Tyranid Warriors, how many?

[tylertt]

I found some Warriors for really cheap (Got 9 of them for 135!) and I was wondering what everyone has been running when focusing on a Warrior heavy list.

Right off I know the 9man unit with Enhanced Resistance has been featured in a lot of lists, but has anyone ran multiple units?

I'm going to have 15 Warriors in total now so I'll have some flexibility on what I can run.

[irondreddknight]

I'd say run a squad of 9 minimum if your also running a prime and planning of using an adaptation. 9 warriors also make good use of our shoot twice stratagem.

A second full squad would make greater use of the prime, but i wouldn't go any higher thab 18 warriors all together. Since only 2 units can use adaptations.

The only exception i can think of is if your running the custon hive fleet that allows each unit to restore 1 wound per turn. Then MSU warriors have a place, but it's very niche.

These are my thoughts, other more brilliant minsds may tell you different.
Hooe this helps

[gorsameth]

Aug 17, 2020 23:24:14 GMT tylertt said:

I found some Warriors for really cheap (Got 9 of them for 135!) and I was wondering what everyone has been running when focusing on a Warrior heavy list.

Right off I know the 9man unit with Enhanced Resistance has been featured in a lot of lists, but has anyone ran multiple units?

I'm going to have 15 Warriors in total now so I'll have some flexibility on what I can run.

Warriors are 'normally' run in big units because its the adaptation and -1 dmg strat that makes them good.
for a warrior focused list I would run 1x9 and then a few minimal units of 3.

[N.I.B.]

2x9 was viable in 8th ed, not sure about 9th ed. You ideally would want them on different objectives which means you'll have a hard time buffing with a Prime and Maleceptor/Malanthrope.
Hmm I just got an idea - what about Zoanthropes and Warriors? * off to brew *

[tylertt]

Zoanthropes are quickly becoming a auto include in most of my lists. Especially Leviathan ones

[cmob208]

N.I.B. ive been playing around with a zoanthrope/ warrior list (leviathan). I started a thread, would love to hear your thoughts.

[garg]

I quite like 5 with scytals and lw/bs as babysitters. They can't cover the same ground as termagants but denying consolidate can be good and obviously they can offer synapse.

[smash]

I've only played smaller games so far in 9th (1k points) but I've found warriors to be an auto include in the bulk of my lists. I mostly field them in squads of 3 with scytals, 2 death spitters, and one venom cannon. Even at BS +4 and no prime you're getting enough value for cost sitting on objectives while the rest of your force goes and makes some money. You can run them as they come too in this use but for +15 points you're making them a threat at range. I don't typically put adaptive physiology if I'm running 3 man squads.
If you're going to feature the warrior as your main source of board control and run a prime then I'd say go with 9 man squads or 5s in smaller games to limit damage from blast weapons. Currently I'm messing around with taking two 9 man warrior squads with enhanced resistance and two primes as a Jormungandr patrol detachment to supplement a Kronos, Kraken, or Nidzilla battalion but I haven't play tested this idea yet.

Another experimental idea I've been toying with is running 3-5 man melee warrior squad (bone swords, spine fists, adrenal glads) and setting them up in the tunnels with a trygon/trygon prime.

[niiai]

How much points did warriors increase with in 9th? I used to play warriors on and off in 8th. My experience they where OK. I played my first game of 9th with them today, and was pleasantly supriced.

Biggest difference I felt was that holding mid was much more important. And I backed them up by a whole lot more anti tank weapons. That felt great.

[cmob208]

I believe base went from 18 to 21 but the weapons all went up too at a worse ratio.

[gigasnail]

sure would be nice if deathspitters got the HB treatment and got that sweet sweet D2.

[tylertt]

Very excited today as my 9 new warriors arrived! Eager to tryout larger units

[cmob208]

Aug 24, 2020 23:41:54 GMT gigasnail said:

sure would be nice if deathspitters got the HB treatment and got that sweet sweet D2.

That'd be sweet, but highly doubt that will happen.

[beetlejuice]

Aug 26, 2020 23:27:30 GMT cmob208 said:

Aug 24, 2020 23:41:54 GMT gigasnail said:

sure would be nice if deathspitters got the HB treatment and got that sweet sweet D2.

That'd be sweet, but highly doubt that will happen.

The DS with slimer maggots really should be D2 though

[hivefleetkaiju]

Aug 27, 2020 0:53:05 GMT beetlejuice said:

Aug 26, 2020 23:27:30 GMT cmob208 said:

That'd be sweet, but highly doubt that will happen.

The DS with slimer maggots really should be D2 though

Indeed
In this way they are no longer an inferior version of devourers but an alternative to different situation