1850 tournament List for c&c

[roxor08]

Hi everyone, I'd like some c&c on a list that is slightly different from my other lists.

HQ
tyranid prime w/devourer, LE/BS, regen, TS
(115)

Elite
X3 hive guard (150)

Troops
X19 devilgants in mycetic spore (230)
X19 devilgants in mycetic spore (230)
Tervigon w/ scything talons, stinger salvo, TS, all three psychic powers (205)
Tervigon w/ stinger salvo, TS , all three psychic powers (200)

Fast attack
X20 gargoyles (120)

Heavy support
Trygon (200)
Trygon (200)
Trygon (200)

Total: 1850

My thought for deployment was to attach the prime to the hive guard for allocation nonsense and to regenerate wounds. Trygons being led by the gargoyles to provide some sort of cover, flanked by the tervigons.

Turn 2 chances are at least one spore should arrive to annihilate a unit of terminators or long fangs. Turn 3 rinse and repeat. Trygons do what they do best and tervigons buff them while spawning scoring units.

Biggest downside is no Flyrant for anti-air defense...

Let me know what you think!

[lordofthebrood]

Two problems, anti-air (as you said) and lack of fast synapse for your gargoyles and dropped 'gants.

The anti-air will only be a problem if you know that you play people with a large number of flyers. If it's just one then you may be able to ignore it.

I assume the gargoyles are only there to provide a cover save, so they'll be sticking close to whatever it needs it?

Good list though. You could drop a trygon to make some ymgarls and upgrade one to a prime, but I guess it's just down to personal taste.

[roxor08]

Thanks for the input!

2 thoughts in response, I know the devilgants don't need synapse the turn they arrive, but they way I understand IB failed tests for lurkers is that if there's an enemy unit in range of the lurking unit, (and they've failed their IB) they just stand and shoot. Correct? The largest downside of this would be if the closest in ranege was something they couldn't damage like a dread or a heavy tank.

Second, would you see value in dropping a Trygon for biovores to attempt to pick off devestator squads or long range units?

I agree that adding Ymargls would be beneficial to the list, but I really like the value Trygons add for target saturation. I couldn't quite do both Ymargls and biovores for the cost of a Trygon...

Lastly, yes the gargoyles are more or less strictly a screen unit and I don't expect them to make it to combat. I typically field a Flyrant in my more recent lists so they haven't needed additional synapse, but with that said, they are also usually one of the first units do die turn 1 or turn 2 so they've never heave needed synapse coverage.

Thanks for th comments!

[Deleted]

I would drop one Trygon and make one Trygon a Prime for some backfield synapse. Then drop the HQ Prime and one Devgaunt and get a Flyrant with dual Devs and HC. You'll have backfield synapse, your reserves will come in faster, you have the option of outflanking a Tervigon and you have AA.

[roxor08]

Good thoughts. So something more like this?

HQ
Flyrant w/ dual tl-devs, and hive commander (285)

Elite
X3 hive guard (150)

Troops
X18 devilgants in mycetic spore (220)
X19 devilgants in mycetic spore (230)
Tervigon w/ scything talons, stinger salvo, TS, all three psychic powers (205)
Tervigon w/ stinger salvo, TS , all three psychic powers (200)

Fast attack
X20 gargoyles (120)

Heavy support
Trygon (200)
Trygon Prime (240)


Total: 1850