Alpha & Beta Strike...sort of

[drummerboy]

I feel like I have a good strategy for overwhelming the enemy. The idea is to hit the enemy with two strikes and put them in a position where there is a ton to deal with all at once and then all the sudden they are snack cakes for the cc units.

Alpha
Would deepstrike/spore into the enemies' lines. This also includes the flyrant who will start on the table with beta strike (I think she can, I read in a forum that has me double checking this later) and head straight for a soft spot in the enemies lines. She is also going to hopefully soak up a good chunk of the first round of shooting. I will try to place her so if she crashes she is behind some terrain.

Dakka Flyrant - Wings, 2x Devourer, OA,HC - 310
Doom - Pod w/DS - 140
Devilgaunts (20) - Pod w/DS - 250
Tervigon - AG,TS, Catalyst, Crushing Claws (outflank, don't have to, but I have the option) - 220
Dakkafex - Spore w/DS - 240

Yealers (10) - 230
These guys are just around to help the shooty stuff with early cc. I'm worried about their durability, but either way they will pop out whenever they can get a good charge so not necessarily with either strike.(I've never used them and always wanted to, due to not spamming HG & Zoans, I think I'm going to give them a shot)

Beta Strike
Would hopefully be able to avoid lots of heavy fire and move across the board together. All of my fire will go into opening transports on the first turn so my gaunts have something to shoot at. The Swarmlord is around for psychic support and as heavy cc support (and synapse). The tervigon can be deployed with either group

Swarm Lord - 280
x1 Guard - Lashwhips -65
Hive Guard (3) - 150
Termagant (23) - 115


Any thoughts on things that might also work (or improve mine) would be appreciated.

[squash]

What is this, a 2000 point list?

[swarmy]

I think you summed up the gist of playing Tyranids: throw enough threats at them simultaneously that they have to make hard decisions. I don't see many downsides unless your opponent miraculously rolls into the strategic warlord traits and get the "ruins your reserve rolls" one...I think it's 4 or 5 and it knocks down your reserve rolls by 1. Also, watch out for seized initiative as they can wipe the flyrant off the board if it's on the board (clearly not swooping yet if it's their turn) and they've got the means. I've seen mine almost smeared on the field by blood angel's missiles turn 1. Should be fine though I suppose with the upgrades to the Tyrant and the low odds of anything getting in the way of that.

Try it out and tell us how it goes? More veteran people than I will chime in soon I'm sure; the usual players

[drummerboy]

@ squash: yes its 2000 assuming I have it all inserted right. I just use excel so I'm not saying that it is perfect, but I just glanced it over and didn't see anything...

I went ahead and added the points...I guess I should start writing in the points on every list. No one at my store really plays allies (or if they do they aren't any cheezy combos) so I don't even need the 2nd FOC. I'm not sure I'd use it at 2500 tbh.

On the Yealers, I've read that people take the toughness boost when on the charge for overwatch, any other tips for running them successfully?

[Jabberwocky]

I like the idea but I think your beta strike units are quite slow. They will probably reach combat turn 3.

You might do better with raveners/Trygons maybe, then you can also mix up more/different deepstrikers.

Something you could try with yealers which I've not pulled off yet; +S, furious charge from Swarmlord, enfeeble on T4 units making them T3 = instant death. Good way to break FnP on the charge potentially. Against T3 FnP such as DE it works without enfeeble on the charge, though obviously it would still be a boon and even let you go +T leaving them at 6s to wound.

[coredump]

I thought you were trying to 'break out' of your old lists. This looks pretty similar. The list is fine, but if you want to try new units... go for it.