Nid in low points?

[fullnid]

So after a few year absense, I was thinking of getting back into nids.

What tatics are good ln like 1k points? Part of me wanted to try nidzilla, but when I actually went to plan that out it looked like a horrible idea. Would a flyrant be viable in 1k? One of the local guys does run a valk.

[elitemaster]

You can run the flyrant but its pricy cuz you will most likly have to give it at lest one TL gun. In 1k game I say and I ran this army in a few games. Filled a Tyrant with armored shell and make him pure close combat use termys for your close rang shotting and hormys to run up with the Tyrant. Have some y stealers hidein in some terran and a hive gurad to make you oppent chose were to stay in open or in cover. have a venomthrope in the back but stays in rang of you units to give 5+ cover so you dont have to run into cover for cover saves. You can try this idea out if you like it runs all right but I've only used it against Necros and Tue

[gigasnail]

at 1k i'm running a dakka flyrant, two tervigons with 3 powers, crushing claws, TS/AG, a brood of 3 HG, and two units of 12 gants. works well lasts long time. iron arm tervigons are brutal at low points.

[fullnid]

So hive guard are a must no matter what I do?

And I should have them roll on biomancy rather then keep their spells or roll on any other chart?

[rpricew]

Hive Guard are NOT a must...

They are a very reliable, cheap, effective unit... but in 6th edition I've won more games than lost (see record below) and I don't run Hive Guard in any of my lists... (except one of the games I lost )

Try Ymgarls, try Hive Guard, try the Doom of Malantai w/Spore Pod... see what you like to play with.

[fullnid]

Out of those three, I own zoans and tons of stealers.

I haven't played nids since 4th, infact since the old codex. But I'm trying to get an idea of what to buy/put toghether to play them again.

Are ymguarls viable in 1k points? They seem like alot of points for a fragile unit.

[rpricew]

Take them in units of 7-8, if you add a reserve bonus boost like Hive Commander or Alien Cunning they will usually show up turn 2 and wreck something. If assaulting into cover or through terrain, then take the +1 Toughness on the first round of assault to reduce casualties.

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[elitemaster]

Y stealer are not weak by any means when you charge give +1 T and they can take over watch and still live and in melee with you oppoent needing 4s to hit and most likly 5s wound they will live the first round of combat and hoply not kill the enemy unit in one shot so during your oppoents turn you give +1 attack and kill them off that turn and move on to the next assualt with them. Just keep useing +1 T then +1 A so you can do the most with them

[fullnid]

I was actually thinking that +1 T was the only viable one to do on my turn, and to do either +1 a or +S depending on what I'm facing.

I'll have a list up soon.

[deadeight]

EDIT

[t⊗theark]

Biovores are pretty mean in lower point games. So is the Doom.

[drummerboy]

Oct 27, 2012 22:08:39 GMT fullnid said:

Out of those three, I own zoans and tons of stealers.

I haven't played nids since 4th, infact since the old codex. But I'm trying to get an idea of what to buy/put toghether to play them again.

Are ymguarls viable in 1k points? They seem like alot of points for a fragile unit.

I personally feel like ymargls in smaller point games can be a fail really quick. At the 1k point level, armies aren't likely to have as many units available for the yealers to charge from their piece of area terrain. Once you appear and kill something you will almost undoubtedly be out of range for a second assault. That said I assault with +1 T and in the next phase I use +1A to clear the enemy in their assault phase.

Survival is key in smaller games and HG do this very well being able to hide out of LoS as well as being T6. For this same reason I think biovores are a good buy. HG are to light armor what biovores are to infantry. I've had biovores make 10x their points back against armies like orks or IG .

[vecuu]

Tyranid Prime is the best HQ for low point games, in my opinion.

I take one standard, and, if I'm feeling mean, I take two.

Edit: with regards to Hive Guard, I tend to go by the standard of 1-2 for every 500 point increase. It depends really on how many vehicles you fight, though.

[blindmage]

The Parasite in small games can be great, you can pump out so many Rippers and just tarpit things away from objectives and such while grabbing them with your other troops.

[the6thdegree]

At 1250pts I have been running:

Flyrant (Scy Tals & T/L Dev)
2 x Tervs (3 Psychic powers, Toxin & Adrenal)
20 x Gants
19 x Gants
2 x Hive G
2 x Hive G
1 x Dakkafex

Its been pretty successful in all my lower pt games in 6th; 4 MCs is tough and there are plenty of psychic powers and Gants to flood the board.