Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7186329-20130329201743/@comment-7186329-20130502163330

True, but unless the orks unite in the mother of all Waaghs!, then they are like green scnacks for the Tyranids along the way. Luring them anywhere is not the best tactic, and so difficult and costly that it is not even feesable.

The best and only? way to effectively halt the advance of the bugs is this. The bugs have not yet entered the Galaxy in their full numbers. This must be prevented. The best way to kill a tyranid as an opponent is to override its ability to adapt. The weapons used by each major 40k race is fundamentally different. If a force combining the different tactics and weapons of at least three species, Human, Tau and eldar are combined in a single, large cohesive force, which is could stop the Tyranids from encircling them, they could stomp the Tyranids like ants, and kill them by the millions. The best tactic for such a combination would be one large combined army, that would basically form a line and shoot the bugs, or several smaller ones that would make precision strikes. The third option would be a spearhead force to take out the Norn Queens, suicide basically.