joins the Termagants (They just sit around in cover and hope not to die). The Zoanthrope is on its own for now, I guess.

Main problem:

You sit back. With range 12-18" range guns.
Your enemy has 36-48"

They won't come to you, just sit on their objective, probably take midfield, and just pick targets.
If they bring melta, or any other 8+ Strength weaponry, your Warrior's are gone.

You could ask your opponent to bring a fun list instead of a competitive, to give you some slack, and let you enjoy the game.

 Hive Fleet Cerberus wrote:
A list made out of just the limited range of models I currently own (26 Warriors, 24 Gants, 24 Gaunts, a Box of Genestealers, Two Venomthropes, a Zoanthrope, Hive tyrant and one OOP Warrior Prime)

== HQ ==
Hive Tyrant (1) - Heavy Venom Cannon, Lash Whip And Bonesword, Regeneration = 235 pts.

== Elites ==
Venomthrope (1) = 45 pts.
Venomthrope (1) = 45 pts.
Zoanthrope (1) = 50 pts.

== Troops ==
Tyranid Warrior Brood (3) - Rending Claws, Scything Talons = 105 pts.
Tyranid Warrior Brood (3) - Deathspitter, Scything Talons = 105 pts.
Tyranid Warrior Brood (3) - Devourer, Scything Talons = 90 pts.
Termagant Brood (24) - Devourer = 192 pts.
Hormagaunt Brood (24) = 120 pts.

== Total ==
987 pts.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
The battle plan:
I dont know the enemy or what kind of list he might be bringing, which I'm fine with because the Hive Mind isn't picky about who it eats. The Tyrant would sit in the Warrior Squad (I forget, can he actually JOIN the squad or not?) equipped with Death Spitters (I considered placing him at the back of a swarm of Gaunts as well, for a bullet sponge), the Devourer Warriors are obviously with the Devil Gants, the Rending Claw Warriors are with the Hormagaunts. A Venomthrope sits next to the Tyrant at all times, the second one joins the Termagants (They just sit around in cover and hope not to die). The Zoanthrope is on its own for now, I guess.

You don't have any choices, so I'll talk about "the future". Warriors are a lot better when you have a cannon in each Brood. Once you get more Termagants you should mix the Devilgaunts with regular gaunts so you can take wounds without losing Dakka.

As a "surprise". I think I would drop the Regen, and put Toxin sacks on the Hormies (drop the number to ballence points) That way you can trash enemy MC's. Oh, nope the Hive Tyrant can only join with Tyrant Guard. And if you plan on using walkers, you'll want some down the line, a least a couple anyway.

You could also look to squeeze enough points to add Hive Commander, and outflank the Devilgaunts. That might put some serious pressure on the foe.

In any case good luck! And good hunting!

As I'm using this in a weekly tournament-like-thing, I havent got time to add anything new, so using the same models I need to make a 1,250 point list.
== HQ ==
Hive Tyrant (1) - Heavy Venom Cannon, Rending Claws, Regeneration = 220 pts.

== Elites ==
Venomthrope (1) = 45 pts.
Venomthrope (1) = 45 pts.

== Troops ==
Tyranid Warrior Brood (8) - Devourer, Scything Talons = 240 pts.
Tyranid Warrior Brood (8) - Devourer, Scything Talons = 240 pts.
Tyranid Warrior Brood (8) - Devourer, Scything Talons = 240 pts.
Termagant Brood (24) - Fleshborer = 96 pts.
Hormagaunt Brood (24) = 120 pts.

== Total ==
1246 pts.

I like the second better than the first. IF you going with warriors go big or go cheap. You are doing both.

. In this case 3 teams of 8 is going to be nice. To bad you can't squeeze a strangler in each brood. Maybe drop for Termi and 2 hormie to add one to each brood?

I think the Tyrant is going to survive simply because of the number of warriors on the table.

Vehicles are going to still eat your lunch. I would really look in to either an Exocrine or a fex for the next bump in points.

While I'm sure I could squeeze in a Strangler, the problem is I dont have any strangler models. For most weapons, that'd be fine and I could just use "Counts as", but for a heavy weapon I'd think I'd need something different to represent it. I may just use the OOP ones to count as Stranglers.

 Hive Fleet Cerberus wrote:
While I'm sure I could squeeze in a Strangler, the problem is I dont have any strangler models. For most weapons, that'd be fine and I could just use "Counts as", but for a heavy weapon I'd think I'd need something different to represent it. I may just use the OOP ones to count as Stranglers.

Sounds like a reasonable solution. If you can add them, you will find Strangle cannons useful.

My poor , poor friend ... Im afraid that if you expect to win any game with this list, you will be sorely dissapointed...

Every single thing in your army is fodder. You will be able to get a few ob sec Tac obj but by the end of the game barely anything will be standing up as you have very limmited firepower.
Your venoms will get sniped right off the bat, leaving your fodder open to catastrophic losses. Your warlord is basically screaming, come get free victory points off of me and your warrior squads will probably get you most of your objectives but will dwindle down troughout the game while providing very unimpressive offensive to your oposition.
Not to mention that a single flyer can wipe any piece of your army as it pleases.
I hope you dont mind losing because this list is not going anywhere Im afraid.

Yeah, I've gotten used to losing by now. I plan to buy a 'Fex (Probably a Dakkafex) soon, and make the Tyrant a Flyrant. Bought the cheap units first (The warriors where $20 for the lot of them), now I've got to work on the more expensive stuff

I've been itching to try this. Why not take:

Tyranid Prime with Rending Claws, Adrenals, Flesh Hooks and Lashsword (the claws are really just there for AP2 and heavy armor) you can take a gun on this guy if you want. I think the all melee load out is more fun. You can even take Ymgarl factor for extra hilarity and fluffiness.

In a unit of (I think 12 come in a box?) Genestealers, with adrenal glands and some scything talons for extra attacks.

Infiltrate this little mini death star or "stealerbomb" or "primebomb" into LOS blocking terrain, about 12" from the enemy. Forcing them to either scatter or get royally shafted by like 40 STR5, high I, low AP attacks.

Also you can charge tanks with this as you get rear armor and with STR 5 rending, you can even glance Land Raiders.

cyberjonesy wrote:
My poor , poor friend ... Im afraid that if you expect to win any game with this list, you will be sorely dissapointed...

Every single thing in your army is fodder. You will be able to get a few ob sec Tac obj but by the end of the game barely anything will be standing up as you have very limmited firepower.
Your venoms will get sniped right off the bat, leaving your fodder open to catastrophic losses. Your warlord is basically screaming, come get free victory points off of me and your warrior squads will probably get you most of your objectives but will dwindle down troughout the game while providing very unimpressive offensive to your oposition.
Not to mention that a single flyer can wipe any piece of your army as it pleases.
I hope you dont mind losing because this list is not going anywhere Im afraid.

as far as a warrior list goes it is better than most.