1250pt combat list

[Bane Wordsmith]

Hey Hive, my LGS has a 1250pt tournament coming up, not too competitive, but bordering on it. I very much enjoy close combat lists, they don't always work, but the enjoyment when they do is so worth it.

Any ideas to improve would be very greatly apreciated. Just, please, no "you should add a Tervigon and Termagant posts". It's really not my play style.


HQ - 280
Hive Tyrant (280)
Hive Commander; Old Adversary; bonded exoskeleton; wings.

Elites - 100
2 Hive Guard (100)

Troops - 320
20 Hormagaunts (160)
toxin sacs.

20 Hormagaunts (160)
toxin sacs.

Fast Attack - 70
10 Gargoyles (70)
adrenal glands.

Heavy Support - 480
Trygon Prime (240)

Trygon Prime (240)


The general idea is for the Tyrant to Fly up an cause some havoc, followed the Primes on the 2nd turn. The gargs with adrenal glands have a dual use of popping vehicles with AV10, and the hormies because I love hormies.

It's a pretty Imperial group, a few IG and Marines, a Khorne CSM, plus an Eldar, Dark Eldar and an Ork.

Any Comments and Critisms would be great, thanks everyone

[FTGTEvan]

My first thought is that those Gargoyles are going to give you trouble giving away first blood. I'm not sure the upgrades will help them much either, and might just be a few more points lost. From the list of what you have in you sig, I'm not sure what I would sub out. I would be tempted to try the 5 stealers infiltrating forward, going to ground, and then recovering with the Flyrant flying over.

Which makes me realize, you're pretty light on synapse. I'm getting from your tactics you plan on deepstriking them. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to walk them with the hormagaunts. They'll benefit from their synapse, and they'll also help cause target priority issues for your opponent.

[Bane Wordsmith]

That is a good idea, thank you.

I think I will swap the gargs for the the stealers, even 5 can make an opponent worry, and they still have the potential to take out light tanks.

I was considering swapping the flyrant for a Swamlord. He could walk up with the hormies, hopefully giving them feel no pain. Then I'd still have the option of deepstiking the Trygonss or walking them, depending on whom I'm facing.

I really do need more synapse, but I just can't pull myself to buy warriors with all the str8 that floats around my LGS. They'd constantly die.