Hey Craig, and all the Maelstrom Gaming team! I've just heard about your undefeated display at the GT with assimillation swarm none the less. You rock! Keep the quality (nids) content!!
Finally!! Someone who has run the list with the units ive been talking about on Reddit for months about how potent it is and every muppet out there telling me how its bad.. it's insanely tanky.. insanely difficult to take down!
Maelstrom gaming team! You guys rock! My favorite one stop shop for nid content. I love the tyrant guard inclusion. I've been hesitant to add them to my collection yet. Any way if you read this comment, I want to see your creative hive mind explore vanguard onslaught through your in depth knowledge of the cells of the hive mind.
I used not to coment, but congrats mate. I saw ur list on tactical tortoise!. Grats again, and ur crew. I rly enjoy it. Started nids in 10th, you help alot. Keep going!
What a great video! Good for you! I heard about your win when another channel did recent tournament winners! Congratulations 🎉 ive been watching alot of your videos lately, fantastic stuff. 👏 it's wonderful to hear your going to just have fun with the army now 💜 heavy lies the crown 😂
I played the Amsterdam Alliance Open GT with a similar list (2lictors and a small unit of genestealers, no neurotyrant and -1 psychophage) and I went 2-4. Had a great weekend, they were very close games and it was my first tournament. The scenery was a bit tough too, so I am not giving up on Assimilation Swarm. Your videos have helped a lot. Question, can I reclaim biomass when the harvester is not on an objective?
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Congrats... it is great news! that it can be done!
Congrats mate! I've been out of 40k for a little bit now so playing catch up on rules, good to see different lists doing well. I'm not seeing anything about neurotyrants leading zoanthropes in recent lists, might be an Internet hoax. I sorta jumped away from nids when gant size was reduced to 20 and genestealers just.. bombed. You feel hoard play is just done with now? No time to move models in tournaments?
Congratulations on the wins. Very well deserved for grinding the list and executing it well. Was the hive tyrant all melee? I’m assuming it was to maximise the FF.
Craig, at 04:15 you say "If they are in range of a Harvester unit, specifically the Tyrant..." but I'm not seeing the harvester keyword on any tyrant datasheets. Can you explain what you meant by this?
Hi! Congrats!! I wanted to ask something, I was thinking in a list based on yours, would you change some pyrovores and the tyranofex for 2 Maleceptor for doing the Guards even chonkyer? Thanks a lot, your vids are great
I definitely played around with Maleceptors in the beginning. They absolutely have their place in A.S. with their durability. The overall footprint of the army does become an issue with how many large bases you have.
you are the hive mind himself because you can win with any list! 👍 by the way, what do you think about aimée jacquin tyranid list at 40,000 World Championships (the list with the harridan)? take out this model for the WC, it's daring 😃
You said during game 2 that you killed "two units of Aquilons twice" but don't forget that the Reinforcements stratagem got nerfed at the same time and in the same way as Unending Waves so your opponent couldn't have used it twice.
What I find interesting is the Beast Boss vs Tyrant + Guard. The whole unit has the Monster Keyword and the Beastboss has Anti Monster 4+ with dev wounds and the whole unit has full rerolls inkl. access to exploding 5s and fight on death. Did the Tyrant Guard work that well to protect him or did the Ork player spent all the CP before he could get hold on the Tyrant? Edit: Would you say Tyrant guard are worth outside assimilation swarm? I usually go monster heavy and use the Tyrant as a Buff-Character. But this would open it to go out to be an actual melee thread.
Yeah a couple things, yes the Orks were drained of CP, also the fight first allowed me to delete them before they really did any damage. I would only use Tyrant Guard in Synaptic Nexus or maybe Invasion fleet.
@@maelstromgamingstudios Thank you for the reply. I am thinking about Tyrant Guard really a lot in the last few weeks. I just started Tyranids last year and do not have too many games in with them yet. I play Orks mainly. The 4 Wound Caracteristic of the Tyrant Guard and the high toughness kind of buys me in. Invasion Fleet is my favourite detachment anyway, maybe I give them a go. THank you and nice video!
There's good play for Genestealers with a Broodlord in Assimilation. Give the Broodlord Parasitic Biomorphology and you've got a brick of Genestealers swinging at strength 6 and potentially 5 attacks each. Um... oh hell yeah.
Super cool that you won with this detachement. Would still like it if they changed it so, that you can heal battleline D3+3 and harvester themself heal flat 3. The fight first stratagem is nice, but i m still not 100% sure how the fighting phase work. I recently played with a knowledgeable player from my club, and he told me that in my turn, my lictor with fight first baked in, didn´t get to fight his unit, also with fight first baked in, even after i just charged them! I though, that 2x fight first bonus trumps 1 times fight first. But apparently there has to take switching place, in who gets to fight next, even if i charged with certain units this turn. I don´t think i´ll fully understand the fight phase this edition, and its making me doubt myself.
