Help with my army

[welshboyo94]

Help help help!! I'm new to nids and struggle to make them competitive at the moment, I have a hive tyrant, 16 hormagaunts, 16 termagaunts, 8 genestealers, 3 warriors, 10 gargoyles, 2 hive guard, 2 tyrant guard, 2 lictors, a carnifex, 2 trygons, a tyrannofex. I can't afford to add anything big to my army at the moment and am looking for advice on how to put a good list together with what I have and tactics for making it competitive. Thanks guys!

[Jabberwocky]

With a Broodlord and another box of gargs you have a solid core there.

Can the Tyrant be run as a Swarmlord and can the Tfex be a Tervigon?

Even if not you can still run a solid list.

Tyrant and Guard with OA push forward with horms/gargs, Trygons on the flanks.

Rest holds objectives in your half. If you use the Tfex, keep pushing him forward. Stealers can infiltrate to harass the enemy turn 1 and scare the enemy into moving where you want them.

What sort of armies do you play against and what do you feel is hurting your performance?

[welshboyo94]

I guess at the moment my army isn't sure what it wants to be, nidzilla or horde. I've taken tyrannofex with disruptor cannon and have yet to do anything worth his points. I know it's a pretty decent list that only needs a little tweaking but I just haven't got my head around tactics, at the moment it just seems as though all my gaunts and genestealers are cannon fodder whilst my monstrous creatures are just bringing up the rear taking pot shots with strong weapons but unable to wreak any real havoc

[Lanesend]

Hi Welshboyo, Welcome on the Hive!

Can you tell us what weapons you have on the Tyrant, the warriors and the carnifex? Or did you magnetize them?

Also, who do you play against (what armies) and are you allowed some proxiing of models?

This info would help a lot with giving advice.

[welshboyo94]

I'm playing against Eldar, blood Angels, space wolves mainly... Pretty much always deathstar tournaments lists!! I Play in a club where proxying is not a problem and all my models are magnetised so can give them whatever load out I want

[l0rdf1end]

Deathstars can be countered by a fast list.
In my experience it's a good plan to avoid the Deathstar where possible or entertain it with something fearless to tarpit them.
This buys you time to work on killing the rest of his army.

Only really works if you can outmove him or deploy to avoid.

Genestealers are awesome when using infiltrate however they do need Broodlords to soak up the incoming fire.
Works best with multiple units.

Let us know what you decide on and how your games go.

[Jabberwocky]

I think a big thing to remember, especially against deathstar based lists, is to play the mission.

Often the enemy will have minimal troops whereas we often have 4+ so try and takes his out while avoiding or tarpitting his deathstar and you can basically guarantee at least a draw.

Don't be afraid to throw either T6 or 3++ units into combat just to sit there, if it holds down his only dangerous unit for 2 turns.

Also try and know when it's safe to trade unit for unit.