FINALLY! (1000)?

[Ragged Warrior]

Hey Hive!

I broke down and took my T-fex apart, and turned it into a T-gon. Here is my first T-gon list. Let me know what you think.

NIDZILLA: 500

HQ: Tyrant (Dakka Flyrant)
Wings (60)
Lashwhip&bonesword (free)
Brainleech worms (15)
= 260

TROOPS: Termagants
x12
= 60

TROOPS: Tervigon (Crushigon)
Crushing Claws (25)
Toxin Sacs (10)
= 195


Now, how do I flesh this out to 1,000? Looking forward to your advice.
Regards,

[glassiya]

Jan 28, 2013 9:01:53 GMT Ragged Warrior said:

Hey Hive!
I broke down and took my T-fex apart, and turned it into a T-gon.

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Taking tervi for 500 game. And flyrant. Your opponents will never play with you again.

[FTGTEvan]

I can't really think of any major flaws in the list. You won't have much shooting, but most opponents' shooting at this level will either kill camping gants or bounce off your two MCs.

If this is for games with a friend, it might actually be fun if he know's what's coming so he can try to build a list for it. For example, just for fun a friend and I, in fantasy, proxied two 2k lists going to extremes: I had 950+ goblins and he had as many chariots as he could fit; first charge broke my entire army with a single chariot. It was hilarious.

If I was your opponent, I would have fun trying to come up with a list that will take it down: for Orks I might try this:

Big Mek w/Shokk Attack Gun (if I'm going to have fun, I'm going all out)
20 Boyz w/shootas, 2 big shootas
Deff Dread w/ 2 Skorchas
Dakkajet w/ Red paint job and extra supa shoota
5 Lootas

[Ragged Warrior]

Thanks for the quick replies!

Haha! Glasslya, yeah, I thought that this list might be overpowered, but I have only won 2 games out of a dozen or so since I started playing. You might say that I'm in dire need of a really good list. I thought that this might be a good place to start when thinking about larger lists too. Thanks for the warning--I'll brace myself for the hatred.

VTAries, those are some solid words of wisdom. I shall take heed, thanks for the tips.

Now for part 2.

How should I flesh this out to 1k?

Regards,

[zoat]

I'm your man! I'm trying to figure out the most hardest 1000 pts list of nids for a tournament and I have these suggestions:

Flyrant (Hive Commander ) 285
2x 10 Vanillagants 100
2x Tervigon (AT/TS/Catalyst) one with Crushing Claws, one without (220 and 195)
1 Trygon 200
__________
1000

or

Flyrant 285
DoM in pod 130
6 Ymgarls 138
7 Ymgarls 161
10 Vanillagants 50
Tervigon (3 powers/AT/TS/Claws) 235
____________
1000

If you want to go Nidzilla you can count with about 4 of these: Flyrant, Tervigon, Trygon
In different constellations. 2x Flyrant, 1x Terv, 1x Trygon or 1x Flyrant, 1x Terv, 2x Trygon or the way I would choose, the list shown above.

[Ragged Warrior]

Hey Zoat! Thanks for the lists.

List 2 is more doable for the models that I own, with one exception: I only have 5 genestealers. I will probably use your lists as a base for fleshing my army out though.

I have 2 Flyrants, 1 Dakkafex, 1 Swarmlord, and 1 Tervigon--and that's it for my MCs.

Regards,

[zoat]

For list 2 it would be just one set of genestealers for the completion It's good that ymgarls aren't unique units.
Or if you can get access to a Trygon in the future (a really great model and worth its money, both to assemble and play) this Nidzilla list would be great, too.

Flyrant (Hive Commander) 285
Flyrant 260
Gants 50
Tervigon (AT/TS/Cata) 195
Trygon (TS) 210

That's our Flyerspam

[Ragged Warrior]

Alright Hive,

Here we go. What do you think?


NIDZILLA: 1000

HQ: Tyrant (Dakka Flyrant)
Wings (60)
Lashwhip&bonesword (free)
Brainleech worms (15)
Hive Commander (25)
= 265

HQ: Tyrant (Dakka Flyrant)
Wings (60)
Brainleech worms x2 (30)
=260

TROOPS: Termagants
x12
= 60

TROOPS: Tervigon (Crushigon)
Crushing Claws (25)
Toxin Sacs (10)
= 195

TROOPS: Warriors
x3
Stranglethorne (10)
=100

TROOPS: Genestealers
x 8
=112


Regards,

[FTGTEvan]

Two flyrants are going to be tough to bring down at 1k. I'm curious why you have HC on one since it doesn't look like you have anyone who needs to be in reserves (also, you have the points for him 5 too low). Dropping that and a stealer and a termagant could get you a broodlord or an extra power the tervigon and a couple extra gants. Couple thoughts.

[Ragged Warrior]

Thanks for the notes. I'll make the points correction. I wanted HC so on the off-chance that I could outflank the tervigon with a warlord ability. That, coupled with the speed of the Flyrants, would allow me to punch hard and fast.

that's the plan. If you know an easier way to pull it off, please let me know--I'm still pretty new at this.

Regards,

[Uhtin]

Realy nice ideas u got there

[Jestar]

Have you got a model you could use for the DoM? The 2 Flyrants and Tervigon are great at 1000 points. If you've got a pod and DoM, I'd go for those and and Ymgarl squad to finish it off. Using your ideas and the models I have, I'd do:

Flyrant with TL Devs, Lashwhip & Bonesword (245)

Flyrant with 2 TL Devs (260)

DoM with Pod (130)

5 Ymgarls (115)

Tervigon with 2 Powers (195)

11 Termagants (55)

Exactly 1000 Points.

If you don't have a DoM, I'd probably go for a Dakkafex in a pod and drop the Ymgarls.

[Ragged Warrior]

Wow, Jestar,

You just changed my life. I love your suggestions and will be using them for my 1k lists. I will let you guys know how the battle goes . . . once I find some prey.

Regards,

[Ragged Warrior]

Alright, I made some slight adjustments.

I believe this adds up to exactly 1000, but please correct me if I am wrong:

HQ:
Flyrant with TL Devs, Lashwhip & Bonesword + HC (270)
Flyrant with 2 TL Devs (260)

Troops:
Tervigon with 3 Powers (190)
10 Termagants (50)

Heavy:
Dakkafex + pod (230)

Exactly 1000 Points.


What do you think? I know I don't have many troops here, but hopefully that won't matter too much with this alpha strike formation. Getting the flyrants into the battle will take 1 turn, and the Tervigon should arrive in turn 2 via outflank, due to HC. The Dakkafex will pod in at that time or soon after, and the combined firepower should be enough to level any differences between my opponent and myself.

That's the plan.

Regards,

[Jestar]

Yeah. A solid list. The lack of troops won't be a problem as you can spawn at least one more anyway. The dakka fex is most likely there turn 2, which is just right for your Flyrants to get to the enemy as well. Then you've got 36 S6 shots hitting the enemy and the potential threat of a turn 3 Assault from 3 MC's. Do let us know how it goes, it's got potential to be brutal.