1250 League- No Flyrants!

[Nightmare20]

HQ: Tyranid Prime w/ Lash/Sword, Adrenal Glands, Deathspitter, Flesh Hooks

Troops: 3x Ripper Swarms w/ Deepstrike
3x Ripper Swarms w/ Deepstrike

Elites: 3x Malanthropes

Fast Attack: 10x Gargoyles
10x Gargoyles

Heavy Support: 1x Carnifex w/ 2x TL BL Devs
1x Carnifex w/ 2x TL BL Devs
2x Stonecrusher Carnifex w/ 1 Bio-Flail

Tired of playing with Tyrants. Wanted to try out a ton of Carnifexes. Any advice?

I plan on putting the Gargs up front and then the Carnifexes bubblewrapping the "Malanstar". Prime gets to LoS the wounds onto each Malanthrope in turn to make the most out of Regen. With any luck I can assault something with the Malans and give everyone PE and dakka down shiznit with the fexes. Shroud and Synapse are basically a given since no one here runs any S10 Ignores Cover. Stonecrushers keep Wraithknights, Imperial Knights, and such from getting close. Bio-Flail is to sweep away Tarpits.

[macdaddyt]

If your gonna spam Fexes keep e'm as cheap as possible. I would also try and make a carpet of gants to give the models behind a 3+ cover save thanks to shrouded. Don't know if you'll need 3 malanthropes at 1250. Youve got a smmmaaaaalllll army. 1 might be enough. But 2 is viable. I rippers are good but like I said you met want a small carpet of gants to give you a better cover save. You're really crippling yourself by not taking a flyrant. But if it's what you wanna do go for it!

Little thought. Death leaper cause all shots fired at him to be snapshots. He's also an IC. Attach him to stone crushers for lols is run death leaper instead of prime just because if that. You've got the synapse web with the milanthropes anyway

[Nightmare20]

Deathleaper isn't an Independent character, just a character and Gants don't cover the malanthropes nor fexes enough for cover saves (25%) hence the garg screens.

[Jabberwocky]

Looks solid though I think I'd drop 1 malanthrope and the death spitter to add AG to the dakkafex broods and a load more Gargs. That screen won't last long enough otherwise I fear.

[javaman21011]

Gaunts aren't tall enough to cover the fexes 25%? When did that happen?

[gigasnail]

It hasn't.

[Jabberwocky]

It depends on firer perspective. If they are loading devastators into ruins or firing with storm ravens and the like, gaunts won't help much unless you are being very careful.

Gargs are a much safer option generally.

[gigasnail]

If the devs are 2nd story, even gargs may not give you a cover save unless the carnies are snuggling.

[Yautja]

Guants DO cover our Fex but all the other MCs are too big.