2000 pts Leviathan- 9th edition

[juggernought]

Hi all,

I have played a couple of games already with this list and I really like it. It has quite some firepower and is pretty resilient. I am curious what you think about the list and what to improve. I am doubting to switch the Hive Guard for 3x Carnifex with Scything Talons for more combat power and board control as I have a lot of shooting already. And another thing I am thinking about is to switch one Tyrant for the Maleceptor for the -1S strategem.

Curious what you think!

Battalion - Leviathan

HQ
Hive tyrant: Heavy Venom cannon, MRC, venomthorn parasite relic.
Hive tyrant: Heavy Venom Cannon, MRC, Resonance Barb
Prime: BS and DS

TROOPS
9x Warriors: 6x BS, 3x ST, 6x DS, 3x VC, enhanced resistance
9x Warriors: 6x BS, 3x ST, 6x DS, 3x VC, enhanced resistance
10x termagaunt
10x termagaunt
Ripper swarm

ELITES
6x Hive Guard: Impaler Cannon
5x Venomthropes

HEAVY SUPPORT
Tyrranofex: Acid Spray
Tyrranofex: Acid Spray

[cmob208]

I think the Maleceptor is worth it if you have a castle where it's aura will affect a good number of units. Why do you have the Venomthropes rather than a Malanthrope?

It's hard for me to swallow 300 points for the Hive Guard if they're not Kronos. It might be worth 2 CP to put them in a Kronos patrol.

I think pathogenesis is actually better on the HT than the Venomthorn on average if you do the math.

I think the rest of the list looks good. Warriors and Tyrranofex will hopefully dominate the center of the board.

[juggernought]

Thanks for the reply.

The reason for Venomthropes instead of a Malanthrope is because the reach of the Venomthrope is bigger and I dont have an HQ spot open.
I find the Maleceptor strategem very good but it is expensive CP-wise and besides the strategem the Maleceptor is quite underwhelming.

Regarding the Hive Guard, yeah good point. Could switch it around by moving 1 tyrant to Kronos and a ripper swarm. Or get rid of them and take 3x carnifex