2k T8 Spam with minimal FW

[purestrain]

++ Spearhead Detachment -3CP (Tyranids) [69 PL, 9CP, 1,292pts] ++



+ Configuration +



Army of Renown - Crusher Stampede



Battle Size [12CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)



Detachment Command Cost [-3CP]



Hive Fleet: Leviathan



+ HQ +



Malanthrope [8 PL, 150pts]: Relic: Adaptive Neural Lobe



The Swarmlord [14 PL, 240pts]: Power: Catalyst, Power: Onslaught, Power: Smite



+ Elites +



Lictor [2 PL, 37pts]



+ Heavy Support +



Exocrine [9 PL, 170pts]



Exocrine [9 PL, 170pts]



Tyrannofex [9 PL, 175pts]: Acid Spray



Tyrannofex [9 PL, 175pts]: Acid Spray



Tyrannofex [9 PL, 175pts]: Acid Spray



++ Patrol Detachment 0CP (Tyranids) [44 PL, -3CP, 810pts] ++



+ Configuration +



Army of Renown - Crusher Stampede



Detachment Command Cost



Hive Fleet: Leviathan



+ Stratagems +



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



Progeny of the Hive [-1CP]



+ HQ +



Hive Tyrant [11 PL, -1CP, 215pts]: 2x Monstrous Scything Talons, Adrenal Glands, Power: Aggressive Surge, Power: Smite, Power: Synaptic Barrier, Relic: Biomorphic Carapace, Stratagem: Alpha Leader-Beast, Toxin Sacs, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Strategic Adaptation, Wings



+ Troops +



Tyranid Warriors [5 PL, 85pts]: Synaptic Link: Bioweapon Bond

. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Scything Talons

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Lash Whip and Bonesword



Tyranid Warriors [5 PL, 85pts]: Synaptic Link: Bioweapon Bond

. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Scything Talons

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Lash Whip and Bonesword



Tyranid Warriors [5 PL, 85pts]: Synaptic Link: Bioweapon Bond

. Tyranid Warrior: Devourer, Scything Talons

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Scything Talons

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Lash Whip and Bonesword



+ Elites +



Haruspex [9 PL, 170pts]

. Adaptive Physiology: Murderous Size



Haruspex [9 PL, 170pts]

. Adaptive Physiology: Murderous Size



++ Total: [113 PL, 6CP, 1997*pts] ++


*Reduced to 1997 with the new points costs of units.

The point of the army is to slog foreward spraying anything that gets near with 6d6 auto hitting shots while the malanthrope gives them all a -1 hit, liberal usage of swarmy sling and +d3 attacks into the haruspex as required, Use reposition to try to get angles for the exocrine or give only very fat units as targets to shoot at if I dont get first turn. +1 hit from the warriors is used to augment the shooting of 1 exo or if/when harus make contact. Lictor is used as a minor DS denial and/or Overwatch denial unit.

I'm not very good at selecting secondaries, any thoughts and advise?

This is also a side note, but I realized that Synaptic channeling can allow either psyker (the one you choose to know all clearly) to know their powers from POTHM and Mass convergence at one time, allowing for a large amount of flexibility with ranges

[khyz0r]

I am all for playing lists without FW models, but I see 2 issues with how this list will function. The Malanthrope aura is way too small to buff all these big models that are hard to hide in deployment, and map layouts want you to spread your models out to hold objectives. Therefore in CS lists, I find the Venomthropes more useful than a Malanthrope for the -1 to hit bubble. Also the Malanthrope takes up a valuable HQ slot that is currently forcing you to spend CP on more detachments in an army that really wants CP to function effectively.

So my suggestion is to drop the Malanthrope, combine the detachment. Either drop a Haruspex to fit the Venomthropes in, and/or add a Harpy/Mawloc to threaten opponents deployment zone objectives which gives you time to move models up to mid board. And depending on your choice there and points available, maybe a Trygon Prime or Deathleaper to hold the Neural Lobe.

[purestrain]

Thanks for the advice, But I'm not seeing a way to make the spearhead into something else without adding another troops choice or removing (as you suggested) one of the T8 models from the army, of which although probably solid, is not what I want to do with the army.

I'll probably be using the exocrine to hold back and midfield objectives while the flyrant and whoever gets thrown forward deals with other objective holders or just flat denying theirs if they aren't Obsec.

Its also hella easy to kill 3 venothrope in comparison to the malanthrope, hes also probably just going to babysit the sloggers (tyrannofex) so its not the worst thing to keep him in range of them most of the time methinks.