1500pt Tourny List

[maverick351c]

I Have put together 2 1500 pt lists for a Tournament that is upcoming and I would like to know which is stronger and if there is a way to improve the lists. I will be facing a wide range of races and I want a good balanced composition.

CC based List: cmdctr.net/lists/1500-pt-tyranid/

Ranged based List: cmdctr.net/lists/1500-pt-tyranid-copy-copy/

I believe my Ranged Build is going to be better overall because it is better at taking objectives and doing decent damage to enemy and my CC build better at outright killing troops.

Shared tatics: Use My Flyrant to catch enemy flyers at the opening of the game. Use my Doom to deal out some decent damage early on and force the enemy to focus on him till my troops arrive. Zoanthropes are going to be my Tank hunters.

CC strategy: Use My Trygon Prime for Synapse and cover for my footslogging Hormagaunts and/or outflank with the other. Let my Genestealers do what they do best.

Ranged Stategy: Use my Gargoyles to provide cover and bog down enemy units until the troops arive. Use my Fleshborer Brood to get one of my objectives. Use Tervigons and Spawned Termys to provide cover to my Devilgaunts.

P.S. Would it be worth it to drop 10 Fleshborer Termys for CC for both Tervigons?

[oranos325]

I would go with the ranged list. The CC list is just not competitive enough for a tournament environment. The Hormagaunts, while fun, will get chewed up by shooting relatively easily and you only have two big targets, one of which is a flyer, so I see your Trygon dying fairly fast. The genestealers are always fun but they have really taken some hits in this edition and aren't as good in tournaments as they used to be.

Moving on to the shooty list I have a few comments. First, did you post the correct list? You mention Devil Gaunts and such but the list only mentions three units of 20 Vanilla Gaunts. To the list as posted, I would drop the lashwhip/bonesword and go for x2 tl Devs with BL. They are just as effective in most combats as the ID from the Bonesword doesnt work all that often and you could just smash a target if you really wanted him dead, and the lashwhip isnt worth the loss of 6 strength 6 shots. Next i would reduce the number of gaunts you start with. Three units of 20 isnt needed, you already have two tervigons to replenish what you lose so drop a unit of 20 and reduce the others to units of 10. That frees up 200 points which then you could put into getting three Hive Guard to help ranged anti tank. Then I would take off both CCs from the Tervigons to free up another 50 pts to add to the 50 pts left over from the guants. Those could be used to add in a unit of Biovores (2 of em and 10 extra points) or to give one of the units of termagaunts devourers and a pod so they can jump in with the zoanthropes and the DoM. (*note those last two points about shaving off units and replacing them did not take into account the extra points from the x2 tl Devourers with BL on the tyrant). I hope this helps and Good luck with the tournament, make sure to give us updates about how it goes please!

[maverick351c]

As far as the list was, sorry I was reworking it while I was waiting for a response.

[maverick351c]

Altighty Here are my 2 final variants:

cmdctr.net/lists/1500-pt-tyranid-ranged-3/

or

cmdctr.net/lists/1500-pt-tyranid-ranged-4/

Let me know which would be more competitive. Thank you.