1500 pt tourney coming up...suggestions please!

[brianb9999]

Hello Hive,

Here I am again looking for some insight for an upcoming tournament. 1500 pts, 3 rounds, one of each deployment type. There will be 12 pieces of terrain per table, so fairly dense. If anyone remembers some previous lists I've posted here, they were mostly 2 Flyrants, 2-3 tervigons, lots of hive guard. I've been trying to break that mold lately and use ol' Swarmy and the Doom. Came up with some lists and was wondering if anyone had opinions or tips.

List 1:

Swarmlord 280
Prime Lw/bs 95
Tyrant guard 60

5 ymgarls 115
5 ymgarls 115
Doom in pod 130

Tervigon cata ag ts 195
10 gaunts 50

Dakkafex in spore 230
Dakkafex in spore 230

Total 1500

OR

List 2:

Swarmlord 280
Tyrant Guard 60
Tervigon cc cata ts ag 220

5 ymgarls 115
3 hive guard 150
Doom in pod 130

Tervigon catalyst 175
Gaunts 50

15 gargoyles 90

Dakkafex in pod 230

Total 1500

Now I usually play around 1850, so I realize trying to make an army based around the Swarmlord at this point level can be quite difficult. I should also point out that these armies are more designed to overwhelm/table the opponent while the few units of troops I have get mostly ignored. The first list is a trimmed down version of a list I used at 1850 where I actually tabled my brother's DE army in 6 turns (that NEVER) happens, so I was pretty pumped.

[gigasnail]

you have two troops units, one of which is a tervigon. what's your plan for space puppies/JotWW? those or anything with concentrated massed long range fires puts you at risk for nearly auto loosing. yes it spits out troops ad nauseum just be aware and deploy accordingly.

[brianb9999]

Honestly I've never seen anyone bring SW at one of the tournaments. They would be cruel against my multi-tervigon lists anyway. I know it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to not bring a lot of scoring units as nids, but I've had some surprising success lately. Just not sure how it'll translate to 1500.

[gigasnail]

tervigons are tough and require concentrated firepower (or a single forceweapon wound, or JotWW) to bring down. just be aware that if anyone does kill y our terv, you basically loose the game with this list.

i.e. you might wanna reconsider your options. but you know your locals better than i do. i can tell you for sure if i was your opponent they'd be high on the priority list.