Tyranid Skyblight List

So I just got back into 40k and can't help but notice this brutal skyblight formation that just got released for nids, it would allow you to have 3 flyranta, 3 crones, 2 harpies, and 3 gargoyle troops with secure objective special rule and return into reserves after being killed on a 4+.... Here is my nearly all flyer army list.. +++ Skyblight (1853pts) +++
+++ 1850pt Tyranids 6th Ed (2014) v5 Roster (Primary Detachment)) +++

Selections:

Tyranids 6th Ed (2014) v5 (Primary Detachment) Selections:

+ HQ + (780pts)

* Hive Tyrant (260pts) (Codex: Tyranids p86)
(Psyker (Mastery Level 2) (), Shadow in the Warp, Synapse Creature)
Adrenal Glands (15pts), Old Adversary (15pts), 2x Scything Talons, 2x Twin-Linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms (30pts), Wings (35pts)


* Hive Tyrant (260pts) (Codex: Tyranids p86)
(Psyker (Mastery Level 2) (), Shadow in the Warp, Synapse Creature)
Adrenal Glands (15pts), Old Adversary (15pts), 2x Scything Talons, 2x Twin-Linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms (30pts), Wings (35pts)


* Hive Tyrant (260pts) (Codex: Tyranids p86)
(Psyker (Mastery Level 2) (), Shadow in the Warp, Synapse Creature)
Adrenal Glands (15pts), Old Adversary (15pts), 2x Scything Talons, 2x Twin-Linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms (30pts), Wings (35pts)


+ Troops + (78pts)

* Ripper Swarm Brood (39pts) (Codex: Tyranids p91)
3x Ripper Swarm (39pts) (Fearless, Instinctive Behaviour - Feed, Swarms)


* Ripper Swarm Brood (39pts) (Codex: Tyranids p91)
3x Ripper Swarm (39pts) (Fearless, Instinctive Behaviour - Feed, Swarms)


+ Fast Attack + (995pts)

* Gargoyle Brood (60pts) (Codex: Tyranids p93)
* 10x Gargoyle (60pts)
(Instinctive Behaviour - Hunt)
10x Blinding Venom, 10x Fleshborer


* Gargoyle Brood (60pts) (Codex: Tyranids p93)
* 10x Gargoyle (60pts)
(Instinctive Behaviour - Hunt)
10x Blinding Venom, 10x Fleshborer


* Gargoyle Brood (60pts) (Codex: Tyranids p93)
* 10x Gargoyle (60pts)
(Instinctive Behaviour - Hunt)
10x Blinding Venom, 10x Fleshborer


* Harpy (160pts) (Codex: Tyranids p93)
(Fearless, Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk, Living Bomb (Spore Mines Only), Sonic Screech)
Adrenal Glands (15pts), Scything Talons, Spore Mine Cysts, Stinger Salvo (10pts), Twin-linked Stranglethorn Cannon


* Harpy (160pts) (Codex: Tyranids p93)
(Fearless, Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk, Living Bomb (Spore Mines Only), Sonic Screech)
Adrenal Glands (15pts), Scything Talons, Spore Mine Cysts, Stinger Salvo (10pts), Twin-linked Stranglethorn Cannon


* Hive Crone (165pts)
(Fearless, Instinctive Behaviour - Feed, Raking Strike)
Drool Cannon, Stinger Salvo (10pts), 4x Tentaclids


* Hive Crone (165pts)
(Fearless, Instinctive Behaviour - Feed, Raking Strike)
Drool Cannon, Stinger Salvo (10pts), 4x Tentaclids


* Hive Crone (165pts)
(Fearless, Instinctive Behaviour - Feed, Raking Strike)
Drool Cannon, Stinger Salvo (10pts), 4x Tentaclids



Profile Summary:

Name Unit Type WS BS S T W I A LD Save Pg Ref
Gargoyle Jump Infantry 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 6 6+ 42 Codex: Tyranids p42
Harpy Flying Monstrous Creature 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 10 4+ 43 Codex: Tyranids p43
Hive Crone Flying Monstrous Creature 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 10 4+
Hive Tyrant (Wings) Flying Monstrous Creature 8 4 6 6 4 5 4 10 3+ 34 Codex: Tyranids p34
Ripper Swarm Infantry 2 2 3 3 3 2 4 5 6+ 55 Codex: Tyranids p55
Spore Mine Infantry - - 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 48 Codex: Tyranids p48

