1500 TAC list. Criticisms welcome!

[rroach]

== HQ ==
Hive Tyrant (1) - Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Thorax - Electroshock Grubs, Wings = 240 pts.
Hive Tyrant (1) - Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Thorax - Electroshock Grubs, Wings = 240 pts.

== Elites ==
Venomthrope (1) = 45 pts.
Zoanthrope (1) = 50 pts.
Venomthrope (1) = 45 pts.

== Troops ==
Tyranid Warrior Brood (3) - Boneswords, Scything Talons, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs = 159 pts.
Tyranid Warrior Brood (3) - Boneswords, Scything Talons, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs = 159 pts.

== Heavy Support ==
Carnifex Brood (2) - Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms = 300 pts.
Tyrannofex (1) - Acid Spray = 175 pts.
Biovore Brood (2) = 80 pts.

== Total ==
1493 pts.

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This is my modified CC list, with two CC Warrior units instead of a CC Flyrant. Sadly, they're stupid expensive and looking at it now, I can probably put another Dakkafex or a Hive Crone in there, no problem.

Note: I don't own any Malanthropes, Gargoyles or Shrikes. I would happily toss out both CC Warrior units for a single CC Shrike and any number of gribblies if I could.

[gigasnail]

You need gargs, for sure.

No flesh hooks on CC war broods? Not a good look.

Remember shrikes don't have 'wings' as wargear. Can use ravs or wars np.

[teethandtalon]

i would drop the zoanthrope, i feel you have enough synapse with the warriors there for mid field, maybe add another biovore? otherwise, the list looks very solid and would fair well on its own right now.

[rroach]

Oct 18, 2014 20:25:35 GMT gigasnail said:

You need gargs, for sure.

No flesh hooks on CC war broods? Not a good look.

Remember shrikes don't have 'wings' as wargear. Can use ravs or wars np.

I am hesitant to use Raveners... that would leave me with only the two Flyrants and a Zoanthrope for Synapse, for a medium sized army.

What did you mean by 'shrikes don't have 'wings' as wargear'. You mean I can proxy them? Or that there are no official GW wings?

[rroach]

Oct 18, 2014 20:52:06 GMT teethandtalon said:

i would drop the zoanthrope, i feel you have enough synapse with the warriors there for mid field, maybe add another biovore? otherwise, the list looks very solid and would fair well on its own right now.

I'm a bit of a sucker for their Warp Charges and relative survivability. They tend to camp out with my dawdling Heavy Support. My local group is Psyker weak and knows enough to fire everything at Synapse, right after firing everything at the Venomthropes.

[gigasnail]

check their wargear. you won't find wings. wings are for FMC only in the new codex. wings are fluff for shrikes. there are no GW shrike wings (never have been, actually), and the old FW kit is discontinued.

[rroach]

Oct 19, 2014 5:28:16 GMT gigasnail said:

check their wargear. you won't find wings. wings are for FMC only in the new codex. wings are fluff for shrikes. there are no GW shrike wings (never have been, actually), and the old FW kit is discontinued.

I'll be damned. I wondered why I rarely saw models for them on eBay.

[gigasnail]

yeah there was a FW set of wings that's pretty nice but it's discontinued; supposedly they're re-doing it. fitting wings on them is awkward as hell. proxy ravenors for them if you have them.