[1750] - ITC - Kronos / GSC

[polkadragon]

For use in a local league, using ITC missions.

Warriors and Hive Tyrant take midfield, screened of course.
Hive guard and exocrine provide support fire
Malanthrope in-between them.

GSC Vanguard goes for character sniping. Big Acolyte blob comes in as late as possible and Perfect Ambushes something that shooting can’t handle

Comments welcome!
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++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Tyranids) [52 PL, 898pts, -1CP] ++

+ No Force Org Slot +

Hive Fleet: Kronos

Stratagem: Progeny of the Hive [-1CP]

+ HQ +

Malanthropes [5 PL, 120pts]
. Malanthrope

Tyranid Prime [6 PL, 77pts]: Boneswords, Deathspitter, Scything Talons

+ Troops +

Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 33pts]: 3x Ripper Swarm

Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 33pts]: 3x Ripper Swarm

Tyranid Warriors [13 PL, 222pts]
. Adaptive Physiology: Enhanced Resistance
. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior (Bio-cannon): Barbed Strangler, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior (Bio-cannon): Barbed Strangler, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior (Bio-cannon): Barbed Strangler, Scything Talons

+ Elites +

Hive Guard [13 PL, 258pts]
. Adaptive Physiology: Enhanced Resistance
. 6x Hive Guard (Impaler): 6x Impaler Cannon

+ Heavy Support +

Exocrine [11 PL, 155pts]

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Tyranids) [23 PL, 401pts] ++

+ No Force Org Slot +

Hive Fleet: Kronos

+ HQ +

Hive Tyrant [9 PL, 165pts]: Heavy Venom Cannon, Monstrous Rending Claws, Power: Smite, The Venomthorn Parasite, Toxin Sacs

Neurothrope [4 PL, 90pts]: Power: Smite, Power: Symbiostorm, Warlord

+ Troops +

Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 33pts]: 3x Ripper Swarm

Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 33pts]: 3x Ripper Swarm

Termagants [6 PL, 80pts]
. 20x Termagant (Fleshborer)

++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Tyranids - Genestealer Cults) [24 PL, 450pts, -3CP] ++

+ No Force Org Slot +

Cult Creed: The Bladed Cog

Stratagem: Grandsire's Gifts [-3CP]: 2 Extra Sacred Relics

+ HQ +

Jackal Alphus [4 PL, 70pts]

+ Troops +

Acolyte Hybrids [11 PL, 190pts]: Cult Icon
. 15x Acolyte Hybrid
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Leader: Autopistol, Cultist Knife

+ Elites +

Clamavus [3 PL, 55pts]

Kelermorph [3 PL, 75pts]: Oppressor's Bane

Sanctus [3 PL, 60pts]: Silencer Sniper Rifle, The Gift from Beyond

++ Total: [99 PL, 1,749pts, -4CP] ++

[bigpig]

I question the survivability of your warrior contingent at 1750. Bigger guns are just going to pick them up, and there should be quite a few big guns at 1750. Most of the warrior block lists I've been seeing have the added defense of either jormungander or leviathan plus a Malaceptor. ....and unfortunately at 1750 a mal/mal combo is a lot to put into support units. Is the hope that they will shoot the Exocrine instead? or does your terrain make it able to take defensive positions mid board.

[polkadragon]

Thanks for the reply.
We generally have decent terrain, so there’s decent chances of giving them a cover save. I was hoping that this, combined with the Mal -1 and the ignore AP-1 and 2 would give them enough resilience. I don’t exclude going Jorgumgandr, although there seems to be a lot of ignore cover about. So maybe Leviathan, although losing the Kronos rerolls and Symbiostorm would hurt.

Having a Maleceptor about would be useful, but at 1750 you’re quite right that points would be too tight.

Choices choices...

If I would want to stay in Kronos (I’m a shooty Nid at heart), what would you recommend I replace the Warriors with?

[bigpig]

I don't know that I would recommend getting rid of them. It seems as if your list is put together to work around the warrior block as a key component. If you have the terrain then it may work, especially if it plays to your play style of being a gunline nid player. Won't know until you try it. Could possibly consider moving the termagaunts to the battalion with the Mal and the warriors and make that one jorm or leviathan? That way you still get symbiostorm and reroll 1s for the hive guard and exocrine. Depends on if you expected to give the mal bubble to the Exo as well or not

[polkadragon]

Nah I’ve mixed Hive Fleets before and never really been happy with the way it plays.

Having said that, you’re quite correct that if I’m going to be putting the Warriors as central as this, I need to go all-in on them, so I’ll dump Kronos for Jorgumgandr (I’ll get over it . Added benefit is that in doing so I’ll gain some mobility, which tends to be a problem with Kronos