Name Description Pg Ref
Adrenal Glands Confers model Furious Charge and Fleet Codex: Tyranids
Blinding Venom In close combat, a model with this biomorph can exchange all of its normal Attacks to make a single blinding venom attack at Strength 3, AP -, Melee, Blind, Poisoned (6+) Codex: Tyranids p42
Old Adversary This Hive Tyrant re-rolls all failed To Hit and To Wound rolls of 1 when fighting in close combat. Codex: Tyranids
Wings Change unit type to Flying Monstrous Creature

Name RangeStrength AP Type Pg Ref
Devourer with brainleech worms 18" 6 -Assault 6 Codex: Tyranids p81
Drool Cannon Template 6 4Assault 1
Fleshborer 12" 4 5Assault 1 Codex: Tyranids p81
Scything Talons Melee User 6 - Codex: Tyranids p83
Spore Mine Cysts - 4 4Assault 1, Barrage, Large Blast, Spore Bomb, Spore Burst Codex: Tyranids p43
Stinger Salvo 18" 5 4Assault 4 Codex: Tyranids p82
Stranglethorn Cannon 36" 6 5Assault 1, Large Blast, Pinning Codex: Tyranids p82
Tentaclids 36" 5 5Assault 1, Haywire, Seeking, One use only

Selection Rule Summary:

* Fearless (Warhammer 40k rulebook p35)
* Instinctive Behaviour - Feed (Codex: Tyranids p33)
* Instinctive Behaviour - Hunt (Codex: Tyranids)
* Instinctive Behaviour - Lurk (Codex: Tyranids p33)
* Living Bomb (Spore Mines Only): Each Spore Mine model is treated as an individual unit. Spore Mines are always ignored for the purposes of any and all mission objectives. Spore Mines are not subject to Instinctive Behaviour, never go to ground (voluntarily or otherwise), run or fall back. At the beginning of the Tyranid Movement phase, each Spore Mine moves D6" in a direction determined by rolling the scatter dice (Tyranid player chooses the direction if a hit is rolled).If a Spore Mine suffers a wound, touches an enemy model, impassable terrain, or it ends any Movement phase within 2" of an enemy unit, it immediately explodes. Place the central hole of the large blast marker over the Spore Mine and resolve any hits at a Strength 4 and AP of 4. Spore Mines that drift off the table or into a friendly unit are immediately removed from play. (Codex: Tyranids p48)
* Psyker (Mastery Level 2) () (Warhammer 40k rulebook p41)
* Raking Strike: A Hive Crone’s Vector Strike is resolved at Strength 8.
* Shadow in the Warp: All enemy units and models with the Psyker, Psychic Pilot or Brotherhood of Psykers
special rules suffer a -3 penalty to their Leadership whilst they are within 12" of one or
more models with the Shadow in the Warp special rule. (Codex: Tyranids p33)
* Sonic Screech: When a Harpy charges into combat, all enemy models in the combat suffer -5 to their
Initiative (to a minimum of 1) until the end of that Assault phase. (Codex: Tyranids p43)
* Swarms (Warhammer 40k rulebook p43)
* Synapse Creature: Models with the Synapse Creature special rule have a synapse range of 12". Friendly
Codex: Tyranids models within this synapse range, including the Synapse Creatures
themselves, have the Fearless special rule. If a unit from Codex: Tyranids is falling back
and at least one of the unit’s models is within a friendly Synapse Creature’s synapse range
before the unit moves, the unit automatically Regroups. (Codex: Tyranids p33)

Be careful with that list, since all gaming stores/clubs in this general area including our own will NOT allow dataslates in tournaments, so just a heads up for tournament play. But from a non tournament game standpoint it looks like a brutal list, and even if you took out the skyblight formation and added something else it would still be a solid list.

Good thing you mentioned that before I went and dumped money on more FMC's, those crone/harpy models are like 80$....