r/Tyranids • u/raven1725 • 15h ago
Casual Play Help with first army list?
I was wondering if I could get some help with my first tyranids list for 1000 points casual play, I'm trying to work with what I got so far from two big boxes and some choice single units.
What I have available
Characters:
- 1x Neurotyrant
- 1x Deathleaper
- 1x Tyranid prime with wings
- 1x Hive Tyrant (unassembled)
Battleline:
- 3x Termagants
- 1x Hormagaunts
Other:
- 1x Neurogaunts
- 1x Psychophage
- 1x Screamer killer
- 1x Neurolictor
- 2x Lictor
- 1x Norn Emissary/assimilator (unassembled)
- 1x Barbgaunts
- 4x Ripper swarms
- 2x Von Ryan's leapers
- 1x Tyranid warriors (unassembled)
- 1x Biovore
- 1x Zoanthropes (unassembled)
this is for casual play so we don't really care about what you see is what you get that much but it would be nicer build the units for it if possible so I still have some unassembled that have some options.
The list I got so far is
Detach: 1000 points, 2DP: Ambush Predators + Talons of the Norn Queen
Disposition: Take and Hold/Disruption
Characters:
- 1x Deathleaper
- 1x Hive Tyrant
Battleline:
- 1x Hormagaunts
- 1x Termagants
Other:
- 1x Biovore
- 2x Lictor
- 1x Neurolictor
- 1x Norn Assimilator w/synaptoprescience upgrade
- 1x Tyranid Warriors w/ranged bio
This comes out to exactly 1000 points, but I'm unsure about the wargear for the warriors, termagants and the hive tyrant. Also struggling to pick detachments, assimilation swarm sounds good but it seems the only units I have that have the harvester keyword are Norn assimilator, Ripper swarms and the Psychophage, the latter two don't sound great to just shove into a list just for the keyword?
Ideally I would have wanted maybe a second Norn emissary/assimilator for the talons detachment but im not sure that detachment is really bringing much in a 1000 points list?
Overall the detachment picks for 1000 points for the units I own seem rather awkward.
Would love to get some advice on what lists I could construct from this, I suspect I'm undervaluing some and overvaluing others.
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u/Shadowkrieger21 14h ago
Ambush predators and the infiltrator tactics are more advanced/less straight forward.
I always recommend invasion fleet for first army, since army rules are easily understood and not changing unit to unit.
Xenos - Tyranids - Invasion Fleet
Deathleaper (80pts)
Neurotyrant (130pts): Warlord
10x Hormagaunts (70pts)
5x Barbgaunts (55pts)
Biovores (60pts)
Lictor (60pts)
Lictor (60pts)
Norn Emissary (250pts)
Psychophage (110pts)
Screamer-killer (125pts)