Playing with Bugs: 1850 Tyranids

– February 9, 2012Posted in: 40k, Army Lists

So since I’ve been playing a bit more 40k lately, I’ve decided to give it a go with my beloved Tyranids again. I used to play them all the time, then I got into my IG, followed by my Necrons, but something about them is always in the back of my (hive) mind. I tend to have bigger issues with fast skimmers flying circles around me, or being hit by the occasional long rang tank than facing mid ranged troops and light tanks. So with that in mind and my new Barbed Heirodules in hand, I decided to do a second take on my lovely bugs.

Hive Tyrant: 2x Twin-linked Devourers, Hive COmmander, Leech Essence, Paroxysm
Tyrant Guard: Lash Whip

2 Hive Guard
2 Hive Guard

10 Termagants: Flesh Borrers
10 Termagants: Flesh Borrers
Tervigon: Crushing Claws, Cluster Spines, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Catalyst
Tervigon: Cluster Spines, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Catalyst
20 Genestealers: Broodlord with Scything Talons

Tyrannofex: Cluster Spines, Dessicator Larvae, Rupture Cannon
Tyrannofex: Cluster Spines, Dessicator Larvae, Rupture Cannon

Total: 1848

It’s been a while since I’ve played my bugs, but at least on paper this sounds like a fun list. Plenty of anti-tank shooting, plus an outflanking unit of Genestealers and an outflanking Tervigon to boot. Not sure how it would fare against the big 3, I’m guessing much better against IG and Wolves than GK, but that’s probably a given.

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That’s almost the exact list I’ve been using, except I run 2 10man stealers (no bl) and have preferred enemy on my Tyrant instead of Hive commander. I’ve held my own against mech Ba and DE so far.
Anonymous

I’d lose one set of crushing claws and put implant attack on the broodlord. Instant death is sometimes priceless

http://thediceabide.com Adam B (TheDiceAbide)

oops! Copy+Paste fail, the second tervigon doesn’t have crushing claws, just scything talons.

Anonymous

That makes sense. Having the claws on an outflanking tervigon is actually a pretty good plan, as she can munch meq units with ease once she has enough attacks to get a few hits each turn.

As you can only outflank one tervigon and it may get a charge as it comes on, claws are totally worth it. For the other goalkeeping tervigon you should really be avoiding combat as much as possible and using it to buff gaunts, then keeping it free of combat so you can score with it at the end of the game.

Anonymous

In other news… my Swarmlord is now complete. May be time for a feature article on my extremely time consuming conversion… http://bugsculpting.tumblr.com/post/17353381085/my-completed-swarmlord-what-do-you-think
Anonymous

I’m not understanding the recent surge in Hive Tyrant usage. As set up they have a kill range of 18″, threat of 24″ per turn. Hive commander is ok, but only seems viable in null deployment with few troops. Outflanking that tervigon sounds better on paper than it plays since you’ll lose that first chance to make termagants. I do agree with the dual tyrannos/ hive guard set up though.

Playing with Bugs: 1850 Tyranids

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