Tyranids were still a menace in competitive 40k at the Southern Showdown, as these Warhammer 40k army lists took the top!
The tournament is final, and now we can look at which lists managed to secure a place at the top! Check out what these winners brought in their armies.
Tyranids Still Feastin’ at Southern Showdown: Top 40k Army Lists
Thanks to Best Coast Pairings, we can look back at the event as if we were all there ourselves. You can check out the event details here.
3rd Place: Seth Piper – Black Templars
2nd Place: Jonathan Sweet – Black Templars
3rd Place: Steven Crawley – Tyranids
Steven’s winning Tyranids are a 2 detachment set up with the first being a Patrol led by a Neurothrope and a Winged Hive Tyrant.
The Flying Hive Tyrant is a fantastic stat-stick model with the extra benefit of having a re-roll ability to help out friendly units, with the built-in benefit of having extra flexibility thanks to those wings while the Neurothrope offers a cheap-ish psyker.
Troops then bring in 10 Gargoyles for some cheap bodies.
The other troop is 6 warriors, which are quite durable and flexible units that can frontline with ease.
Elites then introduce a Maleceptor, which is an exclusively melee-focused unit that has great built-in mortal wound output. There are also 2 Harpys as a mobile flying threat to deal some chip damage every turn.
The second detachment is another patrol led by a Hive Tyrant and a Tyranid Prime. The Tyrant is the same as the previous one, except this time it is foot slogging instead of flying, while the Tyranid Prime is a cheap HQ with flexible loadout options.
This smaller patrol also brings in 9 Warriors, which are very similar to the first set from the previous detachment. Finally, the last unit is 3 Venomthropes, bringing in even more mortal wound output.
Obviously, the last hurrah for a lot of armies in light of Nephilim Chapter Approved 2022 changes, as next week’s top 40k army lists are sure to shake up the meta a bit.
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About Andrew Schrank: Over the past 15 years, Andrew has played all the games, including tabletop and video games, and immersed himself in the associated lore. Andrew joined the Spikey Bits team in 2018 and covers the Warhammer hobby and tournament scene, along with the latest in tabletop miniatures, each week.
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