I've played about a dozen games with the EpicUK list (between 1000 and 3000pts).
I really quite enjoy it. I'd like the med/large beasties to be a bit more resilient but it's not a deal breaker for me.
I've almost always faced corner deployment. I believe the win/loss ratio is about 50/50. In games where I was able to box the enemy in it was usually a bug win.
Here's the list I like to use:
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BIG ASSAULT SWARM [530] (BTS)
4 Tyranid Warrior, 9 Termagant, 3 Carnifex, 9 Hormaguant
BIG ASSAULT SWARM [350]
4 Tyranid Warrior, 10 Termagant, 6 Hormaguant
BIG ASSAULT SWARM [350]
4 Tyranid Warrior, 10 Termagant, 6 Hormaguant
DOMINATRIX SWARM [500]
1 Dominatrix
GENESTEALER SWARM [150]
6 Genestealer
GENESTEALER SWARM [150]
6 Genestealer
LICTOR SWARM [200]
4 Lictor
LICTOR SWARM [200]
4 Lictor
SUBTERRANEAN SWARM [280]
1 Trygon and 3 Raveners
SUBTERRANEAN SWARM [280]
1 Trygon and 3 Raveners
The Genestealers garrison as close to the enemy as possible. The Lictors and Subteranean Swarms
teleport in at the start of the game in the enemies face. Between the
Teleporters and the Genestealers that can keep the enemy busy for at least the first turn (and that rare time that the bugs go first is GOLD). This buys time for the Big Assault Swarms to march forward and encircle the enemy.
It's not a fullproof plan but it does seem to play like a Nid army should to me.
I've put my Nids on the back-burner for a while as I focus on the Iron Warriors so no new playtests from me for a bit though.