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Melissia
05-04-2010, 12:20 AM
HQ
-- Tyranid Prime w/Lsh Whip and Bonesword, Devourer, Adrenal Glands
-- Tyrant Guard Brood w/3 Lash Whips

Elite
-- Zoanthrope
-- Zoanthrope

Troops
--Tervigon w/Crushing Claws, Acid Blood
--Tervigon w/Crushing Claws, Acid Blood
--Tervigon w/Crushing Claws, Acid Blood
--Termagant Brood: 30 Termagants w/ 3 Stranglewebs
--Termagant Brood: 30 Termagants w/ 3 Stranglewebs
--Termagant Brood: 30 Termagants w/ 3 Stranglewebs


Just playing around with Army Builder. Plenty of bodies, a few monstrous creatures, a couple zoanthrope, and a hard hitting tyrant guard + Tyranid prime HQ.

Tynskel
05-04-2010, 01:41 AM
Interesting taking the Tyrant Guard but no tyrant. Unfortunately, you cannot take Tyrant Guard without first taking a Tyrant. p.86 C:T

As for spamming Tervigons, you should take the full 5 ;)--- now that's spam.

Tervigons really don't hit as hard as everyone thinks they do. They are really a creature of diminishing returns. Take too many, and you are lacking in ability to destroy your enemy. They are buffing units (like many of the Tyranid Codex) and therefore should not be taking in massive numbers. Your real killers in the troops section are the Warriors and Genestealers. Termagants and Hormagaunts can be a major pain when buffed by Tyrants and Tervigons.

A force, like this one, will tear the army list you made apart:
Strike Force Leximarti
1500
HQ 100
100 Codicer Leximarti
Librarian, Might of Heros, Shield of Sanguinius

TROOPS 405
140 Assault Squad Luna
5 Marines, Power Weapon, Flamer, Meltabombs
Dedicated Transport: 'Soul Grinder', Rhino
265 Tactical Squad Sol
10 Marines, Powerfist, Teleport Homer, Flamer
Dedicated Transport: 'Voice of the Emperor', Razorback

ELITES 565
190 Sanguinary Priesthood
Theralas (Corbulo), Shaharrim with Terminator Armor
170 'Callistar, The Pure'
Furioso, Hv Flamer, Blood Talons
Dedicated Transport: Drop Pod
205 Terminator Squad
5 Terminators, Hv Flamer

Hv SUPPORT 285
155 'Empathy of the Emperor'
Vindicator, Siege Shield
135 'Absolute Vengeance'
Predator Destructor, Lascannon Sponsons

FAST ATTACK 145
145 'Force of Hatred'
Baal Predator, Hv Bolter Sponsons

I can hang blast apart your two zoans quite quickly. Afterward, I have enough flamers and units like the Dreadnought to just rip through the termagants. You can make more, but all the while, your Tervigons are being picked apart. Eventually the Terminators do their job- terminate the big beasties. (although, nice touch with the Acid Blood.)

Tyranids are about the swarm and the Hive Mind-- you have to treat them as one entity like a hand-- each finger supports the other, the thumb holds things in place, the palm unites them all, ect. ect.

This list has all sorts of tricks. The Genestealers can Infiltrate or outflank. The Tyrant can have the warriors or the Hormagaunts outflank (giving you two outflankers). Doom rides in the pod. (I know you are not a fan of 'special characters' but 5th Edition has made special characters almost an integral part of the game, as opposed to earlier editions.) The Tervigon may not be a claiming unit itself, but it produces them still. This gives your opponent a conundrum in a sense, they have to decide whether or not it is worth really shooting the damnable thing. Don't underestimate biovores, they can kill quite easily, especially considering their points. The Sky Slashers hang by the tyrant, and pounce on what the Tyrant is after (That's 15 Re-roll to hit/wound attack-scary that go first because of the lash whips!). You have a nice selection of anti-tank with the Doom, Zoans, and Hive Guard. Overall, this is a balanced list- very annoying, to say the least.
1496/1500
HQ 580
250 Hive Tyrant
Paroxysm, Leech, Bonesword, Lashwhip, Devourers, Hive Commander, Acid Blood, Old Adversary
130 Tyrant Guard
2 Guard, 2 Lashwhips
200 Tervigon
Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Catalyst, Scything Talons

ELITES 350
100 Hive Guard
2 Hive Guard
120 Zoanthropes
2 Zoanthropes
130 Doom of Malan'tai
Dedicated Transport: Drop Spore

TROOPS 407
150 Hormagaunt Brood
15 Hormagants, Adrenal, Toxin
112 Genestealers
8 Genestealers
145 Warrior Brood
4 Warriors, Deathspitters, Barbed Strangler

FAST ATTACK 69
69 Sky Slasher Swarm
3 Swarms, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs

Hv SUPPORT 90
90 Biovore Brood
2 Biovores