Comments on: How Good Are the New Tyranid Flyers?

By: Xupim

Xupim — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:04:00 +0000

From what I remember, when you start on the board you are not limited to Glide Mode, only to, if the enemy win the initiative, he can kill your FMC like any MC in the ground. It’s kinda risky, but worthy if he (it?) survive.

By: A. Gamer

A. Gamer — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 01:53:00 +0000

I believe that if you start on the board (in glide mode) you can only move up to 12″ like jump infantry in that 1st turn. In the second turn you can switch to swoop mode and go up to 24″.

By: Hive Senteniel

Hive Senteniel — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:25:00 +0000

Ya I did. I guess Guard and Crons might be difficult, so could DE if you can’t kill their Flyers/Skyfire units fast.Adeptus Soritas, no clue really (come on there’s like 12 SoB players out there lol) and Grey Knights are included w/ Marines I was talking about.

By: RogueAccount

RogueAccount — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:18:00 +0000

I really think you’re overselling Scything Talons there. They effectively do ZERO for either of these two units. For the Hive Crone I would say that the Tentaclids would be a primary weapon, followed by the vector strike, with the drool cannon there if for some reason you dont have a vehicle to shoot at. The Harpy’s shriek should be used in conjunction with charging a unit with another close combat unit.

By: Rhys_C

Rhys_C — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:25:00 +0000

No flyer gets close to stormtalon and heldrake. drop a droppod ontop of tau and ws2 isnt looking so hot against assault marines or vanguards. admittedly its got harder than just ‘hiding’ behind power armor but in terms of new editions in your standard game, everything is just a poor mock up of a (C)SM addition

By: Chronosmaximus

Chronosmaximus — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:11:00 +0000

Totally Agree. Thumbs Up.

By: Chronosmaximus

Chronosmaximus — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:10:00 +0000

You forgot to mention Necrons, Imperial Guard, Grey Knights, Adepta Soritas and Dark Eldar.

By: Al Jourgeson

Al Jourgeson — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:38:00 +0000

i think a harpy at 150 is incredibly cheap for the amount of firepower you can put out the turn you fire.

if you get first turn, just start on the board, then zip over at 24″ and shoot both large blast weapons.

if you get second turn, start in reserve, zip in 24″ and shoot both large blast weapons.

both scenarios are not risk-free, but mitigate the risk quite a bit. personally, i will likely use 2x flyrants and 2x harpies and see how this tactic goes!

By: Al Jourgeson

Al Jourgeson — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:34:00 +0000

i just realized that eldar have a tougher unit than tyranids.

-_-

By: Hive Senteniel

Hive Senteniel — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 05:25:00 +0000

ya.. I don’t think Nids needed fortifications so much as a better way to assault. Although I must admit a S9 AP 2 shot up to 96″ from an Icarus Lascannon (no idea how Nids got it, maybe they stole blueprints lol) seems quite nice. But truthfully, I don’t think this is what the Nids really needed as we have to stand around when we should be running up to enemy lines and smacking ‘em across the face while are gun-beast destroy, suppress or pin down foes and targets that are too dangerous or difficult for cc (the key factor is they’re MOBILE). I agree with Taylor tougher monsters would have been nice even at 250+ pts. But that’s just my thoughts.