Favoured units/formations

[blackswarm]

Ok hive here is a question for you all. We all have that one unit/formation that we pack in to any list we can. Not including flyrants/DS rippers/malanthropes/venomthropes, what units/formation do you take? I would say as of recently, Deathleaper assassin brood is the one for me. E-fex in a pod is a close 2nd.

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[tylertt]

T-Fex is my good friend.

[overlordmidus]

I prefer the Magic Dice formation. on a six, I win!

[gigasnail]

carnifex.

[monkeychuka]

Sporefield! Floaty lite!

[Halollet]

I've had quite a bit of fun and success with the broodlord hunting pack. Can really plays head games with your opponent.

[yowster12]

Drop pod Carniffex with Dakka.

[Kark]

Hive Crones

I also like playing lictors.

[Deleted]

I've got a soft spot for the endless swarm formation.

It generally doesn't do me well as consistently as stuff like living artillery node. But it also helps me feel like I'm playing fluffy. I feel like it works well with playing "trapdoor spider" tyranid tactica, but even with that many units they tend to end up needing to be used as fodder rather than objective scoring in order to capitalize on their formation benefit . They do make taking things like hormies kind of worth it though, especially investing in toxin sacs. But then again it also becomes expensive fast. I kind of wish it was half the size tbh. BUT I have fun with it.

[angelwing]

Oddly enough I don't. My list can vary tremendously between games. I have favourite models / units, but nothing is an auto include.

[grarik]

I really love the living artillery node, those I play against regularly have actually put the warrior brood near the top of the priority list because of how damage the formation can do, while those who don't play against me often get a nasty surprise after assuming that they don't have to worry about any of my shooting and clump up their infantry units.

[blackrainbow]

Anything with adrenal glands, but mostly haruspex - with AG. Rule of cool and its intimidating.

[swarm492]

Crones, they have always had at least average performance for me

[krakentendrilswarm]

Hive Crones are awesome, bit of a soft spot for my two Mawlocs, and I know you said no to Flyrants but I'm going to go right out there and express my fondness of my melee Skytyrant with all the extras

[tarrasque]

I would have to say my good ol' Tervigon. She makes about 2/3rds of my lists, and never let's me down.