A little experiment at 1.5 k

[bronyzro]

While I was goofing around with listmaking, I came across this little oddity. It seemed silly at first, but after a few test plays, it continued to perform surprisingly well.

HQ

Flyrant w/ 2x Devourers, Egrubs - 240

T-Guard (3) w/ AG, 1 Crushing Claw - 185

Tyranid Prime w/ Fleshhooks, Regen, Reaper of Obliterax - 205

Troops

Termagants (30) - 120
Termagants (22) - 88
Termagants (22) - 88
Warriors W/ Strangler - 100
Warriors W/ Strangler - 100

Elites

Hive Guard (3) - 165
Zoanthropes (2) - 100
Zoanthropes (2) - 100

Final - 1491


Obviously, this list could use a lot of polishing, but the basic concept of a Prime in a unit of Guard leading/taking cover behind a swarm is working surprisingly well. I've tried it out in casual and one fairly hard game against Eldar. I've only won about half of them (lost the Eldar one), but it's surprisingly effective, and most of them have been very close games.

Now, I could just chalk this up to good luck or my particular meta, but I can't help but wonder if maybe some people here who actually know how to build good lists might see something worthwhile...

Probably not. But at least I might get some advice on how to make it a bit better.

[gigasnail]

you have a lot of bodies in there. you'll roll soft lists and the unprepared, for sure, and can score maelstrom easy for the first turn or two before casualties start to cut it down. harder lists, not so much. there are a lot of hard counters to just bodies though, and you don't have a lot of shooting power, or venoms/malanthropes for shrouded.

[bronyzro]

Sept 5, 2014 7:30:02 GMT gigasnail said:

you have a lot of bodies in there. you'll roll soft lists and the unprepared, for sure, and can score maelstrom easy for the first turn or two before casualties start to cut it down. harder lists, not so much. there are a lot of hard counters to just bodies though, and you don't have a lot of shooting power, or venoms/malanthropes for shrouded.

That's a very good point. It's a fun tactic, but it's very hard to be cost-effective with it.

Wondering, in an Unbound list would I be able to field Tyrant guard without the tyrant?