2000 point reserve-ish list

[shadowfinder]

I have been playing this list for about a 2 months know with good results. Vs death wing (Losing but very bloody battles but it is close.), daemon ( Losing every time) and lastly some SM BA players with mostly wins their.

I am looking for some C&C on the list to improve it.

== HQ ==
Hive Tyrant (1) - Lash Whip And Bonesword, Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Wings, Paroxysm, Leech Essence, Hive Commander =

== Elites ==

Doom Of Malan'tai
Mycetic Spore
Ymgarl Genestealer Brood x 7

== Troops ==
Genestealer Brood
Genestealer (20).
Mycetic Spore (1)
Tyranid Warrior Brood (3) - Deathspitter, Scything Talons
Tervigon (1) - Cluster Spines, Toxin Sacs, Cat, Taken As Troops
Termagant Brood (11) - Fleshborer

== Fast Attack ==
Ravener Brood (6) - Rending Claws, Deathspitter

== Heavy Support ==
Trygon Prime (1) - Containment Spines, Toxin Sacs, Trygon Prime Upgrade, Synapse Creature, Shadow In The Warp
Trygon Prime (1) - Containment Spines, Toxin Sacs, Trygon Prime Upgrade, Synapse Creature, Shadow In The Warp

== Total ==
1996 pts.

I deep strike the primes raveners and dormant the ymgarls. The list hits hard 2nd turn with lost of threat overload.

I love genestealers and I'm trying to make them work. They get a lot of attention when they come in but that saves the rest of the army from shooting or vice verse.
The warriors play a back field scoring role.

Any questions I'll try to respond quickly.

[Illithid]

Personally, I would drop the Genestealer Brood or replace them with two smaller broods of 8, each with a Broodlord and Infiltrate both (Stealers are not as brilliant as they use to be). You are spending ALOT of points on this unit and paying for them to DS in a Mycetic Spore and stand around and be shot.

I also would drop the Prime upgrade on one or both of your trygons and charge them across the board. Lose the Deathspitters on the Raveners also, they are better served as an assault unit. 12" move that totally ignores terrain, run next turn, you are guaranteed a 2nd turn assault.

I would start everything besides the Ymgarls on the board (for obvious reasons). Now you have four Monstrous creatures on the board Turn 1, Two units of Genestealers infiltrating that they need to deal with or be assaulted Turn 2, a Flyrant that will engage them Turn 2, and Raveners assaulting Turn 2.

That is threat overload without changing your list to much. With the points from the Prime upgrades, I would invest in a Gargoyle screen of 15-18 un-upgraded. I still would get 2 Hive Guard also to pop transports etc to make life easier, perhaps by dropping a Ravener, using the points from the mycetic spore that the stealers were in, and from losing Hive Commander.