He was correct Fights firsts dont stack You either have it or you dont Defensive player always goes first in melee You have the "Fights first phase" which usually only the charging player has because of charging Then the normal fight phase In BOTH the defender picks the first unit to fight Lictor's fight first ability is good for defending from being charged, or using heroic intervention
Are tryant guard viable outside of assimilation swarm? Or they a hindrance to our tryrants. I only own 3. To maybe guard my swarmlord as he walks up the field
congrates on 3rd place and undefeated. I disagree on the player base in mn....@least 3-4 possessed daemons of slaanaash that should not be tolerated spawned here and growing.
Hey Craig, and all the Maelstrom Gaming team! I've just heard about your undefeated display at the GT with assimillation swarm none the less. You rock! Keep the quality (nids) content!!
Thank you! I love running the goofy off meta stuff that still has teeth.
Finally!! Someone who has run the list with the units ive been talking about on Reddit for months about how potent it is and every muppet out there telling me how its bad.. it's insanely tanky.. insanely difficult to take down!
Maelstrom gaming team! You guys rock! My favorite one stop shop for nid content. I love the tyrant guard inclusion. I've been hesitant to add them to my collection yet. Any way if you read this comment, I want to see your creative hive mind explore vanguard onslaught through your in depth knowledge of the cells of the hive mind.
Congrats bro!!! I watched it on wargames live! Happy Thanksgiving to the msg crew.
Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
I can't find the match on Wargames Live? I'd love to watch it...
@@nidnewbie587 it wasn't a showcase match unfortunately. He was just at that event. I think they show the dark angels player that he stomped tho
@CriticalMedic Sorry, I missunderstood your post. I thought I missed a game. It would have been great for two of my favorite streamers to cross paths
I used not to coment, but congrats mate. I saw ur list on tactical tortoise!.
Grats again, and ur crew. I rly enjoy it.
Started nids in 10th, you help alot. Keep going!
Well done mate, I’ve been following for ages and love your style going against the grain. Keep it up!
Congratulations man! Exciting to see your work pay off.
Congrats on the win! You definitely deserve it with all the work you put into that list.
Thank you!
Congratulations Craig! Heard a few other channels talking about your win too!
Thank you! Ill keep my eye out for those others.
What a great video! Good for you! I heard about your win when another channel did recent tournament winners! Congratulations 🎉 ive been watching alot of your videos lately, fantastic stuff. 👏 it's wonderful to hear your going to just have fun with the army now 💜 heavy lies the crown 😂
Appreciate the kind words, I've been having a blast with them!
Wow, this video made me want to get more tyrant guards… congratulations! :D
Congratulations on your win. Keep up the great work.
It will be a blast to see your Assimilation swarm list vs the WTW winner custodes list in hands of Connor
Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉 Well earned!
congratulations !! hivemind champion!!
Psychophage deserving some screentime with being such a banger model
Well done craig,love the channel,watch from the uk
Congrats!!!
Wooooooo congrats on the win!
I played the Amsterdam Alliance Open GT with a similar list (2lictors and a small unit of genestealers, no neurotyrant and -1 psychophage) and I went 2-4. Had a great weekend, they were very close games and it was my first tournament. The scenery was a bit tough too, so I am not giving up on Assimilation Swarm. Your videos have helped a lot. Question, can I reclaim biomass when the harvester is not on an objective?
Congrats... it is great news! that it can be done!
Congrats mate! I've been out of 40k for a little bit now so playing catch up on rules, good to see different lists doing well. I'm not seeing anything about neurotyrants leading zoanthropes in recent lists, might be an Internet hoax. I sorta jumped away from nids when gant size was reduced to 20 and genestealers just.. bombed. You feel hoard play is just done with now? No time to move models in tournaments?
Congratulations 🎉🎉
Congratulations on the wins.
Very well deserved for grinding the list and executing it well.
Was the hive tyrant all melee?
I’m assuming it was to maximise the FF.
Thanks! Yes the Tyrant was all melee.
Craig, at 04:15 you say "If they are in range of a Harvester unit, specifically the Tyrant..." but I'm not seeing the harvester keyword on any tyrant datasheets. Can you explain what you meant by this?
I think I was talking about the Tyrant itself needing to be in range of a harvester unit. Not that the Tyrant is a Harvester unit.
