Tyranid Flying Circus

[leeroy1986]

Has anyone tried the army of 2 Flying Hive Tyrants, 3 Harpies and some Devgaunts in pods or Trygon/Fex in pods.

On paper it sounds quite a nasty army that could cause problems. Just wondering if anyone has given it a go and what results they got really.

Leeroy

[infornography]

I haven't tried that. Largely because I don't consider the harpies worth their points. But I do think you should refer to this as a flying zoo. Circuses are for humanoids, we are critters, we have zoos ;-)

[Psychichobo]

I think actually the 'Flying Circus' term was used for a Nid flying list before any other army, though I could be very wrong on that.

[Jabberwocky]

I'm running close to it, though I'm wary of throwing away all my support units.

In my 3k list I've added gargs and shrikes but I won't be trying it out until January.

[DukeMantis]

Doesnt 50% of your army have to be deployed on the table at the start of the game? If all the things mentioned in the OP were deepstriking you would need 7 or so units on the table?

Just wondering

[brianb9999]

No real need to deep strike a harpy is there? I feel like you'd just want to keep it at arms length and blast away with pie plates.

[snowdaman]

Its 50% of ur army must start on the table not including things that have to start in reserve. so pods don't count.

With the tyrants and maybe harpies on the table can have lots of stuff in reserve.

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[leeroy1986]

Well yeah the Harpies would be deployed on the board along with the Flyrants(So there's half of your army). Then the other half drops in pods or so was the idea, such as:-

Flyrant w/ Twin devs - 260 x2(520 Points)
Harpy - 160 x3(480 Points)
14 Termagants + Mycetic Spore w/ Twin-linked Deathspitter - 90 x3(270 Points)
Fex w/ Twin devs + Mycetic Spore w/ Twin-linked Deathspitter - 240 x2(480 Points)

Total = 1750 Points

5 units(The flyers) start on the board and 5 units(The troops+ heavy) deep strike in. Not a ground breaking list I know but I am sure there are several different variants of it. I just wanted to know for those of you who have played such army lists how you have got on really.

Thanks,

Leeroy

[Jabberwocky]

I think it should work reasonably, except for the fact you'll have little to help control objectives.

If the gants have to drop in your deployment zone, they are totally wasted and also dangerously low LD with no synapse. You then have to choose whether to bring back a Flyrant, which may be your only synapse creature left at this point.

Maybe swap 1 brood of gants for an /outflanking) Terv.

Also just noticed the points are off quite a bit. Might have to drop a Harpy to maintain those troops.

[atrocity]

I think it would suck donkey balls


But fun to try for a game or two