First time 6th ed. & First time 'nids campaign lis

[neverendingdark]

Afternoon all, first post!

Having JUST got into 40k, me & a few friends are doing a friendly campaign over the next two months, using random missions from the rule book.

I wanted to get some feedback on my first ever list against the opponents I'm up. Against in the campaign.

The Enemy will be: Space wolves
Dark Eldar
Tau
Grey knights
Daemons

Here's my list:

Hive Tyrant
Brain leech devourer
Armoured Shell
Old Adversary


2x Tyrant Guard


20 Devil Gaunts
Mycetic Spore
Twin-linked deathspitter


Tervigon
Toxin Sacs
Catalyst


30 h.gaunts
T.sacs


9 Genestealers
Brood Lord w/ implant attack


3 Hive Guard


2 biovores


Trygon prime



39 pts left!

[neverendingdark]

First post, and no advice from anyone.........?

[Lanesend]

Hi Neverendingdark, welcome to the Hive.
Yeah it's been a bit busy on this board lately, with a lot of new people seeking advice. Which is a very good thing, of course. The Hive Mind is proud of it's minions.

Is it a 1750 list? I counted 1775 (including the leftover points), but I could be wrong, adding the points from memory.

For a Nid list it's a good and balanced start. You have your anti-tank in the Hive Guard and the TMC's. Synapse looks okay. Enough Troops.
And with the Mycetic Spore with devgaunts and the Trygon, you can put some early pressure on the enemy.

The only thing I would consider changing at this moment is the stealer unit. Stealers lost a lot of their speed (= usefulness) in this edition. The unit as it is costs 196 points for 10 models who have to walk towards the enemy.
For 184 points, you can have 8 Ymgarl stealers, who can pop out of terrain (turn 2 or 3) and assault in that same turn.
This is very useful for tying up (and killing) shooty units which you will encounter with the armies you're up against.

This also gives you a few more points to play with.

Maybe you can give your Tyrant an extra BL devourer gun (it's an excellent weapon!) As a Monster he is allowed two shooting attacks.
Or maybe cut a few hormagaunts (not below 20 models) and invest in some gargoyles?

More fast threats is always good in a Nid army. But really, this list is fine.

I can tell you what to look out for with the enemies you posted.

Space Wolves - Long Fangs, those are the guys standing in the back with (probably) Missile launchers. Keep your Tervigon and Trygon in cover until they have been dealt with, otherwise you'll see those 6 wounds evaporizing before your eyes. Also they have a Runepriest who screws with your psychic powers and can let Monstrous Cretures disappear in the ground.

Dark Eldar - Probably the worst matchup for Tyranids. They can fly in circles around you shooting poisoned weapons. Try and down his transport vehicles ASAP! And then proceed to chew on the soft parts.

TAU - I didn't fight against them in years, but it's a very shooty army. Lots of long range high powered guns. Close the gap by running towards him, and kill him in assault.

Grey Knights - Also a difficult army to play against. It depends a lot on what kind of army your opponent fields, but as a rule of thumb. Go for objectives and deny his ability to go for objectives. If he fields Paladins (2 wound terminators with a lot of special weapons), don't try to kill them, but tie him up with expendable troops like spawned termagants and hormagaunts. Also shooting with a lot of devilgants might work.

Daemons - Don't have a lot experience with these, but the best tip I can give you is to check the vs. Daemons thread in the tactics board. There is a very extensive list there with info on all the Deamon units you might encounter and tips how to fight them.

Hope this helps. Let us know how it goes! Happy hunting.

[neverendingdark]

Lanesend thanks for the extensive feedback, I really appreciate it.

I looked at the ymarg's, as I've seen them in many other lists before. I'm assuming I can't include a brood lord with these though right?

Hav also seriously considered gargoyles, as hammer of wrath makes them useful.

Glad everything else fits, it's more or less all the models I have!

Played a practice against our space wolfer, and achieved a huge victory. The devilgaunts really steal the show when they land! He also had a unit of (?) with a wolf priest, and all the marines had two-plasma pistols! Nasty unit, but the Trygon seems to always do really well for me, in this case, chewing straight through them!

Il post my campaign escapades when we start next week.


Thanks saying for the advice!