new to 6th , my old army viable?

[hiveelysium]

Hey guys, ive been away awhile. Anyways, i was wondering if my old army (full reserve) is viable with a few changes or if i need a completely new army concept.

Swarmlord
Ymgarl genestealers (two broods)
Zoanthropes in pod
Genestealers (three groups outflanking)
Termagaunt brood
Tervigon (catalyst)
Trygon
trygon

[fragile]

Very viable. Though you should have some guard with Swarmy

[carnogaunt]

You can only keep half of your units in reserve (rounding up, not counting for units which are required to start in reserve).

The Zoanthropes in Mycetic Spore are the only unit in your list which is required to start in reserve. So you'll have to deploy five of your units at the start of the game.

Also note that your Genestealers can't assault on the turn they Outflank. Not that this necessarily cripples them.

[hiveelysium]

What page are those rules on? i just got the 6th ed book. and have been reading little bits of it.

[carnogaunt]

Reserve up to half of units: "Preparing Reserves" on p. 124
No charge after arriving from Reserve: "Arriving from Reserves" bold paragraph on p. 125

Edit- The part regarding the Zoanthropes is because of the rules for the Mycetic Spore in our codex.

[hiveelysium]

this is my 1500 point army after a little understanding of 6th ed rules


Tyrant (wings, hive commander)
zoan x2 pod
ymgarl x5

gsx10
gsx10
tgaunt x15

Harpy (regen)

trygon
trygon prime



my understanding of the pyschic powers is that i can trade them in for rolls on the biomancy, telekenisis and telepathy charts. my tyrant would get one biomancy roll and i would get psychic shriek the telepathy primaris power.

the Tyrant, tgaunts, and harpy deploy normally
The two groups of Genestealers outflank
The Trygon adn Trygon prime deepstrike
the Zoantrhopes and ymgarl have to reserve due to rules

[brianb9999]

Read the entry for ymgarls carefully...they *may* deploy in a dormant state. Not that you ever wouldn't deploy them that way, but they don't actually count as a unit that must be reserved.

[carnogaunt]

Jul 23, 2012 23:47:34 GMT hiveelysium said:

my understanding of the pyschic powers is that i can trade them in for rolls on the biomancy, telekenisis and telepathy charts. my tyrant would get one biomancy roll and i would get psychic shriek the telepathy primaris power.

The Hive Tyrant has two psychic powers. As per the Tyranid FAQ*, if you swap out a model's codex-specific psychic powers, you have to swap out all of them.

* Note for future reference it is the FAQ, not the rulebook, which allows the codex powers to be exchanged. This might not be the case for the upcoming 6th Ed codexes.

[hiveelysium]

can i trade them for a roll on two different charts? thats what i was wanting to do

[carnogaunt]

Yes, you can.

Sorry, I misread that. I thought you wanted to make just one roll for which you would take the primaris power.

[wisdomseyes1]

Full reserves is not viable.. Just saying. If someone said it already I missed them say it.

At the end of any game turn, if you have no models on the board, you lose.