How to Start a Tyranids Army in Warhammer 40K 10th Edition - Guide to Start Collecting for Beginners 

as a veteran nid player i have only one piece of advice. get the cool stuff, not the good stuff. the good stuff is only good untill the next balance, but the cool stuff will always be cool.

Step 1. Invade planet. Step 2. Digest all biomass. Step 3. Use biomass to make more Tyranids. Step 4. Go back to step 1.

Me: owns 6000 points of Tyranids Also me: "ooh let's see if there's any good bundles I don't know about!"

Me wanting to start a tyranid army: Auspex: I got u budd

Thanks, Auspex. Great intro video. I would caution new players on a few things: It is at the end of the day a hoard army, so while they are in the middle coast wise, you will be buying a lot of them. The old-style termagants are a pain to put together as the arms and guns are tricky to align. Stay active on the GW store. There always seem to be at least two or three models that are sold out. Buy them when you see them if you can. Finally, I wouldn't recommend the Forge World models. While very cool looking, GW has never made their rules worth what the points cost is. The Heirodules are probably the worst offenders of this. Hope this helps and welcome to the great devourer!

Remember to bring a playlist of Super Metroid music along because that game's retro, moody feel fits the Tyranids perfectly, and the boss theme for when combat breaks out still goes hard. And if you want to be nice to your Space Marine opponent, include Theme of Samus Aran just in case they start winning; let them feel good for a bit.

Great video, hopefully your planning to make one of these for every army. Superb evergreen content potential! Love your channel, your one of the best resources out there.

Definitely needed this video Thanks auspex!

The next steps suggestions are very handy.

Step 1: buy them all Step 2: still buy more Step 3: consume the galaxy

Step 1: Be a millionaire

Thanks. Love the channel. My friend got me the box set for my birthday. We used to play 40K back in the day(5th). Mostly played Imp guard and Grey Knights. Want to start a Bug army. I’m going to wait for the codex but it’s good to see what people are playing.

Thanks for all the analysis

As a new player I appreciate the insight! Thank you sir!

The big tyranid refresh will be the perfect time to do some spending because by then we'll have the codex and we'll want to buy things based on what the codex has to offer. Ik the deathleaper model that got shown looked really cool and I suspect a new big monster to come that'll also look really cool (new lord of war would be sick and makes sense to be one).

As someone who just starting building their Tyranid army the Saturday gone with the Leviathan box set, this video was very well timed and informative.

Mannn. I definitely wanna expand my current small-army but I reckon the best approach is to wait and see the expansion... I'm really hoping for a better box (much different in comparison to the leviathan box set).

Step one: Leave lots of crumbs around your house, they will come to you

Not necessarily a cheap option, but the Space Marine II board game being released at Target will have 20x new Termagants with the Lt Titus model.

Tyranids have the most boxed set options rn. Surprised Auspex isn't making videos of first purchases for other factions

Going off general ideas of 'safe to collect' right now and least likely to get massive kit refreshes anytime soon, I suppose a good place to start would be zoenthropes/venomthropes, Tyranofex/Tervigon, Hive/Tyrant Guard, Maleceptor/Toxirine, Trygon/Mawloc, and Haraprex/Exorine, and the Parasite of Mortex. Rumors are stating a LOT of the range is likely to get refreshed for potential dual kits for more options, including standbys like carnifexes, warriors, raveners and hive tyrants. However, I would also say if you're drawn to em, picking up older Hive Tyrants, Warriors or Carnifexes would still be a good idea, especially if you decide to magnetize em. Those kits are some of the newest of the old guard, and there's many a magnetizing guide for these bugs for you to get the bulk of your money out of them as well, especially if willing to gamble the Screamer Killer (or a potential newer Carnifex kit) base size matching the current Carnifexes.

Thank you so much! I was thinking of starting tyranids soon! It's a real shame the looming 10th edition is putting them in a limbo right now. Here's hoping to a successful Tryanid army! 🐸

About a year ago I managed to get a Start Collecting! box for Nids, probably the last fairly priced in my country. This, plus Leviathan Box + Combat Patrol in the near future and it's basically a 2k points for a RELATIVELY low cost

I would like to see you talk about Dark Angel units what tier in their army and how to build their army.

