Luckily for me this style of list plays perfectly into how I enjoy the game. Its fast as lightning and allows me to play every phase of the game well. There are a lot of technical aspects and positioning and decision making is rewarded. The biggest change this list provides is to finally have a ranged answer to heavy vehicles and flyers. Historically the Tyranid and GSC lists have struggled to deal with flyers due to there poor shooting and limited range. With the Ridgerunners in the list though we can actually start to interact with the flyers and give the Kraken genestealers some room to breathe. With some higher range and strength shooting it gives Tyranids the option to play into many of the meta lists without being forced into playing pure denial or extremely aggressive. It also feels quite nice to not have to sweat every time you roll for Perfect Ambush. The list is actually far enough into the shooting spectrum you may even turn the Genestealers into a pure counter punch or bully unit instead of being aggressive at all. This really is a take all comers, balanced list. It's still very finesse though and rarely out muscles the stronger lists in the game. Nids and GSC are still near the mid to bottom of the power level. This list, like many other Hive Mind lists, is starting to run out of steam by the final turns. The game needs to be played tactically and work for it's points. Look to take away your opponents indirect fire or speed so that you can maintain board control for as long as possible. Most games should have you routinely scoring hold more and the odd bonus point. One of the great aspects of the list is how versatile it is and just how differently it plays into the popular match ups. Playing into possessed bomb is completely different than an eldar match up or your standard Iron Hand list. The uses of the Genestealers and Runners constantly shifts over match ups and game states. So to begin we really have to look at what occurs in each match up and what the units are trying to accomplish.

Using the Ridge Runners.