Early 9th Ed GT results

[timcz]

Hey thought I might start a thread for when nids do well in GTs etc... if there’s already one am happy to delete.

But Alex Macdougall did well in Canada (boardroom brawl) but ran the following & finished 3rd overall.

Broodlord
Neuro
2 x rippers
6 hive guard
Exo
5 zoans
Alphus
Magus
6 ridge runners
4 x 5 acolytes

He discusses powers etc in the best in faction tyranid faction focus episode.

bloodofkittens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Alex-Macdougall-3rd-Place-Board-Room-Brawl-2020-Tyranids.pdf

[viral]

I don't want to have to mix with GSC. Some day

[kwisatzhaderach]

Jackal Alphus with Ridgerunners is dead after the new FAQ changing the Look Out Sir! rules.
I'll check out the podcast anyway, might be worth a listen to hear what a top player has to say.
I'd be even more interested to hear what he might change his list to now.

[gorsameth]

Aug 10, 2020 19:47:59 GMT kwisatzhaderach said:

Jackal Alphus with Ridgerunners is dead after the new FAQ changing the Look Out Sir! rules.
I'll check out the podcast anyway, might be worth a listen to hear what a top player has to say.
I'd be even more interested to hear what he might change his list to now.

Or instead of proclaiming the sky has fallen you keep a truck with some Neophytes around, you were likely taking those anyway.

[kazetanade]

Aug 10, 2020 21:18:58 GMT gorsameth said:

Aug 10, 2020 19:47:59 GMT kwisatzhaderach said:

Jackal Alphus with Ridgerunners is dead after the new FAQ changing the Look Out Sir! rules.
I'll check out the podcast anyway, might be worth a listen to hear what a top player has to say.
I'd be even more interested to hear what he might change his list to now.

Or instead of proclaiming the sky has fallen you keep a truck with some Neophytes around, you were likely taking those anyway.

Actually, most Ridgerunner lists didnt actually have Goliath Trucks. It's a common consensus that those tanks are bad and are constantly being compared to a Rhino, despite having a way better gun... 

The issue is not so much about can we protect the character, but it's about how TIGHT it forces our list to keep if characters cant run with the Ridgerunners. If you keep only a single Truck to protect the characters, you're basically tempting a super bad situation where he blows up the Truck and throws bolters on the Neophytes, exposing the characters right out of the gate. This list doesnt want to deathball either, If my memory is right. Part of this list's usability is its speed and ability to split off in multiple chunks at any time, either to grab objectives or to engage different troops. 

HMLs are Blast and that makes me sad. No shoot in combat... but nothing worse than last edition I guess. 

[tallthor]

I am trying to run Tyranids as close to a purist as I can, didn't realize meiotic spores were only 20 pts a model and have a better rule that Mucolids. Trying to get my hands on some of them.

[No One]

gorsameth said:

Or instead of proclaiming the sky has fallen you keep a truck with some Neophytes around, you were likely taking those anyway.

If so, you'd be taking them to hang around on objectives, not to protect an alphus. It further constrains how you play, and while that mightn't exactly be a death sentence (being able to hide behind nid/other Cult elements instead), it's not exactly like this is a list that's shaking the meta and can afford to take substantial hits.

[mattblowers]

Aug 10, 2020 19:47:59 GMT kwisatzhaderach said:

Jackal Alphus with Ridgerunners is dead after the new FAQ changing the Look Out Sir! rules.

When did that change? I use the app and didn’t notice it updated. That’s gonna be a problem: not paying attention to FAQs because they auto update and you get caught with your pants down in a tournament.

[No One]

Just changed yesterday. So might still update the app in a timely (albeit not immediate) manner. Or they might not.

[mattblowers]

Aug 11, 2020 10:46:15 GMT No One said:

Just changed yesterday. So might still update the app in a timely (albeit not immediate) manner. Or they might not.

No, it’s updated, I just didn’t notice because it’s automatic. “No here, let me show you the rule..... @%&$!”

[niiai]

Aug 11, 2020 7:35:51 GMT tallthor said:

I am trying to run Tyranids as close to a purist as I can, didn't realize meiotic spores were only 20 pts a model and have a better rule that Mucolids. Trying to get my hands on some of them.

They can easly be kitbashed if you have green stuff and one of the tools to make 'tenyacles'. Just long spagety tubes in the rougly same thicknes.