So many new Tyranid players. So many people who don't know about Robin Cruddace, the saga of the nuclear pyrovore, or the 6th Edition nid codex debacle that erased 24% of GW's stock price. Dear new nid players: please enjoy the faction. Just be aware that through the course of 8th edition, there was not a single FAQ/Balance Dataslate that did not nerf the faction in some way. And 10th edition is already off to the same start. This is the punching bag faction for the balance team.

I picked up the Leviathan box as a Space Marines player, and the dude I was going to split the box with bailed on me. I decided to pick up the Tyranids, and I picked up a few models that my LGS had as "rule of cool" models to paint and play with here and there, but turns out they're a lot of fun to paint and play, so I may just stick with them. Plus a lot of the stuff I have is on that tournament list in the video, so it's nice to know it's viable...don't care about winning and losing, but I also don't want to field a sitting duck, either.

Still can't decide between collecting Tyranids or Necrons going forward so this was a nice overview and gave me some ideas for fleshing out my Leviathan box to at least play some practice games. Hopefully we'll get Codex previews - or leaks - soon and my indecisive ass can finally pick an army lol

As venomthroaps and zoanthroaps are both really good and out of the same kit, if you buy 4 boxes you can technically build 6 venomthroaps and 12 zoanthroaps if you are willing to do a bit of kitbashing.

I only recently, at the end of 9th edition got into the hobby, i spent entirely too much getting every single unit available for blood angels, also the indomitus box set, and painted all the minis in blood angels colors to add to the army, then i got the lions guard set and was planning on building dark angels next, however 10th ed dropped and i got the leviathan box, i built all of the space marines but i havent decided what color scheme im going to go with, if i want them with the dark angels, blood angels or if i keep them ultramarines, however i really took a liking to the tyranids as something to get me out of space marines, so im putting dark angels on hold and plan to build all of the tyranids and try my best to complete that army first. If course i have a completionist mindset which is difficult for me not being rich, wanting to have max unit sizes, every available unit in my army. However, im just going to do what i can for now.

Nabbed my first ever set of 40k figures two days ago, a starter kit of tyranids. Time to see if the army grows...

As a tottaly new and fresh player, should I get this Leviathan box or should I go with combat patrol like for chaos space marines?

I could be misunderstanding something but on their recent ograhm campaign update they mention both armies having their kits previewed for the year on the 15th of july

Looking forward to if there’s a space marine version!

Got two sets of the tyranids by trading with a friend and got the newish combat patrol with a crap ton of gaunts, 3 warriors, and the hivetyrant.

Me: *Has 2k pts of Grey Knights* *Buys Leviathan* "Should I play Nids?"

thanks to leviathan and some other smart purchases (2 hive tyrants from one box), I was able to get over 2000 points worth of minis for just about 500 bucks + tax. Leviathan is quite literally an army in a box if you can just find someone to trade your space marines to for the nids.

Do you think they will remake most popular Tyranid models like tyranofex and other bigger ones that are hard to find

Is the malanthrope getting new rules for 10th ed? I know it was moved to legends but i cant find any info about it

For all the man videos auspex tactics has put out, lately he bairly talks about admech anynore

I'm putting the last pair of arms on a swarm of old hormies, I'd love a new box just as much as it would frustrate me.

I think the main reason i like 'Nids is cuz i relate to then so much. I'm also an edlritch horror seeking to devour the galaxy. The Hive Mind seems like someone I could have a nice mug of biomass with.

Me personally bought the leviathan box for the marines I’ll be painting them up to keep me busy but I want to start the nids after I’m happy with my marines and probably won’t add to my nids until new kits drop

I'll just be fielding a tervigon, hive tyrant, some fnp things and swarm lord to pump out those gaunts

I wish I had known a decade ago that the boxed sets I bought for my Tyranid army were still going to be sitting there on a shelf a decade later. And I'm sure a decade from now I would wish I knew that the boxed sets I bought more recently (including Leviathan) would also still be sitting there on a shelf as well lol.

I’m holding off in hopes of shrikes coming out

New codex what about the data cards ?

