Upcoming tournament 1850 List

[valdrog]

Hello, got a tournament coming soon and been working on some lists, been trying to find a way to use the Swarmlord and would like some comments on this list.
Thanks

+++ New Roster (1850pts) +++

++ Tyranids: Codex (2014) (Formation Detachment) ++

+ Formation +

Skytyrant Swarm
····Gargoyle Brood [10x Gargoyle]
····Gargoyle Brood [10x Gargoyle]
····Hive Tyrant [Electroshock Grubs, Lash Whip & Bonesword, Old Adversary, Scything Talons, The Maw-claws of Thyrax, Toxin Sacs, Wings]

++ Tyranids: Codex (2014) (Hive Fleet Detachement) ++

+ No Force Org Slot +

Tyrant Guard Brood
····Tyrant Guard [Crushing Claws]
····Tyrant Guard [Crushing Claws]
····Tyrant Guard [Scything Talons]

+ HQ +

Hive Tyrant [Electroshock Grubs, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Wings]

Hive Tyrant [Electroshock Grubs, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Wings]

The Swarmlord

+ Troops +

Hormagaunt Brood [18x Hormagaunt]

Mucolid Spore Cluster [Mucolid Spore]

Mucolid Spore Cluster [Mucolid Spore]

+ Elites +

Hive Guard Brood
····Hive Guard [Impaler Cannon]
····Hive Guard [Impaler Cannon]
····Hive Guard [Impaler Cannon]

Malanthrope Brood [Malanthrope]

+ Heavy Support +

Mawloc

[bigpig]

Personally, I'm not a fan of Skytyrant Swarm. I think NIB said it best when he said the formation is a prison for you Tyrant, not a shield. It gives ablative wounds, but at the same time allows the Tyrant to wounded at T3 and move 12". I don't know.... Not sold.

Not sure what models you have, but....

Single Mawloc is too hit and miss. It will fail to deliver in tournament unless you get consistently lucky. I'd go with a dakkafex instead and walk it up in the bubble with Swarmlord.

Why hormagaunts? Could get more termagaunts for same cost and make a bigger bubble wrap

[jimmyp]

Yeah I would always use two mawlocs, using just one is not consistent.

[valdrog]

I was undecided between Hormogaunts or Termagaunts, went with the Hormys on the odd chance they get to charge something, will prob go with the Termagnts and just use them for the bubble.

I got pretty much the whole range, cep the 2 new big bugs.

Was going with the Skytyrant swarm to put some pressure on a flank and not have them concentrate so much on the 2 flyrants and the swarmlord

[valdrog]

Here's an alternate version of the list which I think may work better. I can alternate replace the Tervigon and Dakkafex coming down on the Pods with 3 Zoeys with Neurthrope upgrade and a Tyranofex.

+++ New Roster (1848pts) +++

++ Tyranids: Codex (2014) (Hive Fleet Detachement) ++

+ No Force Org Slot +

Tyrannocyte [5x Deathspitters]

Tyrannocyte [5x Deathspitters]

Tyrant Guard Brood
····Tyrant Guard [Crushing Claws]
····Tyrant Guard [Crushing Claws]
····Tyrant Guard [Scything Talons]

+ HQ +

Hive Tyrant [Electroshock Grubs, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Wings]

Hive Tyrant [Electroshock Grubs, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Wings]

The Swarmlord

+ Troops +

Mucolid Spore Cluster [Mucolid Spore]

Mucolid Spore Cluster [Mucolid Spore]

Termagant Brood [17x Fleshborer Termagant]

+ Elites +

Hive Guard Brood
····Hive Guard [Impaler Cannon]
····Hive Guard [Impaler Cannon]
····Hive Guard [Impaler Cannon]

Malanthrope Brood [Malanthrope]

++ Tyranids: Codex (2014) (Allied Detachment) ++

+ HQ +

Tervigon [Electroshock Grubs, Scything Talons, Stinger Salvo, The Miasma Cannon]

+ Troops +

Mucolid Spore Cluster [Mucolid Spore]

+ Heavy Support +

Carnifex Brood
····Carnifex [Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms]

[sirm1ke]

I may be wrong but I don't believe there is such a thing as an "Allied detachment" unless you take a CAD- but as you are running Leviathan that's a no

Not sold on hive guard still, BS3 just doesn't do it for me- anything they can do numerous haywire and dev shots can do just as well