Goatboy’s Grimdark Armylist – Vyasar’s Tyranid Assimilation Swarm!
Goatboy with another shout out for the San Antonio Shoot Out – Vyasar threw out a crazy new Tyranid army list no one ever expected!
Here is Vyasar’s list to look over. The Assimilation Swarm is a not commonly used detachment from the new Tyranid codex that tries to help up units, cover the field in beef, and wreck your CSM brawler face in. Vyasar is a local from Austin, a super nice guy, and loves to play some Tyranids on the tabletop. Big props for bringing a unique take on the bug codex and just having a ton of hungry, hungry bugs on the tabletop. Let’s take a look!
Vyasar’s Tyranid Assimilation Swarm
Strike Force (2000 points)
Assimilation Swarm
CHARACTERS
The Swarmlord (270 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Bone sabres
1x Synaptic pulse
DEDICATED TRANSPORTS
Tyrannocyte (105 points)
• 1x Flensing whips
1x Tyrannocyte bio-weapons
OTHER DATASHEETS
Biovores (75 points)
• 1x Chitin-barbed limbs
1x Spore Mine launcher
Exocrine (135 points)
• 1x Bio-plasmic cannon
1x Powerful limbs
Exocrine (135 points)
• 1x Bio-plasmic cannon
1x Powerful limbs
Haruspex (125 points)
• 1x Grasping tongue
1x Ravenous maw
1x Shovelling claws
Haruspex (125 points)
• 1x Grasping tongue
1x Ravenous maw
1x Shovelling claws
Haruspex (125 points)
• 1x Grasping tongue
1x Ravenous maw
1x Shovelling claws
Neurogaunts (45 points)
• 1x Neurogaunt Nodebeast
• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
• 10x Neurogaunt
• 10x Chitinous claws and teeth
Neurolictor (65 points)
• 1x Piercing claws and talons
Pyrovores (90 points)
• 3x Pyrovore
• 3x Chitin-barbed limbs
3x Flamespurt
Pyrovores (90 points)
• 3x Pyrovore
• 3x Chitin-barbed limbs
3x Flamespurt
Pyrovores (30 points)
• 1x Chitin-barbed limbs
1x Flamespurt
Ripper Swarms (20 points)
• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
Ripper Swarms (20 points)
• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
Ripper Swarms (20 points)
• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
Tyrant Guard (190 points)
• 6x Tyrant Guard
• 6x Scything talons and rending claws
Zoanthropes (110 points)
• 1x Neurothrope
• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
1x Warp Blast
• 2x Zoanthrope
• 2x Chitinous claws and teeth
2x Warp Blast
Zoanthropes (220 points)
• 1x Neurothrope
• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
1x Warp Blast
• 5x Zoanthrope
• 5x Chitinous claws and teeth
5x Warp Blast
Using the Tyranid Assimilation Swarm
The army is trying to use the Harvester units to heal up a ton of specialized infantry and make sure you have a ton of monsters to try and chew through. There is just so much beef on this tabletop that it’s gonna be hard for some of the brawler options in the current MSU CSM builds out there. It does look like Eldar are a rough matchup for the Swarm, with Fire Prisms doing an excellent job of wrecking the big bugs. But the Assimilation Swarm could be a really good choice in a pressure-heavy tournament with lots of World Eaters, Orks, CSM, and other fun options.
The Army’s rule is to allow Harvester units near objectives the ability to heal Tyranid units nearby. This seems pretty good, as each of the monsters is hard to chew through. Regaining d3 wounds per turn seems like a powerful way to mess up the enemy’s damage math. If you can’t remove a tyranid big bug right away, it becomes a nightmare as it gains some wounds, creates a unit that needs more shooting to chip away, and then eats something that gets too close by.
NOM NOM NOM!