Any body know any pages were you can swap miniatures or trade second hand ones id love to get into that type of community

Step 1: wait you ass off till Gamesworkshop stop being out of stock on most Tyranids!

guess i will add the tyranids i have from the imperium magazine premium sub i have to the ones i get from leviatan.

Get what you think looks cool because balance will change, example: cynoptic reanimator and plasmancer where literally worthless in 9th for necrons you could not give them away, now in 10th they’re sold out and going for 4-5times they’re value. Iv played for over 20 years and things flip very quickly

I’ve found some great luck in that my uncle who plays Deathwatch, and who had the option to just buy the space marine half of the box, offered to instead get the whole box and gift me the Tyranid half for my birthday. So now I’ve got an excellent start for a Tyranid army. Life is good!

So by getting half a leviathan box and the Christmas battleforce box, I managed to get a pretty usable 1750point army with mostly new models including the new norn emissary and a hive tyrant for $340 USD… that is NOT bad, and I think maaaayyybe the best and cheapest new army possible that isn’t something elite like custodes or knights or whatever?

Has a new Norn Emisarry been confirmed? Becuase thats worth saving money for.

I was the 69th like. Thanks for the tyranid content!

Does anyone know what the neuroloids do?

Step 1) Go outside Step 2) Grab handful of bugs Step 3) Profit!

GW really needs to balance things. Necrons are crazy broken. 2 units of 6 Destroyers with a Destroyer Lord in each, 3 units of 3 Heavy Destroyers (one big gun and 2 anti infantry in each). That is your foundation. I like say 2 Hexmarks, 2 Reanimators, 2 Doomstalkers, and 2 Doomsday Arcs. The Hexmarks will die fast, but the enemy MUST shoot them first or they will nickel and dime your army. You could do some melee or maybe some Tomb Blades, but a Destroyer based army is just brutal now. As for cost... but a Mar3 printer and curing/wash stations, lots of rubbing alcohol and paper towels, a few liters of PLA like Resin 2.0 and download some STLs. I got the destroyers, lords, Hexmarks, and destroyer lords for less than $5 total. I bumped up the sizes on some and swapped a few parts out. I have not found a good Reanimator STL and I already had one and 2 Doomstalkers as well as the 2 Doomsday Arcs. I am not happy with how they butchered World Eaters in 9th/10th. Half my army are un-usable and they are really weak. The lack of bikes REALLY pissed me off, but I also have Havocs, Legionnaires, Chosen, Mutilators, Raptors, Obliterators... Literally I spent probably $1000 on models I have painted and can no longer use. Daemon are horrible too. I have Khorne, Tzeentch, and Nurgle. Stripping the Harald's ability from +1S to something dumb like re-roll 1s in combat was horrible. I have looked at Eldar and there are lots of mistakes, like War Walkers and Vipers can only have 1 per unit and the Star Cannon on the Wave Serpent still gets double the shots AND twin linked. They put a 5+ on the Aspect Warriors, but that will not help. They nerfed the guns so hard as well as the psychic phase. They went from pretty solid to weak. Why did the Warp Spider's guns go from S6 to S4? Eldar used to be glass cannons and now they are just glass. So I either play Necron and piss everybody off or I get my ass handed to me every game. Good job GW...

Watching this after release and we have new genestealers, biovores, pyrovores, and liktors announced…

One swarm lord one pyrovore and roughly 200 gaunts let's gooooo

The list I want is an unending swarm list that uses a lot of Termagants with spine fists. I want to paint it in the Hive fleet hydra's scheme and play it more on the shooty, move-block enemies side of things. After that I'd picture a melee focused "zerg rush" style army, however, the onslaught box for that 2nd plan is quite rare already... limited edition shit throwing out a plan out the window again. I just hate that the new termagants in the leviathan box are mono-pose with only fleshborers. GW REALLY don't want newer players to have customization that should be auto-include... instead they point you to a 50+ bucks box for 10 termagants laughing their ass off. Fact of the matter is that I might just continue to NOT get back in the hobby after their primaris debacle.

Step 1: Take out a loan. Step 2: 3 fkn Norn Emissary

Is panting the army in the color of candy dumb?

you need a tyranid combat patrol for the hive tyrant. should buy that next after leviathan. then buy a haruspex and zoanthropes probably. maybe a tyrannofex too. that should cover all your basics.

