Upcoming EPIC Battle

So in-between working on my bard in DDO and painting up some Grey Knights I grouping my Tyranids out for an upcoming big game grudge match. Brother Captain James is teaming up with me vs. UltraBob and Lil’ Joey who are running Dark Eldar and Eldar respectively. The backstory is this…. DE and Eldar feuding on a maiden world, settling an old score, when all of a sudden the Tyranids make planet fall and attack. 1750 points each side, mission TBD on the day by Bishop at the comic store.

I won’t say James and I are writing out list for the day…well actually we are…

Not knowing the mission isn’t much of a problem based on what I’ve learned playing against DE- you have to target and take them out by turn three. Forget about trying to capture objectives, hold stuff, etc. Target and take them out. Eldar aren’t as bad, but then we have to contend with their psychic support and I expect two farseers to be slinging around doom and guide. So what’s the plan? James is commanding the purple ‘nids and I’m commanding the green ones. Combined we have just over 370 models to pick from and field covering everything in the codex except harpies. Heck, we could even throw down some biovores is needed! LOL! So what am I thinking? Two 1750 point armies on a standard table is going to restrict movement somewhat, and now BC James and I need to shut it down. A carpet of little bugs scuttling forward like blobs, a big mass, blocking out where to move. Get the little guys in as fodder and tie up the Eldar, then hit them with a second wave of big scary bugs. As a core here is what I’m thinking: 3 X 10 Stealers 3 X 20 Hormagaunts W/ Glands + Poison- deadly against DE and Eldar alike 1 Winged Tyrant 5-8 Shrikes- Still playing around with the unit size. Rippers! Two big masses with wings and adrenals. Infiltrate the stealers into terrain to restrict movement, run the tyrant and shrikes as a synapse block behind the gaunts. Run run run!

Also thrown in there is DOM in a pod, and James is running him also- hey we are two different hive fleets!

Another option is to have James run up the center in a huge mass as the push point for Null Deployment, and then build my entire army as pods and outflankers as the Null Deployment wings- ND spread over two entire armies, how is that for "synapse". Battle reports, pics, and a vid to follow after the matchup! So here is the question for my readers- if you could pull from almost anything in the Tyranid codex what would you field/do vs. DE and Eldar?