1500 Point Genestealer List

[Nightmare20]

HQ:
Hive Tyrant (wings, 2 twinlinked BL devourers, hive command)
Tyranid Prime (LW and BS, DS, TS, Regen)

Troops:
Tervigon (TS, CC, Cat)
10x Termagant
7x Genestealers and BL w/ ST (TS)
7x Genestealers and BL w/ ST (TS)

Elites:
3x Hive Guard
Doom of Malantai w/ Spore
8xYmgarl Genestealers

Comes out to 1 point over I think. Don't have my written list on me but it is casual so shouldn't be a problem. Going to make the prime the warlord, start him off with the guard for better toughness and decent wound allocation shenanigans. HT sits in cover gliding to guarantee reserves then swoops second turn. Ymgarls, Doom, and outflanking 1 genestealer squad go into reserves. 2nd genestealer squad infiltrates ahead then goes to ground. Run my tervigon out in the open with term screen up to the infiltrators to grant FNP and draw fire. Ymgarls gonna pop a transport when they come in most likely and will try to get the other one with my hive guard.

Sound good guys? Going up against CSM with two Rhinos with full squads, barebones sorceror, helldrake, forgefiend, MoN Bikers.

[Nightmare20]

No comments? Suggestions for psyker powers? Upgrades?? Nothing?

[commandersasha]

Your list is very similar to mine, except with 2squads of Genies instead of 20 Devilgants and 3 Biovores, and I must confess my list is getting hammered by all my friends, which didn't happen in 5th, or on 6th before my 'friends' got their fliers.

Be aware, that Heldrake is going to instantly remove Genestealer squad on the turn it arrives: the Baleflamer can be put ANYWHERE on the board, at any angle (36" zoom, 12" throw, from his long edge), wounds on a 2+, ignoring armour AND COVER, and re-rolls wounds if it activates Demonforge.

I'm typing on my phone so can't check your list: watch out for plague marines: their Blight Grenades remove your bonus attack for charging.

I love my Genies, but they are actually out of my army cases at the moment, as I have replaced them with models that I might use; them I never will until their rules get improved.

[Nightmare20]

Yeah, the heldrake is my biggest concern. My hopes were to put enough threats and keep them in reserves long enough to keep fire off of them if I can, that and FNP. God, I wish we had more ways to deal with flyers. Is Games Workshop really so uncaring as to leave blatant holes in multiple codex while all the marines and necrons run amok?

[Jabberwocky]

If those infiltrated stealers are in combat, they're safe; which shouldn't be too hard turn 2 utilizing flyrant synapse to recover them from gone to ground.

The outflanked ones will be at risk but you will have a few threats then so they might go overlooked. Just make sure the Flyrant is nearby to take revenge on the Helldrake.

Overall I think it looks fine.

[Nightmare20]

On an semi-related note, is it true Flying Hive Tyrants can only hit other flyers on a 6??? That seems downright stupid.

[Raven]

That used to be the case, it's been FAQ'd that Flying Monstrous Creatures can now elect to Skyfire when swooping.