500 pt. Initial Kronos

[paladin]

Hello all,

Brand new to the board, this is my first post. I was a long time Chaos Space Marines player in 6th and 7th edition, stopped for about 5 years, sold all my minis and all that. Decided to get back into the hobby recently, starting with Tyranids.  After much consideration, I've decided to go with a shooting heavy Hivefleet Kronos army, with a mix of swarmy units and monstrous units.  Something I can put together quickly and start familiarizing myself with the new rule set, that can form the core of a future, larger army. I'm not a super competitive player, but looking for a fun army, reasonably effective for casual play. 

500 pt. 

HQ:

Hive Tyrant
x1 Monstrous Scything Talons
x1 Stranglethorn Cannon
x1 Catalyst
x1 Onslaught
x1 Voracious Ammunition
x1 Venomthorn Parasite


Troops:

10 Termagants 
x10 Devourers

10 Termagants
x10 Devourers

10 Termagants

x10 Fleshborers

Heavy Support:

Carnifex
x2 Deathspitter
x1 Heavy Venom Cannon
x1 Enhanced Senses

[afewveiws]

I feel like this list would fair better as a Jorm fleet, strictly due to the gants with devourers (devgants). If out ranged they will need to walk up to shoot and lose the fleet bonus. Also the monsters get to have 2+ saves in favorable conditions.

Atleast consider putting all the gants into 1 unit. This will allow you to double shoot with all of them and makes the enemy have to kill 10 dudes before meaningfully reducing that units fire power.

Beyond these thoughts i can offer very little since my play style is predominantly assault oriented, which also means i could easily be wrong too lol

[piersonsmuppet]

The list does not really look like it gains much from Kronos, Carnifex/Tyrant want to move and Devgants need to move. Absence of Symbiostorm, one of our best psychic powers, also weakens Kronos as a choice. So realistically you are only using Deepest Shadow from Kronos, which is very unfriendly in a casual setting.

Kraken looks like a better choice for the list, Devgants like the strat and Onslaught is a very good power in the fleet. Making the Devgants 1x20 is definitely a better choice, since you get to use the rr 1's to-wound in shooting w/ 20+. The current Carnifex loadout wouldn't work terribly well in Kraken however, with 2xMST w/ Tusks or 2x2 Devs w/ Maw or Senses being effective in casual play.

Jorm is a good option for if you want to keep the current build w/o minor changes, but you will miss out on learning to use Tyranids mobility until later on. It does offer the opportunity to learn using Devgants from strategic reserves early, as the Jorm power is great for them the turn they enter.

The Tyrant is not going to be great, even in a casual setting. Heavy Stranglethorn Cannon is just terrible in any setting, and I find Heavy Venom Cannon or a second set of MST's just more fun on a Walkrant. Venomthorn is a mediocre relic, I failed to inflict any damage to an intercessor unit in the open (practically what the STC is made for) over 3 shooting phases w/ the same loadout and have not taken the gun or relic since. Resonance Barb is a great relic for any setting, and helps prevent feel bad moments from a wanted psychic power failing in casual play. Pathogenesis is a decent option as well if taking a gun and learning the army, the added range and re-rolls really help the gun stay consistent. With only 3 CP at 500 pts, MRC are also good for learning the army. Allows you to not worry about spending CP for re-rolls on the Tyrant, keeping its consistency up.

I don't see an adaptive physiology set, but I would recommend Voracious Ammo on the Shooty Tyrant or Murderous Size if you choose to take MRC.

[Bohxim]

If it were me, I'd take the resonance barb over the venom thorn relic as well. With the small board size, having reliable casts + smite is nice to have. It'll prob contribute more to the damage than a couple extra shots on an ap1 gun