1000 Points Vs Marines

[lordofthebrood]

So I'm playing a local rival in a 1000 point game. (Random scenario etc.)

I know what he's bringing:
Land Raider with Assault Cannon/Double Hurricane bolters
Captain with power weapon & Hellfire Rounds
Techmarine
2-3 Squads of Tactical Marines
Scouts (Heavy Bolter and Hellfires Rounds)
Land Speeder.

Would this list have a decent chance against him?
== HQ ==
Hive Tyrant (1) - Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Wings, Paroxysm, Leech Essence = 260 pts. (Swapping for Biomancy)

== Elites ==
Doom Of Malan'tai Brood (130 pts.)
Doom Of Malan'tai (1) = 90 pts.
Mycetic Spore (1) = 40 pts.
Zoanthrope Brood (2) = 120 pts.

== Troops ==
Hormagaunt Brood (21) = 126 pts.
Termagant Brood (10) - Fleshborer = 50 pts.
Genestealer Brood (8) = 112 pts.

== Heavy Support ==
Trygon (1) - Instinctive Behaviour - Feed = 200 pts.

== Total ==
998 pts.

Also, should I swap out the genestealers and 4 hormagaunts for 6 ymgarl genestealers? He tends to sit back and shoot.

[lordofthebrood]

Can anyone comment on the usefulness of ymgarls? Never used them...

[nidzy]

I prefer taking ymgarl to taking the doom of malatai. Both of those units do something that not many can do in the game. I prefer ymgarl because they can really impact someone's deployment plan if they are trying to avoid or cover the piece of terrain they think the ymgarl are on. I don't like the doom because I have wiped out big chunks of my opponents army with him and it just doesn't feel right...Tyranids want to eat you, not suck out your soul:p Ymgarl have definitely come through for me consistently. I like a squad of 7. With 5 you lose one to overwatch, one dies in combat and you may not have enough to finish off the squad you hit.

Anyway, I would drop the doom and put the spore pod on the zoanthropes so you can drop them down next to that landraider. They will do ok walking if he is aggressive you might even get to shoot earlier than if you pod him down. At the same time I really like being able to put them where I want them.

Use the points from the doom and boost your troops which are kind of weak. I like stealers with a broodlord. If you throw a broodlord in there you have a potential powerhouse if you get the right biomancy rolls, and something that will wreck a tac squad in CC. The hormagants squad also won't accomplish a lot against that power armor without toxin sacs for the additional wounds. Another squad of stealers without upgrades would still net you more against the power armor, and they can actually hurt the vehicles as well.

I am assuming you don't have a tervigon since you have written it into this list, but they are in most of my lists, though I have started just taking 1 rather than 2 even in 1850 games. I play them cheap as an objective holder/support unit while some choose to deck them out with crushing claws, extra psychic powers and toxin sacs/adrenal glands. It is a great investement if you dont have one already.

Trygon should do fine. Take advantage of area terrain and move him up the table. He will draw fire off your troops and is a good option against the raider if you fail to kill it with zoanthropes.

[Deadlink]

I think you need the Doom. You up against marines and the dooms ability is really good with marines. It will make mince meat of the Marines. The yamgarls like the guy above me said are great when messing with his deployment. i honestly think if he sits back and shoots then take out the stealers and put the yamgarls in.

Deadlink97~

[bugkeeper]

I agree with deadlink. With all the ignoring ap, and if you can get those attacks in with the hormagaunt you will have no trouble with them. The genestealers could do fairly good against the captain or a tac squad i would recommend deep striking the trygon as a massive damage sponge but im not sure of your opinion on this and how you will use the flyrant but i hope you do well i play many smaller matches like this and my MCs seem to do very well. In my experence hormagaunts (if they get there) will wreck marines. Good luck and happy gaming!