I need help setting up for my friend's first game !
So we're discussing for me to teach him 40k through tabletop simulator since we're not in the same country.
I thought a small 1000pts game with simple detachments would be ideal
He wants to play Votann so I cooked him this list :
I would gladly follow your advices since I'm not a votann player
Some of the choices I made is to counter my list
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+ FACTION KEYWORD: Xenos - Leagues of Votann
+ DETACHMENT: Needgaârd Oathband (Martial Leverage)
+ FORCE DISPOSITION: Purge the Foe
+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 990pts
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+ WARLORD: Char1: Berehk Stornbröw
+ ENHANCEMENT: Ancestral Crest (on Char3: Brôkhyr Iron-master - Brôkhyr Iron-master)
+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 7
+ SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (1x4) - Assassination: 3 Characters
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Char1: 1x Berehk Stornbröw (95 pts): Warlord, Kromlôk's Revenge, Warforge gauntlets
Char3: 5x Brôkhyr Iron-master (90 pts)
• 3x E-COG
1 with Autoch-pattern bolt pistol, Close combat weapon
1 with Plasma torch
1 with Manipulator arms
• 1x Brôkhyr Iron-master: Graviton hammer, Graviton rifle
Enhancement: Ancestral Crest (+15 pts)
• 1x Ironkyn Assistant: Close combat weapon, Las-beam cutter
Char2: 1x Buri Aegnirssen (95 pts): Autoch-pattern bolt pistol, Bane
10x Hearthkyn Warriors (100 pts)
• 9x Hearthkyn Warrior
7 with Autoch-pattern bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Ion blaster
1 with Autoch-pattern bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, L7 missile launcher
1 with Autoch-pattern bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Magna-rail rifle
• 1x Theyn: Weavefield crest, Autoch-pattern bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Theyn's melee weapon, Theyn's pistol
6x Brôkhyr Thunderkyn (160 pts): 6 with Close combat weapon, Graviton blast cannon
10x Cthonian Beserks (200 pts)
6 with Concussion maul
2 with Subterranean Explosives, Mole grenade launcher, Concussion maul
2 with Twin concussion gauntlets
1x Hekaton Land Fortress (250 pts): Pan spectral scanner, Armoured wheels, MATR autocannon, Heavy magna-rail cannon, 2x Twin bolt cannon
I choose to try Tyranids (never played it) so I wouldn't be too destructive with my usual Mechanicus
Here's the list, is it too strong ? Should I change the carni with a less brutal setup ?
Ps: I just choose my favourite models + a biovore for scoring
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+ FACTION KEYWORD: Xenos - Tyranids
+ DETACHMENT: Crusher Stampede (Enraged Behemoths)
+ FORCE DISPOSITION: Purge the Foe
+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 1000pts
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+ WARLORD: Char1: Old One Eye
+ ENHANCEMENT:
+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 8
+ SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (3x2) + (2x4) - Assassination: 3 Characters
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Char1: 1x Old One Eye (140 pts): Warlord, Old One Eye’s claws and talons
Char3: 1x Parasite of Mortrex (70 pts): Barbed ovipositor, Clawed limbs
Char2: 1x The Red Terror (130 pts): Gaping maw, Scything talons
1x Biovores (60 pts): Chitin-barbed limbs, Spore mine launcher
2x Carnifexes (180 pts): 2 with Chitinous claws and teeth, Bio-plasma, Spine banks, Carnifex crushing claws, Heavy venom cannon
1x Norn Emissary (250 pts): Monstrous rending claws, Monstrous scything talons, Psychic tendril
1x Ripper Swarms (30 pts): Chitinous claws and teeth, Spinemaw
1x Trygon (140 pts): Bio-electric pulse, Trygon scything talons
Posted Jul 11, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC