Mantis Rising : Tourament List Advice Needed!

[DukeMantis]

There is a doubles tournament in January that i will be attending as the partner of another Tyranid player! Im very excited as it will be my first tournament in a couple of years, and a real pressure test for my generalship with the Tyranids! Im told its not a super hardcore tournament like some of the big ones you hear about, but i have no doubt there will still be some hard armies, some cheesey lists and some skilled players. If anyone could help me tweak my 1250 or give me any advice please comment below!

Tournament Stipulations:

1250 Pts per Player 2500 points per team
Shared Force Organization as usual for us
1 HQ required
2 Troops Required
1 Elite
1 Fast
1 Heavy
With Floaters for Elite, Fast & Heavy (if not sure what I mean I can give examples)
NO Named or Unique Characters
NO Duplicates of Heavy Elite or Fast in 1 Army.
You may take a Landraider as a troop transport and a Heavy.
NO Allies
NO Fortifications
WYSIWYG
No Shared Abilities / transports friendly models mean from your own army list, even if you share the same codex.


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TYRANID DOUBLES TOURNEY LIST
1250pts


HQ- Hive Tyrant w/ Wings, 2x T-L Devourers w/ brain leech Worms, Hive Commander
285
TROOPS- 18 Hormagaunts w/ Toxin Sacs
144
TROOPS- 11 Devilgaunts w/ Mycetic Spore
150
TROOPS- Crushigon w/ Crushing Claws, Onslaught, Catalyst, Toxin Sacs, Adrenal Glands
235
ELITES- 7 Ymgarl Stealers
161
FAST ATTACK- 10 Gargoyles*
60
HEAVY SUPPORT- Trygon w/ Toxin Sacs
210

1245 pts
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TACTICS:
Take Biomancy on both Hive Tyrant and Tervigon, dropping all the powers they have naturally/have purchased.

Keep the Hormies safe out of sight or behind a Gargoyle screen in turn 1, then unleash a synchronised deep strike with Trygon, Outflanking Tervigon, Devilgaunts and Ymgarls arriving on a 2+ on turn 2 due to Hive Commander. In games where i might be hoping to spawn more termagaunts immediately i may outflank the Hormagants instead!

My partner will hopefully also be a Tyranid player with a nice balanced list. He is bringing Hive Guard for sure.

He msg'd me a rough idea of what he will be fielding:

1 HT w BS/LW and HVC
1 Tyrant Guard
3 Hive Guard
2x Venomthropes
Tervigon w cat, AG, TS
15 Termagants
15 Termagaunts
13 Hormagaunts w TS
Trygon


That isnt set in stone, as he will likely need more playtests. I have playtested my 1250 and did serious damage to the orks i was against in a game of The Relic.

Thanks for reading Any and all feedback welcome!

[jackshrapnel]

As a doubles list I'm liking it for sure...

you've got some pretty cool CC threats that cannot be ignored, and that much coming in on 2+ turn two is going to really mess with target priority...

[DukeMantis]

Thanks for the feedback Jack, thats certainly what im hoping to do! Nice target saturation and scare tactics. The only thing is that my Tervi cant spawn the turn it arrives, so i have to hope it doesnt get instakilled!

[DukeMantis]

After a few more playtests im thinking of tweaking the list for tonights game, as usual any thoughts on the list would be much appreciated! You can see the old list above.

TYRANID TOURNEY LIST
1250pts

HQ- Hive Tyrant w/ Wings, 2x T-L Devourers w/ brain leech Worms, Hive Commander, Old Adversary
310
TROOPS- 17 Hormagaunts w/ Toxin Sacs, Adrenal Glands
170
TROOPS- 12 Devilgaunts w/ Mycetic Spore
160
TROOPS- Crushigon w/ Crushing Claws, Onslaught, Catalyst, Toxin Sacs, Adrenal Glands
235
ELITES- 7 Ymgarl Stealers
161
HEAVY SUPPORT- Trygon w/ Toxin Sacs
210

1246pts


I dropped the 10 gargoyle screen in favour of Old Adversary; the rerolls for shooting will be unimportant for to hit rolls but will help me get those glances and pens which have been a little dicey in recent games. Also the buff it can give to nearby units is quite nice, especially as i often try to get it near the deepstrikers. I made the gaunts tougher with Adrenals too


Its light on the ground, and sinks alot of points into monsters... but provided my Tervigon doesnt (please do not swear) out i feel its got some potential. My partner takes;

Tyrant with LW&BS, HVC, Armoured Shell, Hive Commander
3 Hive Guard
3 Zoanthropes w/ Mycetic Spore
Basic Termagants (i forget how many, maybe 15)
15ish Hormagants will AG + TS
Trygon w/ Toxin Sacs
Tervigon w/ Toxin Sacs, Adrenal Glands, Catalyst
Thats from memory but you get the idea

Thanks for reading