Tyranid players?

DeVore

Anyone out there playing the new tyranids?

Any thoughts on the army make up?

DeV.

orangerooster

played against em recently and have been looking up there stats in ial there scary especially the genestealers on a 6 i saw an entire terminator squad get torn apart by them i really should have concentrated on the nids instead of my opponents wolves oh well

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Pugsley

there a good army 2 collect,and the new 1s look cool.
I have 1 of the old armies and lots of genestealers,i had 10 of ewm kil a command squad and a devestator squad in 2gos in H2H.
But havent tried 2 feild a proper army...just 26genestealers

nesf

The latest models look so cool, I'm considering forsaking the craftworld and rejoining the hive fleets...

One point tho, nids have real problems against Land Raiders and the like. Just never forget to have a Carniflex or two for dealing with such annoyances.

Shiminay

Reminds me of a game where I was Imperial Guard and had some Land Raiders (old rules the Guard could have them) and I was playing against my mate who was nids..

Basically, I ran over *ALL* of his army with my Land Raiders while my troops cowered behind some scenery. I sent one lot out to guard a flank and they all ran away, so my land raiders had to get mighty shooty!

God damn it was funny seeing the look on his face as my full speed raiders ran from opposite flanks and met in the middle with a squelch.
I even took out a Hive Tyrant!

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nesf

Yeah, in an old version game I attacked the Mephisto special character of the blood angels with around 20 or so genestealers. He killed them all for the loss of one wound!

But in the new rules genestealers are deadly against space marines... lol no armour saves <Insert evil laugh here>

It's like the reaper launcher's effect, the marines ain't the staying force they used to be.

orangerooster

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But in the new rules genestealers are deadly against space marines... lol no armour saves <Insert evil laugh here>
Only on a six but it wounds automatticaly and invunerable saves still count

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Pugsley

there not that god against terminators tho
in chapter approves terminators can also use a 4+ invunrable saves.....only imperial 1s tho not chaos

LURCH

i recently purchased the beginning of my tyranid hive fleet >=]
my bro (pugsley) had a load of genestealers(/me pinches them) so it saved me a bit of money =]
i still think tho that the army would look much better with a few new genestealer models, the old 1s (imho) look totally ****

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is it real ? it can't be, are u serious ?

orangerooster

i thought it was 5+ and it does count for choas terminators its because of the massive thickness of the armour

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Pugsley

nope.
Its only a few issues back in white dwarf.
defo 4+ and imperial only.
I have the isue here if u want me 2 make sure

orangerooster

meremebers youre right.The tyranids are scary though but guardians with a farseer with in the unit are deadly to the big units with low armour saves = big mess.

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Pugsley

i collect eldar aswell (concentrating on them atm) and whats the best spell 4 a warlock/farseer in a guardian squad ??

nesf

I like to use conceal with my guardians 5+ cover save is v useful. Or, I use Enhance with a jetbike squad.

orangerooster

Guide (farseer) is great 28 re-roll able shots i like that nids players dont neither do orks ap5 wonderful against **** armour **** against anything else but still guardians are underestimated.

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Pugsley

5+ save is good enuf...but only against a team like marines where u wouldnt normaly get a save....
That re-roll 2 hit would b good against orks the turn ure about 2 charge them aswell

orangerooster

Charge orks!!!!!!are u insane youll get torn apart and fast and even if u do inflict enough casualtis theyll still outnumber you.

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Pugsley

lol y not charge orks ??
btw i mention now the avatar in support
weapon skill 10 0wnage
low points cost aswell , l33tness
I have 2 avatars aswell

orangerooster

Two avatars me no think so check the codex but a wraithlord or two or my 3 is a good alternative big squads of banshees own aswell.The eldar are one of the best forty k armies goin.

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nesf

To play eldar you have to be very openminded and very careful. Every unit has major limitations, e.g. an avatar's lack of ranged attacks etc.

Personally I think it's a bloody waste of a farseer using guide on a guardian squad (excepting Ulthwé armies of course). Much more useful played on Pathfinders (I play Altoch... no save on a 4+ to hit and then wounding on a 2+!) or a D-cannon battery, rerolling the scatter on the first str10 shot can be very funny, esp if playing against chaos or orks!

Pugsley

D-cannon is the ULTIMATE terminator killer.
A battery can wipe out squads of marines aswell in 1 battle.
Well worth there points!!

mulkabu

From my testing and such, it seems to me only way to go about building a Tyrnanid armt is to take 2 tyrants with 3 tyrant guard each, the usual 'fexes and your own choice of which set up of gant and artillery. Despite the huge amounts of choice in the list, its important to keep the army attack strategy coherent and not get distarcted by stuff that wont help you win the game you want to.

Easily the best army list in 40k - though thats not to say its the strongest.

Brian

Pugsley

another good army is 3biovores and 2 carnifexs 4 ure heavy support,the bombardment can destroy there heavy weaponry 4 the carnifexs 2 deatroy the tanks.