2000 Kronos/Kraken Competitive

[zeez]

Hello,

This is my first time putting together and posting a list I would like to play competitively. I would appreciate any feedback or criticisms given on it. 

++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (Tyranids) [65 PL, 1136pts] ++
Kraken


+ HQ +



Broodlord [8 PL, 162pts]: Monstrous Rending Claws, Power: Paroxysm



Hive Tyrant [11 PL, 184pts]: Chameleonic Mutation, Monstrous Rending Claws, Power: Catalyst, Power: Psychic Scream, Two Devourers with Brainleech Worms, Wings



+ Troops +



Genestealers [16 PL, 228pts]: 4x Acid Maw

. 19x Genestealer: 19x Rending Claws



Genestealers [16 PL, 228pts]: 4x Acid Maw

. 19x Genestealer: 19x Rending Claws



Termagants [6 PL, 160pts]

. 20x Termagant (Devourer): 20x Devourer



+ Heavy Support +



Trygon [8 PL, 174pts]: Adrenal Glands, 3x Massive Scything Talons, Toxinspike



++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (Tyranids) [47 PL, 864pts] ++
Kronos


+ HQ +



Hive Tyrant [11 PL, 184pts]: Monstrous Rending Claws, Power: Psychic Scream, Power: The Horror, Two Devourers with Brainleech Worms, Wings



Neurothrope [4 PL, 70pts]: Power: Catalyst, Warlord Trait: Tenacious Survivor



+ Troops +



Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 33pts]: 3x Ripper Swarm



Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 33pts]: 3x Ripper Swarm



Termagants [3 PL, 40pts]: 10x Termagant (Fleshborer)



+ Elites +



Hive Guard [7 PL, 144pts]

. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon

. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon

. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon



Hive Guard [7 PL, 144pts]

. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon

. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon

. Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon



+ Heavy Support +



Exocrine [11 PL, 216pts]



++ Total: [112 PL, 2000pts] ++



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So the game plan is to have the Kronos Hive Guard and Exocrine sit in back with the Neurothrope for synapse. The 10 Termagants are also there to provide a light screen for them. Both Flyrants, Trygon, and Devilgants will pop up and try to clear the enemy screen to make way for the Kraken units of Genestealers and Broodlord. The Rippers are also there to secure objectives and for The Deepest Shadow Stratagem to mess with enemy psykers. One of my concerns for this list is the screen to deny deepstrikers against the Kronos firebase. I'm open to hear any changes to benefit the list. Thanks. 

[devilrules]

i would reccomend switching the devilgsunts and trygon with a ripper swarm between detachments to give devilgsunts reroll 1s to hit for turn 2+ as the trygon doesnt realy need kraken bonus as it wont advance and will prob kill most things in combat so wont need to change target. also your 10 man screen is a bit small for what it is screening, wouly reduct genestealers to 18 each to increase the size by 6

[fnorrll]

Good to see a very similar list to mine (slightly larger) so I'm maybe not too far off base. Iv gone wth 3 msu Raveners units instead of trygon to drop in the BL and 2 stealer units, do you plan on taking anything in the tunnel?

Also why have you gone for MRC's and 2 Devs on your tyrants? I contemplated going MScytals for vehicle hunting but would have gone all out for that.. instead I went with double devs, your choice seems a bit halfway between two roles?

The suggestion of dropping 1 stealer from each unit isn't a bad one.

Also, I went for rupture Cannon over exocrine, may I ask why you plumped for the exocrine? S7 worries me compared to S8.

[zeez]

Dec 1, 2017 16:15:50 GMT fnorrll said:

Good to see a very similar list to mine (slightly larger) so I'm maybe not too far off base. Iv gone wth 3 msu Raveners units instead of trygon to drop in the BL and 2 stealer units, do you plan on taking anything in the tunnel?

Also why have you gone for MRC's and 2 Devs on your tyrants? I contemplated going MScytals for vehicle hunting but would have gone all out for that.. instead I went with double devs, your choice seems a bit halfway between two roles?

The suggestion of dropping 1 stealer from each unit isn't a bad one.

Also, I went for rupture Cannon over exocrine, may I ask why you plumped for the exocrine? S7 worries me compared to S8.

The plan is to have the devilgants in the trygon tunnel to pop up and shoot some infantry. The stealers and broodlord will just advance up the board with help form the kraken adaptation and stratagem. Thanks to the reply from devilrules, I do plan on moving the trygon and devilgants to the kronos detachment to give them the re-roll hit rolls of 1. 

As for the tyrants, the reason the kraken one has MRCs and 2 Devs is because of the ability to fall back, shoot, and charge. For the kronos one I could definitely move some points around to make it more specialized for cc with MScytals or shooting with double devs. I just wasn't sure what role to put the kronos one into.

I do agree with dropping some stealers to free up some points and help fill out the kronos screen of termagants. 

I chose the exocrine mainly because the tfex's 4+ BS worries me. I do like the idea of the S10 on the rupture cannon, but I guess play testing will help decide which is the better choice. I also figured I had enough S8 coverage with the hive guard. 

Thanks for the helpful reply

[kazetanade]

Trygon + devilgants do NOT get the reroll 1s on the turn they come up. They only get it if they do not move in the movement phase. Deepstrike resetve mechanics counts as having moved for rules purposes.

Exocrines match or outperform T-fexes at anything below T8 3+.

Kronos flyrants are not a great ide. I only ever have 1 for the potential warlord trait.