1800 Point Army

[supermouse]

Okay so let me start off by saying I am new to the game and just got into it on 6th edition. I am playing nids and have played some games but won very few. So here is my idea for a army feel free to adjust or make suggestions.

1 Hive Tyrant with Scything Talons, Stranglethorn Cannon, Acid Blood, Implant Attack and Toxic Miasma

3 Hive Tyrant Guard rending claws and talons

2 Hive Guard

2 Zoanathrope

8 Warriors Scything Talons, Deathspitters and Toxin Sacs

1 warrior Prime 2 Bone Swords Rending Claws

20 Guants with Devourer's with Mycetic Spore

1 Tyrgon Prime w Regen

My thought was to drop the Guants in behind his lines near a tank or what not and have the spore attack it then the guants can unload on a unit near by. The Trygon can come in to help them out while the Zoans go tank hunting,

What do you all think? Not enough troops?

[tytus]

Drop the ST from the hive tyrant or drop the cannon, make him either all melee or all ranged. Given that he is with tyrant guard i would say give him bonesword lashwhip instead of the starnglehorn cannon.

Thats also a lot of warriors, but if you 9 bunsh them and get prime BS and WS might be good. remember to move your untis that are wounded to the back as you advance as wounds are allocated to front ranks. This should allow you some survivablity as you close in.

Good idead with gaunts, only be aware of synapse.

I would argue you could use more troops, if you had to take them maybe drop the warriors down to 4-6 and add some more termigunts and or a tervigon if you have one.

[Deleted]

I wouldn't run a 9 strong Warrior brood. That's a quick way to lose a lot of points to a couple Leman Russ' in a heartbeat.

[Illithid]

Oct 1, 2012 23:19:46 GMT supermouse said:

Okay so let me start off by saying I am new to the game and just got into it on 6th edition. I am playing nids and have played some games but won very few. So here is my idea for a army feel free to adjust or make suggestions.

1 Hive Tyrant with Scything Talons, Stranglethorn Cannon, Acid Blood, Implant Attack and Toxic Miasma

3 Hive Tyrant Guard rending claws and talons

2 Hive Guard

2 Zoanathrope

8 Warriors Scything Talons, Deathspitters and Toxin Sacs

1 warrior Prime 2 Bone Swords Rending Claws

20 Guants with Devourer's with Mycetic Spore

1 Tyrgon Prime w Regen

My thought was to drop the Guants in behind his lines near a tank or what not and have the spore attack it then the guants can unload on a unit near by. The Trygon can come in to help them out while the Zoans go tank hunting,

What do you all think? Not enough troops?

1) On the Hive Tyrant I would lose the ST Cannon, Toxic Miasma, Implant Attack and Acid Blood. Instead I would take L/W + Boneswords (have the potential to inflict instant death) and take T/L Devourers. Also, get yourself Armoured Shell for that 2+ save which will be great for non-AP 2 hits.

2) That brood of warriors is huge, 4-5 max in my opinion. Again, I would have boneswords for combat at a minimum.

3) Drop regen on the Trygon Prime. Also, drop the Prime upgrade.

I would also suggest you get a Tervigon.

[supermouse]

Thanks for the advice! I have made adjustments and I will be playing this army on Wenesday night in a friendly game to see how things go. I do have a odd question not sure if this is the place for it but is the Trygon Prime not worth the points? I see alot of people saying to take just a normal Trygon. Just curious as I have used a prime in previous games and he did pretty well, not great I will admit but he did take out a Incubus Lord and his guards before being pounded to death by skimmers.

[scrotatohead]

Oct 2, 2012 13:40:12 GMT supermouse said:

I do have a odd question not sure if this is the place for it but is the Trygon Prime not worth the points? I see alot of people saying to take just a normal Trygon. Just curious as I have used a prime in previous games and he did pretty well, not great I will admit but he did take out a Incubus Lord and his guards before being pounded to death by skimmers.

With the changes to Rage (re: Feed) a standard Trygon is quite effective. Previously, a 'nid out of synapse that Raged had to attack the closest enemy unit, which could be disastrous if it's a unit that can make short work of your MC. Under 6ed though, units under Rage don't have that restriction and can attack whichever enemy unit they choose. On top of that, units under rage get +2 attacks on the charge. So basically we don't need our Trygons to be Synapse Creatures anymore. That and the extra shooting of the TPrime's weapon isn't a huge improvement. Long story short the standard Trygon is better now for the same points it was before while the Prime is the same as it ever was.

[supermouse]

That is good to know!! Consider him downsized!! I need to get my a Trevigon at some point but right now can't afford one. Hopefully I will do better in the game, I am facing Tau who I hate! Them and their long range weapons from hell.

[Illithid]

If you are facing Tau and running Warriors, take the Barbed Strangler! A direct hit will aid you in making those Fire Warrior Squads fallback (it also has a massive range)