Competitive Tyranid build

[hiveoverall]

They are so slow though

[kazetanade]

IH TFCs never need to move. 2+ rr1 16d3 shots does put the hurt on when they're like 270pts total and sitting way at the back.

Its manageable if you're going balls in on infantry but for people using minimalist, it kinda hurts.

That said, I find it hilarious when Tau players complain about how well it kills Drones. 32 shots, 30 hits, 20 wounds, 10 failed, 6 or 7 dead Drones. Damn man, 270pts to kill 60pts a turn.

[No One]

He's talking about assault cents. Which are slow. But 28" threat range is decent, and they make solidly stated midfield holders.

[kazetanade]

Ah. Well, 28" threat range is decent when you're in midfield, yes. With Transhuman they can be hard to kill too.

But I don't think we have really seen walking Cents marching up from deployment to the midfield yet...?

The LVO results so far are weird? Sean Nayden with Aeldari is first place? With Bike drop, Without playing 2++ invul, wow.

[No One]

As I said, Nanvati's done it in IH, and they're an occasional inclusion in Fists as well. Not normally how you see them though, no.

[yoritomo]

As a guy who’s played with buckets of gaunts for close to twenty years I have some observations.


First off, you’re dead on about the meta. Every time I see a list at my LGS I question if it has the ability to six full units of gaunts. I know how to do it, but I’m not so sure it’s common knowledge. The top tier guys may have figured it out, but people who net-deck (I guess it would be net-list in 40K) won’t be able to adapt.

Your list is going to have a rough time killing anything. Yes, you have a ton of shots, but you lack the ability to project all that power. With only 12” range you’re going to be tripping over yourself to get all 30 gaunts in range of anything on the same turn. I like devilgaunts in these situations. The extra 6” and 3 shots make a huge difference. However, in a list like this you have to have a pure force. If one unit is different than the others it will be isolated and eliminated first.

Not being able to kill anything isn’t necessarily a game breaker. You’ll just have to accept that most of your army will die every game and win on victory points. Thankfully this kind of horde has a huge footprint that helps you zone the opponent out of objectives, particularly in the early game. If you can learn how to leverage this footprint you can make life hard on your opponent.

The biggest problem with a list like this is that because of the range it is forced to operate at your gaunts are going to be assaulted all the time. I don’t think I have to tell anyone here how amazing gaunts are in close combat. The way I dealt with this was to have a unit of genestealers to counterattack anything that tried to tie up my gaunts. Given the amount of troop slots you have devoted to gaunts this may not be an option; but you should look for ways to fit more close combat specialists in your army.

I’d love to go deeper into this, but I’ve been typing for what seems like hours on my phone.