'Nid Reserve Armies and Mycetic Spores

Well with the release of the Tyranid FAQ, GW has effectively shut down most reserve based lists. Silly of them but hey, whatever floats their boat. Tyranids however are still one of the premier armies to do with their ability to munch any army not in tanks or mobile and with enough guns to silence their opponent's tanks before they can get into combat. 

- Kirby from 3++ is the new black

As I mentioned in my previous post Games Workshop recently released the new Tyranid FAQ which has effectively weakened alot of the Tyranid Reserves armies. This is a result of two rather simple rule changes with the results that it is no longer possible to stack the Hive Commander bonus (so at most you get a +1 to reserve rolls) and Tyranid Primes can't share Mycetic Spores with Tyranid Warriors (plain stupid IMHO). You can see Stelek's thoughts here and while I'm at it here is Chumbalaya's thoughts. Edit - and here is another look at the 'Nid FAQ by Raptor1313.


Regardless of the nerf I still want to share Raptor1313's article on Tyranid Drop Pod armies. Remember that AbusePuppy also gave some of his thoughts on all reserve armies in his 'Nid Review.