2000 pts against nidz

Hi brothers !

Next week I would have to fight against nidz ! My opponent is a competitive player (I am not) and he will face me with heavy cheesy nidz. I think I will face at least 2 exocrines, 2 trygons, swarmlord and at least 40 gaunts.

So my list would be :

HQ :
Grand Master, halberd (162pts) hammerhand

Elite :
Paladins squad (3 men), 2 halberds, hammer (178) hammerhand
Apothecary, sword (90) gate of infinity

Troops :
strike squad (5 men), 4 swords, 1 incinerator (117) gate of infinity
terminator squad (5 men), 2 swords, 2 halberds, 1 hammer (243) hammerhand
terminator squad (5 men), 2 falchions, 2 halberds, 1 hammer (243) hammerhand

Heavy Support
Nemesis dreadknight, psycannon, psilencer, greatsword (215) hammerhand
Nemesis dreadknight, psycannon, psilencer, greatsword (215) hammerhand

Lord of War
Imperial Knight "Imperator Gloria", Paladin, heavy stubber x 2, rapid fire battle cannon, Reaper chainsword (458)

I have 80 points remaining, maybe taking more paladin instead of the strike squad...

I will wait for the nidz wave and use GOI to teleport the dreadknight behind his line, first targets will be the exocrines with the knight... honestly apart from that I do not know how to handle competitive tyranids.

Please enlight me brothers !

Swarmlord will grant a bonus move to a friendly unit within 6" of him during the Shooting phase.

Trygons can burrow (deepstrike) and bring in a unit of Troops with them.  Sometimes they bring Dakka, sometimes they bring Genestealers and then those guys get a bonus move from the Swarmy and assault / kill your stuff.

Exocrines can fire twice if they sit still.  Lots of Str 7 Ap -3 with x2 dmg.  Touch them and then they are seriously reduced in effectiveness.  If there are two, then they will Kill your Dreadknight if you don't make the charge.

Your strength : your psyker powers that are deadly wounds !...
against swarms... incinerators are the best (including their counter-charge capability)
The psylancers are good too !
I'm not sure that NDK can handle swarmlords... but imperial Knights are very powerful in 8th !
Maybe you can try the new NDKGM... but don't Forget the capability of the brother-captain to double the distance of smite !... it could be handy !
Nidz are powerful in 8th, but so do we ! 😉
Fight them ! And destroy them !
Aubec