500 point list

[Phelddagrif]

Hey, 500 is a bizzare "format" of 40k, and yet there is a tournament with nice rewards of it at my local lgs, so I thought of creating some list for it, I have no f***ing idea what should I do tho

For now I'm thinking this, ik that Barbed Hierodule seems like too much, but at the same time seems like a free win vs any Elite

Broodlord
2x10 Gants
Barbed Hierodule with Dermic Symbiosis

Or TYRANT

Tyrant with Murderous size 2xMST Adaptive Biology and ResBarb
3x10 Gants
3xHiveguard

[beetlejuice]

500 is all about the skew. These would be my yolo suggestions:

Swarmlord catalyst, scream, 20 stealers go first and GG lol

Swarmy, superflyrant w SoT, devs, AG or TS, size, 3 rippers

2x BL, 1 w reso barb, 30 devilgaunts, 3 rippers

Neuro, reso barb, catalyst. 9x warriors (2st, rest spitter lwbs) AG, enhanced resistance, tyrannofex acid spray, dermic symbiosis

6 Kronos HG double shooting with symbiostorm are likely to table most opponents as well but that’s boring to both play with and against

[piersonsmuppet]

Jun 24, 2021 19:56:44 GMT beetlejuice said:

Neuro, reso barb, catalyst. 9x warriors (2st, rest spitter lwbs) AG, enhanced resistance, tyrannofex acid spray, dermic symbiosis

This is similar to my go to 500 pt list. I usually cut a Warrior to make room for a BL though, but it's quite fun to play imo.

[purestrain]

would an exo be better? now that we have 1cp to make him hit as he should?

[Bohxim]

I'd imagine a tfex with the 18" flamers work better in a 500p game.
But I suppose 12 shots of Ap3 2D is awesome too

[piersonsmuppet]

I think that while the Exo is certainly stronger, it might be a little CP intensive for 500pts games. Exo is an easy charge T1 on several of the missions, which isn't great since flying combat units are gold on the smaller map. Tfex loses very little from being tabled, so you can usually plonk it on the center of your deployment line and double shoot all game long w/o any efficiency loss. The Overwatch is a pretty relevant use of CP as well. I think the big thing is that the Exo still needs some screen support to avoid using desperate breakout + devastation in order to fallback + shoot while the Tfex works great independently.

[Phelddagrif]

Thanks for the lists, and overall, stopping by and replying, I don't have the Warriors necessary for the list with Tyrannofex, but I guess it doesn't matter cause I think I'll be taking the Behemoth Tyrant+Swarmy, first list I ever made in 40k, (which was like a year or so ago) was pretty much the same, but the Tyrant had to be on foot cause Swarmy didn't have the point drop then, and now with wings it will probably be cooler, since tyrant will basically teleport around the battlefield with Swarmys ability

[piersonsmuppet]

Jun 26, 2021 14:46:33 GMT Phelddagrif said:

Thanks for the lists, and overall, stopping by and replying, I don't have the Warriors necessary for the list with Tyrannofex, but I guess it doesn't matter cause I think I'll be taking the Behemoth Tyrant+Swarmy, first list I ever made in 40k, (which was like a year or so ago) was pretty much the same, but the Tyrant had to be on foot cause Swarmy didn't have the point drop then, and now with wings it will probably be cooler, since tyrant will basically teleport around the battlefield with Swarmys ability

SL + SuperT is probably my favorite thing in the codex, I like that you've chosen it for a spin. Is the tournament the BRB mission for Patrol sized games, or does it just play GT incursions at 500pts? If the latter, I think a Pyrovore vice wings would be super helpful.

[beetlejuice]

It’s a nice combo for sure, good counter to other skew like dreads. 3(4)++/5+++ at T7 is hard to punch through at 500 pts. Hard counter would be hordes outscoring primaries but hard to bring enough bodies at this level, devourers help a bit.

2 smites, catalyst and psychic scream is absolutely devastating over a couple of turns vs any elites.

[undertow92182]

Jun 25, 2021 15:44:45 GMT piersonsmuppet said:

Jun 24, 2021 19:56:44 GMT beetlejuice said:

Neuro, reso barb, catalyst. 9x warriors (2st, rest spitter lwbs) AG, enhanced resistance, tyrannofex acid spray, dermic symbiosis

This is similar to my go to 500 pt list. I usually cut a Warrior to make room for a BL though, but it's quite fun to play imo.

Do you guys go with the 2xST Warriors just to act as soaking wounds? I get that point limits don't allow them to be fully kitted out but I'm trying to figure out their main purpose.

[piersonsmuppet]

In the mentioned config they are mostly fully kitted. I usually did 7 w/ LW&BS/DS and 1 w/ 2xST. Not much is going to kill the Warriors easily in 500pts, so they do good work with guns.