2k Kraken Cranial Feasting

[kinginyellow]

Jan 9, 2023 19:26:16 GMT zimko said:

I have an LVO practice RTT this Saturday and I've made a pretty significant change to the list. I felt like there was something I could do different with the 3rd Troop slot and 2nd Zoanthrope unit. And I wanted to bring back venomthropes. So I went wild and am trying 2 patrols.

Kraken Patrol
HQ
- Nuerothrope: Catalyst, Onslaught, Direct Guidance
- Flyrant: Reaper, Glands, Horror, PScream, Adaptive Bio, TSacs
Troops
- 5 Warriors: DS, BS, AGlands, FH
Elites
- 3 Tyrant Guard: LashSword, AGlands
- 3 Zoanthropes: Nueroparasite
Fast Attack
- 5 Raveners: DSpitters, Rending Claws
- 5 Raveners: DSpitters, Rending Claws
Heavy
- 3 Biovores
Patrol
HQ
- Nuerothrope: Psychic Scream, Paroxysm
- Swarmlord: warlord, Psychic Scream, Paroxysm
Troops
- 5 Warriors: DS, BS, AGlands, FH
Elites
- 4 Venomthropes
Fortification
- Sporocyst
2000 pts, 1 CP

I start with only 1 CP but this has 5 solid core units that can receive any combination of +1 to hit, reroll hits and reroll 1s to hit. If space it crowded on the board then a unit of raveners can start in deep strike.

Swarmlord himself I'm hoping is decent as another melee beast, but also his obsec buff is great on Raveners. And with Spore mine support I can use him as a counter charge unit and keep him safe.

I'll see how it looks this weekend. Again this is for LVO so pre-nerf

Does the flyrant need that warlord trait with the alternative being synaptic tendrils on the Neuro. You have both tyrants being psyker2 and seems rather impactful.

Also, is the flesh hooks needed on both warriors? 1 FH and the toxic sacs on the flyrant can be 2 venom cannons which is atleast quite impactful on the charge (assuming the warriors are hiding till then). The 1 tyranid warrior with the FH can be deployed on the side of table with containers.

Or do you prefer both tyranid warriors to be identical (cause toxic sacs on flyrant isn't very effective and even replacing it with 1 venom cannons is probably slightly better)

[zimko]

Flesh hooks will be useful for some of the tables at LVO. There's a table with something like 4 hill-like walls.

I've played the Flyrant without that trait before and it's definitely worth it. Synaptic Tendrils isn't needed as much cause all I really need the neurothrope buff for is onslaught/catalyst and psychic interrogation. All other powers are fine if they don't go off and those neurothropes can handle the important powers themselves.

[kinginyellow]

Those make sense. Didn't realize that LVO had significant enough amounts of scale-needed terrain to warrant the amount of FH you have.