1500 Nidzilla

[ralphinator]

I got back into 40k a little before 6ed came out, and have been steadily expanding my nid collection. This time around I've decided to go for T6 wound saturation rather than horde, as when I started in 3ed. Here is a 1500 list I've worked my way towards.

HQ

Swarmlord 280

Flyrant, 2x TL Devourer 260

Elite

3x Hive Guard 150

3x Hive Guard 150

Troop

10 Termagants 50

10 Termagants 50

Tervigon, AG, TS 180

Tervigon, AG, TS 180

Heavy

Trygon 200

I haven't tried it out yet, as I'm still waiting on the last model, but it's what I plan on running. The main weakness is that I couldn't fit in any tyrant guard, but I hope to balance it out by hopefully getting iron arm on the swarmlord, and having someone within range to endurance him each turn. Any thoughts, suggestions or criticism?

[gloomfang]

I have a Swarmlord and you really need that guard. And besides they are T6 as well so they count against T6 Target saturation (they are just not MCs.) Swarmy is WAY to expensive and sucks up way to many shots and he doesn't have an invul. FNP helps, but not as much as the extra 2 wounds per guard.

Also SL can cast 2 powers per turn so he can cast both Iron Arm and Endurance on himself if he has both powers.

I don't know about all of those Hive Guard though. They are not as manditory as they used to be just because most things in your army are going to shread mech.

Tervigons should have Catalyst in this list just because it can't be stopped by Hoods anymore and if you FNP a T6 model it will almost always get to make its save. Or at least it is one more power to trade in.

So I would drop 1 HG off each unit to pay for 1 TG/LW and Cat. o nthe two Tervigons.

[killercroc]

Needs more Carnifex! You simply cannot have a Nidzilla codex without Carnifex. I know they might not be the "Best" But now with the new rules you can LITERALLY glace a vehicle to death, so the HVC and TL-Dev build would actually go a lot toward vehicles.