1000 point tyranid army

[noize]

i have about a 1000 point tyranid army and i was wondering what i should add, as well as some strategies. I'm only a beginner and i started last month.

Swarmlord x1
zoanthropes X2
Tyrant guard X3
hive guard X2
hormagaunt X12
termagaunt X26

i was also thinking of adding a Flyrant as well.

[Squire]

If you were going to expand to 1500 points then more troops and monstrous creatures would be a good idea. You could achieve that with two tervigons and a unit of termagants. That would mean you have all 6 troop slots accounted for and two more MC's. If that doesn't interest you, then it would still be a good idea to aim for two more troop choices. More hormagaunts and/or termagants. Then maybe have a think about trygons or carnifexes. The Swarmlord and his guard are going to draw a ton of fire, so there's every chance another monstrous creature could just walk up the board without taking fire

With the 1000 point army you listed, all an opponent would have to do against you would be to wipe out the hormagaunts and termagants, and then you can't capture objectives.

Whatever you do when you expand the army, make sure you put some more synapse creatures down. So far you've only got the SL and the zoanthropes. A tervigon would fill a troop slot and provide synapse, as would warriors

[noize]

ok, so i should basically get some tervigons and a trygon. so i can have more troop support, a heavy support and more synapse creatures right?

[Squire]

Dec 22, 2012 2:41:15 GMT noize said:

ok, so i should basically get some tervigons and a trygon. so i can have more troop support, a heavy support and more synapse creatures right?

It depends how many points you want to build, of course

Looking at your army now, the two immediate concerns are

1. Not enough troops
2. Not much synapse

So two tervigons and a unit of termagants would cover both of those problems immediately. All of a sudden, those weaknesses would be strengths. Lot of synapse, lots of troops

From there (maybe about 1500 points) you'd have some freedom to decide how to expand. If you wanted to play an 1850 point game then you could put in whatever you want, really. You could just go with some cool stuff that you'd enjoy painting and playing with

Anyway, if you can get more troops and synapse a different way then go for it. There may be one or two most competitive Tyranid army lists in the current edition, but it would be boring if everybody fielded those army lists. I'd say as long as you have enough troops to grab objectives and enough synapse to keep everything in check, do whatever you like. One of the joys of 40k is creating something unique and not just doing what everyone is doing

[noize]

OK, thanks!! that's really helpful. should i also invest on some other troop choices like warriors, genestealers, etc?

[lordofthebrood]

Some genestealers, to use as ymgarl genestealers... (only 6-8 of them). Warriors can be lost easily to ID but are a reasonably good unit.

If you have the money, get tervigons and termagants. If you don't then just go for the gants, as a 20W, 100 point unit.

[noize]

why ymgrl gensestealers? i heard their very tricky to use

[Illithid]

They're not tricky to use. You and your opponent deploy and then you decide which area terrain piece to set them up in. They normally arrive Turn 2 and then you assault ~ they work the charm.

[noize]

ok, so do you think they would add a nice punch to my army?

[lordofthebrood]

Yes, alot of people sometimes even run two units. See that pesky heavy weapons team/bunch of broadsides/devastators on the hill near those bushes? They're squishy when 8 ymgarls run into them on T2.

They'll either wreck the unit they hit outright or tie them up until your next turn. Very useful.