Biovore Fun!

Nick speaking,

I have been playing some pretty competitive Nid Lists lately, you know, the usual Flyrant, Hive Guard and Tervigon combos. Having just finished painting my Biovores, and for a break from the norm, I thought I would come up with a fun list to use them in. First, I wanted three groups of Spore Mine Clusters in the list, after all, I want as many Spore Mines out on the table as I can, so the list starts with three groups of five Clusters and a Brood of Biovores...

 

  

As I am not too bothered about winning with this army, with the emphasis more on fun. I thought I might as well use Genestealers as the main Troops choice. One large beefed up brood to advance up the field with all the upgrades (gulp), and a Brood Lord to swap out for a couple of Biomancy powers. I will need to give the unit cover saves, so one unit of Ripper swarms to scuttle in front of them should keep the fun theme going nicely.

I will need a small unit of Stealers to sit on an objective in my deployment zone, and that will mean the Biovores will be short of some Synapse. So I will take a Tyranid Prime to join them and keep them shooting every turn. Now to bolster the list, if it's possible! The Large Brood of Stealers are going to be a big target, so I will run forward a Trygon along with them to try and syphon off some shots, I might as well give him Regeneration as well. Sadly I haven't been able to get away from a Flyrant in the list. I really need some extra distractions for the Stealer unit, along with some upfront Shadow of the Warp. I then end the list with a brood of Y-Stealers, just to keep the Stealer and fun theme going.

Here is my final list...

Biovore Fun

HQ
1 x Winged Hive Tyrant/Devourers/Adversary
      *Swap powers for Biomancy (285)
1x Tyranid Prime/Lash Whips and Bone Sword (100)

TROOPS
20x Genestealers/Talons/Glands/Sacs/Brood Lord/Talons/Implant/Acid
       *Swap powers for Biomancy (510)
5x Genestealers (70)
9x Ripper Swarms (90)

ELITES
8x Ymgarl Stealers (184)

FAST
5x Spore Mine Cluster (50)  
5x Spore Mine Cluster (50)
5x Spore Mine Cluster (50)

HEAVY
3x Biovores (135)
1x Trygon/Regeneration (225)

Points 1749

I am not expecting to win, but I am expecting to have some fun! Battle report to follow...