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Stormcaller56
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 03:31 pm |
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What do you think...
- Hive Guard, 4+ save, BS3...Range 36, S8 AP4, Assault 2 (no line of sight required)
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- Zoanthrope, 3+ inv save, BS4..., Range 18, S10 AP1, Lance (psychic power)
Both roll in at about 50pts/model...Hive Guard is a new elite choice. Zoans still a heavy choice.
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Wolf Man
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 04:42 pm |
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| What does the Hive Guard shoot that it doesn't need line of sight for?
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Stormcaller56
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 05:57 pm |
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this is a picture of the hive guard. the gun looks kind of like a tyranid gatling cannon.
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Stormcaller56
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 05:58 pm |
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i am not sure if you were asking what the type of weapon was or what it would shoot at...
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 06:00 pm |
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oh. sorry. i was asking what kind of projectile would ignore line of sight.
I can't see the picture btw.
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 06:13 pm |
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Did the dex get released? Or is this info just rumor based? My answer to the question will come after I know if fex's can be bought as anything other than heavies. If they can't, then go for the hive guard for the slots cause you love fex's just too much.
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 06:54 pm |
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this is based on info in the January issue of WD, so i would think it is more reliable than rumor. the dex is due for release on Jan 16.
i appreciate your comment, ethmongul, regarding my fexes. i would agree except that i can now get at least 3 zoans with 3+I saves for the price of a single fex. not that i wont take them (they rock), its just that there are some pretty tasty fire support options now that may cause me to forgo a godfex.
another shooting option, which i cannot confirm, unlike the above, it that there is some kind of shooty fex (a "terrorfex" or some such thing) that may be even better as a fire support option. but since i cant give reliable intel on it, i wont post the specifics.
does this answer your questions?
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 07:54 pm |
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Stormcaller56 wrote: this is based on info in the January issue of WD, so i would think it is more reliable than rumor. the dex is due for release on Jan 16.
i appreciate your comment, ethmongul, regarding my fexes. i would agree except that i can now get at least 3 zoans with 3+I saves for the price of a single fex. not that i wont take them (they rock), its just that there are some pretty tasty fire support options now that may cause me to forgo a godfex.
another shooting option, which i cannot confirm, unlike the above, it that there is some kind of shooty fex (a "terrorfex" or some such thing) that may be even better as a fire support option. but since i cant give reliable intel on it, i wont post the specifics.
does this answer your questions?
There was a sneak peak mail on the Terror fex from GW in the last week.
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Posted: Wed Dec 30th, 2009 03:02 pm |
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Courtesy of BoLS...
Lots of reports coming in from overseas of 1st hand views of the codex at long last:
Here are some confirmed morsels to keep you on the edge of your seat:
Carnifex: WS:3 BS:3 S:9 T:6 W:4 I:1 A:4 Ld:7 Sv:3
Scary options such as the return of old-school bio-plasma which is now a 12" Plasma Cannon
Groups of 1-3 confirmed, +2 I when charging. Costed as Leman Russ Eradicator
Trygon: WS:5 BS:3 S:6 T:6 W:6 I:4 A:6 Ld:8 Sv:3
Its bioelectric field is a 12" S:5 AP:5 Assault 6 weapon.
It indeed deepstrikes and leave a marker behind that other tyranids can reserve through.
Costed as Baharroth.
Zoanthropes: WS:3 BS:4 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:3 A:1 Ld:10 Sv:5
Dual modes of fire are 24" S:5 AP:3 Assault 1 Blast, OR the 18" S:10 AP:1 Assault 1 Lance (move over Tau)
Unit sizes are 1-3 and they are Elites. Costed as a SM Predator.
Tyranid Warriors: WS:5 BS:3 S:4 T:4 W:3 I:4 A:3 Ld:10 Sv:4
Can be put in a landingspore, unitsize 3-9, costed as a CSM Termy.
SwarmLord: WS:9 BS:3 S:6 T:6 W:5 I:6 A:4 Ld:10 Sv:3
Causes Instant Death, Armed with quad boneswords, 4+ Invulnerable, Gives +1 to reserves.
Costed as a pair of Colossus.
They also have an article on the new drop pod for nids aka Landing Spore!
linky:
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2009/12/40k-tactics-drop-podding-with-tyranids.html
All this goodness, I may just hold on to my nids 
Last edited on Wed Dec 30th, 2009 03:27 pm by Biggs
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