New to 40K and the 'Nids

[Dioghaltas]

TL;DR hows my list lookin folks?
I've only been playing 40K for around 8 months, and my hobby group is sticking with 5th edition for a while. My guess is because everyone besides myself is vehicle heavy and dont want to see my blow up their heavy fire power easier. After playing Space Wolves for a while (Long Live Leman Russ and the 13th Company!) and Ogres in fantasty, i've decided to play the tyranids, mainly because i want to try a swarm army over elite/monster mash. (i should also mention that we have a few house rules, mainly that we can go 15 points over max if necessary)

Currently, im fielding 1012 points (battle force kit is on its way)

Flyrant (325) w/ stranglehorn cannon and sything talons
AG, IA, regen, AB and TM
12x Termagaunts (172) w/ devourers, AG and TS
18x Hormagaunts (180) w/ AG and TS
Deathleaper (140)
15x Gargoyle (120) w/ AG and TS
Biovore (45)
3x Spore Clusters (30)

Everything is pretty much maxed so i can match the other players for points. Keeping in mind im still stuck in 5th edition, what advice can y'all give me to explode my swarm.

I intend to expand my gargoyle broods some more after reading about about the new flyer buffs, and i will be throwing in a couple shiny tervigons asap.

Also, how well should this list, with some tweaking of course, hold up in 6th edition?

[coredump]

Best advice you may not be able to take.

Stop playing at 1K until you have 1K worth of models.
Flyrant should be 2 TLDev, possibly LW/BW+TLDev, (but I don't advise it.)
IA and regen and AB and TM are not very useful. Mostly just a points sink.
AG is rarely a help, if you need more than S6, you will usually want S10 (Smash Attack)
Old Adversary is okay, and Hive Commander might be okay if you have a lot in reserves or something worth Outflanking.. TS is okay if you plan on being in CC ever.


Devilgaunts are good at shooting, and you do *not* want them in CC. Drop the AG/TS

Spore clusters are rarely worth the points

Gargs are Jump, not Flyers. 15 is enough in a brood, I would not go beyond 20.

[Dioghaltas]

Thanks for the clarrifications and advice. im mostly fielding them as is just so i can get use to the specific rules of the tyranids, very different from my Wolves. i think the only thing i know for a fact ill be changing is ditching the stranglehorn, havent decided if my flyrent is going to be played as cc or ranged. still have to expand the troops a bit before anything is set in stone.
Eventually, i intend to have tervigons as my main synapse webbers, when i get the warrios from the battleforce im intending to make them shrieks.
i probably should have mentioned why i have certain things the way they are compared to my opponents;
The group i play with fields the following:
Tau, heavy in battlesuits, with extra devilfish, hammerhead, and broadside support. he also screens with krute.
Necron, player focuses on wraiths and his command squad, not to mention 1-3 monoliths that throw troops all over the place.
2 imperial guard players, 1 spams tanks with very little infantry, the other spams infantry from reserve with 1 hellhound tank and a chimera.
Dark Elder, bro loves his skimmers dropping witches or incubi right on top of priority targets, (i keep the gargoyles close enough to my flyrant to screen, make him deploy further out so i can get some shoots in before going cc)
and probably the biggest threat so far besides the necrons: chaos marines. punk fields 2 land raiders, dreadnought and termis across the board.
i had my space wolves specked againt all of these guys, havent lost in 8 months with them. 2 longfang squads with lascannons and 2 missile launchers per group, wolf guard in termi suits, 1 unit with a rune priest other with either wolf priest or Ajak Rockfist, and plasma guns and flamethrowers w/banners in my hunters.
knowing how to counter my group with heavy artilery and deep strikes, im rying to do something similar, just with swarm tactics as opposed to straight firepower.

EDIT: [glow=red,2,300]thanks coredump for the advice[/glow], took it in kind for a 500 point match up against Tau and wiped em clean, only thing i kept was a few of the 'morphs on my flyrant. that Regen saved me the game in the end. I also just wanted to update my current lists after reworking my list and adding in the Battleforce kit.

'Nids Brood Fury - 740p
Prime w/ swords and scissors, AG, - 100p
18 Devilgaunt - 180p
16 Hormies - 96p
3 Warriors w/swords and scissors, AG - 135p
8 Ymgarl - 184p
Biovore - 45p

'Nids Fleet Fury - 496p
Flyrant w/ AB, Tm, Regen, straight scissors - 280p
24 Hormies - 144p
12 Goyles - 72p

and the one i havent used yet:
'Nids 2001 (house rules we accept a small overage allowance for points
Flyrant w/ scissors, TM, AB, Regen, HC, IA - 320p
PoM - 160
Prime w/ swords and scissors, PB, AG, TS, Regen

34 Hormies w/ AG, TS - 340p
28 Devilgaunt - 280p
3 Warriors w/ swords and scissors, AG, TS - 150p
5 Rippers w/ tunnel swarm, AG, TS - 120p

8 Ymgarl - 184p
Deathleaper - 140p

14 Goyle w/ TS, AG - 112p
3 Spore Mines - 30p

Biovore - 45p.

The big list ive maxed out again a bit to fill points, but after testing each group in 500p skirmishes, im liking the way i have things set up. Any input is appreciated.
I should also note that i've coined scything talons as scissors, i dont know why, also; my group is still stuck in 5th edition