Total Assimilation - My 11.000 Apocalypse army list.

[topaxygourouni]

I am going to an apoc game first weekend of November. It will be something like 25-30k on every side. Imperials vs Xenos. For game purposes the Tyranid will be on the side of the Xenos, BUT it will be treated as desperate ally. The tyranid force will also deploy completely seperate from the Xenos forces, and should the Imperials get tabled the Tyranid forces will have to keep fighting against the Xenos instead.

The game plan is that there is a significant necron artefact in the middle of the table (12' x 6'). Imperials have 5 technicians/characters that must manage to enter the "underground complex" where the artefact is. Each technician that reaches the artefact gains 15 VP for the imperials. Each one the Xenos destroy gains 15 VP's for the Xenos. Also VP's are gained if you lock (or not) the technicians in hth by the end of the game. Plus VP's for warlord kills, Gargantuan/super heavy destroys etc etc etc. If the Imperials win, all their side wins. All the xenos have bonus secret agenta onjectives to determine which xenos among them wins. All reserves come in without a dice on turn 1.

Because the point is to gather as many points as able, ALL my units will have every upgrade (adrenal, toxin, regen, acid blood, flesh hooks, tail attacks, pincers, bio plasmas, thorax weapons, you name it - hive guard with adrenal yay!) I will also make use of many normal formations:

1. Manufactorum genestealers (5x5)
2. Living Artillery (3 x warr, 1 exo, 1x3 biovores)
3. Endless swarm (3x25 horma, 3x 30 terma (14 devourers), 3 warriors)
4. Tyrant node (HT, miasma cannon, stranglethorn, norn crown, 3 doges have lw+BS and a venomthrope)
5. Subterranean Swarm (Trygon Prime, trygon, mawloc, 3 units of 3 raveners with deathspitters and rending)
6. Synaptic Swarm (Tyranid Prime,(maw claws, lw+bs), 3 warriors deathspitters, 3 warriors deathspitters, 5 warriors(3 boneswords, 2 rending, second scything))

Additional Units:

Hierophant Bio titan
ALL the upgrades

Flyrant, 2 x Devourers
Flyrant, 2 x Devourers
Flyrant, Reaper, Ymgarl factor
The Swarmlord
Tervigon, crushing claws, cluster spines

6 x Ripper swarms, deep strike, spine fists
6 x Ripper swarms, deep strike, spine fists

30 x Gargoyles

2 x Carnifex, devourers
2 x Carnifex, Crushing claws
Tyrranofex, Acid spray

I think that's all. Amounts to almost 11k points. 220 gribbles, 15 monstrous creatures plus the titan. I think it's gonna be fun.

[romali]

11,000 points...

[Yautja]

I am so damn jealous. Have a great time and take loads of photos of it all.

[GuardDog78]

Just the idea of trying to keep track of that seems overwhelming...

...but totally AWESOME!!!

[xarrax]

This sounds way too awesome I would love to see some pictures of that, and hear how it went

[macdaddyt]

With everyone on taking pictures! Hope the event goes well for you!! I'm jealous. 11K is way more than my puny 4K (though with all upgrades I might be able to get pretty high)

[Jabberwocky]

Just so you know, the bio-titan is only allowed to pick one upgrade unfortunately. I'm sure your group won't mind you running them all though since you're making your own missions and taking plenty of junk upgrades for the points.

[michael83176]

I'm new to Tyranids, but have you thought of adding a few more slates and run the Living Tide? I think you've almost got everything you need for it.

[topaxygourouni]

Individual bonuses are much better than the living tide i think. Though i admit it would sound cool to deploy a formation 15 units strong.

[Jabberwocky]

Oct 4, 2014 10:30:22 GMT topaxygourouni said:

Individual bonuses are much better than the living tide i think. Though i admit it would sound cool to deploy a formation 15 units strong.

Especially if you use the replacement asset to bring the entire formation back from the dead.

[Kwodd]

No apoc formations?

[Kwodd]

Living fortress for example gives everyone fnp and adds preferred enemy + counter attack to the synapse bubble. Add the Norn crown and cast dominion with a flyrant for a 24" flying PE bubble. That's the crazy $hit you need in an apoc game.

[topaxygourouni]

I am not familiar with apoc formations and my mind is already too full with info to bother for more. As for the synapse, I think I will be ok. My warriors have the synaptic swarm upgrade, my tyrant node tyrant has the norn crown so he can easily have 30" synapse range, I have a tervigon whose job in the psychic phase will be just to cast dominion... overall I think I will be ok.

[michael83176]

According to the dataslate, all the formations under living tide keep all their special rules, then get the bonuses for living tide.

[Kwodd]

Think you missed the point, the apoc formation adds preferred enemy and counter attack to the synapse bubble.