1500 point tournament

[eventhorizon]

Hello everyone long time reader, long time player of tyranids. playing in a tourney this weekend and would love some input on my list.

1500 Pts - Tyranids Roster
HQ: The Swarmlord (1#, 280 pts)
1 The Swarmlord , 280 pts (Monstrous Creature; Bonded Exoskeleton; Bonesabres; Synapse Creature;
Alien Cunning; Blade Parry; Psychic Monstrosity; Psyker (2); Shadow in the Warp; Swarm Leader; Fear;
Hammer of Wrath; Move Through Cover; Relentless; Smash; Warlord; Leech Essence; Paroxysm; Psychic
Scream; The Horror; 6E Psychic Disciplines: ; Biomancy; Telekinesis; Telepathy)
Elite: The Doom of Malan'tai (2#, 150 pts)
1 The Doom of Malan'tai , 150 pts (Infantry; Claws & Teeth; Reinforced Chitin; Instinctive Behaviour -
Feed; Absorb Life; Fearless; Psychic Strength; Psyker (1); Shadow in the Warp; Spirit Leech; Warp Field;
Cataclysm)
1 Mycetic Spore (Monstrous Creature; Hardened Carapace; Lash Whip; Ripper Tentacles; Deep
Strike; Fearless; Immobile Pod; Limited Sentience; Transport Spore; Venom Cannon; Fear; Hammer of
Wrath; Move Through Cover; Relentless; Smash)
Elite: Hive Guard Brood (2#, 100 pts)
2 Hive Guard Brood , 100 pts (Infantry; Claws & Teeth; Hardened Carapace; Impaler Cannon;
Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk)
Heavy Support: Biovore Brood (2#, 90 pts)
2 Biovore Brood , 90 pts (Infantry; Claws & Teeth; Hardened Carapace; Spore Mine Launcher;
Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk)
Heavy Support: Trygon Prime (1#, 240 pts)
1 Trygon Prime , 240 pts (Monstrous Creature; 2x Scything Talons; Bonded Exoskeleton; Bio-electric
Pulse w/Containment Spines; Deep Strike; Fearless; Fleet; Subterranean Assault; Synapse Creature;
Shadow in the Warp; Fear; Hammer of Wrath; Move Through Cover; Relentless; Smash)
Troops: Termagant Brood (15#, 150 pts)
15 Termagant Brood , 150 pts (Infantry; Chitin; Claws & Teeth; Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk; Move
Through Cover; Devourer)
Troops: Termagant Brood (15#, 150 pts)
15 Termagant Brood , 150 pts (Infantry; Chitin; Claws & Teeth; Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk; Move
Through Cover; Devourer)
Troops: Tervigon (1#, 185 pts)
1 Tervigon , 185 pts (Monstrous Creature (Character); Bonded Exoskeleton; Claws & Teeth; Stinger
Salvo; Synapse Creature; Brood Progenitor; Psyker (1); Shadow in the Warp; Spawn Termagants;
Crushing Claws; Fear; Hammer of Wrath; Move Through Cover; Relentless; Smash; Dominion; 6E Psychic
Disciplines: ; Biomancy; Telekinesis; Telepathy)
: Tyrant Guard Brood (2#, 150 pts)
2 Tyrant Guard Brood , 150 pts (Infantry; Bonded Exoskeleton; Rending Claws; Instinctive Behaviour -
Feed; Blind Rampage; Shieldwall; Bonesword; Furious Charge; Rage)


some of the psychic powers are not showing but most are rolled for biomancy.

[FTGTEvan]

First off, I suggest you cut down how much text you have for each brood. We know the special rules and standard equipment, so you can leave all that out, it makes it easier to read. The formatting you have is tough in some places to figure out how many broods of how many creatures you have. For example, it's not immediately obvious if

Elite: Hive Guard Brood (2#, 100 pts)
2 Hive Guard Brood , 100 pts (Infantry; Claws & Teeth; Hardened Carapace; Impaler Cannon;
Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk)

is two broods of 2, one brood of 2, or two broods of 1. I can figure out it's probably one brood of 2, but it's tougher than it should be if that makes sense.

That said, looks like a fairly solid list. You will have trouble with flyers, as most of us do. Depending on your style of play you might want to consider giving one or both devilgant units a spore, though you don't want to have so much in reserve that your opponent can focus on killing the Swarmlord and Tervigon.

[eventhorizon]

I am sorry I pretty much copy and pasted the list from the builder.

1500 Pts - Tyranids Roster

Total Roster Cost: 1495

1 Swarmlord, 280 pts

1 The Doom of Malan'tai, 90 pts
1 Mycetic Spore, 60 pts = (base cost 40 + Venom Cannon 20)


1 Hive Guard Brood, 100 pts 2 models

1 Biovore Brood, 90 pts 2 models

1 Trygon Prime, 240 pts

15 Termagant Brood, 150 pts Devourer

15 Termagant Brood, 150 pts Devourer

1 Tervigon, 185 pts Crushing Claws

1 Tyrant Guard Brood, 150 pts 2 models

hopefully that is better to read for you all more condensed version

[Squire]

Two tyrant guard with rending claws is 150 points? That can't be right

I'd drop a devilgant for catalyst for the tervigon. 14 gants with FnP are more survivable than 15 gants.

edit; I'd give the tervigon toxin sacs too. I think rending claws for tyrant guard are only 5 points so you wouldn't have to drop anything to accommodate that

[FTGTEvan]

eventhorizon: No worries, and I figured that's what happened.


Squire: I believe the point cost for the guard is reflecting them with boneswords.

That said, I might give them lash whips or run them normal to cut down on their cost since you probably figure one or both has a good chance of going down before getting to combat, and then when you get there the Swarmlord will put a hurting on just about anything in the way.

As for the tervigon, I personally love mine fully kitted out with CC, Toxin Sacs, Adrenal Glands, and 3 powers rolling on biomancy. That said, it definitely drives the cost up, which would mean dropping something else, which I wouldn't blame you if you didn't want to do.

[scrotatohead]

The only thing you've got that can cause your opponent backfield problems is your DoM. I'd suggest dropping your Trygon Prime back to a standard Trygon and using the points saved to pick up a pod for one of your Devilgant broods. Unless you really need the T-Prime improved shooting and Synapse, you're just as well off with the standard Trygon. There's also the off chance it will fail an IB roll and Rage through the turn, which isn't a bad thing. I'd also consider swapping out the Venom Cannon on the existing pod for either a Barbed Strangler (larger blast area) or the TL Deathspitter (For the re-rolls). You don't need the range of the VC on a pod (you have to shoot at the closest target anyhow), and the small template is more than likely going to drift off a vehicle anyhow. Don't forget your Pod can fire both it's Ripper Tentacles and the optional weapon (Lots of people forget, and by lots of people I mean me). And if your plan is to be close to an enemy unit to use the Ripper Tentacles then you should definitely go with TL Deathspitter so your shot doesn't drift back onto the Doom or the Pod.

[djm55]

I suggest a few things:

Run a single Tyrant Guard since the one power you certainly want on the Swarmlord is Iron Arm and with on two models in the squad you'll use the majority toughness.

This gives you room for an additional Hive Guard or Biovore (based on what you might need)

I agree with the comments about dropping the Prime upgrade unless you need Synapse, also, if you drop it adding Toxin Sacs is really nice on the Trygon.

Finally, the final option to dropping a Tyrant Guard and the Prime upgrade would be to toss your Devourer toting Gants into a Spore, since the Swarmlord has the Hive Commander ability built in, giving you additional back line threats.

Cheers!