Horizon, I put up the list of Adepticon winners in my first post, as reference. It's not quite what you think it is
And Phthisis is right, tournaments aren't always a good indicator of "what is best" because of a variety of reasons. Hell, he (and this is what I'm really looking for here) provided the list of fleets he thinks has the most power to the least power. DE, Tau, and SM are middle to low on the pack, but they've all won tournaments. This is probalby more a case of people simply having not played against them often and getting surprised. Both of my non-ringer opponents were surprised at my SM guns and thunderhawks and what they do.
Finally, I don't care about the technicalities of the Tyranid fleet. If you boys could crunch down your discussion to the bare basics as to how strong/weak you think it is, that'd suffice
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As for assault boats...I absolutely love them. Of course, SM have the best assault boats in the game, being always pass, resilent, and fighters to boot.
Time to rejigger the original list to work in new opinions!