Hi! Congrats!! I wanted to ask something, I was thinking in a list based on yours, would you change some pyrovores and the tyranofex for 2 Maleceptor for doing the Guards even chonkyer? Thanks a lot, your vids are great
I definitely played around with Maleceptors in the beginning. They absolutely have their place in A.S. with their durability. The overall footprint of the army does become an issue with how many large bases you have.
@maelstromgamingstudios5240 Thanks for your answer!!! The hive mind is happy with your wins
you are the hive mind himself because you can win with any list! 👍
by the way, what do you think about aimée jacquin tyranid list at 40,000 World Championships (the list with the harridan)? take out this model for the WC, it's daring 😃
You said during game 2 that you killed "two units of Aquilons twice" but don't forget that the Reinforcements stratagem got nerfed at the same time and in the same way as Unending Waves so your opponent couldn't have used it twice.
He only used it once. I just misspoke. He had two units, but one came back
Congrats
Will there be any photo for how you deploy this list?
I thought about it, but there are some many combinations of deployment and terrain layout
GW give Norn Assimilators harvester you cowards!
This comment aged like fine wine
What I find interesting is the Beast Boss vs Tyrant + Guard. The whole unit has the Monster Keyword and the Beastboss has Anti Monster 4+ with dev wounds and the whole unit has full rerolls inkl. access to exploding 5s and fight on death. Did the Tyrant Guard work that well to protect him or did the Ork player spent all the CP before he could get hold on the Tyrant?
Edit: Would you say Tyrant guard are worth outside assimilation swarm? I usually go monster heavy and use the Tyrant as a Buff-Character. But this would open it to go out to be an actual melee thread.
Yeah a couple things, yes the Orks were drained of CP, also the fight first allowed me to delete them before they really did any damage.
I would only use Tyrant Guard in Synaptic Nexus or maybe Invasion fleet.
@@maelstromgamingstudios Thank you for the reply. I am thinking about Tyrant Guard really a lot in the last few weeks. I just started Tyranids last year and do not have too many games in with them yet. I play Orks mainly. The 4 Wound Caracteristic of the Tyrant Guard and the high toughness kind of buys me in. Invasion Fleet is my favourite detachment anyway, maybe I give them a go. THank you and nice video!
There's good play for Genestealers with a Broodlord in Assimilation. Give the Broodlord Parasitic Biomorphology and you've got a brick of Genestealers swinging at strength 6 and potentially 5 attacks each. Um... oh hell yeah.
Yeah assimilation has a ton of potential but it's army rule does hold it back the most.
Congrats! What's the wording that lets you do heroic intervention even if you've already used it? I don't see how that works.
It doesn't! My brain malfunctioned. Thought I edited that bit out.
Super cool that you won with this detachement. Would still like it if they changed it so, that you can heal battleline D3+3 and harvester themself heal flat 3.
The fight first stratagem is nice, but i m still not 100% sure how the fighting phase work. I recently played with a knowledgeable player from my club, and he told me that in my turn, my lictor with fight first baked in, didn´t get to fight his unit, also with fight first baked in, even after i just charged them! I though, that 2x fight first bonus trumps 1 times fight first. But apparently there has to take switching place, in who gets to fight next, even if i charged with certain units this turn. I don´t think i´ll fully understand the fight phase this edition, and its making me doubt myself.
He was correct
Fights firsts dont stack
You either have it or you dont
Defensive player always goes first in melee
You have the "Fights first phase" which usually only the charging player has because of charging
Then the normal fight phase
In BOTH the defender picks the first unit to fight
Lictor's fight first ability is good for defending from being charged, or using heroic intervention
@@scolack123 Ohkaaay, it still seems odd to me tho, that my Lictor that just charged in, gets to fight after him. But thanks for answer.
Are tryant guard viable outside of assimilation swarm? Or they a hindrance to our tryrants. I only own 3.
To maybe guard my swarmlord as he walks up the field
They can be decent in Synaptic Nexus too. They love all of the Imperatives.
Congrats dude! What did you end up getting for your overall painted total? I meant to ask you before we left and forgot
I believe it was a 33, though I was so focused on everything I didn't even get to dive into those numbers as much.
@@maelstromgamingstudios It had to be the tufts!
Man I wish I could own 12 t-guard, only halfway there!
Perks of collecting for 15 years
For the hive mind
Congratz man. Check out Tactical Tortoise giving you a shoutout.
Before I watch the whole thing I saw the scores was it a slug fest for points???
and my crazy ass lookin fer the worlds best 'nid player so i can eventually be the top bug player-
congrates on 3rd place and undefeated. I disagree on the player base in mn....@least 3-4 possessed daemons of slaanaash that should not be tolerated spawned here and growing.