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A friend of mine wanted help creating a list as he's new to 40k, and I'm not familiar with bugs so I was hoping some of the people here might be able to help.

So from what he has in the 2 boxes he got (The Get Started box and Tyranid Swarm bundle), this is the list I made.


So the only models that aren't being used are 4x Ripper bases. Figured the Carnifex/Tyrant could handle vehicles while the swarm of gants could swarm or tarpit everything.

Warriors help provide synapse, Gargoyles harass things where needed.

There are probably better weapon/upgrade options but this what I could think of. I would appreciate it if anyone could help, thanks in advance.

I'd swap boneswords and crushing claws for more brainleech devourers doubling their firepower.

Carnifex will already have S10 on charge (so armorbane is only going to matter against walkers) and both are already Ap2 in close combat for being MCs.

I echo the comments of Sonic - TL devourers are the best weapons in our codex. Definitely put them on the fex as he's too slow to be able to do much otherwise, and wings+2x TL devs + electroshock grubs is the best flyrant loadout. Alternatively, if you do want to go for a melee tyrant, it's still best to have wings but also LW/BS+scytal for the extra attack, as you can close faster (and once you get another HQ, make use of the skytyrant swarm with those gargoyles).

The other suggestion I'd make is drop half the gaunt devourers for fleshborers to use as ablative wounds for the devourers - and then take out all the gaunts and warriors to put into an Endless Swarm. You respawn gaunt broods on a 4+ which is pretty neat and good for backfield obj holding (or frontfield with a bunker+escape hatch or trygon tunnel). They lose obsec, but that's why you leave one squad of gaunts and the rippers in the CAD (ideally 2 squads of deepstriking rippers) to apply where you do need obsec.

For warriors, I tend to use either 2x Devs, 1x Barbed Strangler as I hate small blasts, or swap the Devs for RC so I have two melee deterrent warriors that can kill drop pods in the backfield whilst plinking away. But that's mostly academic, any warrior loadout is kinda mediocre.