Need First Purchase Suggestions

[xxhivemindxx]

I've played GK for about a year, but new to Tyranids. I'm starting the army and need a 1500-2000 points list suggestion and for starting army. I looked for a post with "must have" units but did not see it.

What models do I NEED for competitive play (well as much as Tyranids can be competitive)? What should be my first purchases?

[Deleted]

Tervigons, Hive Guard, Termagants, Gargoyles are all must haves imo

[coredump]

You are going to get some pretty varied opinions.

Tervigons, Flyrant, Zoans, Hive guard, Yealers, DoM, gaunts.... all worthwhile units.

Gargs and HGaunts also good.

Trygon/Prime are handy to have around

[PumpkinHead]

Coredump covered most of it... but I like my biovores in this edition. Low cost, great for taking on large units of infantry, and when you miss you get randomness.

[swarmlord123]

Sept 14, 2012 17:09:57 GMT PumpkinHead said:

Coredump covered most of it... but I like my biovores in this edition. Low cost, great for taking on large units of infantry, and when you miss you get randomness.

Now this i agree with. Biovores have been causing havoc to my friend for ages because of my amazing misses. One or two of them would be a great addition to a starting player.

[tanagra]

For a brand new army, a good idea might be to pick up a tervigon, a box of termagants and a battleforce. With the battleforce convert the warriors into a prime and two hive guard. Then turn the genestealers into yrmgarl genestealers and the hormagaunts into termagants.

Play a few games with that setup and then decide where you want to go with your hive fleet. Some go more tervigon swarm spam, others add tyrants and trygons/harpies (ground/air respectivaly).

At this point, many play styles are still up for debate so experiment a bit before you expand too far. Use a few counts-as models and find your flair.

Good luck!