killerpenguin wrote: Thanks!
So do you normally bring 30 devourers or like 20
devs and 10 flesh borers? Also do you bring them up with the trygon?
I'm a bit scared of bringing the swarmlord with no body guard. I know catalyst and the regenerating wound stratagem helps, but isn't he a bit vulnerable I could get a tyrannocyte for him. (don't have that model though)
Mixing fleshborers in with the devourer gaunts is mainly for if you're planning on regenerating them with a tervigon.
If you're just dropping 30 in with a trygon, then going full devourers makes more sense.
Swarmlord is always going to be vulnerable. Tyrant guard don't really help all that much. Just gives the enemy another unit they'll shoot down first.
You just have to deal with the fact that the swarmlord probably isn't going to survive past the first couple of turns, and take full advantage of his hive commander ability while he is still alive. His best chance of survival is to cram enough units into the enemy lines to shut down their shooting.