With a little over a month until Blog Wars 2 I'm about to test the next iteration of my Tyranid list containing the compulsory Special/Unique Character.
HQ
Tyranid Prime w. 2x Bone Swords, Deathspitter, Regeneration
ELITE
Doom of Malan'tai w. Spore Pod
3x Hive Guard
3x Hive Guard
TROOPS
10x Termagants
10x Termagants
Tervigon w. Crushing Claws, Cluster Spines, Adrenal Glands & 3 Powers
Tervigon w. Crushing Claws, Cluster Spines, Toxin Sacs & 3 Powers
FAST ATTACK
5x Raveners w. Rending Claws
Heavy Support
2x Carnifexes each w. 2x TL Devourers with Brainleech Worms
Trygon w. Adrenal Glands
I wanted to go for a Gargoyle list with the Parasite but I don't have the models and I have other things to be spending my money on this month so I've gone for an alternative route with the Doom, Raveners and a Trygon. The Trygon was one of the heroes of Open War for me so it's not a big stretch to get him in again here, I also feel that the Doom is a strong choice with the propensity for foot lists at the moment (he is a bit fragile though).
It's the Raveners which I'm not sure about; on paper they look very tasty being very fast (beasts) and with 4 attacks per model (in this case they are also rending ++) they should be pretty killy. On the down-side though despite the 3 wounds they have there are T4 and do not have Eternal Warrior so they're not too hard to kill from range, also they only have a 5+ save so they either need psychic buffing or they have to pick on units they can cope with comfortably.
For the purposes of trying them out though I'm pretty confident that the good could outweigh the bad so I'm approaching my first test game on Thursday with some optimism for them. I'll let you know how it goes!