Can anyone help with a 1k list?

[shannonpaints40k]

Good evening!

I am relatively new for Warhammer and 40k and was wondering if someone could suggest some ideas for my army based on what I have.

I started with the start collecting box and have picked up a few more bits.

I’ve currently got a trygon, broodlord, 15 genestealers, 15 termagants, and 5 ripper swarms.

I was thinking of getting a neurothrope/zoanthrope combo next but I tried playing them today with proxies and it didn’t go so well.

I typically play against necrons, orks and slaneesh so any tips on countering them would be appreciated!

This is how I ran it earlier today:
Hive Fleet: Kronos

+ Stratagems +

Progeny of the Hive [-1CP]

+ HQ +

Broodlord [7 PL, 125pts]: Monstrous Rending Claws, Power: Catalyst, Power: Smite

Neurothrope [5 PL, 95pts]: Claws and Teeth, Power: Smite, Power: Symbiostorm, Resonance Barb, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Soul Hunger

+ Troops +

Genestealers [12 PL, 204pts]: 3x Acid Maw, 3x Flesh Hooks, 13x Scything Talons
. 13x Genestealer: 13x Rending Claws

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

Termagants [6 PL, 105pts]
. 15x Termagant (Devourer): 15x Devourer

+ Elites +

Zoanthropes [14 PL, 250pts]: Power: Psychic Scream, Power: Smite
. 5x Zoanthrope: 5x Claws and Teeth

+ Heavy Support +

Trygon Prime [10 PL, 195pts]: 3x Massive Scything Talons, Adrenal Glands, Bio-electric Pulse with Containment Spines, Biostatic Rattle
. Adaptive Physiology: Murderous Size

++ Total: [56 PL, -1CP, 1,010pts] ++


Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you

[Bohxim]

Well, firstly, your list isn't very shooty so kronos doesn't really benefit it. Your gants will be moving due to taking objectives and getting into range so won't get the rerolls. Though I suppose the use 1 die for spells strategem can be super important against orks and slanesh.
But personally I'd think a kraken list for 3d6 choose highest die for advance + double advance roll strategem would benefit you more.
Secondly, for a 1k list I think you can swap the resonance barb to the broodlord. So you can have have additional smite damage. Feels more reliable than banking on a few extra hits from 15 devourers haha

[piersonsmuppet]

Depends on if you will stay at 1k for a while, or are looking to move up to 1500/2000 soon. Zoans are okay in 1k matches, but are really only good at countering non-obj sec elite units. Lower points means you are less likely to see those, and smaller map makes target selection harder. A Tyrant would be a better choice if you are looking to stay at 1000 pts for a while, they are very strong with the smaller map and less anti-tank weapons.

You're Hive Fleet choice is pretty suspect as nothing really benefits from it and you lack Symbiostorm targets (15 Devgants being the sole beneficiary of both). Kraken would make the genestealers more mobile (making them more survivable and deadly), fleet power is good for GS/Trygon charges, and fallback & charge is useful for anything. Behemoth would help the Trygon Prime & GS hit charges (especially with the Gland relic), the fleet psychic power is great for the GS, Broodlord, and Trygon, and the fleet strat can help the gants/GS throw MW's at tougher targets when charging. A Tyrant with Monstrous Size, wings, and kitted for melee would work well in either Kraken or Behemoth. Leviathan would be a decent choice if you end up going with the Zoans/Neuro, they gain a lot of durability and you would have enough synapse to reliably keep the fleet trait buff on everything.

Instead of 2x Zoan boxes, I would suggest a Tyrant and another Termagant box. Devgants really want to be over 20 strong, and you would get to field a 2nd ripper unit as well. Will make the Trygon Prime/Devgant bomb better (which will be good vs Orcs/Necrons...probably Slaneesh too). When you move up in points/map size, you can re-try the Zoan proxies to see if they work better for you.

Resonance Barb on a Neuro is somewhat wasteful, and should always go on a Broodlord/Tyrant if they are in the list. They can use the extra cast for free (Neuro has to spend a CP), are usually in a better position to use the extra Deny, and 4/5 powers >80% success is better than 2 powers >90% success and 1/2 powers w/ >70%.

[shannonpaints40k]

Thank you so much for the help 🙏🏻