Melee 1000 Battalion

[Phelddagrif]

Finally got a Dimachaeron, so I made a list, thought I might aswell share, and get some opinions/suggestions about it, also, do you know the best way to kill horde in tyranids? I thought of swapping the swarmlord for neurothrope and acidfex


++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Tyranids) [53 PL, 5CP, 1,002pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Battle Size [6CP]: 2. Incursion (51-100 Total PL / 501-1000 Points)

Detachment Command Cost

Hive Fleet: Kraken

+ Stratagems +

Progeny of the Hive [-1CP]

+ HQ +

Hive Tyrant [11 PL, 220pts]: Adrenal Glands, Chameleonic Mutation, Monstrous Scything Talons, Power: Psychic Scream, Power: The Horror, Two Devourers with Brainleech Worms, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Adaptive Biology, Wings

The Swarmlord [14 PL, 270pts]: Power: Catalyst, Power: Synaptic Lure

+ Troops +

Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 36pts]
. 3x Ripper Swarm: 3x Claws and Teeth

Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 36pts]
. 3x Ripper Swarm: 3x Claws and Teeth

Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 36pts]
. 3x Ripper Swarm: 3x Claws and Teeth

Termagants [3 PL, 50pts]
. 10x Termagant (Fleshborer): 10x Fleshborer

Termagants [3 PL, 50pts]
. 10x Termagant (Fleshborer): 10x Fleshborer

+ Elites +

Lictor [2 PL, 37pts]

Lictor [2 PL, 37pts]

+ Fast Attack +

Dimachaeron [12 PL, 230pts]
. Adaptive Physiology: Accelerated Digestion

++ Total: [53 PL, 5CP, 1,002pts] ++

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[No One]

So, some comments:

-2 pts over, generally a no-no, especially when you've got easy pt saves.
-Single scy tal is eh, run either MRC if you want devs, or double scy tals if you want melee. The extra attack is worth a lot, especially if you're going to Swarmlord sling a lot of the time anyway. (Also saves pts)
-Adapt probably better than Biology? Though 1k is weird, biology might be better than digestion and 1k makes those more 'grindy' survivability options that require surviving more appealing, rather than outright damage with size.
-Definitely want onslaught in there, especially as Kraken with dima: I'd swap out horror for it, but it's best on Swarmlord, so might want to shuffle.
-Might be a bit too much scoring stuff?? From my experience, 1k generally just devolves very quickly into 'murder and score later' just due to small table size and less options to respond to things like a dima and flyrant crashing into your lines. And being able to fully capitalise on that, or counter punch is probably going to do more. But not sure, you of course don't want to abandon scoring entirely, and I can't think of anything to effectively use the points.