Post by sroc on Oct 4, 2019 20:02:27 GMT
Hello everyone!
So I have been on the hunt for a army to build for years. I keep jumping from one idea to the next. I wanted an army that can play both ranged and melee, not at the same time, but also build all-comers lists as well. Tyranids have finally become the top pick for me. So I'm starting to dive hard into competitive builds and play-styles of Tyranids to help me build my army for the LVO 2021 and beyond.
What I'm starting to look at seriously right now is Spore Mines and how to use them. Fortifications are not allowed in the ITC so Sporocysts are out sadly. So that leaves me three options that I can find right now. Harpies, Biovores and Spore Mine units.
So here is the plan. Pretty sure I'll be building a Brigade.
Hive Fleet: Leviathan (6+ FnP is too good to pass up imho)
I plan on running 3 Harpies to fly around and do bombing runs to get more Mines on the field if possible, I will have 3 units of 3 Biovores and 3 units of Hive Guard, 3 Units of 6 Spore Mines (Initial Screening), 3 units of long range Tyranid Warriors (providing synapes to the biovores and additional protection), Still working on the rest of the list.
So the idea here is to race across the map with the Harpies and assault any vehicles I can while bombing running another unit to hopefully get somemore mines on the field. Alternatively I can just do fly-bys with the Harpies to continue dropping mines and shooting their weaponry. The biovores will also be shooting mines every turn.
Then I am hoping to be able to fill the elite slots with something like Zoanthrope Units, run 3 units of gaunts with 2 flying range focused hive tyrants and the swarmlord in a Tyrannocyte. I know I will have to work the list around a lot more as I am most likely over pointed at this point. Hoping to get the codex for Christmas so I can actually build the list. The main idea of the list is controlling the board and picking out weak elements when they are exposed with the Swarmlord arriving mid board to clean up.
Has anyone here played this style of list? Anyone know if it works? Should I maybe take out the flying Hive Tyrants and put in two Tervigons to help keep my front line gaunts alive a bit longer? Does this cost reserve points? Hell, do spore mines cost reserve points?
I have a ton of questions. I am sorry.
Thanks in advance!
Sroc
So I have been on the hunt for a army to build for years. I keep jumping from one idea to the next. I wanted an army that can play both ranged and melee, not at the same time, but also build all-comers lists as well. Tyranids have finally become the top pick for me. So I'm starting to dive hard into competitive builds and play-styles of Tyranids to help me build my army for the LVO 2021 and beyond.
What I'm starting to look at seriously right now is Spore Mines and how to use them. Fortifications are not allowed in the ITC so Sporocysts are out sadly. So that leaves me three options that I can find right now. Harpies, Biovores and Spore Mine units.
So here is the plan. Pretty sure I'll be building a Brigade.
Hive Fleet: Leviathan (6+ FnP is too good to pass up imho)
I plan on running 3 Harpies to fly around and do bombing runs to get more Mines on the field if possible, I will have 3 units of 3 Biovores and 3 units of Hive Guard, 3 Units of 6 Spore Mines (Initial Screening), 3 units of long range Tyranid Warriors (providing synapes to the biovores and additional protection), Still working on the rest of the list.
So the idea here is to race across the map with the Harpies and assault any vehicles I can while bombing running another unit to hopefully get somemore mines on the field. Alternatively I can just do fly-bys with the Harpies to continue dropping mines and shooting their weaponry. The biovores will also be shooting mines every turn.
Then I am hoping to be able to fill the elite slots with something like Zoanthrope Units, run 3 units of gaunts with 2 flying range focused hive tyrants and the swarmlord in a Tyrannocyte. I know I will have to work the list around a lot more as I am most likely over pointed at this point. Hoping to get the codex for Christmas so I can actually build the list. The main idea of the list is controlling the board and picking out weak elements when they are exposed with the Swarmlord arriving mid board to clean up.
Has anyone here played this style of list? Anyone know if it works? Should I maybe take out the flying Hive Tyrants and put in two Tervigons to help keep my front line gaunts alive a bit longer? Does this cost reserve points? Hell, do spore mines cost reserve points?
I have a ton of questions. I am sorry.
Thanks in advance!
Sroc