Advanced Analysis Archive

  • Tyranids and Grey Knights are my two main armies I play now. There are some similarities as both armies have strong melee and fantastic psychic powers. Grey Knights are much easier to play while Tyranids require a lot of thought and creativity to win versus the top tier armies. I...

    Terminus Est: Playing Tyranids versus Grey Knights

    Tyranids and Grey Knights are my two main armies I play now. There are some similarities as both armies have strong melee and fantastic psychic powers. Grey Knights are much easier to play while Tyranids require a lot of thought and creativity to win versus the top tier armies. I...

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  • This is a rebuttal to some comments from Kristwithak in regards to my latest article about building units that are both unique and effective. “Sorry but your opponents must be terrible.“ That’s fine if that’s how you feel—no need to say you’re sorry. My question is how do you know? Really...

    Terminus Est: A Rebuttal…

    This is a rebuttal to some comments from Kristwithak in regards to my latest article about building units that are both unique and effective. “Sorry but your opponents must be terrible.“ That’s fine if that’s how you feel—no need to say you’re sorry. My question is how do you know? Really...

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  • What Makes a Unit Both Good and Unique By hte Black Blow Fly IntroductionThis article deals primarily with designing units for 40k that are good in terms of performance and also unique. There is lots of information available on the Internet that covers what are good units but I find...

    Terminus Est: What Makes any Unit both Unique and Effective

    What Makes a Unit Both Good and Unique By hte Black Blow Fly IntroductionThis article deals primarily with designing units for 40k that are good in terms of performance and also unique. There is lots of information available on the Internet that covers what are good units but I find...

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  • Here again are some more thoughts on how to competively play a reserved Tyranid army versus mechanized Imperial Guard. A lot of these tips are universal and can be applied to playing against other types of armies. As I said in my previous article you need to closely follow two...

    Terminus Est: Tyranids vs. Mechanized Imperial Guard – Part II

    Here again are some more thoughts on how to competively play a reserved Tyranid army versus mechanized Imperial Guard. A lot of these tips are universal and can be applied to playing against other types of armies. As I said in my previous article you need to closely follow two...

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  • Okay so here are some of my thoughts on playing Tyranids competively versus Imperial Guard. Here are two very basic assumptions: —The table has 25 percent terrain with some blocking LOS—You strategically place your objectives To me those two are the most important aspects to playing competively versus IG. They...

    Terminus Est: Tyranids vs. Imperial Guard

    Okay so here are some of my thoughts on playing Tyranids competively versus Imperial Guard. Here are two very basic assumptions: —The table has 25 percent terrain with some blocking LOS—You strategically place your objectives To me those two are the most important aspects to playing competively versus IG. They...

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  • Hi all !! In keeping with my series of Tyranid tactical articles I would like to discuss one of my key units… This is the combination of the Alpha Warrior attached to a small brood of 10 Hormagaunts. Here is how I run them: — Tyranid Prime: bone sword+lash whip,...

    Terminus Est: Running a Tyranid Prime Accompanied with Hormagaunts

    Hi all !! In keeping with my series of Tyranid tactical articles I would like to discuss one of my key units… This is the combination of the Alpha Warrior attached to a small brood of 10 Hormagaunts. Here is how I run them: — Tyranid Prime: bone sword+lash whip,...

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  • Hi everyone !! Instead of watching the Superbowl this evening I figured I’d write another tactical article about how to build and play a reserved Tyranid army list. There is no one right way to play the army but there are choices that can go a long way towards a...

    Terminus Est: A How To Guide Playing Reserved Tyranids

    Hi everyone !! Instead of watching the Superbowl this evening I figured I’d write another tactical article about how to build and play a reserved Tyranid army list. There is no one right way to play the army but there are choices that can go a long way towards a...

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  • IntroductionI have been in contact with Aaron from over on the Hyv3mynd Tyranid blog seeking his advice how to better tweak my current army list. Aaron and his wife just had their first child yesterday so a big congratulations to them on the new family member. Aaron was gracious enough...

    Terminus Est: Tyranid Reserve List Advice from hyv3mynd

    IntroductionI have been in contact with Aaron from over on the Hyv3mynd Tyranid blog seeking his advice how to better tweak my current army list. Aaron and his wife just had their first child yesterday so a big congratulations to them on the new family member. Aaron was gracious enough...

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  • IntroductionThis is my first advanced article for Tyranids. So far I’ve been posting articles covering individual unit analysis and a few batreps to serve as examples how the army works as a whole. If you’ve been following this series of articles you’ll know that I’m an advocate of running a...

    Terminus Est: Tyranid Army Analysis – Synaptic Network

    IntroductionThis is my first advanced article for Tyranids. So far I’ve been posting articles covering individual unit analysis and a few batreps to serve as examples how the army works as a whole. If you’ve been following this series of articles you’ll know that I’m an advocate of running a...

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