Epxerimental 2000p list

[alfaxman]

Hello, so i have been trying to do a decently competetive list recently, the main plan is to get all the best tyranid units in the same army, with focus on shooting and Psychic, Hormagaunts to protects the screen for the shooters, Malanthrope for the Hive Guard, point out any weaknesess you see and strenghts.

1997pt Kronos

Battalion Detachment 0CP (Tyranids) [101 PL, 12CP, 1,997pts]

HQ:
Hive Tyrant [11 PL, 210pts]: Monstrous Rending Claws, Power: Catalyst, Power: The Horror, Toxin Sacs, Two Devourers with Brainleech Worms, Wings

Malanthrope [8 PL, 150pts]

Neurothrope [5 PL, 95pts]: Power: Symbiostorm, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Soul Hunger

+ Troops +

Hormagaunts [6 PL, 72pts]
. 12x Hormagaunt: 12x Scything Talons

Termagants [9 PL, 190pts]
. 20x Termagant (Devourer): 20x Devourer
. 10x Termagant (Fleshborer): 10x Fleshborer

Termagants [9 PL, 190pts]
. 20x Termagant (Devourer): 20x Devourer
. 10x Termagant (Fleshborer): 10x Fleshborer

+ Elites +

Hive Guard [12 PL, 270pts]
. 6x Hive Guard (Impaler): 6x Impaler Cannon

Zoanthropes [14 PL, 300pts]: Power: Psychic Scream
. 6x Zoanthrope: 6x Claws and Teeth

+ Heavy Support +

Exocrine [9 PL, 170pts]

Tyrannofex [9 PL, 175pts]: Acid Spray

Tyrannofex [9 PL, 175pts]: Acid Spray

[zimko]

The warlord trait isn't worth giving up Adaptive Physiology (from Blood of Baal book). I suggest replacing the warlord trait by taking a physiology on the Hive Guard for ignoring AP -1 and -2. Most of the common artillery shooting that you will see on the field is AP -1 or -2.

For -1 CP and 10 more points, you can make the Flyrant a beast in melee by giving him Scything Talons and Murderous Size. Those 10 points can easily be acquired by dropping the 12 man hormagaunt squad to 10 man. This should be done either way because 2 extra hormagaunts is not worth allowing Blast weapons to be fired at full effectiveness.

You also don't have a relic selected that I can see. The Flyrant is ideal for Resonance Barb, allowing him to cast both his power AND smite, all at +1 to cast. On that note, you should swap out The Horror for Psychic Scream to give him good mortal wound output. The Zoanthropes should take Onslaught or The Horror instead. Zoanthropes with Psychic Scream negates the extra 6" range on Smite that they get, so you should give them another 24" offensive power like The Horror or a defensive power like Onslaught. Onslaught would be good for your Termagants, to allow them to advance and shoot without penalty. It's also good to cast on the Flyrant if you make him a melee beast, good for jumping over lines and attacking characters.

Those are the main tweaks I'd make to keep the core of this list intact.

However, if you would be willing to adjust it further, then I think you need Lictors and/or more hormagaunts for scoring secondary objectives. Dropping the ablative termagants from the 30 man units would give you 100 points. I'd remove those extra termagants and take 2 Lictors to score you Retrieve Octarius Data and/or Engage on all Fronts. This would allow your devgants to hide easier until you're ready to trade with them. The leftover points can be used to try and fill out one of those devgant units with more devgants to make it a more ideal target for our double shoot stratagem.

[piersonsmuppet]

Also trade TS for AG on the Tyrant. The 1” additional charge & advance is a much better use of 5pts, even more so if you slap the 2xMST on it. I usually only take TS on a Tyrant if trying to take Xeno Acid or I’ve got 5pts left over.