Newer to 40k, questions about a list.

[punchthenun]

As of right now, I have:

x2 Flying hive tyrants
x1 swarmlord
x16 genestealers
x20 horm
x3 hive guard
x3 zoanthropes
x1 tyrannocyte
x1 exocrine
x1 trygon
x1 broodlord

 I know it's not a list, but I am a little overwhelmed trying to figure out what to get next to adjust to the "meta". Any recommendations on what I should purchase next/how to use them properly in a list? Any help is welcomed, thank you so much for bearing with me lol

[beetlejuice]

10-30 termagants (atm they are good with devourers in a 30 man unit but you will always have use of 20-90 fleshborer termagants for cheap obsec bodies). This will also give you a couple of ripper swarms for free on the same sprues.

Hive guard and zoanthropes could use another box of each, they work a lot better as 5-6 man units, and you can get a neurothrope out of that as well.

Dimachaerons are the latest hotness, so if you want flavour of the month and be competitive get two of those. Be aware that could change at any time and they could end up as paperweights for a couple of years.

[gazrax]

Your immediate next purchase should be another box of Zoanthropes so you can build a Neurothrope. It's a very solid HQ choice and one you'll likely be running alongside whatever else you take in most games.

The other 2 Zoanthropes will also be super useful as they really shine in a group of 5 casting Smite and Psychic Scream every turn for 3d3 mortal wounds.


After that, I recommend you play some games to figure out what you like vs. chasing the meta. Despite its age, the Tyranids codex has a lot of depth and interesting combos so getting a feel for what suits your style will likely determine what to get next.

Example: you might really like the shooty side of the bugs (Hive Guard and Exocrine put a lot of pressure on the field) - if so, get another box of each.

You might find that you need more cheap obsec - get like 3 more boxes of gaunts/gants.

You might find yourself stretched with synpase coverage and in need of something cheap, like Warriors, etc.

Etc.

[afewveiws]

Based on what you have these are the things you might want to consider.

More hgaunts to flesh out that unit you have. With swarmy you can makea 30man unit reach out a stop alot of guns from fireing for a turn. They will likely die for it but that is thier purpose, buys time for your monsters to get closer without getting to shot up before they can be a threat.

Carnifexes. Wether you prefer guns or claws fexes are flexable enough to fill your lists out. I feel that 4 magnatized fexes give you all the normal options you might want in an army. But 2 is a great start.

Termagants are good for min sized units of objective sitters or large blobs of devourers coming in via your trygon or Tcyte. Either way they will likely be a good purchase.

The hivegaurd and zoeys... i second the previous sentaments here. Hive gaurd a good as a max unit simply for psy powers like symbistorm and strats like single minded annihilation. A second unit is generally a waste of points though so once you have 6 your good. Zoeys are also want numbers due to it effecting thier psy powers in game and the fact that neurothropes come out of the same box.

Some of this advice is skewed due to how i see the game so take it with some salt and really ask yourself what drew you to the nids. Determine how you want your fleet to play and what stratgies you want to exemplify and you wilk be able to figure it out in no time.