2000 point Tervigon spam

[Sinny!]

HQ

3x Tervigon

ELITES

5x Hive Guard

TROOPS

6x Tervigon
6x 10 Gaunts

Thoughts?

I did have 4 Tervigons as Hq but felt i needed to drop 1 to get some extra Hive Guard.

Im sort of hoping that the Hive guard will be seen as less of a threat than the tervigons allowing them to do a whole game worth of shooting.

I play chaos mostly so hopefully I can just tarpit all game long and pick off light vehicles etc with the hive guard.
Also hopefully roll some Enfeebles on my Tervigons to make my Hive Guard able to insta kill Daemon Princes..

[undertow92182]

Ummm, it's gimmicky as Gimmick McGee, but that being said you do realize the sheer number of termagants you'd need to make that remotely effective, right?

*Polishes his Math hammer*

You are starting with 60 on the field. On your first turn you will be rolling 3d6 to see how many extra termagants you birth, per tervigon. With the average roll on 1d6 equaling 3.5, that equals an average of 10.5 termagants per tervigon.

Now, let us consider that you are suggesting fielding 9 Tervigons. That is, on average 94.5 termagants birthed on the first turn. That is a staggering 154.5 termagants you'll have to be accountable for to even make this build viable. Ontop of this, you will need to be able to continue to supply more models in subsequent turns so you are either banking on your enemy slaughtering them or you have a gigantic stash of termagants.

Most wise men here live by the code of "Have 40 Termagants ready to field with your first Tervigon, and 20-30 more per extra one you field." That would mean, by conventional logic, you would need to come to the game toting 60 on the field, and an additional 200 in your bag.. and thats just on the low-ball estimate of 20 per extra Tervigon.

With that glaring issue asside I will just say this... fliers with template weapons will bend that army over and pound it thoroughly. You have nothing to adequately combat fliers, you may have the potential for hundreds of shots a turn, but the only scary ones are coming from your Hive Guard. Thats a scant 10 shots per turn of trying to roll 6's to hit. That is an average of 1.67 hits per turn, assuming all of your HG survive long enough to attempt to ground them. In a 2k game it is not out of the ordinary to see 2-3 fliers these days.. hell, we even see it with Tyranid lists.

"Know Your Enemy" - Be knowledgable on the different units from different armies you may face. Know their strengths and avoid them. Know their weaknesses and make them pay for having them.

"Know Yourself" - The Tyranids have bugs well suited for just about every scenerio you can name. A smart player will use their units to their utmost potential and can turn the tide of a battle with tactics over raw characteristics.

The Termagant flood tactic is not without merit, but like every spam list out there there is a weakness and once that weakness is identified it will be exploited and thats when the fun times come to an end. Armor, Fliers, Templates, and Poisons.. those are your current force's weaknesses. Poisons are unavoidable for Tyranids sadly, but I'd advise on shoring up the other weaknesses.

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== HQ ==
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo = 160 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo = 160 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo = 160 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo = 160 pts.

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

== Troops ==
Termagant Brood (10) - Fleshborer = 50 pts.
Termagant Brood (10) - Fleshborer = 50 pts.
Termagant Brood (10) - Fleshborer = 50 pts.
Termagant Brood (10) - Fleshborer = 50 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo, Taken As Troops = 160 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo, Taken As Troops = 160 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo, Taken As Troops = 160 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo, Taken As Troops = 160 pts.
Termagant Brood (10) - Fleshborer = 50 pts.
Termagant Brood (10) - Fleshborer = 50 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo, Taken As Troops = 160 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo, Taken As Troops = 160 pts.

== Total ==
2000 pts.

10 tervies and 60 gaunts to kick start your swarm, you could probs take the 100 points and give your tervi ( the troop ones) ts and ag which means on big termagaunt brood of death!!

[Sinny!]

That was my Original List! I didnt want to drop the 10th Tervigon but It really seemed like I need the extra hive guard.
I play chaos alot with no helldrakes so the anti tank shooting and the ability to enfeeble his dp and instakill it with s8 shooting seems to be the way to go.
I would have taken hive tyrants with devourers to add some anti flyer ability but the main setback was I couldnt find a definite answer if enfeeble could stack on other enfeebles.. if this was the case the devourers could instakill the daemon prince too which would seal the deal for me.
Knowing my gaming group unless I have hard evidence that I could stack enfeeble they would rule against it just because they always try to nerf my armies in any way possible.

[Sinny!]

this is an army I dont have yet but I have ordered it, I am starting with a bit over 200 gaunts and will see how they go and if i need more once i get a few games in