gribbly list of tyranid doom mk2

[experiment 626]

okay, so because i'm very likely going to pick-up that mystic assault box for the 5 'fexes, here's the 'revised' version of my "ultiment gribbly list of doom!" and yes, it got bigger too!

i've gone for simple duplication all 'round... so that's a total of 90 models, including the flyrant + 4 'fexes. tried to keep all the big gribblies fairly cheap, (aside from the flyrant!)
while i expect to hear many cries of "cheese" to begin with once people see it, i hope that it turns out to be a fairly fun army to play against? the 'fexes aren't tricked out so it's more or less that there's simply 4 large bullet catchers on the table!

anyways, enjoy!


HQ: Overfiend; Hive Tyrant w/2x Twin-linked Devourers, Bio-plasma, Enhanced senses, Toxin sacs, Toxic miasma & Wings.
Psychic powers: Synapse creature & The Horror.
Cost; 175 pts

HQ: Tyranicus Gladius; 4 Tyranid Warriors ‘Huntsman’ species w/Rending claws, Devourer, Adrenal glands I, Extended carapace, Enhanced senses and Toxin sacs.
Cost; 156 pts

Elites: Carnifex; ‘Nurglefex’ w/Rending claws, Scything talons, Adrenal glands WS, Spine banks & Toxic miasma
Cost; 113 pts

Elites: Carnifex; ‘Nurglefex’ w/Rending claws, Scything talons, Adrenal glands WS, Spine banks & Toxic miasma
Cost; 113 pts

Troops: Gauntii Virago; 14 ‘Spinegaunts’ w/Spinefists.
cost; 70 pts

Troops: Gauntii Virago; 14 ‘Spinegaunts’ w/Spinefists.
cost; 70 pts

Troops: Gauntii Virago; 14 ‘Termagaunts’ w/Fleshborer
cost; 84 pts

Troops: Gauntii Virago; 14 ‘Termagaunts’ w/Fleshborer
cost; 84 pts

Troops: Anklebiters; 3 Ripper Swarm bases.
cost; 30 pts

Troops: Anklebiters; 3 Ripper Swarm bases.
cost; 30 pts

Fast Attack: Tyranicus Gladius; 3 ‘Raptor’ species w/Rending claws, Scything talons, Wings.
cost; 114 pts

Fast Attack: Hellbats; 8 Gargoyles w/Fleshborer and Bio-plasma.
cost; 96 pts

Fast Attack: Hellbats; 8 Gargoyles w/Fleshborer and Bio-plasma.
cost; 96 pts

Heavy Support: Carnifex; ‘Reaperfex’ species w/Twin-linked Barbed strangler & Enhanced senses Bio-morphs.
cost; 133 pts

Heavy Support: Carnifex; ‘Reaperfex’ species w/Twin-linked Barbed strangler & Enhanced senses Bio-morphs.
cost; 133 pts

cheers!

[Dan296]

nice.....
good mix of pwn fexes and gaunts.
not alot of CC though, which is odd for nids (though not always bad)

[Vorafex]

ya really don't need rend-clws on a 'fex...they're monsterous creatures. If the Nurgs are for hth, i'd drop the rend-clws and glands and go with 2 sets of scy-tals, spine banks, and the miasma...@ 12" get 2 STR 6 attacks w/ "hit" re-rolls followed up with a 5 dice charge w/ no armor saves...always fun!
The TL barbs on the reaps gives you just 1 shot with a re-roll if it misses, i'd suggest making them long ranged snipers, keep the En-Sen(BS)...but, put a barbed strangler/venom cannon combo on them...both have 36" rng and you still get the STR 8 big blast, but the VC also give you 2 STR 10 shots...good for taking out problem targets, ie. heavy weapon teams. All that reaper fun for 138 pts.
On the Flyrant, I'd drop the En-Sen and miasma and take Warp Blast...never know when ya gotta bust a tank...and thats perfect for a flyrant...keep him hopping all over the board behind cover!
And the warriors...need 'em for synapse, but damn if they ever survive a game...without having wings to move 'em fast...i always go bare bones with little mods and get as many as possible. Figure less than half will ever get close enough to actually assault...so i kit 'em out for ranged combat...spitters and scy-tals with a ven-can for a lil extra pop...
synapse is gonna be the tricky thing...IB only helps some of the time...
good luck and happy hunting!

[Petey1016]

Vorafex the flyrant is monstrous it eats tanks for brekkie.

The list however is a world of pain, i couldnt shoot all that stuff down before you got to me so its hell for guard tau etc. I agree with Vora rending on fex's is not needed there monstrous, try putting a twin linked Venom cannon on a heavy support fex there quite good at neutralising tanks.

[experiment 626]

Originally Posted by Petey1016

Vorafex the flyrant is monstrous it eats tanks for brekkie.

The list however is a world of pain, i couldnt shoot all that stuff down before you got to me so its hell for guard tau etc. I agree with Vora rending on fex's is not needed there monstrous, try putting a twin linked Venom cannon on a heavy support fex there quite good at neutralising tanks.

the rending claws on the 'fex have two purposes;
a) any 6's to-hit are auto wounds so there's no chance of those dreaded 1's turning up!
b) they're 5pts less that a 2nd set of talons meaning i could get the spine banks fo a nasty surprise!
the only thing about the rending claws is that you can't combine them with the TMC status against vehicles; you either use the rending rules or the monstrous creature rules...

i dislike venom cannons as they can't cause penetrating hits... the only time they out-preform a barbed strangler is against av14 at which point the cannon can glance 50% of the time while the strangler is only 1/6th of the time!
still, considering how the vehicle damage rules will change in the future, i think we're going to see alot of those venom cannons become pretty useless!

cheers!

[Petey1016]

good points i hadnt thought of that, i have Venom cannons used against my LR a lot VERY annoying.

[experiment 626]

Originally Posted by Petey1016

good points i hadnt thought of that, i have Venom cannons used against my LR a lot VERY annoying.

the land raider along with the monolith are the only 2 targets really where the venom cannon out-shines the strangler... russ' at least have only av13 at best on their side, while having av11 at best on their rear facing!
'nids are fast enough to nip 'round the side most times - especially things like flying tyrants!

cheers!