Post by Enceladus on Jan 11, 2018 19:37:49 GMT
Salve, fellow hive minds. What I've got here is a list I've put together for a tournament that I assume would be reasonably competitive. I will acknowledge it's not completely optimized, but while I do have some other things I could use I do not have an endless list of nids to choose from. Here we go.
2000 PTS
Battalion (Kraken)
Hq
Swarmlord
Winged Hive Tyrant w/Monstrous Rending Claws, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Heavy Venom Cannon
Troops
10 Genestealers w/2 Acid Maws
10 Genestealers w/2 Acid Maws
20 Hormagaunts
Elites
3 Tyrant Guard w/Scything Talons, Rending Claws
3 Venomthropes
Heavy Support
Carnifex w/2 pairs Scything Talons, Tusks, Bone Mace Tail
Carnifex w/2 pairs Scything Talons, Tusks, Bone Mace Tail
Battalion (Khronos)
HQ
Neurothrope
Neurothrope
Troops
3 Rippers
3 Rippers
10 Termagants
Heavy Support
2 Biovores
Tyrannofex w/Rupture Cannon, Stinger Salvo
Elites
4 Hive Guard w/Impaler Cannons
I've got a decent amount of other choices (roughly 4000 points of Tyranids owned including what's in this list), but I think this might be the best I can come up with. I have entertained the idea of swapping out the 2 Carnifexes for a Trygon Prime to enable a potential alpha strike if need be, but I think with Onslaught and a double move from Swarmlord will help the Carnifexes with that. As for how the list will work, the basic idea is Swarmlord, Tyrant Guard, and Venomthropes form a central core, Genestealers do their thing, Hormagaunts be pests/fast grabbers/meatshields, Carnifexes run up and hopefully hit something juicy. A neurothrope, maybe both, will babysit the Tyrannofex, Hive Guard, and Biovores shoot vehicles, choice targets, and so on. Rippers and Termagants run around grabbing objectives and possibly pestering something if need be. Thoughts and conjectures?
2000 PTS
Battalion (Kraken)
Hq
Swarmlord
Winged Hive Tyrant w/Monstrous Rending Claws, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Heavy Venom Cannon
Troops
10 Genestealers w/2 Acid Maws
10 Genestealers w/2 Acid Maws
20 Hormagaunts
Elites
3 Tyrant Guard w/Scything Talons, Rending Claws
3 Venomthropes
Heavy Support
Carnifex w/2 pairs Scything Talons, Tusks, Bone Mace Tail
Carnifex w/2 pairs Scything Talons, Tusks, Bone Mace Tail
Battalion (Khronos)
HQ
Neurothrope
Neurothrope
Troops
3 Rippers
3 Rippers
10 Termagants
Heavy Support
2 Biovores
Tyrannofex w/Rupture Cannon, Stinger Salvo
Elites
4 Hive Guard w/Impaler Cannons
I've got a decent amount of other choices (roughly 4000 points of Tyranids owned including what's in this list), but I think this might be the best I can come up with. I have entertained the idea of swapping out the 2 Carnifexes for a Trygon Prime to enable a potential alpha strike if need be, but I think with Onslaught and a double move from Swarmlord will help the Carnifexes with that. As for how the list will work, the basic idea is Swarmlord, Tyrant Guard, and Venomthropes form a central core, Genestealers do their thing, Hormagaunts be pests/fast grabbers/meatshields, Carnifexes run up and hopefully hit something juicy. A neurothrope, maybe both, will babysit the Tyrannofex, Hive Guard, and Biovores shoot vehicles, choice targets, and so on. Rippers and Termagants run around grabbing objectives and possibly pestering something if need be. Thoughts and conjectures?