1000 point army - urgent

[megadeth321]

Hello, I have a team game tonight and had little preparation. It's me and Chaos Space Marines against Eldar and Necrons.

Here's what I have:

Hive Tyrant - TL Devourer - 185
12 Hormagaunts - TS - 96
12 Termagaunts - devourers- 120
2 x 2 Hive Guard - 200
8 Ymgarl Genestealers - 184
Trygon - 200

My plan is to deep strike the Trygon to do some early damage if the dice gods are in my favour. Hide the Ymgarls in terrain so they can ambush the Farseer. Use my gaunts and gants to hold objectives. Not sure about hive guard though, since there will be no vehicles, is it best to use warriors instead? plus I get extra synapse for my termagants.

[Ragged Warrior]

Against Necrons and Eldar you're going to want to be able to MOVE. With the Necrons teleporting everywhere it going to be hard to keep them in battle--and they got some crazy range. I wouldn't even worry about the Eldar--especially since there are no vehicles. I once took down a Wraith Lord with a single squad of 12 Hormagaunts.

Do you have a flyrant? I think the Hormagaunts are a great idea, and the HG are still going to be useful taking out individual characters (although you may not need 4 of them). Use them to take out the leader units in the Necron army: that will limit their regenerative capacity tremendously.

Additional warriors will be good for synapse, but don't put too much faith in them as a scoring unit. They're glass cannons. Can you fit some Spores in? Deep Striking seems to be your best bet, I would think.

Hope this helps.

[megadeth321]

Possibly, but what could I put in them?

[Ragged Warrior]

I'm assuming that you are referring to the spores. Spore in the Devilgaunts behind their lines and unload on them--that's 36 shots on whatever you land next to and is sure to do a pretty good amount of damage. Also, from what I read, it would be a great idea to take a biovore.

If it's a 3-way battle, then focus on the Necrons first. It will take time for the Eldar to catch up anyway. But the faster you engage the Necrons, the better your chances are to beat them.

[megadeth321]

Good idea. I'm still lacking synapse, what about synapse for the give guard?

[Ragged Warrior]

Have a warrior follow them around.

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I'd drop the TS on the Hormagaunts and get 4 more bodies. With 12 they will likely get wiped before reaching combat so beef their numbers and use them as a screen.

[Ragged Warrior]

I agree with 60. I personally dont use many buffs on anything but HQs simply for the reason that Tyranids have to field bodies.