Warhammer 40k Tyranid Tactics - Elite Choices

[CHEESYHEAD684]

I always thought Ymgarl had a Silent "m"

[Darondify]

We're can I buy The Doom of Malan'tai?

[crippledkangaroo15k]

@Darondify I'm pretty sure the doom is just a unique zoanthrope. there isn't a technical model for the creature so just use a zoanthrope in its place.

[theevil090]

@Darondify buy a zoanthrope, they can be palyed as him!

£15.50!

[NecronTactica]

royal court for necrons : FTW

[Pasty1010]

god i love miniwargaming

[imperialgreyknight]

@Pasty1010 amen

[Minivikng69]

Lictors are actually reaally good if u pop him behind a tank while genestealers outflank and charge weapon teams and he gives 2+ to reserve rolls

[coolbrobunny]

I hate the doom he sucks and is not fun... unless he's in my army lol;)

[kskf2000]

Oh and pyrovores are meh, but are garbage in comparison to the DoM, Ymgarls, Zoanthropes and Hive Guard. Throw pyrovores in pods and drop them down to burn up stuff in cover and they are decent, but the other choices shadow their quality.

[kskf2000]

Wow, Tyranid Elite choices are way better than you describe in this video.

Ymgarls can go in squads of up to 10 and the spot they deploy in is chosen before the game begins but after models have been deployed and The DoM and his pod are 130 (pod is 40, not 45).

[FernNZjakerZ]

yum girl genestealers



[CletusCarnage]

What kind of builds do you recommend for Carnifexes?

[Epicsting]

@miniwargaming can u evem thougt u havent use the venomtrope explain to me how to best use it.

[ip03219]

what should we do if all our synapse creatures got killed?

[shadow12340k]

i'm wandering if my tactic is good? brood of 3 carnifexs with scything talons and twin linked devourers with 1-3 venomthropes behind it for cover save and finally a a full squad of homargaunts with adrenaline glades or 20 genestealers with scything talons or other nids is it good?

[hereforareasonunown]

ORK tactics plz



[eksplodingbomb5]

Thanks for the Elites vid! This has been the most challenging area in my lists. I thought Hiveguard were one of those "look good on paper" kind of units, but now I want to try some. I'm a sucker for Lictors, though I see why they are strategically unreliable (lost and won games for me). Zoanthropes are pretty straight-forward, agony for mech armies. I usually run swarm lists, so Venomthropes are CRUCIAL when it comes to granting cover to tons of troops, maybe not so much in other lists though.

[RiseAgainstRcoks]

Tau tactics please? :P

[TheAirmansHunt]

@RiseAgainstRcoks Go to advanced tau tactica they have a lot of good Tau tactics.

[ElderKickass]

@RiseAgainstRcoks Everyone knows that the Tau are like walking Seafood .......... The Imperial Guard is where its at ... Armed with A flashlight and balls of steel

[patchhacker]

@RiseAgainstRcoks Shoot at enemy models, move away from enemy models. Rinse and repeat until victory has been achieved.

[demiroth]

Matt's favourite quote "Sucking their brains out!"

[MLBC17]

Awesome do tactics for all the races

[Yoshi6400]

Regarding Hive Guard:

If you can spare 2 Elite slots, I'd recommend fielding 2 squads of 2, with a Prime attached to 1 squad. I personally find that 2 Hive Guard should be able to take care of a light vehicle without problem. The 3rd usually is wasted.

The Prime tags along with 1 squad to have T6 things to move S10 wounds to, provides Synapse, and carries a Lashwhip+Bonesword to deter potential melee threats.

[Milkymalk]

@Yoshi6400 Hive Guards are T6, so why move S10 hits to the Prime? Except for ablative wounds, I see no reason for a Prime there. Take a Tervigon and have a 18" synapse.

[Yoshi6400]

@Milkymalk

Other way around. Move S10 from Prime to Guard. The Guard keep the Prime alive. Also, this "Sniper Team" will ideally be far out of the way and out of Synapse from the main force. It forces the enemy to make the hard choice to either split off and engage the team in cover lobbing S8 shots around, or go at the main force.

Also, a Tervigon should be using Catalyst on things to make them live longer. It shouldn't be wasting it's Psychic Power on Dominion.

[Milkymalk]

@Yoshi6400 Sounds good, gotta try that. But adding a Prime for 80pts sounds expensive for that.

About the Tervigon powers: You are right, they exclude each other... I actually never used Dominion because I honestly just forgot the Tervigon has it for free. But if I do the math and don't take a Prime and no Catalyst and instead use Dominion (or even a second Tervigon), that cheaper variant might be useful. 95pts buy a lot of troops: ~7 Genestealers, or 19 Termagants, or ~16 Hormagaunts.

[Yoshi6400]

@Milkymalk

I, sadly, can't try that Tervi option. With my playstyle, I prefer the Snipers 24+ inches away on their own so that the enemy will have to string themselves out far if they decide to engage the harassment.

Once I lured a full squad of GK Paladins off to chase the snipers. They didn't like losing one guy to a S8 wound. Then I detached the Prime and charged the Paladins, buying time for the Guard to move back and live another turn. That distraction led to victory.

