Thursday, August 2, 2012

Musings on a Win Streak: Tyranids

Ahh, 6th Edition.
First I'd like to say that this article is not meant to brag or be full of hubris; I am not a great 40k player, I am merely a 40k player. The sample size for this set of games has been small so I can't really say that this is a trend, or a meta-game shift, or anything like that.

Currently I am 4-0 with my Tyranids in 6th Edition. Great, right? Much maligned in 5th edition, the Tyranid codex still has a lot of problems. Many things were shored up as MCs were made better and the new psychic powers are amazing, however shooting got better and assaulting got tougher. Fearless was made to be what it should be. In that four game winning streak I played Meched Chaos Space Marines, Drop pod / Caestus Ram Marines, foot Grey Knights, and Chaos Daemons with shootyness.

The list I've been using has been centered around the following:


1000pt Tyranids 5th Ed (2010) Roster (Standard)

Selections:

HQ (270pts)

  • Hive Tyrant (270pts)
    Psyker, Shadow in the Warp, Synapse Creature
    Bonded Exoskeleton, Leech Essence, Paroxysm, Toxin Sacs, 2x Twin-linked Devourers with Brainleech Worms, Wings

Elites (200pts)

  • Hive Guard Brood (100pts)
    • 2x Hive Guard
      Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk
      2x Claws and Teeth, 2x Hardened Carapace, 2x Impaler Cannon
  • Hive Guard Brood (100pts)
    • 2x Hive Guard
      Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk
      2x Claws and Teeth, 2x Hardened Carapace, 2x Impaler Cannon

Troops (530pts)

  • Termagant Brood (50pts)
    • 10x Termagant
      The Scuttling Swarm
      10x Chitin, 10x Claws and Teeth, 10x Fleshborer
  • Termagant Brood (50pts)
    • 10x Termagant
      The Scuttling Swarm
      10x Chitin, 10x Claws and Teeth, 10x Fleshborer
  • Tervigon (215pts)
    Brood Progenitor, Psyker, Shadow in the Warp, Spawn Termagants, Synapse Creature
    Adrenal Glands, Bonded exoskeleton, Catalyst, Claws and teeth, Dominion, Onslaught, Scything Talons, Stinger Salvo, Toxin Sacs

  • Tervigon (215pts)
    Brood Progenitor, Psyker, Shadow in the Warp, Spawn Termagants, Synapse Creature
    Adrenal Glands, Bonded exoskeleton, Catalyst, Claws and teeth, Dominion, Onslaught, Scything Talons, Stinger Salvo, Toxin Sacs

Vendetta pilot prepares for takeoff
Wish Tyranids had some of dis
So what does the future hold for this winning streak? It'll probably die next week. I'm going to change up the list a bit to try other things. The mission for next week will make fast attack slots scoring, but I don't have any gargoyles painted yet (the worst... I have 70 of them. Should have them painted because they're amazing in 6th Edition). I have a harpy but they're godawful. 


I think I'm going to try to speedpaint 30 gargoyles this weekend and have them ready for Wednesday. It'll make me feel a lot better about the army because they're some of my favorite models.


1000pt Tyranids 5th Ed (2010) Roster (Standard)

Selections:

HQ (195pts)

  • Tervigon (195pts)
    Brood Progenitor, Psyker, Shadow in the Warp, Spawn Termagants, Synapse Creature
    Adrenal Glands, Bonded Exoskeleton, Claws and Teeth, Dominion, Onslaught, Stinger Salvo, Toxin Sacs

Troops (100pts)

  • Termagant Brood (50pts)
    • 10x Termagant
      The Scuttling Swarm
      10x Chitin, 10x Claws and Teeth, 10x Fleshborer
  • Termagant Brood (50pts)
    • 10x Termagant
      The Scuttling Swarm
      10x Chitin, 10x Claws and Teeth, 10x Fleshborer

Fast Attack (132pts)

  • Gargoyle Brood (132pts)
    • 22x Gargoyle
      Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk
      22x Blinding Venom, 22x Chitin, 22x Claws and Teeth, 22x Fleshborer, 22x Wings

Heavy Support (570pts)

  • Carnifex Brood (570pts)
    • 3x Carnifex
      Fearless, Instinctive Behaviour - Feed, Living Battering Ram
      3x Bonded Exoskeleton, 6x Twin-linked Devourers with Brainleech Worms


6 comments:

  1. Interestingly I've had a similar run with an almost identical list at 1250pts (I include a dakkafex and larger Gant broods).

    Great minds eh...?

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    1. Haha, yeah. I'm glad to see Tyranids doing well right now. Psychic powers help a LOT.

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  2. I was DOA before the game started with my Daemon list. I just didn't have anything to handle the swarms + high toughness, multi-wound MCs. It is an awesome 'Nid combo! Good game, I look forward to you dominating 6th ed. with your bugs. :) 3 psykers and what, 7 powers in a 1k pt game is pretty badass too lol.

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    1. Yeah, 6 powers in 1k is pretty nasty, and you have no way to stop them. Perils is tougher now though...

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  3. Tyranids are OP, time for a much-needed nerf

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    1. lol, my GK opponent thought Fliers were really bad as he shot 522000 psycannon shots at my HT

      Also get an avatar

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