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Hey all, so I don't yet play Tyranids, but I am trying to start theory building what I might run should I start collecting the army.
I find myself somewhat enamored with perhaps running a very swarmy build, and this is what I came up with to try and give myself a chance to win, and capture that "BUGS! BUGS!" feeling
Here is what I came up with. Let me know if you think its a tenable idea. I expect there is a lot of tweaks to be made.
Updated List
++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (Tyranids) [112 PL, 1998pts] ++
+ No Force Org Slot +
Hive Fleet: Behemoth
+ HQ +
Hive Tyrant [11 PL, 200pts]: Power: Catalyst, Power: Paroxysm, Scythes of Tyran, Two Deathspitters with Slimer Maggots, Wings
Hive Tyrant [11 PL, 204pts]: Monstrous Boneswords, Power: Catalyst, Power: Onslaught, Two Deathspitters with Slimer Maggots, Wings
This message was edited 3 times. Last update was at 2018/03/05 22:46:57
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MajorStoffer wrote:
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Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum.
Nice, but I would turn the trygon prime into a normal since you don't really need the synapse withe the tyrants and thropes around. This gives you enough points to add spore cysts on the other carnifex. I would also consider dropping the group of 30 devour gants to 20 to get enough points to creat two sets of hormaguants. You also may want to get rid of the two groups of 10 gants for more genestealers and devide them into two groups, but up to you if you want to have more shooting.
Those seem like good ideas! More genestealers is probably a safe option too.I figured i'd use the devourer gants to clear screens coming in with the trygon and flyrants, letting the genestealers get to the chewy bits.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I made some updates based on feedback so far, let me know your thoughts
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2018/03/03 23:21:22
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MajorStoffer wrote:
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Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum.
Firstly, scythes of tyran replace monstrous scything talons, so the boneswords would need to be swapped to these on the hive tyrant, giving you enough points for an extra fleshborer gant. Also, are you dropping anything with the trygon and if you are what? I would expect genestealers or devourer gants. If it is not the devourer gants I would reccomend removing some devourers as they die easily and you want some fleshborers in the squad to take hits for the devourers. If you got rid of 5 devourers the you could add 5 fleshborer gants to the squad to die and to give you to 20+ termegant buff for longer.
LeviathanSwarmlord wrote: Firstly, scythes of tyran replace monstrous scything talons, so the boneswords would need to be swapped to these on the hive tyrant, giving you enough points for an extra fleshborer gant. Also, are you dropping anything with the trygon and if you are what? I would expect genestealers or devourer gants. If it is not the devourer gants I would recommend removing some devourers as they die easily and you want some fleshborers in the squad to take hits for the devourers. If you got rid of 5 devourers the you could add 5 fleshborer gants to the squad to die and to give you to 20+ termegant buff for longer.
Fixed the Tyrant gear, and that termagant idea makes sense. I was planning on having them come in with the Trygon to clear screens to let the genestealers get to the good bits.
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MajorStoffer wrote:
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Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum.
Just letting you know I had the same exact thoughts when I started collecting nids. But I gotta tell you it gets tedious painting all those small buggers, it tedious transporting them and moving them on the board. And if you want a competitive army I’d suggest a lot of flying hive tyrants, hive guard, biovores, genestealers, rippers and termagants as screens.
Automatically Appended Next Post: The edited list looks good, I would suggest buffing the hive guard to 6 for the best use of single minded annihilation and 2-3 ripper units for objective holding.
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2018/03/06 23:53:01
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