Apocalypse Strategic Assets

[emoge]

So what strategic assets do y'all take in apocalypse?

Flank march is kind of overpowered and tends to be what most nid players take so that's an obvious answer. However if it's banned (or we just want to have fun not WAAC what would y'all recommend?

Replacements seems like a nice choice to bring back a flyrant, herodule, or hierophant from the grave. Careful Planning also seems like one that seems sexy if your entire team bids the maximum time then all take careful planning you deploy nothing and the opponent loses a turn (same with flank march and opponent loses 2 turns?!)

Anyone take or try anything else? Or do y'all play without strategic assets? Orbital Bombardment could be fun... Disrupter Beacon seems like a must with someone playing against tyranids but we tend to want to get close.

[maugrim]

Flank March is no longer over-powered because you can not Assault when arriving from Reserves anymore in 6th Ed. Anybody who continues to claim so is simply holding onto past opinions without educating themselves on new realities. And of course - that never happens in 40k.

If you've got a Heirophant, take Replacements. Otherwise... not so much.

The Tyranid specific Assets from the Reloaded book are pretty good, if you've got the extra terrain needed. Plus it makes a lot of Terrain Difficult/Dangerous to non-Tyranids.

[emoge]

Flank March still puts you within range of all of our guns whereas normally that won't happen until turn 2-3 anyways. Better to not take oncoming fire prior to that. Then can assault next turn.

Replacements does shine for Hierophants, Hierodules, or anything big and beefy you worry will be focused down.

I had totally overlooked They're All Around Us! But since my apocalypse games are typically 3 Tyranid players vs 4-5 others that looks extremely enticing...

[maugrim]

Depends on if you use "regular" Apocalypse setup. The standard Apoc deployment method (roll the scatter die and draw a line) only puts a 12" no-mans land between the two forces. If you line up right on your line, you are likely within charge range of anything directly on his line. Unless they deploy much further back (and thus relinquish the 2 No-Mans land objectives to you) then you're going to be in range quickly.

If you are using standard 40k setups, then you've go further to go. As a side-note, many of the "issues" that people have with Assets and various other Apoc rules stem from the fact they're not using all of the Apocalypse rules to begin with (like deployment setup), but rather using a mashup of Standard 40k and Apocalypse stuff. If you use Standard 40k deployment rules, it makes Flank March, Tunnels and Strategic Redeployment much more attractive to Tyranid players especially - because of the increased distance to cover to engage (which favours shooting armies). If you use Apocalypse setup, that no-mans land is shrunk significantly. Plus, if you are placing your Objectives as per Apocalypse (6 of them, each team gets 3 to place one in your zone, one in the No-Mans and one in your enemies) then it really changes the tactics again.

[Shadowwolf]

Blind barrage is one of my favorites, since it can effectively make sure an entire army worth of shooting is useless for the opponent while your nids can advance safely, closing the gap between you and the enemy in the next turn. Other than that, Replacements is pretty good. Vortex grenade is also pretty fun, since no-one will be expecting it from nids :-)

Shadowwolf