Thorax Swarms - The Maths

[Raven]

I recently decided to give my Tervigon a thorax biomorph to help deal with infantry, so I ran the numbers to figure out how each fares against a variety of common targets, and here are my results. Each is against 12 models of whichever target for ease of calculation. Shreddershard Beetles are given a non-rending/rending wounding score.

Vs. T3 5+
Desiccator: 10 wounds, 6.67 unsaved
Electroshock: 10 wounds, 10 unsaved
Shreddershard: 6/3 wounds, 7 unsaved

Vs. T3 4+
Desiccator: 10 wounds, 5 unsaved
Electroshock: 10 wounds, 5 unsaved
Shreddershard: 6/3 wounds, 6 unsaved

Vs. T4 6+
Desiccator: 10 wounds, 8.33 unsaved
Electroshock: 8 wounds, 8 unsaved
Shreddershard: 3.33/3.33 wounds, 6.11 unsaved

Vs. T4 4+
Desiccator: 10 wounds, 5 unsaved
Electroshock: 8 wounds, 4 unsaved
Shreddershard: 3.33/3.33 wounds, 5 unsaved

Vs. T4 3+
Desiccator: 10 wounds, 3.33 unsaved
Electroshock: 8 wounds, 2.67 unsaved
Shreddershard: 3.33/3.33 wounds, 4.44 unsaved


Vs. T4 2+/5++
Desiccator: 10 wounds, 1.67 unsaved
Electroshock: 8 wounds, 1.33 unsaved
Shreddershard: 3.33/3.33 wounds, 2.78 unsaved

Vs. T4 2+/3++
Desiccator: 10 wounds, 1.67 unsaved
Electroshock: 8 wounds, 1.33 unsaved
Shreddershard: 3.33/3.33 wounds, 1.67 unsaved

Vs. T5 3+
Desiccator: 10 wounds, 3.33 unsaved
Electroshock: 6 wounds, 2 unsaved
Shreddershard: 0/3.67 wounds, 3.67 unsaved

As you can see, Shreddershard Beetles outperform the other options against anything with a better than 5+ armour save.

[N.I.B.]

Nice! So Shreddershard comes out on top against all-comer infantry, as to be expected. Electroshock still has a place because Haywire.

Can you do the math on TH/SS Terminators? (2+/3++)

[Raven]

Vs. T4 2+/3++
Desiccator: 10 wounds, 1.67 unsaved
Electroshock: 8 wounds, 1.33 unsaved
Shreddershard: 3.33/3.33 wounds, 1.67 unsaved

[skalathrax]

sweet! always good to see it laid out like this.

one thing though... you forgot the AP 5 for electroshock on T4 6+.

[Raven]

Thanks for the catch, shows what I get for doing maths late at night.

[GuardDog78]

Nice to see it laid out...i'm going to stick with my current loadout of shreddershard on Tfex and Terv...but keep putting electroshock on my flyrants. Haywire on a flying platform has proven to be very effective for me against high AV targets.

[fleetofclaw]

Well done!

[Hive Bahamut]

This confirms my thoughts. Shreddershard for slow backfield, electroshock for front field. This is how I've been doing it so far, and the math just proves it.

Even against T9-10 the Rending is better than 2+ I think. I love our Templates. Cheap too..

[Raven]

Any unit lacking an invuln with a toughness of 5 or higher will be wounded exactly the same as T5 3+, so Dessicator would only be more effective against 4+ or worse save units and the 3+/5++ common to Daemons.