I recently (using the term loosely) ran a 1,500pt list at a RTT over in La Crosse. It was a pretty nasty list in the sense that it had 40 T6 wounds which is pretty overwhelming at that point level. It repaid me by going 3-0 and only 1 objective short of a perfect score. So if it worked then why couldn't I just upgrade it and run it at 1.75k? This accidentally loosely ties in with Dash's article from Saturday.
Here is what I came up with:
HQ:
Prime-100
Boneswords, Toxin Sacs
Elite:
2 Hive Guard-100
2 Hive Guard-100
2 Hive Guard-100
Troop:
19 Genestealers-266
10 Termagants-50
10 Termagants-50
Tervigon-195
Catalyst, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs
Tervigon-195
Catalyst, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs
Heavy Support:
Carnifex-190
2xTL-Devourer
Trygon-200
Trygon-200
The idea is pretty simple. It's got an almost overwhelming number of T6 wounds supported by moderate shooting and a major early threat. I think it suffers more than the faster variants against things like DE but it's someting I'm considering. A major worry is naturally the Trygons and whether they'll be able to pull down cover saves or not but I'm less worried about that at Nova than I have been in the past based on the quality of the terrain.
I'm not totally sold on this as a big bug list so maybe I'll play with some stuff and see if maybe losing a T6 wound or two makes the list stronger regarding shooting and immediate threats.....
