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[patsfan32]

Hello Hive,

this list right here is one im dying to play in a tournament however I am going to give it a few dry runs against my friends as soon as I have all the models. My hope is that I can slow my enemy down with the hormagaunts long enough for my heavy hitters to enter the fray so I can really have a good time! I also went out of my way to use units that are almost unanimously shunned by most people so wish me luck! Any suggestions are welcome that keep with the flavor of this army, I'll see what I can do as far as fielding whatever...lol

== HQ ==
Swarmlord Brood (345 pts.)
Swarmlord (1) = 280 pts.
Tyrant Guard (1) - Lash Whip = 65 pts.
Tyranid Prime (1) - Devourer, Pair Of Boneswords, Regeneration = 100 pts.

== Elites ==
Ymgarl Genestealer Brood (5) = 115 pts.

== Troops ==
Hormagaunt Brood (15) - AG = 120 pts.
Hormagaunt Brood (29) - AG = 232 pts.
Broodlord Brood (166 pts.)
Broodlord (1) - Scything Talons = 62 pts.
Genestealer (4) - Scything Talons = 64 pts.
Mycetic Spore (1) = 40 pts.
Hormagaunt Brood (15) - AG = 120 pts.
Termagant Brood (11) - Fleshborer = 55 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Crushing Claws, Stinger Salvo, AG, Toxin Sacs, Cat, Taken As Troops = 220 pts.

== Heavy Support ==
Trygon Prime (1) - Containment Spines, Regeneration, Trygon Prime Upgrade, Synapse Creature, Shadow In The Warp = 265 pts.
Old One Eye (1) = 260 pts.

== Total ==
1998 pts.

[Macradon]

I would say you should give the tyrant guards lash whips. Just to be sure that the swarmlord may hit first.
I wouldn't consider making super gaunts (Hormagaunts with all upgrades) hence of them getting shot down quite quickly.
Old one eye, awesome model ... if you get him into CC. Most people would shoot him down with lass, plasma, or anything else ap 2 str 8 ... or str 6 ... But you're welcome to try him out on the board!
Just the suggestions of mine

-The Tamer

[patsfan32]

good idea on the lashwhips Ill definitely account for that and chang up the list a little bit, Ill probably drop toxin sacks on the gaunts, I want to keep adrenal tho just so i can glance vehicles down with them. Old one eye I am trying to keep out of the fray until i have a huge tarpit going and my trygon is deepstruck in. I feel there will be so much to shoot at Old one eye may atleast have a chance of sneaking in at that point lol. I dont expect it to work at all but itll be fun.

[infornography]

You claim to be building a list to use units that are usually shunned, yet I see no Parasite of Mortrex, no pyrovores, no venomthropes, no big genestealer mobs with just adrenal glands, and no melee focused regular carnifexes.

What I do see are Ymgarls, Swarmlord, a Trygon, and a Tervigon.

Don't get me wrong, those units are great, but this is hardly an underdog list.

[patsfan32]

tervigon got added against my will cause my friend told me to I want to run mass hormys and genestealers ideally, only fex i want is OOE and the trygon just looks cool. Pyrovores dont have a place cause i dont really like them aesthetically or otherwise lol but venomthropes I do I just do not have the model Swarmlord is there cause he looks like a bamf. All that aside I dont want the Tervigon in there. This is a revised version that Id run if I had all the models.

== HQ ==
Swarmlord Brood (345 pts.)
Swarmlord (1) = 280 pts.
Tyrant Guard (1) - Lash Whip = 65 pts.
Tyranid Prime (1) - Devourer, Pair Of Boneswords, Regeneration = 100 pts.

== Elites ==
Ymgarl Genestealer Brood (5) = 115 pts.
Hive Guard Brood (3) = 150 pts.

== Troops ==
Hormagaunt Brood (15) - AG = 120 pts.
Broodlord Brood (166 pts.)
Broodlord (1) - Scything Talons = 62 pts.
Genestealer (4) - Scything Talons = 64 pts.
Mycetic Spore (1) = 40 pts.
Hormagaunt Brood (15) - AG = 120 pts.

== Heavy Support ==
Trygon Prime (1) - Containment Spines, Regeneration, Trygon Prime Upgrade, Synapse Creature, Shadow In The Warp = 265 pts.
Old One Eye (1) = 260 pts.
Carnifex (1) - Scything Talons, Scything Talons, Frag Spines = 165 pts.
Mawloc (1) - Regeneration = 195 pts.

== Total ==
2001 pts.

[infornography]

That is a lot more like an underdog list, and much less likely to win ;-)

Don't take my criticism to mean your first list was bad, it wasn't, it could be tightened up a lot but it is not a bad list at all. First thing I would do would be to consolidate two of those hormie broods. 15 man hormie broods are first blood bait. They die easily and there aren't enough of them to soak fire. If you made a single 30 strong brood instead of two 15s then it would perform MUCH better. Also consider making one of the large hormie broods TS instead of AG. That way you have an anti-infantry hormie brood and an anti-vehicle hormie brood. They both can slaughter infantry, but only one needs to be able to kill light vehicles. AG are MUCH better for an anti-infantry role.

Genestealers can already outflank, the mycetic spore is wasted on them.

And those Ymgarls need more bodies. At least 7 in the brood, preferably 8 to 10.