Crusher Stampede won the Manchester GT

[N.I.B.]

Beating the other 185 players after 7 games, Innes Wilson's Tyranids were the last monsters standing.


Innes Wilson 1st Place The MANCHESTER GT - 40k Super-Major 2022

Secondary Objectives Information
No Prisoners: 54
To the Last Units: Hive Guard, Dimachaeron, The Swarmlord
Titan Hunter: N/A
Bring it Down: 15
Assassination: 10
Abhor the Witch: 9


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The Swarmlord, Powers- Onslaught, Catalyst

Hive Tyrant, Wings, 2 Twin Devourer With Brainleech Worms, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs. Powers- Aggressive Surge, Synaptic Barrier, Warlord -
Rampaging Beast, Alpha Leader-Beast - Strategic Adaptation, Murderous Size. Relic - Synaptic Hive Blades

Hive Tyrant, Wings, 2 Twin Devourer With Brainleech Worms, Monstrous Scything
Talons, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Powers- Paroxysm, Catalyst, Bounty of the Hive Fleet - Biomorphic Carapace (-1CP)

3 Tyranid Warriors, ScyTals.
3 Tyranid Warriors, ScyTals, 2 Lash Whip and Bonesword, Bioweapon Bond
3 Tyranid Warriors, ScyTals, 2 Lash Whip and Bonesword, Bioweapon Bond

6 Hive Guard
Dimachaeron
3 Raveners, Deathspitters

Exocrine
Harpy
Harpy

2000pts
9 CP

Job Well Done to Innes Wilson crushing the competition with the Crusher Stampede Tyranid list. Voidweavers lack the ability to fallback and shoot for free. This encourages players to tag several units at once so only one unit is eligible for the stratagem. Purposfully in this list, the Dimachaeron and Harpies can make those first turn charges into those units. The Dimachaeron uses a little help from the Swarmlord to accomplish this.

One weakness of the Harlequins is limited mortal wound protection. Lacking the Relic for a 5+++ to ignore mortal wounds, they would have to rely on the Psychic power which is only a 6+++ to ignore them. Using the Breaking Through Stratagem up to 6 mortal wounds can easily be done on the Charge to a Voidweaver squadron. Then Thunderous Impact to increase the wound and Damage roll should finish punching through the squadron. The bonus to hit is largely wasted on Light Harlequins.

This is a very offensive list with big bugs for some melee punches and the Hive Tyrants to shoot down units that have scattered about. Possibly one of the greatest things about this list is the lack of Kill Secondaries you have against this list. If you want to max, you’ll need to kill the big bugs.

[trashcan01]

Holy moly!
First Non-"TAU/CUSTODES/AELDARI" at 22nd place? 2nd-9th (almost) all Harlequins?

What a joke!
*ba dum tss*

Stampede win makes me happy. Nom-fing-nom indeed. 

[niiai]

Very cool. Asuming crusher stampede does not survive into the new codex is there a way to recreate it?

I guess Zoanthropes and venomthropes can copy some of the defensive measures, although we lack - 1 damage.

Harpies are better in the new codex. We can give a small amount of mortal wounds on a charge, but no where crusher stanpede much.

Swarmlord can not guarantee first turn charges.

Warriors are probably better. Although they are more exspensive.

It is probably another beast all together.

[shippo62]

Bye Bye twin link devourers though

[yoritomo]

Yeah, I'm hoping the next forge world update brings them back since twin linked devourers are a forge world bit.

[tylertt]

Idk, I can't see them returning devs to Tyrants unless Forgeworld makes a special Tyrant datasheet. The devs are still available in our codex but only on Carnifex now.

[niiai]

Forge world can easily include it. But when is a big question.

[N.I.B.]

Yeah Devourers won't be a Tyrant option unless they remake the sprues.