[Yoshi6400]

@Yoshi6400

Damn reply text limits... I realized that I didn't mention the full reason for having 2 squads of 2 Hive Guard.

6 S8 shots (3 Guard) at BS4 usually overkills Rhino-equivalent vehicles, unless the dice gods decide otherwise... which I already mentioned.

4 shots (2 Guard) is the sweet spot. So, I take 2 squads of 2 and go pop 2 vehicles. A lot of troops will have to walk after Turn 1.

[DemonShadow352]

i love doom, he has killed so much. In one game he liked two daemon princes, two units of chaos chosen, and some plague marines....they didn't know what hit them.

[MewmewmewmewmewMatt]

MOAR CHAOS TACTICS

[whitetyger00]

I agree Lictors are not effective. At minimum it is turn 3 before they can really do anything.

Venomthrope is fun IMO. Cover saves to monstrous creautures out in the open walking forward hurtz

[eveplayer12]

btp shirt woot

[JED99808]

Im building a genestealer army now and its so fun to play, yumgarl genestealers are quite good. ive killed death company dreadnoughts with them. I am still in question about what heavy support to use, trigons or mawlocks. 'fexes are useless.

[Timpich44]

These tactica videos are so good! If it werent for that im building a ork army i would probably get a tyranid army xD

[QuarianPaladin]

youngirl jeanstealers

[senri44]

check miniwargaming for info like that

[MrBuzzdady]

can you add a broodlord to a group of ymgarl genestealers? if so, does he act as one?

[eksplodingbomb5]

@MrBuzzdady Nah, only regular (troop) genestealers have the option to upgrade one to a broodlord, but I have played a scenario game where the rules were merged a bit.

[clubace090]

Hey Matt, I have a challenge for you

play a few games with the Doom but with no spore, shake the standard play up and see if we can discover any cool new ideas and strategies

[senri44]

their store is in Canada 

[UnlistedFusion]

where is their store?

[senri44]

@UnlistedFusion

in Canada

[UnlistedFusion]

@senri44 but what city, i might lice close to it

[Theresnoiinfuckyou]

In order of usefulness: Hive Guard, Venomthrope, Zoanthropes, Doom, Lictors. 3x units of 2 Hive Guard = awesomeness.

[N3Rh]

Wait, was warp lance FAQ'd to become a lance? If not then wouldn't eldritch lance for the necrons also be a lance?

[Jakiladd]

in the thumblooked like you were tweeking your nipples :D

[andyrevell]

Tyranid Tactics = Carnifex Spam.....

[Musabre]

@andyrevell if you like losing :P

[andyrevell]

@Musabre funny, I usually take at least 3 'fexes in 1500 points and I'm yet to at least draw

[Musabre]

@andyrevell True, we're both being anecdotal. I've terrorised my buddies so many times with nids that they all come packing the anti-big-guy cannons. That may not be the case round your neck of the woods :P.

[andyrevell]

@Musabre Yep, its mostly because people see me drop 3 on the table and go "AH! FUCK! 3 CARNIFEXES!!" and concentrate on killing them while the rest of my army just takes a leisurely stroll around the battlefield nomming everything

[FUBAR329]

Why would Spirit leech still effect fearless models? Because fearless means they pass all moral/leadership tests and pinning tests (i believe)...

[sephiroa]

@FUBAR329 fearless means they pass morale and pinning test, they still need to roll a leadership test.

[Musabre]

@FUBAR329 In the current rules, just morale tests. Pinning being a morale test. Leadership test is a nice alternate term that means you have to test no matter if you're fearless or not.

[Kaos77Kisame]

Tyranid Tactics = Wait for a bloody decent Codex to appear. Failing that - Doom of Malantai and Swarmlord spam.

[IAMTHECAPSGODLOL]

@Kaos77Kisame

Counts as Space Wolves

[Kaos77Kisame]

@IAMTHECAPSGODLOL Counts as Grey Knights.

[sirgaz]

13:00 The miniwargaming dance

[facespam123456789]

i have orks and space wolves and am looking to buy a new army should i get tyranids or are they too similiar to orks as a combat based horde

[KingOfGames1215]

Anyone else keep hearing a bell in this video?

[DraskyVanderhoff]

BTP Shirt , you are awesome Matt ;)

[Mr6Flix]

DO MOAR BEASTMEN VIDS!

[MasterGEEKINO]

awsome 

[hutchy1k94]

Matt, if you have trouble pronouncing THREE constanants in a row.

Never. Come. To. Wales.

[viperxeon]

@hutchy1k94 Oh gawd, don't remind me, I went there and I could barely pronounce Anglesey right.

[ClarkesonTheMarksman]

@hutchy1k94 Always go to Wales in the autumn, awesome mushroom country

[TheSallyKins]

Not sure if you guys have done it, but an IG Tactica would be awesome. But how you could make it interesting try and do an army not just based off of armor, but and infantry only or heavy arty based lists

[Mr222Gruby]

2nd

[pwninggirl10]

First zomg love vids keep em up I'm thinking about getting tyranids please more detail but there is still loads od detail love you all!