Post by Nick P on Jun 25, 2015 12:52:12 GMT -6
So I started thinking "man, I love my Nids, but I never bring them out to play - how could I make it more interesting?" and I decided to dive back into the dataslate formations they have access to from last year.
Sure, everyone knows all about the Living Artillery Node, and the Manufactorum Genestealers, and the Lictor Forest Brood...but I think I want to try out a Subterranean Swarm formation. Each one consists of:
You roll once for reserves and the whole formation comes in at the same time; the Trygon prime comes in first, using normal subterranean assault rules, and then the raveners all get placed within 6" of him. Then, the Mawloc and Trygon come in using the normal subterranean assault rules afterward.
Now, yes this formation is expensive...minimum 830 points; but its also a huge threat for your opponent to deal with - and incredibly targeted thanks lictors. Coupled with a comms relay, or something similar, you're throwing 3 monstrous creatures in your opponent backfield, along with 9 raveners (if not more!), that can all have devourers for some serious shooting:
12 S6 from the trygon prime
6 S6 from the trygon
27 S4 from the raveners
S6 ignores cover AP2 large blast (x2!) from the mawloc
I think it could be a lot of fun, a slight variation on the lictor shame lists that triple up on lictors and mawlocs.
Sure, everyone knows all about the Living Artillery Node, and the Manufactorum Genestealers, and the Lictor Forest Brood...but I think I want to try out a Subterranean Swarm formation. Each one consists of:
- Trygon Prime
- Trygon
- Mawloc
- 3 units of raveners
You roll once for reserves and the whole formation comes in at the same time; the Trygon prime comes in first, using normal subterranean assault rules, and then the raveners all get placed within 6" of him. Then, the Mawloc and Trygon come in using the normal subterranean assault rules afterward.
Now, yes this formation is expensive...minimum 830 points; but its also a huge threat for your opponent to deal with - and incredibly targeted thanks lictors. Coupled with a comms relay, or something similar, you're throwing 3 monstrous creatures in your opponent backfield, along with 9 raveners (if not more!), that can all have devourers for some serious shooting:
12 S6 from the trygon prime
6 S6 from the trygon
27 S4 from the raveners
S6 ignores cover AP2 large blast (x2!) from the mawloc
I think it could be a lot of fun, a slight variation on the lictor shame lists that triple up on lictors and mawlocs.
