1850 Assault :D

[Halollet]

My assault nids are 2-0 right now and I'm just polishing them up at the moment.  The one thing I seem to be lacking is a way to take down light vehicles other then adding in Devourers.  I'm considering adding AG to some hormies but they're there to soak up bullets and tie stuff up, I'd rather not make them any more expensive then I have to. Here's what I have thus far.

HQ

Hive tyrant
Wings TL Devourers x2 E Grubs

Hive tyrant
Wings Maw Claws Bonesword & Whip Adernal Glands E Grubs

Troops

Hormaguants x18
Hormaguants x17
Children of Cryptus

Elite

Lictor x2
Malanthrope
Malanthrope

Fast Attack

Shrike x3
Flesh Hooks Adernal Glands Rending Claws x2 Lash whip and Sword
Shrike x3
Flesh Hooks Adernal Glands Rending Claws x2 Lash whip and Sword

Heavy Support
Carnifex Brood
Adrenal Glands
Carnifex Brood
Adrenal Glands
Carnifex Brood
Adrenal Glands

1848 Points
59 Models

[blackrainbow]

How do you have trouble with those flyrants/egrubs, fex's, Children/Cryptus? Are they showing up with nothing but rhinos? I guess the only thing I can kind of see is evaluate your hormagaunts and reduce those broods to get in a brood of termigants. Or, one set of TL devs on a carni. That's about all I can see.

[Halollet]

Well, the game I just had had paladins in landraider and sisters in rhinos with a flamer and heavy flamer. Had to send the big bugs after that mess. My dakka flyrant had to go hunt down an Exorcist that kept getting ignore cover put on it. And my CCTyrant got stuck in the back dealing with some outflanking domintions that wanted to melta its butt. Had a hard time getting the stealers there as there were mobile flamers everywhere making that +1 coversave kinda useless.

Maybe it was just a bad match up? Or I think I could have done it if my Shrikes broods were bigger, but then to deal with the can and the meat inside they would have to go through 2x wall of death, then duel flamers and bolters, and then 2x wall of death again. That doesn't bode well for them.

To get some points I might swap the children for regular stealers and downgrade a malanthrope to a venomthrope as I still need that extra shrouded coverage.

I can see why people just go Dakka fex + dakka flyrant and call it a day.

I guess I could have used my CCTyrant to go after the rhinos and turn my hormaguants around to deal with the Dominions.  That might have been a tactical error on my part.  I just didn't want to loose my screen, but losing things to flamers is just as bad.  Hmm....

Edit;

Just played around with some points.  Dropping the Children to stealers opened up enough points to get my and extra shrike, 20 gaunts per brood, and spinebanks on the fexes which I realized I needed so I wouldn't get hammered.  And yes, I want to keep a broodlord on the table because I love the horror power.  It has tipped the battle in my favour so many damn times.

[Halollet]

Actually, I just got my hands on teh Dimachaeron rules and I got the points to upgrade one of my fexes to a dima. How are those things in an assault army, anyone know?

[topaxygourouni]

I don't think you can play the children of Cryptus alone, you need the whole formation. Is there a ruling letting you use them alone?

[Halollet]

Yup, they're just a troop choice for a nid list. They get more bonuses if you play the whole formation.

[Jabberwocky]

Dima is amazing. It will rip through almost anything you throw it at, assuming it gets there with at least half it's wounds.