Need advice on developing 1k pt army

[bawnslippy]

Hi hive mind, just joined so thank you for welcoming me!

I've been playing nids for a little while now, my first army in 20 years! I'm looking for guidance on how to best improve my army up to 1k pts.


Currently I have:
Swarm lord/hive tyrant
20 genestealers
Broodlord
Mawloc/trygon/trygon prime
12 hormogaunts
3 warriors + tyranid prime
3 hive guard/tyrant guard

I don't always field all of them, but swarmlord and genestealers typically make the spearhead of my force.

Now I mostly prefer melee, but am open to getting more shooty/psykers involved. I typically play to kill opponents rather than obsec because i find the concept of tyranids trying to sit on points totally bizarre! So, I typically role play them and just set out for food =D

I'm definitely looking for anti tank as I don't have anything yet, and my mate is getting his second dreadnought, which is just gonna bring more pain.

I'm tossing around the idea of adding:
*An exocrine for anti tank, pretty much a must. But then what next?
*Zoanthropes (how many should I get?) and maybe maleceptor to join
*One of the other thropes (malan/venom/neurothrope, I get confused between them all haha)
*Winged hive tyrant (probably melee)




Appreciate all the help!

[piersonsmuppet]

Exocrine isn’t really anti-tank, S8 D3 is more of an anti-elite, biker, light-vehitcle weapon. The Heavy Venom Cannon, Crushing Claws, and Rupture Cannon are the only real anti-tank we have. Exo can still do decent work into dreads, but it won’t usually drop one from full. Exo can be very light anti-tank in Kronos though, but that is a shooty fleet (not looking to be your style).

3x Zoan is a good number to have going into the new codex. I’d try and just buy a Neuro off ebay or some other auction site

[dkng]

If you dont want to go Jorm, Venomthropes are definitely going to be a worthy addition. -1 to hit aura to cover your advance is sweet. They are fast, decent in melee and look cool
Even if you prefer melee you should have something shooty to soften your meal before closing in. Heavy Venom Cannon Carnifexes seem quite decent and can pack a punch from afar and then slap something in CC.
If you really like slashing your opponent up close consider Raveners - nothing else is this fast and pack this number of attacks for the price.