Best Tyranid Units (10 of 15)

[nameless]

Our best Tyranid units

Lets get a group consensus of our best (in a competitive sense) unit. Lets worry about individual upgrades later (aside from Melee vs dakka).

Ranking (these are links)
1. Flyrant (2 TL/Dev + Wings) [+/- Electroshock grubs] - 85%
2. Malanthrope - 60%
3. Dakkafex [+/- AG] - 67%
4. Biovores [LAN] - 36%
4. Gargoyles - 36%
6. Hive Crone - 53%
7. Tyrannofex (acid spray) - 39%
8. Exocrine [LAN] - 44%
9. Dimachaeron - 32%
10. current poll

[Yautja]

If the CC Flyrant doesn't get into the top 10 you all need a slap

Nice to see the Dima make #9 while I toil away building and painting it \o/

[gigasnail]

My brain already hurts at some of the things on this list.

[coredump]

Sept 29, 2014 18:39:33 GMT gigasnail said:

My brain already hurts at some of the things on this list.

Full Disclosure.... I have been pushing Dimathingy since spot 6 or 7; not because it would drive you crazy... but that was the thought making me grin every time I did it...

[nameless]

Really, though, I don't find any major issues with that list. It may not be exactly that in my opinion, but it's pretty good.

[Yautja]

To be fair, I'm probably ultra optimistic in comparison to Gigasnail yet there are half a dozen units listed there that I don't consider worthy of my £££ due to their flaws (rules wise not model aesthetics).

EDIT - list im referring to is the options above not those selected in the top 9.

[gigasnail]

Sept 29, 2014 22:37:34 GMT coredump said:

Sept 29, 2014 18:39:33 GMT gigasnail said:

My brain already hurts at some of the things on this list.

Full Disclosure.... I have been pushing Dimathingy since spot 6 or 7; not because it would drive you crazy... but that was the thought making me grin every time I did it...

My hates. All of them.

[rroach]

[/quote]My hates. All of them. [/quote]


You hate the Dima. I've gathered as much. If you have enough screening units, and once it gets midfield and beyond, it becomes unbelievable. The batreps posted so far reinforce that.

WHY, in statistics or anything else, do you hate it? I honestly don't get your hate for it.

[rroach]

Ugh, phones and drinking.

[gigasnail]

i am decidedly unimpressed with the unit and every batrep i've ever seen it in. it has all the problems nid MC's have, with nothing to mitigate any of them. delivery system? nope. is it fast? well, it takes up an FA slot, but no. not particularly quick. no 2+ save. no invul save. no grenades. it's kind of got FNP, after it kills something, which won't happen when it's kited and shot to death.

hate is too strong a word for how i feel about the dima. it's mediocre at best. yes, if your opponent lets you catch something, it's going to maul the everliving hell out of w/e speed bump/combat squad he feeds to it. scary scary.

/deadhorse

[mattblowers]

Giga has to have something to hate on the hive or he gets antsy.

Considering it's cheaper than a Trygon Prime, well.... still doesn't mean anything. I'm not dropping that much coin for a 6" movement melee beast. I'll proxy it with a conversion I did from a Trygon kit, but not much else.

At this point in the poll taking, does it really matter? Who cares what is 10th best? (no offense if you do). Once you get past the top 5 the list gets so varied that I'm not sure we can draw much meaning from it.

[tag8833]

Stunning that Mawloc hasn't shown up higher. It is good. Meanwhile... Hive Guard are bad, and the Dimacharon is terrible except in very specific matchups. We should go another 4-5 rounds before either of them make a serious push to be considered. It just feels like longing for past glory when Hive Guard used to be good, and Nids used to be a close combat army.

[mattblowers]

What are you talking about? Hive guard are fantastic. S8 no need for LOS and Ignores cover!! Oh, and they are on a T6 frame. Most armies would kill for such a thing. If you are not having luck with them you aren't running enough.

[gigasnail]

People are put off HG the same reason they're put off mawlocks. Both are good but you may or may not get to use them for their special snowflake area they really shine. They'll both still fit in any list, even though neither is an auto include.

[tag8833]

Yep. Hive Guard are great at killing 1/2 of a Rhino per turn. Other armies wouldn't consider taking them because other armies have access to melta firing at BS4. Hive Guard were great last codex when they had a higher BS, they were less bad last edition when they had a chance to explode a vehicle. Now that they can't consistently kill anything in one round of shooting they are bad. Now that Mech spam is king, Hive Guard are shelved except in friendly games.