2000 pt 8th Ed.

[johndoe22]

HQ - Winged Hive Tyrant - 208pts
            -Lash Whip and Monstrous Bonesword (Reaper of Obliterax)
            -2x Deathspitter with Slimer Maggotd
            -Prehensile Pincer Tail
            -Adrenal Glands

HQ - Broodlord - 162pts

HQ - Neurothrope - 70pts

TROOPS

    -30x Termagants with Devourers - 240pts
    
    -15x Genestealers with Rending Claws - 180pts
                -3x Acid Maw

    -15x Genestealers with Rending Claws - 180pts

                -3x Acid Maw

    -5x Warriors - 140pts
                -Deathspittters and Boneswords
                -Adrenal Glands
ELITES

    -5x Zoanthropes - 200pts

    -4x Hive Guard with Impaler Cannons - 192pts

HEAVY SUPPORT

    -Trygon Prime - 173pts
            -Bioelectric field with Containment Spines
            -Massive Scything Talons
            -Prehensile Pincer Tail
            -Adrenal Glands

    -2x Carnifexes - 196pts
            -Monstrous Scything Talons (x2)
            -Bio Plasma
            -Bone Mace
            -Spore Cysts
            -Adrenal Glands

    -2x Biovores - 72pts

TOTAL POINTS = 2009

-Not sure which hive fleet to go with, thinking Kraken.
-Most battles will probably against some form of space marines, looking for input.

[avasraali]

*disclaimer - my understanding is based on theory, I have little experience of actual games*

First point - it's generally inadvisable, from what I've seen, to run an entire unit of Devilgaunts. Their 18" range isn't the best and they're pretty expensive, relatively speaking (double the cost of a regular termagant). As such, it's more common to run 20x Devilgaunts and then 10x Termagants in the same unit, basically accepting those 10 as expected losses and using them as an ablative shield for the remaining Devilgaunts.

Secondly - the Adrenal Glands on the Flyrant seem a bit unnecessary. I get that you're trying to rush into melee quickly, but glands cost the same on any monster while giving a smaller relative benefit to a Flyrant because it can already move very quickly.

N.B. If you made these two changes you'd save 45 points, which would fix you being 9 points over max, leaving 36 - exactly enough for a third biovore. Biovores are really good against Marines, I believe. Seems to add up!

Third point - the Warriors seem a bit out of place to me. You're already running a Flyrant, a Neurothrope, a Zoanthrope brood and a Trygon prime, so I don't think synapse is an issue; devourers aren't particularly good at killing Marines short of using them for massed fire (which your devilgaunts are already doing), and warriors aren't able to get into melee as quickly as the rest of your list. Personally I'd drop them and either run raveners instead (to support the Trygon dive) or fill out the Stealer and Hive Guard broods (140 points would cover two more Hive Guard and leave you with 46 points; if you made the aforementioned changes then you could spend 50 more to max out a 'stealer squad, getting you an extra Acid Maw, leaving you 4 points over max.

Final points - not really points as such, just to say I'm unsure on 5 Zoanthropes AND a Neurothrope. Is it common to field them in such large numbers? Additionally, I presume Reaper of Obliterax is for your Flyrant to seek & destroy dreads? Just wondering whether it's worth using Chameleonic Mutation instead, given he's going to be targeted a lot.

Re: Hive Fleet - I would agree with Kraken.

P.S. Don't worry about the long list of suggestions - it's all theory. Feel free to ignore.

[brianb9999]

You may want to check your points. I'm getting the carnifexes to be 108 each and the Trygon Prime to be 203.