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Hello all! I'm participating in a team and duo tournament next year, it'll be my first large competitive event! So naturally I want to bring my A game. After much studying and thinking about what I'd have fun playing (while still being a strong list), I've come up with the following. I've used the Chapter Approved point values of course. Please let me know your thoughts, where weaknesses lie, if I'm missing anything, etc. One thing to note is the combined army of all players can only have 1 LoW, so no Mortarion/Magnus together shenanigans. I'm still expecting to see plenty of them on the battlefield, though.

I'm having a hard time deciding between these two lists, both have very different playstyles but I think they're decent.

Kronos Tyranids 1000

HQ
Malanthrope 140


Troops
20x Termagaunts 120
10x Fleshborers
10x Devourers

20x Termagaunts 120
10x Fleshborers
10x Devourers


Elites
3x Hive Guard 144
Impaler Cannons

Heavy Support
Tyrannofex 238
Stinger Salvos
Rupture Cannon

Tyrannofex 238
Stinger Salvos
Rupture Cannon

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Kraken Tyranids 996

HQ
Swarmlord 300
Bone Sabres
Prehensile Pincer Tail

Broodlord 162
Monstrous Rending Claws


Troops
20x Genestealers 240
20x Rending Claws
5x Acid Maws

12x Hormagaunts 60

12x Hormagaunts 60


Heavy Support
Trygon 174
3x Massive Scything Talons
Bio-electric pulse
Toxinspike
Adrenal Glands

Trygon to hide the Genestealers if I feel that I can't hide them behind terrain or survive the first turn, before being launched forward by the Swarmlord.

They are radically differant from each other. I suggest running Kronos for the possable "anti-meta" effect, folks may not be used to fighting somebody who can shut down Psychers like Kronos can.

If you want to abuse the Anti-psychic of the Kronos list.

Get some Biovores in there!
They NEVER see that one coming.

Yeah, very different. I wanted to see what one small detachment of the two big fleets could look like. Definitely agree, I think Kronos is the better list here.

Are biovores worth replacing one of the tyrannofexes? Granted they have slightly different roles.

Thanks!