NEW Tyranids vs NEW Tyranids 2000 pt written report

[stormcoil]

Hello Hive Mind! Today we have another battle report where we test out some of the new rules and units from the leaked codex. Check it out here:


www.reddit.com/r/Tyranids/comments/tro9mf/new_tyranids_vs_new_tyranids_2000pt_written/


Let me know what you think and good luck in your future games!

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Thanks for the write up!

Is it legal to take more synapse than non synapse? I'd seen a rumor that there was some max ratio you had to uphold. Please correct me if I am wrong here!

[stormcoil]

You can only take 1 tyrant per detachment. I'm not aware of any other restriction on synapse.

[piersonsmuppet]

Mar 29, 2022 22:19:52 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

Thanks for the write up!

Is it legal to take more synapse than non synapse? I'd seen a rumor that there was some max ratio you had to uphold. Please correct me if I am wrong here!

That was one of the fake rumors.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Mar 30, 2022 0:54:41 GMT piersonsmuppet said:

Mar 29, 2022 22:19:52 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

Thanks for the write up!

Is it legal to take more synapse than non synapse? I'd seen a rumor that there was some max ratio you had to uphold. Please correct me if I am wrong here!

That was one of the fake rumors.

Thanks! That clears a lot up! I only saw a leaked PDF that had a few pages missing so I wasn't sure about some army building restrictions.

[piersonsmuppet]

I think your analysis of Screamer Killers is spot on, I think most people just see 11 attacks stop there while analyzing it. Hybrid Carnifex w/ HVC and choice melee arms are much better.

I saw 3 Tyrants and cheered, though I think that upgrading the Reaper Tyrant to a Flyrant would be well worth the loss of one HVC.

This report is also a shining example of what not to do with Deathleaper. Always take Alien Cunning on it if you have the spare WLT, the #3 Objective would've likely been Levi's for 2 Turns.

I noticed a possible mistake you made with the Parasite; only the ovipositor attack can deal 1 mortal wound on a successful wound, and it only gets 1 attack per round with that weapon. How did you deal 3MWs to the warriors with the Parasite in T3?

[stormcoil]

Mar 30, 2022 2:04:45 GMT piersonsmuppet said:

I think your analysis of Screamer Killers is spot on, I think most people just see 11 attacks stop there while analyzing it. Hybrid Carnifex w/ HVC and choice melee arms are much better.

Thanks. The more games I play the more I think it is a trap choice. They never do as much as you think they are going to. One might work if the whole rest of your army is such a threat it is ignored.

Mar 30, 2022 2:04:45 GMT piersonsmuppet said:

I saw 3 Tyrants and cheered, though I think that upgrading the Reaper Tyrant to a Flyrant would be well worth the loss of one HVC.

Yeah, having one faster one could matter. And especially if you run them as leviathan the loss of that one point of toughness would matter less. I would still keep it in a tyrant murderball along with the tyrant guard to start probably.

Mar 30, 2022 2:04:45 GMT piersonsmuppet said:

This report is also a shining example of what not to do with Deathleaper. Always take Alien Cunning on it if you have the spare WLT, the #3 Objective would've likely been Levi's for 2 Turns.

Deathleaper is a named character. Can it take a WLT? If it can I agree that Alien Cunning would be a great pick. I ultimately did not like Alien Cunning on my third tyrant, and would not take it on that model again.

Mar 30, 2022 2:04:45 GMT piersonsmuppet said:

I noticed a possible mistake you made with the Parasite; only the ovipositor attack can deal 1 mortal wound on a successful wound, and it only gets 1 attack per round with that weapon. How did you deal 3MWs to the warriors with the Parasite in T3?

Yes, I think I played the parasite wrong in combat. It is ap-2 and the warrior had a 4+ armor, so we will never know if he would have rolled a 6 on a save to survive. Overall the parasite is not really a combat threat. You use it for the speed and I think it is great with the spawning rippers relic.

[piersonsmuppet]

Yes, you can use the Hive Predator stratagem on Deathleaper to give Alien Cunning to it. There is no restriction on named characters, but they can still only take their associated WLT. For your army, you may want to consider Alien Cunning on the PoM as it fulfills a similar role to DL w/ AC, stealing the deployment objective mid-game.