Well, I just got back from my vacation to Thailand from Virginia USA grossing a total of ~50 hours of flying!
During my flights I had some time to put some thought into some army lists which I tend to compile multitudes of anyway. So, I thought I would share a bunch of them with you all and I hope it motivates you to assemble 2k pt armies as this, IMO, makes for more interesting games using multiple units in a codex that you cannot get as much with smaller games. Feel free to C&C any of them and/or tell me which one is your favorite and why. See any flaws or weaknesses in any of them please do let me know.
Army List #1 Very fast and mobile as well as shooty with a CC punch! Kill Point mission only d/t low Troops!HQ: [160] The Parasite of Mortrex
Fast #1: [128] Gargoyles x16, TS, AG
Fast #2: [128] Gargoyles x16, TS, AG
Fast #3: [275] Shrikes x5, Boneswords, TS, AG
Elite #1: [180] Zoanthroapes x3
Elite #2: [150] Hive Guard x3
Heavy #1: [250] Trygon Prime, AG
Heavy #2: [195] Carnifex, TL-Devourers, Stranglethorn Cannon
Heavy #3: [195] Carnifex, TL-Devourers, Stranglethorn Cannon
Troops #1: [168] Hormagaunts x21, TS
Troops #2: [168] Hormagaunts x21, TS
Total = 1997
Army List #2 "Dual Flyrant List" Fast and Mobile with highly destructive units! This army composition should do well against high Toughness armies including Necrons with large amounts of Destroyers. Each Gargoyle unit hugs a Flyrant and the Gargoyles benefit from OA hopefully rolling more 6s' to ignore the To Wound roll from Blinding Venom, anything further requiring 4+ To Wound rolls.HQ #1: [270] Hive Tyrant, Wings, OA, TL-Devourers w/ BLW
HQ #2: [270] Hive Tyrant, Wings, OA, TL-Devourers w/ BLW
Fast #1: [140] Gargoyles x20, TS
Fast #2: [140] Gargoyles x20, TS
Elite #1: [150] Hive Guard x3
Elite #2: [100] Hive Guard x2
Elite #3: [180] Zoanthroapes x3
Troops #1: [50] Termagants x10
Troops #2: [200] Tervigon, ST, TS, AG, C.Spines; Catalyst
Troops #3: [176] Hormagaunts x22, TS
Troops #4: [176] Hormagaunts x22, TS
Troops #5: [140] Genestealers x10
Total = 1992
Army List #3 Nid`Zilla Just for fun list. Non-Objective Games suggested. I wrote this list with OA on the Dakka Flyrant but I think I meant to take Hive Commander instead to outflank the Hormagaunts and to get the Zoanthroapes and Trygon Prime on the field earlier.HQ: [285] Hive Tyrant, Wings, TL-Devourers w/ BLW x2 pair; Old Adversary
Elite #1: [235] Zoanthroapes x3; Mycetic Spore w/ Barbed Strangler
Elite #2: [150] Hive Guard x3
Troops #1: [60] Termagants x12
Troops #2: [200] Tervigon, ST, CS, AG, TS; Catalyst
Troops#3: [176] Hormagaunts x22, TS
Heavy #1: [250] Trygon Prime, AG
Heavy #2: [260] Old One Eye!
Heavy #3: [380] Carnifexes x2, TL-Devourers w/ BLW x2 pairs
Total = 1996
Army List #4 Competitive Nid`Zilla for non Objective games. Deepstrike heavy with 8 MCs' and 4 Barbed Stranglers!HQ: [220+120] Hive Tyrant, HVC, Leech Essence & Paroxysm; Hive Commander. + Tyrant Guard x2
Heavy #1: [240] Trygon Prime, AG
Heavy #2: [240] Carnifex, Bio-Plasma, Frag Spines; Mycetic Spore w/ Barbed Strangler
Heavy #3: [240] Carnifex, Bio-Plasma, Frag Spines; Mycetic Spore w/ Barbed Strangler
Elite #1: [150] Hive Guard x3
Elite #2: [235] Zoanthroapes x3; Mycetic Spore w/ Barbed Strangler
Elite #3: [145] The Doom of Malan`Tai; Mycetic Spore w/ Barbed Strangler
Troops #1: [200] Hormagaunts x25, TS
Troops #2: [200] Hormagaunts x25, TS
Total = 2000
Army List #5 "Disruption Swarm," should work well Vs. Non-Mech armies. Place a unit of Biovores one on each flank and attempt to funnel your opponent to the middle of the table for your Mawloc and Ymgarl GS to do their damage.HQ: [160] The Parasite of Mortrex
Fast: [70] Gargoyles x10, TS
Elite #1: [180] Zoanthroapes x3
Elite #2: [184] Ymgarl Genestealers x8
Troops #1: [100] Termagants x20
Troops #2: [200] Tervigon, ST, CS, AG, TS; Catalyst
Troops #3: [100] Termagants x20
Troops #4: [200] Tervigon, ST, CS, AG, TS; Catalyst
Troops #5: [176] Hormagaunts x22, TS
Troops #6: [176] Hormagaunts x22, TS
Heavy #1: [180] Mawloc, AG
Heavy #2: [135] Biovores x3
Heavy #3: [135] Biovores x3
Total = 1996
Army List #6 Non-Friendly Tervigon/Termagant Spam. Great for competitive Objective Missions but very poor for Kill Point Missions. 8 MCs'!!! This list should be illegal! 5 Tervigons can produce 3-18 Termagants per turn for a total of 15-90 Termagants, so lets say you have a 5 turn game, that can be up to 450 Termagants + the three Troops! I would hate to assemble all of those little buggers, definitely commission out the assembly of them.HQ #1: [200] Tervigon, ST, CS, AG, TS; Catalyst
HQ #2: [200] Tervigon, ST, CS, AG, TS; Catalyst
Troops #1: [200] Tervigon, ST, CS, AG, TS; Catalyst
Troops #2: [200] Tervigon, ST, CS, AG, TS; Catalyst
Troops #3: [200] Tervigon, ST, CS, AG, TS; Catalyst
Troops #4: [65] Termagants x13
Troops #5: [65] Termagants x13
Troops #6: [75] Termagants x15
Heavy #1: [265] Tyrannofex, Rupture Cannon
Heavy #2: [265] Tyrannofex, Rupture Cannon
Heavy #3: [265] Tyrannofex, Rupture Cannon
Total = 2000
Armylist #7 Competative take all-comers list! I have used this one a lot and has always performed really well. The GS outflank reliably from the SL and the amount of Dakka coming from the Carnifexes and Trygon Prime is devestating to infantry. The Carnifexes can also be used against light vehicles if need be. Termagants to lurk at a friendly objective.HQ: [280+120] Swarmlord; Tyrant Guard x2
Elite #1: [150] Hive Guard x3
Elite #2: [180] Zoanthroapes x3
Troops #1: [168] Hormagaunts x21, TS
Troops #2: [160] Hormagaunts x20, TS
Troops #3: [112] Genestealers x8
Troops #4: [140] Genestealers x10
Troops #5: [50] Termagants x10
Heavy #1: [195] Carnifex, TL-Devourers w/ BLW, Stranglethorne Cannon
Heavy #2: [195] Carnifex, TL-Devourers w/ BLW, Stranglethorne Cannon
Heavy #3: [250] Trygon Prime, AG
Total = 2000