I am doing a Hive Hydra themed Tyranid collection Tervigon 30 Termies 60 Hormies 40 Gargies Zoanthropo 40 genethieves Big-mouth-Long-tongue bug 5 Shooty-back bugs Except for the big momma bug I will be printing them all. Should be around $150

Im fearly new to 40k. I just bought Leviathan half, + additional Screamer Killer, Psychophage and Neurotyrant. I bought the extra ones because I liked their stats, they were cheap, and thought they looked cool. Then I thought "Is it lame to have duplicates of the same monsters?". Im really conflicted if it was a good or bad idea to buy more of the same monsters, maybe I should just have bought some other ones. There are so many other cool tyranid models, but maybe 2 Screamer Killers, 2 Psychophage and 2 Neurotyrants isn`t bad? I appreciate any feedback 😀

I pre-ordered Leviathan at one local store, and then stopped into another one a few days later and was able to pick up a second half of the Tyranid box for $80 USD. Felt worth it for the Leapers and mix of Gaunts alone. I'm painting my SM first to practice, and then its time for that Hive Fleet!

For me it's 3 Leviathan boxes, 3x extra sprues of Barbgaunts and Leapers, and to top it off 1 extra unit of Neurogaunts (they're cutest!)Combat Patrol is actually still decent, because old gants come with Spinefists, and those are arguably best option (rest is solid too).

I can't help but to think about the movie Starship troopers when I see tyranids

Just Consume Army, and then Get Excited for Next Army 🤓

So... I'm starting a 1000 pt army, I have 1 winged hive tyrant 20 gargoyles 22 hormagauntw 2 oaracite of mortrex 6 melee tyranid warriors An 6 ripper swarms. Am I dead on arrival?

Iv convinced one of my friends and a new player to 40k to just stay away from anything Nids thats isnt related to the Leviathan box. Theres plenty of new models to build/paint and games to play while you wait for their second wave and new codex.

How to start a Tyranids army? That's easy. Buy one of the new starter boxes, when they hit the shelves. Split the cost with a Space Marines player. Or, if you're lucky, get the Leviathan box. And add in the Datacards, and you're good to go. Expanding the 'Nids mentioned above? A Hive Tyrant. A Tyrannofex with rupture cannon. Or two of them. For ranged anti-tank. Some Warriors armed with melee bio-weapons. 2 squads of 3. More Warriors, armed with ranged weapons. 2 squads of 3, one with deathspiters, one with devourers. Some Raveners. Thorax ranged weapons optional. 2 squads of 3, or 2 squads of 6. A lot of Hormagaunts, if you want to go horde. Carnifexes. Either 2x2 Devourers, or 2x2x sets of scything talons on them. Bioplasma on the melee 'Fexes.

Yes, I am interested in the faction that inspired the Zerg.

Is buying multiple leviathan tyranid halfs a bad idea here?

Me, playing wh40k with friends with proxy armies:

How's 42 genestealers, 40 hormugants, a broodlord, 14 termagants, a carnifex, and a trygon?

Do not buy from games workshop. 3d print them yourself

Can not recommend a good 3d printer enough.. There's a learning curve and it's pricey to get started but it'll save you thousands of dollars in the long run if your serious about collecting.

Step 1: Largely ignore leviathan. Step 2: buy 1 hive tyrant, buy 2-3 biovores, 12-18 Zoanthropes, and 4-6 of the Exocrine/Haruspex box then fill as you wish.

Step 1: start custodes Step2: realize you like nids and weep for your wallet as you commit to a new faction Or is that just my experience?

Pay to win!

Everyone spamming zoanthropes - shame shame

Every tyranid creature is a purpose-engineered bioweapon meant to be either disposable or frighteningly efficient. So, what is the tactical advantage of the deathleaper having a f*cking skirt?

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I feel targeted. I am specifically looking to get into 40k with tyranids. It is a shame that I'm not interested in half the units in the leviathan box (the winged prime, the neurotyrant, the neurogaunts, the psychophage, and kind of the termagaunts).

Nids are 30 per mob. same as the orks.