Let’s pick our selves up

[bugsy]

Ok we cried for a while, including me. But looking forward, what do you think are good strategies? One could be behemoth monsters. Another one could be hydra hordes.

[tylertt]

Gorgon Horms is one of the builds I hear having a lot of success

[Bohxim]

I can see Leviathan monsters being decent too. That psychic power has loads of utility imo

[trashcan01]

Yesterday I stomped Astra Militarum in 2000pt game, we played Conversion (22).
I maxed primaries and scored high on secondaries: Ritual 12, Banners 13, Bring it down 13 = Tyranids 93 - 63 Astra Militarum.
Jormungandr / Natural Camouflage

2x Walking Tyrants with HVC (Shardgullet + H.Senses; Pathogenesis)
1x Tervigon (Maw Claws)
1x Neurothrope
2x30 Termies
1x3 Tyrant Guard
1x3 Zoanthropes
1x3 Venomthropes
1x Parasite
2x1 HVC Fexes (Senses, HVC, Talons)

Astra is supposed to be S tier, right? There is hope yet.
I'll write a short batrep today, if anyone is interested.

[piersonsmuppet]

Jan 19, 2023 11:42:06 GMT trashcan01 said:

Astra is supposed to be S tier, right? There is hope yet.
I'll write a short batrep today, if anyone is interested.

Depends on the build. The S tier one involves a lot of infantry & buffs a unit to auto wound on 5’s w/ rr hits and ignore hit modifiers, mw’s on a 6 to wound (auto wound count as 6’s), ignoring light cover, and ignoring FnPs (Avg 30 gants dead through all defensive buffs from a 100 pt unit).

[trashcan01]

Astra list had all that jazz, but I don't think he played it to the full potential. We had a talk after the game about changes to the list and the next game will be much more difficult.
Admittedly - going first and killing his Gatling Tank T1 was a big blow to his antichaff.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

For me, I jumped ship to play custodes in a tempest of war league. Seeing my 1250 nid list go up to almost 1500 dulled my enthusiasm to come up with a better contender. Hoping nids can do well (but not well enough so we don't get buffs of course! )

[trashcan01]

During the last week I tried to capitalize on people giving up on Nids, focusing on second hand models. The stars aligned and one of my mates informed me that his friends from United Kingdom will be visiting him in few weeks and are willing to bring some plastic for me, thus favourably increasing money-to-plastic-toy ratio in my favour, since I have to pay A LOT for shipping + import taxes.

For a little over 180€/200$/160 GBP I've managed to buy the following:

• Mawloc
• Trygon
• Exocrine / Haruspex
• Walking Hive Tyrant (with Wings and printed Twin-linked devourers)
• 21 Termagant (various loadouts)
• Flying Tyrant Wings and Legs; missing the flying tail

Maybe it's just my "hobby 2023 fund" feeling ligter (I still have for a few bottles of paint/glue), but I wanted to share that today I've learned that sometimes bad things can be good. I feel picked up.

Sure, I won't feel the same way when the new models come out in the 10th and me having no money for the new plastic fix, but hey, by the time I paint all this, it will be winter again..

How bout you guys, anyone else made something good from the GWs idea of balance? 

[hivefleetkerrigan]

I know of others in my area thinking about offloading. One is due to nerfs, the other is due to play style preference (he got into nids and realized he prefers a more elite play style).

I'm probably not going to pick up new models due to a backlog and my collection being in a good place. I'm not planning on offloading either though.

I'll check later today. I might have a flying tail if you need it.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Update: I do have an extra flyrant tail. If you live in the US, shoot me a DM and we can work our shipping details.

Mods, if this violates any forum rules pleas let me know and I'll delete the post and stop the trade.

[trashcan01]

hivefleetkerrigan Nope, EU resident. The gesture is very much appreciated, though.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Jan 23, 2023 17:46:33 GMT trashcan01 said:

hivefleetkerrigan Nope, EU resident. The gesture is very much appreciated, though.

Ah! I was going to say flying from the UK was a long trek. Ask around your local community. Basically anyone who's built a walkrant or a swarmlord will have a flyrant tail.

Mods, still let me know if I should delete my prior post.

[Bohxim]

Jan 23, 2023 18:48:10 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

Jan 23, 2023 17:46:33 GMT trashcan01 said:

hivefleetkerrigan Nope, EU resident. The gesture is very much appreciated, though.

Ah! I was going to say flying from the UK was a long trek. Ask around your local community. Basically anyone who's built a walkrant or a swarmlord will have a flyrant tail.

Mods, still let me know if I should delete my prior post.

Think yorimoto recently mentioned that as long as no money is involved, limited amounts of it is OK. So should be safe since you were offering it