Possible 1850 Tournament

[FTGTEvan]

A buddy of mine and I are jokingly discussing going to a tournament this weekend (5 hours away on a Sunday). Even though I'm not sure we'll go, I was thinking about what list I could run. I've come up with several lists I'll eventually be able to run, but I don't have a bunch of things assembled yet, and obviously wouldn't have a lot of time between now and then to put them together.

Here's what I have assembled right now:
Tervigon
2nd ed Tyrant (Prime)
Trygon
20 Devilgants
23 vanilla gants
~15 hormagaunts
10 gargoyles (+10 somewhat assembled but probably without bases)
Biovore (+ a 2nd ed)
2 Zoanthropes
Carnifex (+ a 2nd ed Screamer-Killer)
9 Warriors (3 ST&RC, 2 Dev, 1 VC, 3 DS)
1 Lictor

Here is what I have nearly assembled/completed/in progress:
Flyrant w/TL Devs
3rd ed tyrant (took off the arms, but could put the ST back on real quick)
1 Tyrant Guard
A poor mycetic spore

Unassembled/still in the box:
~60+ gants and ~15 more gaunts
HT kit (planning on making a Swarm Lord)
Trygon
2 Hive Guard

The three scenarios for the tournament are:
1. Basically King of the Hill: Hammer and Anvil setup. There is a quad gun in the center with an aegis defense line. The quad gun can only be claimed/controlled by an HQ/Independent Character, and is worth 5 points, STW is 3, FB 1, LB 2, and each killed IC is 2 points.
2. Mysterious Objectives: 8 objectives ranging between 1-10 points, not revealed until after the game. Objectives can be claimed by HQ, Walkers, Fast Attack, ICs, and Troops. Same secondary as above and throughout.
3. Kill them all: HQs are 10 VPs, Elite 8, HS 6, Fast Attack 4, Troops 2, ICs +1

With my restrictions and the scenarios in mind, I threw together a list that is passable, but not what I'd want to run exactly, but I'm curious to see if anyone can come up with anything better.

My first stab was:
Flyrant w/TL Devs, Hive Commander
Tyrant Guard (will join the Prime)
Prime w/ Devourer, LW&BS, Regen (Warlord)
2 Zoans
Terv - loaded
10 Devilgants
20 devilgants in a spore w/TL Deathspitter
10 termagants
30 hormagaunts w/ AG&TS
10 Gargoyles
Trygon Prime
Biovore

For this list, I'd have to finish the flyrant and then assemble 10 Devilgants and 15 hormagaunts, and make a mycetic spore; might be tough, but doable. Far from perfect, so have at it.

[swarmy]

I've found 15 devilgants to be the sweet spot for me lately when I spore them in. I throw a TL deathspitter on the pod making it a nice round 200pts. I've found it's about enough to hamstring/destroy(luck based) about 5 terminators, deal with an entire longfang/devistator unit(pending bad luck), cripple 10 or less marines, or absolutely clear softer targets like guard or eldar/dark eldar units. Anything more than 15 tends to just overkill and lose the points to their retaliation. They are pretty much S4 infantry nukes and play as such; They usually die but force a swift reaction or they risk a second round of shooting from them. As far as gargoyles go, more is better. I never run less than 20 and usually run a brood of 30 with no upgrades. 6 points a model is a steal for that many speedy cover saves/ablative wounds on your front lines/flanks. 10 won't cut the bacon. Especially at that points level.

[FTGTEvan]

Good call. I actually had the TL Deathspitter on the spore, just forgot to write it (edited). I had also considered swapping 5 devilgants to the smaller squad and giving them a spore too, maybe at the cost of the biovore and a gaunt. I've only used the devilgants in smaller point games so far, where I plant them on an objective and dare my opponent to try to take it. Thanks for the feedback.