Well as you know from my article on Thursday I'm going to be running Tyranids in the Nova Invitational as well as the Open. I figured I'd share the first of my thoughts with you guys on what I'm thinking of running for the Invitational.
The Invitational is a little weird in that first off I never play 1750. Add into it that 1750 is weird since I can't seem to find a happy balance between T6 and small gribblies. That being said here is my first attempt. It has the advantage of including my Parasite which would double as my "Converted" model for the painting score.
HQ
Parasite-160
Elite
2 Hive Guard-100
2 Hive Guard-100
2 Hive Guard-100
Troops
10 Termagants-50
10 Termagants-50
Tervigon-195
Catalyst, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs
Tervigon-195
Catalyst, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs
Fast Attack
5 Raveners-175
Rending Claws
5 Raveners-175
Rending Claws
11 Gargoyles-66
Heavy Support
Carnifex-190
2xTL-Devourer
Carnifex-190
2xTL-Devourer
Total: 1746
Now this isn't a list I'm completely happy with. I feel like I'm making cuts where I shouldn't. However it does boast 32 T6 Wounds on either scoring or high damage output models. I'm not sold on the number of Gargoyles as an escort for the Parasite but to be fair I never seem to be able to get more than 6-7 of them into combat at a time and normally don't lose to many to ranged firepower but even so I think I'd like 15ish. Now I could switch my Tervigon to an HQ, drop the second squad of termigants, add 4 more gargoyles and use the rest to flush out the remaining termigant squad. Either way I'm still torn, I like the speed, shooting, and hitting power but I feel like it's missing something.....
As per usual all thoughts are welcome :)
