Competetive 2k Assimilation

[ausnid]

Okay, I know there's only four or so data sheets with the key word, and other detachments are the competitive hotness, but there's got to be something that works in Assimilation right. My current idea for 2k is:

Parasite of Mortrex (Warlord, Biophagic Aura)
Deathleaper
Lictor
Neurolictor
3 x Pyrovores
3 x Pyrovores
2 x Pyrovores
Biovore
Malaceptor
Exorcrine
Haruspex
Haruspex
Old One Eye
Norn Emissary
Norn Emissary
3 x Rippers
1 x Ripper

Basically thinking I'd give each of the Norns a support cast (malaceptor, haruspex) to go an rumble on an objective and get healed up. Create rippers when I can with the parasite, and dish out +1s to wound for my whole army via strats when something kills a harvester. Am also thinking that with the two big norns rocking OC15 (if they get to their objective), and being healed where possible, the ability to sticky objectives elsewhere may give the opponent too much to chug through. 

Another variant of this list had an extra haruspex and ripper instead of old one eye, but he gives another punch and ability to regen every turn. 

Keen to hear any thoughts on this list, and whether anyone has any experience/learnings on playing the forgotten child detachment of our codex? 

[ausnid]

I ran this list against DG last night, came away with a 80-67 win. He ran:
3 PBCs
Lord of Virulence and 6 death shroud termies
2 x 5 Plague marines
2 x malignant plague casters
Typhus
rhino
10 cultists
3 nurglings
2 Karnivores
2 blight drones

We played the ritual which was a net benefit to me, even though it was obvious which objective my norns wanted . He made a big mistake at deployment in keeping his rhino with PMs and casters in reserve, and deep struck Typhus and the blight lords, making his initial boots on the ground more manageable. I went first.

Turn 1 pushed out towards the centre objective, toasted a nurgling base, stickied my home objective and created another objective I could sit on in cover. I failed my advance roll to get the first norn on the priority objective, and the firing of my other norn, malaceptor and exocrine took a total of 3 wounds off one of his karnivores. His turn his PBCs split fire so only killed a single pyro from one of the 3 man and the 2 man unit. One karnivore charged into one of the norns but due to the presence of the malaceptor only forced a few wounds through. My swing backs took the karnivore down to 5 wounds. His cultists created an objective. The plague drones also flamed some wounds off the pyros, and one got onto the centre objective, giving him a narrow lead.

Turn 2 I scored 5 for primary. I returned a pyro to the damaged squads, sticky my first created objective and moved the harus and norn in combat onto the middle objective. Shooting finished off the karnivore and stripped some wounds off the drone on the centre objective. I created another objective with DL out of LOS. The harus put some wounds on the Lord of Virulence who had peeked out to buff the PBCs, before one multi charged the drone and cultists, and wiped both, giving me secondary points, and providing what would be a game defining 0 on T2 primary for him. Old one eye fails a 9 inch charge on the second drone, which spells his doom. T2 he brings in the rhino, typhus and blightlords. PMs get out and one unit creates an objective. Shooting wipes out my 2 man pyro squad, and reduces one of the three man to 1. The haru in his lines is crippled by shooting and then finished off in combat by the blight lords and death shroud. The other carnivore charges old one eye (as the 2 pyros screening him died), and kills him. He exploydes, damaging the karnivore and nearby drone. He scores assassinate and investigate signals for 2 by diverting a PBC.

Turn 3 I score 15 for primary, heal the central norn and bring a pyro back. The remaining Haru positions to charge the karnivore, shooting kills all the deathshroud terminators. I create another objective. The Haru goes into the karnivore and does a total of 2 wounds. The clap back leaves him alive on 4 wounds. I score area denial and engage on all fronts with spore mines and a norn charging into a PBC. I call Shadow on Turn 3 and it does nothing. He scores 10 on primary. His plague casters and typhus kill the haruspex with their 'non-shooting' attacks. the unit of 2 pyros dies and the neurolictor is wounded, he takes my first made objective. He focuses fire on the central norn, before making 2 9 inch charges in and finishes it off in combat with the lord of virulence, typhus and the blight shroud. He scores 3 points for engage on all fronts, and 5 for no prisoners.

Turn 4, running out of resources, i score another 10 on primary. Shooting clears the blight shroud and LoV off the central objective, the malaceptor charges and kills Typhus, giving me 10 secondary points for storm hostile objective and assassination. My 3 man pyros kill the karnivore. My lictor hides and creates another objective, while everything else positions to screen/slow him down. His turn 4, he scores 10 primary he kills my malaceptor, neurolictor and remaining pyrovores. Leaving me with a biovore, 3 pryos, 4 rippers and parasite, scattered spore mines, a norn off to the side, DL and a lictor. He scores 7 for Defend stronghold and BID.

Turn 5, I score 10 and then move my models inc lone ops off the objectives as I can't stop him getting 15 primary and I dont want to give up overwhelming force. I zero out tempting target, and score 5 on BEL with my spores and Norn. Turn 5 he scores 15 primary, but cant catch anything of value. He scores 5 on Extend battlelines but draws and zeros overwhelming force.

Overall a tense game which he still could have pinched with some lucky swings on final round secondaries. The list went okay, though CP economy is tough as I didnt ever have any spare to trigger the +1 to wounds, or the FNP. Bringing pyros back was great, and it shoudl be a little more resilient without such a combination of anti-infantry and indirect fire. The norns were tanky, though underwhelming in their damage output, and Old One Eye continued his habit of holding up/distracting a flank, without actually hitting anything.