HQ Psyker Kings - 1500 Points.

[Harvey]

HQ:

Swarmlord = 280

2x Tyrant Guard w/ Lash Whips = 130


Hive Tyrant w/ BS&LS, T/L Devourers ,Wings, Old Adversary = 270

Elites:

3x Hive Guard = 150

Troops:

Tervagon w/ ST, TS, AG, Catalyst, Onslaught = 215

10x Homagaunt w/ TS = 80
10x Homagaunt w/ TS = 80

14x Termagant = 70


Fast Attack

15x Gargoyles = 90


Heavy Support

3x Biovores = 135

Total = 1500



I fully believe that Biomancy is going to pull Tyranids into the competitive scene and this list hopes to utilize it as much as possible.

Now this doesn't mean take as many psykers as possible and give them all Biomancy, that's just stupid. It's about taking the psykers that utilize Biomancy the most and using it accordingly.

Now this list does have it's weaknesses, mostly in the flyer department. It lacks any reliable Anti-Air but that is expected with a Tyranid List.

A single flyer is not a major concern due to how easily they can be avoided in most cases due to there restricted movement pattern.

To name a few lists it has squashed include Car park Guard, Gunline Necrons, ML Spam Marines, Double LandRaider Death Wing, Double Lash Chaos, Draigo Wing and Triple FMC Daemons.

Eldar can disable the Biomancy but considering the major nerf to Eldar vehicles it's not that concerning.

Space Wolves are still a (please do not swear) with their Long Fangs and Runic Weapon but i haven't versed a major SW list yet so I'm yet to see how bad it can get.

[l0rdf1end]

Ill be honest and say Im suprised this list has done this well.
That's some tough opponent lists, unsure of the actual player ability.
I've played all of those lists with something simular and got I bum kicked each game.
The guys I were playing are very competative with lots of experience under their belts.

I've leanrt for sure you cannot rely on pyschic powers, too many times I have faced Eldrad or some other pyschic defence or not rolled what I wanted.

[Harvey]

Granted not all of them were actually decent players but with a lot of these lists they essentially play themselves.

[swarmy]

That looks like a list I tried out one time only versus demons:

== HQ ==
Swarmlord (1) = 280 pts.
Hive Tyrant (1) - Scything Talons, Lash Whip And Bonesword, Wings, The Horror, Leech Essence = 230 pts.

== Elites ==
Hive Guard Brood (2) = 100 pts.
Lictor Brood (2) = 130 pts.

== Troops ==
Broodlord Brood (174 pts.)
Broodlord (1) - Scything Talons = 62 pts.
Genestealer (8) = 112 pts.
Termagant Brood (10) - Devourer = 100 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Scything Talons, Stinger Salvo, AG, Toxin Sacs, Cat, Onslaught = 215 pts.
Tyranid Warrior Brood (110 pts.)
Tyranid Warrior (2) - Deathspitter, Scything Talons = 70 pts.
Tyranid Warrior (1) - Barbed Strangler, Scything Talons = 40 pts.

== Fast Attack ==
Gargoyle Brood (20) - AG, Toxin Sacs = 160 pts.

== Total ==
1499 pts.

It was an amusing game but flamers and demon princes racked up the kill points for my opponent faster than I could do anything about it. I ran a mix of biomancy and telepathy to pretty decent effect.

Have you tried out telepathy with your "psyker kings" list yet?

[DarkGuard]

The 10 strong units of Hormagaunts look very fragile and squishy, I'd stick them together to increase combat effectiveness durability.

Otherwise, I'm glad it's been doing well for you. It looks very top heavy though with 3 MCs, two of which are expensive, but obviously it suits you and/or you're doing something right.

Just one question though, why no Broodlords? They can benefit from 4/6 of the powers in Biomancy, and would seem like a good bet.

[Harvey]

Aug 21, 2012 18:16:23 GMT DarkGuard said:

The 10 strong units of Hormagaunts look very fragile and squishy, I'd stick them together to increase combat effectiveness durability.

Otherwise, I'm glad it's been doing well for you. It looks very top heavy though with 3 MCs, two of which are expensive, but obviously it suits you and/or you're doing something right.

Just one question though, why no Broodlords? They can benefit from 4/6 of the powers in Biomancy, and would seem like a good bet.

The Hormagants are used as support in which i keep them behind the bigger stuff like the large mass of Termagants/Tervigon or behind the Swarmlord.

Yes they are very fragile when shot at but due to those distractions it it very rare that they don't be useful in some way.
I used to run them as a big pack of twenty but I've found that keeping them in two sets of ten makes them more flexible especially in Objective games which is 5/6 missions now and Kill Point are far less crucial.

I used to run 1 Broodlord commando unit (Brood Lord and 4 Genestealers), but i found that they rarely did anything except in The Relic where they could infiltrate on the Relic and run away with it.

So i swapped them out for the 3 Biovores as i was having trouble with Mass Infantry from Guard, Necrons and my dreaded ban, Mass DE Witches. Since then it's been a lot easier as I've actually been semi forcing some shooty armies to come to me.

[gloomfang]

Not sure why you have the hive guard in here. You have more then enought anti-mech and you could use the points to increase the size of those hormagaunts. I would also suggest swapping out the TS for AG so that they can transport hunt. They can glance most AV10 vehicles to death very fast that way.

[DarkGuard]

Aug 23, 2012 13:34:17 GMT gloomfang said:

Not sure why you have the hive guard in here. You have more then enought anti-mech and you could use the points to increase the size of those hormagaunts. I would also suggest swapping out the TS for AG so that they can transport hunt. They can glance most AV10 vehicles to death very fast that way.

Er what? The Hive Guard are one of his two ways of handling mech at range, something that's very valuable to a Nid force. If he takes them out he's got to catch the metal boxes first, or use his flyrant to try and grab them.