Assimilation Swarm - Horde 2K list

[innervis]

Hey everyone, I've just started a Crusade vs Space Marines and am looking for some advice on my planned list. We're still in the early phases, so there's a lot of room to modify and I feel like I need to. Basically, without "metagaming me", my opponent (a cousin who I will play 100% of my games against) has equipped almost all his marines with Torrent weapons to play their new flamethrower-themed detachment. While I won our first game, it was pretty brutal; about 80% of my army was burnt to a crisp and I only scraped by on the last objective. I can only see his torrent guns getting stronger and stronger as our lists grow, and my proposed idea of playing an massive swarm army backed by Assimilation Swarm's regeneration ability seems like it's playing perfectly into his hands. Maybe I'm wrong about it, but I'm scared that I'm building my list into a complete loss.

So, with that said, if anyone has any advice on how I can maybe shift some focus to help me deal with/tank through all that torrent, would be very appreciated. Please keep in mind that I'm not looking to move away from Assimilation Swarm, nor am I willing to drop the "horde" concept. I get that it might not be very competitive in todays meta but I like the idea of the all-consuming swarm.



++ Army Roster (Xenos - Tyranids) [1,990pts] ++



+ Configuration +



Battle Size: 2. Strike Force (2000 Point limit)



Detachment: Assimilation Swarm



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+ Character [640pts] +



Neurotyrant [115pts]: Biophagic Flow (Aura) [10pts], Warlord



Parasite of Mortrex [80pts]



Tervigon [190pts]: Massive Scything Talons



Tervigon [190pts]: Massive Scything Talons



Winged Tyranid Prime [65pts]



+ Battleline [635pts] +



Gargoyles [75pts]

. 10x Gargoyles: 10x Blinding Venom, 10x Fleshborer



Hormagaunts [130pts]

. 20x Hormagaunts: 20x Hormagaunt talons



Hormagaunts [130pts]

. 20x Hormagaunts: 20x Hormagaunt talons



Termagants [120pts]

. Termagant w/ Shardlauncher

. Termagant w/ Shardlauncher

. Termagant w/ Strangleweb

. Termagant w/ Strangleweb

. 16x Termagants: 16x Chitinous Claws and Teeth, 16x Fleshborer



Termagants [120pts]

. Termagant w/ Shardlauncher

. Termagant w/ Shardlauncher

. Termagant w/ Strangleweb

. Termagant w/ Strangleweb

. 16x Termagants: 16x Chitinous Claws and Teeth, 16x Fleshborer



Termagants [60pts]

. Termagant w/ Shardlauncher

. Termagant w/ Strangleweb

. 8x Termagants: 8x Chitinous Claws and Teeth, 8x Fleshborer



+ Infantry [465pts] +



Pyrovores [30pts]: Pyrovore [30pts]



Pyrovores [30pts]: Pyrovore [30pts]



Pyrovores [30pts]: Pyrovore [30pts]



Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-Weapons [70pts]

. Tyranid Prime: Barbed Strangler

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter

. Tyranid Warrior: Venom Cannon



Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-Weapons [70pts]

. Tyranid Prime: Barbed Strangler

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter

. Tyranid Warrior: Venom Cannon



Tyrant Guard [95pts]

. Tyrant Guard: Crushing Claws and Rending Claws

. Tyrant Guard: Crushing Claws and Rending Claws

. Tyrant Guard: Bone Cleaver, Lash Whip, and Rending Claws



Venomthropes [70pts]

. 3x Venomthrope: 3x Toxic Lashes



Venomthropes [70pts]

. 3x Venomthrope: 3x Toxic Lashes



+ Monster [250pts] +



Psychophage [125pts]



Psychophage [125pts]



++ Total: [1,990pts] ++



General plan is to back every Multitude unit (sans Gargoyles) with a synapse creature and a Harvester. Psychophages can roll with the 20 blobs of Horms and some Warriors, while the Tervigons take their babies and Venomthropes into the mid range. I expect to win all games purely by outlasting my opponent on OC.

Thanks!

[bingleman]

a good idea for running assimilation swarm is to 100% run 3 units of ripper swarms (literally 20 points each and are harvesters), you can even have just 1 model each in them. but they just get so much use sitting with our army and giving out more heals or if an enemy targets one you can use the broodguard pulse stratagem for a permanent buff against their units. aswell they can be used for secondaries. because yes you can just run at them with a wall, but secondaries a still a thing. if you plan on going tactical. fixed will still work with rippers with teleport homers for example. aswell as that a biovore is essential in every comp for the same reason. aswell as screening deepstrikes. the rest of your comp is epic and i love it. gl smashing your cousin