This is an army I've always kept in the back of my head. Every time I've given it any thought I've immediately dismissed the idea, as I'd be spending far too many points on elites, and no reliable way to kill land raiders. Well I finally sat down for about an hour playing around with points, and combos, and I've come up with what I have to show. What I think will hopefully revolutionize tyranids.
So, having played with and against tyranids numerous times, the scariest thing for me to face in an opposing army is ymgarl stealers. They are always the unit that causes the most damage. They are also a unit that is easily forgotten because of hive guard.
Well, now I've taken ymgarls, and I think that very few armies, barring dark eldar and *maybe* land raider spam can stop. It would put up a serious fight against just about everything in my opinion, and I'd love to get some test games in soon.
Here's what I have,
HQ
Swarmlord 280
Guard- lash whips 65
Tervigon- Adrenals, Sacs, Catalyst, Clusters 195
Elites
10 Ymgarl stealers 230
10 Ymgarl stealers 230
10 Ymgarl Stealers 230
Troops
Tervigon- Adrenals, Sacs, Catalyst, Clusters 195
Tervigon- Adrenals, Sacs, Catalyst, Clusters 195
10 Gaunts 50
10 Gaunts 50
10 Genestealers (or 8 with sacs) 140
10 Genestealers (or 8 with sacs) 140
2000 on the nose. It doesn't care if it goes second, it will reserve and eat you. In fact, it wants to go second. Or wait, you took second and reserved, trying to be sneaky I see, well I'll just block your board edge :P. 30 morphing stealers popping out of terrain with +1 reserves, and 20 coming in from the sides, with 3 tervies and the swarmlord running up the center. And you thought you were safe...
Who needs shooting anyway!?
Thoughts?
Will take some playtesting, but a total lack of ranged AV hurts - even with 3x tervigons.
ReplyDeleteHere's the list I took to a tourney this weekend (1-1-1 record to show for it):
ReplyDelete2000pts
Swarmlord - 280
2x Tyrant Guard w/LW - 130
Parasite of Mortrex - 160
3x HG - 150
3x Zoans - 180
8x Ymgarl Genestealers - 184
8x Genestealers w/tox, Broodlord - 182
8x Genestealers w/tox, Broodlord - 182
8x Genestealers w/tox, Broodlord - 182
6x Raveners w/rending claws - 210
20x Gargoyles w/AG, TS - 160
Intent was speed and effective use of Swarmy's buffs. It came out to be a little light on ranged av, and far too light on objective holders. I've rewrote it to this:
2000pts
Swarmlord - 280
2x Tyrant Guard w/LW - 130
Parasite of Mortrex
2x HG - 100
2x HG - 100
3x Zoan - 180
11x Genestealers w/TS, Broodlord (w/scytals) - 235
11x Genestealers, Broodlord - 200
Tervigon w/TS, AG, Cat - 195
10x Termagants - 50
20x Gargoyles w/TS, AG - 160
6x Raveners w/rending claws - 210