New to Forum, New to 6th Ed (1850 shootzilla list)

[trygonprime]

Hello all,

I have been away from WH40k for about a year, but before that, I had been playing since 1996. I knew I couldn't stay away forever, and now that I'm back, I wanted to play Tyranids again. After scanning the Internet for several days, I have found that this site is the best for Tyranid players of all ages, and skill levels. I thought I'd post a list that would be suitable for 6th edition, as it would seem that it is a very shooting-oriented format. This list may be typical Godzilla, but I thought I'd offer my strategies to the units I chose.

1850 points

HQ

Tervigon w/ Cluster Spines - Catalyst
Tervigon w/ Cluster Spines - Catalyst

***Pretty standard HQ choice since the most recent book was released, but I didn't want to give them too many upgrades. Just the ones necessary to support the rest of the army. Catalyst will help the units in the front lines survive longer.***

Troops

Termagant Brood of 10
Termagant Brood of 10
Termagant Brood of 10
Tervigon w/ Cluster Spines - Toxin Sacs
Tervigon w/ Cluster Spines - Toxin Sacs
Tervigon w/ Cluster Spines - Toxin Sacs

***Again, pretty standard, but these Tervigons are used to help support the Termagants if they need to attack units attempting to seize objectives. The Termagants and Tervigons should be used to blitz objectives, going straight for them to secure and hold them.***

Elites

Brood of 2 Hive Guard
Brood of 2 Hive Guard
Brood of 2 Hive Guard

***I haven't decided whether or not to make these 2 units of 3, or keep them as 3 units of 2. These are my light-vehicle destroyers, and again, are pretty standard.***

Heavy Support

Mawloc
Mawloc
Mawloc

***These are what may separate my list from the normal Godzilla lists. Mawlocs are fantastic for the points if used properly, and in my opinion, have much better utility than Trygons or Trygon Primes. The main targets for these are enemy tanks with higher armor, units attempting to stay in or behind cover, or units with fantastic armor saves. Many players believe that the Mawloc is a waste of points, but in my hands, they will do great things.***

Also, I thought I'd give some reasons as to why I chose a few things. While advancing forward toward objectives, I feel that Cluster Spines are great for whittling down opposing forces during the turns just prior to engaging them. I don't plan on killing much with this attack, but having 5 of these, plus having the 3 Mawlocs exploding on units from underground, will surely do some damage. The units that want to assault me, or get their small arms fire into range, should be a lot smaller, and more easily handled. If my opponent's front-line units are down to even 50% of their starting strength, I can throw a few Termagants at them, and either tie them up, or polish them off. This also helps the Mawlocs in hand-to-hand if they want to help due to their low number of attacks.

I hope my list hasn't been posted, or is a copy of someone else's list. If it is, please let me know, and give credit to the person that this list mimics. This is my first post on this site, so be kind.

Thank you for your time,

TP

P.S. For those of you that remember posting on other sites back in the day, my name on those forums was BloodAnglesBrotherKalibroxin, and was good friends with BloodAngelBrotherEdward. Just a mention.

[l0rdf1end]

I like your list.
It will be hard to kill against a lot of other lists.

The only real problem for you is mass flamers/templates. JAWS from Spacewolves can Kill multiple Tervigons with one hit.

Mawlocs when spammed do work well especially when you are already flodding the board with targets.
They can also be great with some timing for late game and getting that hit over a held objective knocking your opponents unit off turn 5.
The boost for them was 6th edition and meaning units have to be outside of transports to hold objectives.

[bebe]

Seems we have the same idea. i just posted a similar list at 1500 but I use a Deathleaper (I think he has a lot more utility in 6ed and helps that rune priest problem) and a single Trygon (it has a different usage than Mawlocs so it splits up your threats).

Have you considered biomancy on all your Tervigons. You might find that the new powers greatly enhance their threat value. And also in 6ed I've switched from cluster spines to stinger salvos ( less likely to hurt your own termagants which if enfeeble is active can actually hurt a unit shooting).

Hive Guard are quite good but you might want to consider adding some Ymgarls - they keep units away from cover/terrain and they can handle farseers/rune priests as well. They are also a credible cc threat.

I would not be too bothered by flamer/templates - spread out and spawn when needed. Also the rune priest can be handled - he will be without transport likely - so Mawlocs and Leaper and can deal with him.