<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Tyranids for beginner"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/14.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Tyranids for beginner Hive tyrant, wings, 2x devourers
Squad of warriors, devourers, boneswords
3x zoanthrope mycetic spore
Doom of malantai mycetic spore
2x20 termagants
2x tervigons, 30x termagants waiting
3x biovore
30x hormagaunts
Squad of ymgarl genestealers
So please give opinions for this list, i am going to GW for them to check this list]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5976507.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5976507.page GMT Tyranids for beginner GW staff haven't a clue about good army lists, most don't even know the rules]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5976543.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5976543.page GMT Tyranids for beginner
The warriors are a waste of points and could be replaced by a big flock of gargoyles or another tervigon.

Hell depending on what you mean by "squad" you can maybe fit another Flyrant in and you would have a very strong list.

Overall that's a good list and I wouldn't be surprised if you win a good amount of your games!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5976549.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5976549.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5977923.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5977923.page GMT Tyranids for beginner
Also I would take Hive Guard over the Zoanthropes, drop the spore and spend the points on something better.

Zoanthropes in theory are excellent but they are too unreliable.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5978180.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5978180.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner HQ choice for a Nid army so no brainer here. Two at 1500+ is the way to go

Squad of warriors, devourers, boneswords - meh, not great, not the worst Troops choice. If I run them, 100 pts for 3 bodies and a Strangler good home camper

3x zoanthrope mycetic spore - Gonna disagree with Shingen here a little. While Hive Guard are awesome (so go buy some), 2 Zoans in a Pod is the way to go, not 3. This gives you a range of psychic abilities to match your opponent.

Doom of malantai mycetic spore - duh, why wouldn't you play it?

2x20 termagants
2x tervigons, 30x termagants waiting - Best Troop unit in the game. Probably enough Gants but maybe 10-15 more will cover it. A pain I know (I have ~200)

3x biovore - soooo good against the new prevalence of Tau and Eldar armies

30x hormagaunts - I'm not the biggest supporter of these little guys. Personally I'd rather play Gargoyles and leave the Troop slots for the Gants and Tervis

Squad of ymgarl genestealers - only way to run Stealers now :(

Venomthropes are becoming less and less playable because of Tau and Eldar and seemingly everything they run ignoring cover. That said, against basically everything else they give a nice little cover save to augment our paper thin hides.

So all in all a good core to start with. Welcome to the Hive Mind!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5978404.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5978404.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5979711.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5979711.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner gw as spare bits? Or could i somehow convert them? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5981895.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5981895.page GMT Tyranids for beginner http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5981956.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5981956.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5982599.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5982599.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5985460.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5985460.page GMT Tyranids for beginner
A unit if 20 is deadly and cheap enough to not feel horible whenn they get torchd by flamers.. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5985563.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5985563.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner
1850 GT style list
I'm not sure how the points are min-maxed, as it is not my list I just play against it.

Flyrant with TL lots of shots, I can't remember the weapon I think it works out to 20ish strength 6 shots
Swarmlord (psychic powers Biomancy) with one guard

3 Tervigon with poison and 2 psychic powers Biomancy
3 10Termagaunts required for Tervigons (i think this is how it works)

6 Raveners
3 2 Zoanathropes (i think)

The Doom of Mal'anti (or however you spell it) in a mycetic Spore]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5985597.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5985597.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5985786.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5985786.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner You want to have a lot of different targets for your opponent to be concerned with. Taking out the 9 wounds on Warriors is too simple and too costly. Buy more Guants, hormos, terma, gargoyles, it doesn't matter. Make your opponent know that if he goes after your big bugs he's gonna get swarmed by the little ones and if he goes for the little ones then the big ones are gonna get'em.

Nice choice with the Biovores too. They are a great distraction unit for disrupting your enemies movement. You can drop a lot of frisbies on your opponent. And the spore mine itself can be an incredably potent distraction, (not necessarily destructive but distractive) because your opponent has to deal with it or have it blow-up in his/her face.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5988048.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5988048.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5993279.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/547861/5993279.page GMT Re:Tyranids for beginner
Nidster wrote:
Does the termagants that are spawned by tervigon in the total list?


Huh?

Nidster wrote:
i thought they era extras and not counted to the points?


You are correct. They are not counted against the starting points, there cost is included with the Tervigon.

Nidster wrote:
and no, i will propably not equip them with devourers


That's your call, especially if you want more boots on the ground.

But I'm a big fan of having that little bit of extra range. I'd go far as to suggest spike rifles then, only a point more than the fleshborer, no where near as powerful as a devourer or fleshborer but like lasguns the more the merrier and they have an added 6" of range. And I'd argue that having that extra 6" of shooting is really helpful. Again you might not inflict a lot of wounds but then again you might. The thought is that if you have to endure 2 rounds of shooting before you can assault you want to be able to shoot back.

The Devourer is a Range 18" S4 AP - Assault 3 +5 points per model
The Fleshborer is a Range 12" S4 AP 5 Assault 1 Base wargear
The Spikerifle is a Range 18" S3 AP - Assault 1 +1 point per model

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