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grinner666
From what I can see you can either play Daemonhunters as a Space Marine army, or as an Imperial Guard army with superior HQ, Elites and Fast Attack choices. In either case, against Tyranids I'd take some ordnance-type Heavy Support choices ... Whirlwinds or Leman Russ tanks ... in order to thin out the ranks of the Tyranid horde before it gets into assault range.
Well, that's if I use the Allied SM or Inducted IG lists. So far I've only been playing a pure Deamonhunters force, which does not have access to many different tanks (only Land Raiders). Hmm... perhaps I'll try an Allied Space Marine list next.
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In any case I'd probably avoid mixing IG troops with Grey Knights in the Troops section ... the high cost of the Grey Knights will attenuate the big advantage of IG - numbers, and the lack of BS, WS and heavy armor on the part of IG will likewise attenuate the strengths of the Grey Knights.
Alright, so if I go Inducted IG, stick with Stormtroopers.
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Since it seems the psycannon and incinerator would be particularly effective against Tyranids, I'd suggest playing your army as Space Marines. I would, however, mix up Grey Knights squads with normal Space Marine tac squads ... that way you'll have some more standard heavy weapons available against those high-Toughness monsters.
Yeah, so far I am loving the Psycannon, but it does not quite make up for the other heavy weapons.
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Of course, this is mostly theoretical knowledge as I've never actually played or fought against a Daemonhunter army ...
Well, it all sounds correct, so you can't be far off.