500 pts tourney tomorrow.

[ikterus]

I'm playing a 500 pts tourney tomorrow.

My nids had no Tervs and no Termagaunts at all until I started rush painting yesterday.

This will be the first time I use Tervs and gaunts ever. I only have one Terv painted so far.

The tourney is 500 pts (all and everything in the book is welcome) and we'll use very small boards (24x48, deployment on the short side). We're 15 players and many different armies will make an apperance.

I'm there to have fun and I want to use alot of psychic shanedegans.

This is my list:

HQ
Tervigon, claws, three biomancy powers (will pop gaunts to grab objective close to my deployment zone)

Elite
Hive Guard
Hive Guard (kills whatever's the biggest threat)

Troops
11 Hormagants (will rush forward and soak fire from the juicier targets)
5 Stealers + BroodLord (Biomancy)

497 pts

I guess some will frown upon my MSU Stealers... I want to try them! I know the BL is a gamble as there is a risk he will get Biomancy powers he can't use. But I think that the unit might be a real annoyance for my opponents and with some luck he'll get Enfeeble, Iron Arm or Endurance and then they will hate him.

The small boards will probably work in my favour (Hive Guard will be in range, Hormies will reach the enemy) and the Terv will be hard to kill in a 500 pts environment.

Comments? Tips?

Also, please remind me, can the BL keep gaze and exchange the other one for a roll on Biomancy?

[ikterus]

No tips? Tournament starts in 3 hrs...

[dwez]

Seems like a list I'd try myself, good luck with it.

[bugpunk]

That sounds like a mean list! How did it go?

[ikterus]

The list worked out rather fine. The Terv was a monster, the hormies grabbed objectives every game (never got killed, never reached combat(!)), and the Hive Guard popped armor.

The Brood Lord had a rough night... As you know there are two powers in Biomancy that the BL can't use. But to be left without power you'll have to roll a six followed by a four (or vice versa). This I did in 3 out of four games (the forth game I got one power)!!! As far as I can see the odds for this happening once is 5.5% (33% to roll an four or six and 1/6 out of 33% is 5.5%)

I can't throw the Brood Lord out just because of this but you have an eye witness here to tell you that exchanging power for the BL is risky indeed.