Tervigon + big monsters in leviathan

[hivefleetkerrigan]

I had a game against a friend's iron warriors yesterday. I decided to bring a tervigon in a leviathan detachment backed up with big monsters.

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My list

++ Unbound Army (Faction) (Tyranids) [115 PL, -3CP, 1,998pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Hive Fleet: Leviathan

+ Stratagems +

Bounty of the Hive Fleet [-1CP]: 1 Extra Bio-artefact

Progeny of the Hive [-1CP]

+ HQ +

Hive Tyrant [9 PL, 195pts]: Heavy Venom Cannon, Power: Onslaught, Power: The Horror, Two Deathspitters with Slimer Maggots

Neurothrope [5 PL, 95pts]: Power: Catalyst, Relic: The Void Crown

Tervigon [12 PL, -1CP, 205pts]: Massive Scything Talons, Power: Psychic Scream, Relic: Biomorphic Carapace, Stratagem: Alpha Leader-Beast, Synaptic Link: Weapoinised Gestation, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Gestalt Commander, Warlord Trait: Swarm Leader

+ Troops +

Termagants [9 PL, 105pts]
. 21x Termagant (Fleshborer): 21x Fleshborer

Termagants [9 PL, 105pts]
. 21x Termagant (Fleshborer): 21x Fleshborer

Termagants [9 PL, 105pts]
. 21x Termagant (Fleshborer): 21x Fleshborer

Tyranid Warriors [9 PL, 116pts]: Synaptic Link: Bioweapon Bond
. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Scything Talons

+ Elites +

Lictor [2 PL, 37pts]

Maleceptor [9 PL, 170pts]: Power: Onslaught

Zoanthropes [15 PL, 310pts]: Power: Paroxysm, Synaptic Link: Psychic Channeling
. 6x Zoanthrope: 6x Claws and Teeth

+ Heavy Support +

Tyrannofex [9 PL, 190pts]: Rupture Cannon

Tyrannofex [9 PL, 190pts]: Rupture Cannon

Tyrannofex [9 PL, 175pts]: Acid Spray
. Adaptive Physiology: Dermic Symbiosis

++ Total: [115 PL, -3CP, 1,998pts] ++

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My friend brought a bunch of dreadnoughts, a couple of rinos, and a predator backed up by support characters and a lord discordant.

We ended up playing a kill fest as we were a bit short on time. He won the rolloff and went first.

Long story short, I ended up burning through all my CP turn 1. My list ended up slowly crumpling and I wasn't managing to do enough damage to take down his vehicles, so we called it turn 3.. Line of sight blocking terrain meant that I was having to split up what my big bugs were targeting so I wasn't able to focus fire much.

Burning through all my CP meant that I didn't have enough for encephalic diffusion, which had negated tons of damage turn 1.

All in all, I think that leviathan is better suited to hordes rather than big bugs. If I was going to try a similar list, I'd retry it with jormungandr or a custom fleet instead.

[purestrain]

Nov 16, 2021 16:10:58 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

I had a game against a friend's iron warriors yesterday. I decided to bring a tervigon in a leviathan detachment backed up with big monsters.

SPOILER: Click to show

My list

++ Unbound Army (Faction) (Tyranids) [115 PL, -3CP, 1,998pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Hive Fleet: Leviathan

+ Stratagems +

Bounty of the Hive Fleet [-1CP]: 1 Extra Bio-artefact

Progeny of the Hive [-1CP]

+ HQ +

Hive Tyrant [9 PL, 195pts]: Heavy Venom Cannon, Power: Onslaught, Power: The Horror, Two Deathspitters with Slimer Maggots

Neurothrope [5 PL, 95pts]: Power: Catalyst, Relic: The Void Crown

Tervigon [12 PL, -1CP, 205pts]: Massive Scything Talons, Power: Psychic Scream, Relic: Biomorphic Carapace, Stratagem: Alpha Leader-Beast, Synaptic Link: Weapoinised Gestation, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Gestalt Commander, Warlord Trait: Swarm Leader

+ Troops +

Termagants [9 PL, 105pts]
. 21x Termagant (Fleshborer): 21x Fleshborer

Termagants [9 PL, 105pts]
. 21x Termagant (Fleshborer): 21x Fleshborer

Termagants [9 PL, 105pts]
. 21x Termagant (Fleshborer): 21x Fleshborer

Tyranid Warriors [9 PL, 116pts]: Synaptic Link: Bioweapon Bond
. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons
. Tyranid Warrior: Scything Talons

+ Elites +

Lictor [2 PL, 37pts]

Maleceptor [9 PL, 170pts]: Power: Onslaught

Zoanthropes [15 PL, 310pts]: Power: Paroxysm, Synaptic Link: Psychic Channeling
. 6x Zoanthrope: 6x Claws and Teeth

+ Heavy Support +

Tyrannofex [9 PL, 190pts]: Rupture Cannon

Tyrannofex [9 PL, 190pts]: Rupture Cannon

Tyrannofex [9 PL, 175pts]: Acid Spray
. Adaptive Physiology: Dermic Symbiosis

++ Total: [115 PL, -3CP, 1,998pts] ++

Created with BattleScribe (https://battlescribe.net)

My friend brought a bunch of dreadnoughts, a couple of rinos, and a predator backed up by support characters and a lord discordant.

We ended up playing a kill fest as we were a bit short on time. He won the rolloff and went first.

Long story short, I ended up burning through all my CP turn 1. My list ended up slowly crumpling and I wasn't managing to do enough damage to take down his vehicles, so we called it turn 3.. Line of sight blocking terrain meant that I was having to split up what my big bugs were targeting so I wasn't able to focus fire much.

Burning through all my CP meant that I didn't have enough for encephalic diffusion, which had negated tons of damage turn 1.

All in all, I think that leviathan is better suited to hordes rather than big bugs. If I was going to try a similar list, I'd retry it with jormungandr or a custom fleet instead.

Rupturefex are horrible, Hive guard are much better. 

Tervigons are still bad, The broodlords light/heavy cover would have been a better choice.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Honestly, the point of the list was to test how the tervigon performed in leviathan. I'd used it in 8e in similar lists. I think the issue was that leviathan didn't help much and I basically burned through all my CP trying the new strats.

[afewveiws]

Your list also had almosy no damage.

Warriors w/devs and scytals lose against some kroot so into a dreadnought mech list... could just did 3 w/ scytals and a VC and that woulda been about the same points if not less and be more useful

If all 3 Tfexes went acid spray they may have had better luck with weight of numbers and it would free up some points.

I dont know what else you coulda done but 3 units of ~22 tgants and a tervigon with a bunch of resources dumped on it... doesnt sound like a winning list. Id be more confident bringing 3x25 hormagaunts and swarmlord with no aditional resourses dumped into it and most likely see better results for compareable point costs and foc-slots.