Post by Brainstorm on May 15, 2014 15:44:16 GMT
'ello 
First actual post in the hive, gonna use it to give those of you who don't speak german the list, fenneQ - a pretty famous german 40K player and ETC veteran - won a big tourney in Stockholm with.
source:http://www.40kings.de/2014/02/12497/
************** 2 HQ ***************
Tyrant, Wings
+ 2 Devourer
- – - > 230 P
hops around bastion, rarely swoops, just glides to avoid grounding tests, stays defensive, profits from venomtrophe, keeps save for lategame interference, battlefield role: taking out flyers (really, that's all!)
Prime, Hooks, talons, sword and whip, toxin, adrenalin
- – - > 175 P
is the warlord, synapse, can go for different roles for example into hormagaunt unit or staying save in one of the gaunt units in the backfield, into stealers etc.
*************** 3 Elite ***************
2 Hive Guards
- – - > 110 P
Mostly used top get rid of tanks, most important for Eldar serpents
1 Venomtrophe
- – - > 45 P
sits in the bastion, create a conga line with the hormas. Pretty standard
1 Zoantroph
- – - > 50 P
babysitting biovores
*************** 6 Troop ***************
3 Warriors with strangler
- – - > 100 P
synapse, long range mass removal
10 Stealer
- – - > 140 P
CC Damage dealer, thread bubble unit, needs no synapse, NEEDS to be dealt with or kills pretty much anything
5 Stealer
- – - > 70 P
CC Damage dealer, thread bubble unit, NEEDS to be dealt with or kills pretty much anything
10 Gaunts, 5 x spinefist, 5 x Devourer
- – - > 60 P
10 Gaunts, 5 x spinefist, 5 x Devourer
- – - > 60 P
Backfield Objective grabber, spinefist is only included to force grounding tests, devourer for damage
30 Hormagaunts, Toxin
- – - > 240 P
good tarpit unit, can deal with most stuff from a ork mob to a wraith knight, can perform conga to get across the field while still staying in 6 inches to the bastion and its effect
*************** 3 Fast ***************
Harpy
- – - > 135 P
Harpy
- – - > 135 P
mass removal, thread unit, pressure unit, brings more good sporemine barrage
3 Ravener, rending
- – - > 105 P
Another CC thread unit, inexpensive, exposable like anything in this army
*************** 3 Heavy ***************
1 Biovore
- – - > 40 P
1 Biovore
- – - > 40 P
1 Biovore
- – - > 40 P
good against most stuff, most importantly deals with markerlights, fire warriors, eldar stuff, can sniper, can stay out of trouble
*************** 1 Fortification***************
Imperial Bastion
- – - > 75 P
venomtrophe is in here, tyrant behind, is a good LOS blocker and keeps the army tanky.
Tyranids : 1850
When you follow the link there's a 38min podcast, but I'm gonna summarize it quickly
He talks about his usage of the army and why he chose is to be the way it is.
Though 2 Dakkaflyrants might seem awesomelicious, once they face a shooty army like tau or eldar and are probably going to die to grounding. The army focusses more on the bastion synergy. The whole army tries to sty within the venomtrophe range while being in area terrain too. So put your bastion next to some forests or ruins to get a 3+ or 2 + save. Biovores and other shooting stuff get rid of markerlights and try to outhin anything with ignore cover.
The whole army is designed to win via objectives and bodycount. The actual meta is filled with manby S7 shots so avoid giving those shots a good aim. Even warriors are a good consideration right now since S8 is pretty rare.
The podcast shows really good that our nids are not bad at all, but a lot of people wont like his play style since its not uberagressive and CC-oriented as people would like it to be. I will test some of the stuff out if I find the time to do so. What do you think? You like it?
First actual post in the hive, gonna use it to give those of you who don't speak german the list, fenneQ - a pretty famous german 40K player and ETC veteran - won a big tourney in Stockholm with.
source:http://www.40kings.de/2014/02/12497/
************** 2 HQ ***************
Tyrant, Wings
+ 2 Devourer
- – - > 230 P
hops around bastion, rarely swoops, just glides to avoid grounding tests, stays defensive, profits from venomtrophe, keeps save for lategame interference, battlefield role: taking out flyers (really, that's all!)
Prime, Hooks, talons, sword and whip, toxin, adrenalin
- – - > 175 P
is the warlord, synapse, can go for different roles for example into hormagaunt unit or staying save in one of the gaunt units in the backfield, into stealers etc.
*************** 3 Elite ***************
2 Hive Guards
- – - > 110 P
Mostly used top get rid of tanks, most important for Eldar serpents
1 Venomtrophe
- – - > 45 P
sits in the bastion, create a conga line with the hormas. Pretty standard
1 Zoantroph
- – - > 50 P
babysitting biovores
*************** 6 Troop ***************
3 Warriors with strangler
- – - > 100 P
synapse, long range mass removal
10 Stealer
- – - > 140 P
CC Damage dealer, thread bubble unit, needs no synapse, NEEDS to be dealt with or kills pretty much anything
5 Stealer
- – - > 70 P
CC Damage dealer, thread bubble unit, NEEDS to be dealt with or kills pretty much anything
10 Gaunts, 5 x spinefist, 5 x Devourer
- – - > 60 P
10 Gaunts, 5 x spinefist, 5 x Devourer
- – - > 60 P
Backfield Objective grabber, spinefist is only included to force grounding tests, devourer for damage
30 Hormagaunts, Toxin
- – - > 240 P
good tarpit unit, can deal with most stuff from a ork mob to a wraith knight, can perform conga to get across the field while still staying in 6 inches to the bastion and its effect
*************** 3 Fast ***************
Harpy
- – - > 135 P
Harpy
- – - > 135 P
mass removal, thread unit, pressure unit, brings more good sporemine barrage
3 Ravener, rending
- – - > 105 P
Another CC thread unit, inexpensive, exposable like anything in this army
*************** 3 Heavy ***************
1 Biovore
- – - > 40 P
1 Biovore
- – - > 40 P
1 Biovore
- – - > 40 P
good against most stuff, most importantly deals with markerlights, fire warriors, eldar stuff, can sniper, can stay out of trouble
*************** 1 Fortification***************
Imperial Bastion
- – - > 75 P
venomtrophe is in here, tyrant behind, is a good LOS blocker and keeps the army tanky.
Tyranids : 1850
When you follow the link there's a 38min podcast, but I'm gonna summarize it quickly
He talks about his usage of the army and why he chose is to be the way it is.
Though 2 Dakkaflyrants might seem awesomelicious, once they face a shooty army like tau or eldar and are probably going to die to grounding. The army focusses more on the bastion synergy. The whole army tries to sty within the venomtrophe range while being in area terrain too. So put your bastion next to some forests or ruins to get a 3+ or 2 + save. Biovores and other shooting stuff get rid of markerlights and try to outhin anything with ignore cover.
The whole army is designed to win via objectives and bodycount. The actual meta is filled with manby S7 shots so avoid giving those shots a good aim. Even warriors are a good consideration right now since S8 is pretty rare.
The podcast shows really good that our nids are not bad at all, but a lot of people wont like his play style since its not uberagressive and CC-oriented as people would like it to be. I will test some of the stuff out if I find the time to do so. What do you think? You like it?
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