Tyranid Tactics: Tyrant Guard in Assimilation Swarm or Synaptic Nexus?

[@aidonpor8211]

great video!

[@spacebug40000]

Thanks very much!

[@Swornvulkan]

Just got into the bugs as my second army :) this channel is great as I'm already looking to lean into nexus :)

[@spacebug40000]

Love to hear that! Thanks for the comment. I will definitely be making more videos very soon. Any specific unit or tactics video requests?

[@Swornvulkan]

@spacebug40000 I'd love a neurotyrant/zoans videos about how best to utilise them

[@spacebug40000]

@ I'm planning to use a Neurotyrant with Zoans in my next list! I'll post about it for sure!

[@Hollow_9515]

Really enjoy your breakdowns can't wait to see more!

[@spacebug40000]

Thanks so much! That means a lot! Will be making more soon for sure!

[@johnalexander7457]

Heard you were going to make a video about your time in the Vegas tournament! Looking forward to that video!

[@spacebug40000]

Thank you! I just posted that video!

[@lylehill5900]

Loved the rundown. Most of my bug life has been Invasion Fleet. Cool to see you making Tyrant Guard shine. I love the list but maybe not the idea of buying 18 chunky boys. Good luck and keep em coming!

[@spacebug40000]

Thanks so much! And yeah, buying that many is a lot. I only had 9 originally but took apart 9 Hive Guard to make the rest. Haha.

[@Julio.C-b5b]

Im new to nids. picked them up this summer as a hobby project and im loving playing them! Thanks for your input. The details on the strengths and weaknesses of the detachments can be co-related to other units and is very helpful. I wish a lot of success for you in this YT journey!

[@spacebug40000]

Thanks a lot for the comment and well wishes. Best of luck as you continue playing Tyranids! They are so much fun both in the hobby aspect as well as game play.

[@Julio.C-b5b]

​@@spacebug40000I just returned from an RTT winning first place for the first time ever! Somewhat different list but on the same vein. 12 guard on HT (with shock aura) and SL. 6 zoantropes with NT and enhancement. 22 neurogaunts for screening & cull the horde. Biovore, deathleaper, neurolictor. One exocrine one maleceptor. Screamer killer and psychophage. -3 on shadow literally won me the game twice. Practically stole the games.

[@spacebug40000]

@@Julio.C-b5b That's amazing! Congrats on the win. I've considered running the Zoanthropes with Neurotyrant. What did you like about them?

[@Julio.C-b5b]

@@spacebug40000 well I don't own a Tyranofex so I initially intended them to be my anti heavy response. However, the 6++ aura helped my guards a couple of times, overwatch becomes even better with the blast profile (avg of 4 wounds on d3 dmg.) they also become a juicer target than the sl and HT so they try to circle around them and get baited. They are no slackers, that 4++ with the 6fnp from the psychophage nearby can make them last.

[@Cadian9t]

For vanguard onslaught you get fall back and charge which is nice, and you can put a brick back into strategic reserves; and you can also reactive move them; finally you can show up turn 1 with a tyrant guard brick from strategic. You would also get hunting grounds which is a pretty good enhancement

[@spacebug40000]

Awesome insight! I do not play Vanguard Onslaught so I definitely missed that. I'll have to add it to the video description because that's really helpful info! Thanks for sharing!

[@Cadian9t]

@@spacebug40000no worries, I have a bit of a different way of looking at detachments, I ended up with 3 norn vanguard onslaught, just using the vanguard stuff to score and occasionally jail people. I did look at tyrant guard for a while because they’re quite cool conceptually, so it’s awesome to see them doing well here

[@spacebug40000]

@@Cadian9t I love that out of the box thinking! Seeing off-meta things always makes my day. How well has the triple Norn been doing for you? It sounds really cool!

[@samuelfry8192]

I cannot wait for the Nids 11th edition codex to release next year! Nid monsters look really strong/tanky finally. Love that tyrant guard and genestealers are getting love as well. Leaning towards crusher stampede but also want to run tyrant guard as well just to soak up damage plus the models look amazing. Good video 👍

[@Cadian9t]

Great vid well explained

[@spacebug40000]

Thank you!

[@Twaalfvingerigedarm]

Keep it going

[@EliteDarkAssassin]

Which weapon choice was the most consistent and useful?

[@spacebug40000]

I actually wasn't impressed with any weapon option. None of them performed particularly well. I think the Scything Talons may be the most consistent but it was nice to have the damage 2 weapons available to finish off things that the Tyrant or Swarmlord damaged but couldn't quite kill. I'll probably continue to take all 3 weapon options going forward.

[@EliteDarkAssassin]

@@spacebug40000 I only have 6 guard kitted with crab claws because Warhammer is expensive lol. Hearing that they're all pretty much meh makes me happy that I didn't make a bad choice that I went for aesthetics and rule of cool from last edition instead of what's best. If I ever have the urge to play 12 or 18, I'll probably do 6 of each but it's rather unlikely.