Dirty 500pts list ...

[Macradon]

Alright hive, here i have my 500pts list. It's a fun and effective list i usually play with. 'Nids can really be beasts in small games like these.

~~HQ~~
-Prime - Lash Whip & Bonesword, Rending Claws, Adrenal Gland.

~~Elite~~
-2 Hiveguards

~~Troops~~
-3 Warriors, Pair of Boneswords, Rending Claws, Adrenal Gland. 1 having Venom Cannon
-7 Genestealers

This small point list is one of the most effective I've ever fielded. The small tables we play on at my local Wargaming store, the table's a about few inches too short, but not enough to notice it. The scenery around looks awesome and there is cover, always some cover.

The Prime connects with the Guards to be a body guard if anything should get near. The Genestealers wait until they can get in. The Warriors just trying to get up and assault, going through terrain. The venom cannon can take light vehicles if any and also kill infantry.

Genestealers comes in, something assaults them and some of them die. If the stealers has higher initiative (Usually) they will beat the snot out o everything. If nothing assaults them because they may be bad when outflanking in 6th. They can then assault teh next round. If you only get your stealers in in round 5, they are basically useless ... but they're worth the shot!

What do you guys think about this list?

[swarmy]

I think it might shine more with more bodies on the table. That's not too many models running around and not much in the way of target saturation. You'll find your opponents (DE and maybe some chaos excluded) will have trouble shoring up enough shots to clear a small swarm at 500pts. Dropping all the rending claws (which are redundant with the swords), switching to barbed strangler, and one hive guard will give you enough room for 15 termagants to pad that list with bodies a little. Also bringing in the devourers and attaching the prime to the warriors makes it a decent shooting base. 36 wounds without changing the list too drastically might work a little better than 23

[Squire]

I'd prefer toxin sacs on the warriors (and prime) to adrenal glands. Toxin sacs and boneswords go together nicely. Against most infantry you'll be hitting on 3's, then wounding on 3's or 4's with re-rolls to wound. No saves. Considering they're free the rending claws are a nice option to have against light armour, but I'd rather take scything talons to get the extra re-roll of 1's to hit. Then you're getting re-rolls to hit and wound most of the time plus no armour saves.

With the venom cannon I'd either switch the rending claws for devourers and keep the venom cannon (or switch to a barbed strangler) or get rid of the venom cannon so the unit can run without wasting points on the upgraded gun.

Personally I'd rather field 16 hormagaunts/19 termagants than the genestealers, and run them in front of one or both of the other units for the cover save. I think the genestealers would just be too tempting a target for enemy light shooting (like bolters) whereas the gaunts are cheap enough not to care as much about bolter fire and the warriors and hive guard are pretty resistant against it

[blindmage]

Parasite
9x Rippers with spinefists
9x Rippers with spinefists
3x sky slashers with spinefists
total: 490

84 TL shots per turn. Vs T4 3+sv ~ 5 unsaved wounds per turn. in CC vs same = ~3 wounds per turn assuming they war not charging.

you can drop it to 2 squads of 7 rippers and add on Toxin Sacs to make them more devastating when things get close, but you drop you shots per turn to 64 or, Vs T4 3+sv ~ 4 unsaved wounds per turn. in CC = ~4 wounds per turn assuming they war not charging.

[Macradon]

Damn Blind mage! You found me and made the Ripper list!!!

[hiveoram]

i love that ripper list!!!!!!! gonna steal both these 500 points list's! i've got enough models appart from the sky slashers

[blindmage]

Jan 7, 2013 15:07:34 GMT hiveoram said:

i love that ripper list!!!!!!! gonna steal both these 500 points list's! i've got enough models appart from the sky slashers

I'm glad you like the lists! For sky slashers I've used the hive nodes in he stealer box as obvious indicators, you can fit a small hive node and two rippers on a Base quite nicely. Then you have an obviously different unit that can be used for flyers without the fuss of putting tiny wings on rippers

[wanchango]

Here is the 500pt list I have been running recently.

-HQ-
Tervigon, extra psychic power

-Troop-
10 termagants

tervigon, TS, AG

-elite-
Hive guard

-Heavy support-
Biovore

total- 500pts

This list hasn't lost a game at 500pts. Even if you break both tervigons on turn 1 you end up with a high count of termagants. Threat saturation is high, with 2 tervigons and a small horde of termagants on the approach.
The combo of hive guard/biovore can really help you against armies that give you trouble. Being able to break a transport and then put a barrage on the contents is extremely helpful, and the biovore will AP the majority of non marines.

[Bukimimaru]

Loving the ripper list, but does it not need a HQ choice to be legally fielded?

[tylertt]

Parasite is a HQ choice.

[Bukimimaru]

Oh, of course. I was thinking of a harpy. My bad.

[hiveoram]

I'm glad you like the lists! For sky slashers I've used the hive nodes in he stealer box as obvious indicators, you can fit a small hive node and two rippers on a Base quite nicely. Then you have an obviously different unit that can be used for flyers without the fuss of putting tiny wings on rippers

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i used the hive nodes so i could make more ripper bases without having to buy more models! plus i'm not sure i've got enough so will prob go with your second list with toxin sac's

[Macradon]

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