The Malanthrope!!

[neomangas]

well... we all know how amazing Malanthropes are! but how do you like to run your Malanthropes? how many in a brood? and what do you like to support with them?

I think two in a brood would look sweet but eats too many points... do you guys think 1 is survivable on its own?
the two things I like to offer support to with Malanthropes are both a bit problematic... Genestealers and Lictors as we all know both these things enjoy infiltrating ahead of the army which unfortunately our friend the Malanthrope cant do! however shrouded and stealth make Lictors incredibly deadly! and Genestealers well... I just love Genestealers...

what about you lot? what do you like to run Malanthropes along side?

[seethe]

I try to make use of the shroud and synapse. They are a lit tougher than you might think as well. You get a lot for the points!

That being said I take one and run it along with something like my carnifex brood. Something that needs synapse that the malanthrope can keep up with.

Since the malanthrope is tougher and can provide even more buffs if he helps win a combat, he is usually my forward shroud machine, I keep my venoms back with the dudes that like to stay away - for instance my warriors and biovores.

[daboarder]

I run two singles. give me two tough shrouded synapse bubbles, one for each "wing" of my army

[neomangas]

Nov 24, 2014 4:40:55 GMT seethe said:

I try to make use of the shroud and synapse. They are a lit tougher than you might think as well. You get a lot for the points!

That being said I take one and run it along with something like my carnifex brood. Something that needs synapse that the malanthrope can keep up with.

Since the malanthrope is tougher and can provide even more buffs if he helps win a combat, he is usually my forward shroud machine, I keep my venoms back with the dudes that like to stay away - for instance my warriors and biovores.

Yeah I think carnifex is one of the best units to run them with! but great thing about Malanthropes is they have fleet and move through cover so they can keep up easily with most things other then Jump and beasties...

[seethe]

Indeed man, almost fits perfectly imo

All we need is a flying spore cloud spewing gribbly bug to keep our flyers shrouded

[neomangas]

yeah that would be amazing!! also would sort out the infiltrate problem... though I doubt GW giving us another spore cloud supporter...

[Nightmare20]

2 singles. Makes it hard to kill all of your shroud in a turn and spreads tge bubble nice and wide. Been using them with lictors to hold down objectives and set up no scatter deep strikes.

[Nightmare20]

*Double post*

[gigasnail]

i use two singles. more flexible deployment, especially when fishing for MoA.

[neomangas]

do you guys think a Malanthrope gets enough cover behind a brood of Genestealers? it has to be 20% obscured right?
do you think this means its always best to support larger Tyranid life-forms with the Malanthrope?

[Freeman]

He defo gets cover % obscured isn't relevant here, shooting through a unit gives a 5+ so 3+ with shrouding.

[Jabberwocky]

I run two singles. He's usually chasing melyrants and Dimas so usually gets cover from those or ruins along the way.

[creatureboi]

I only own the one ?

I usually run a single venom as well who hides in back next to my LAN. If I had a second malan I would run him as a separate unit (FOC slots permitting)

[rroach]

Go spam this this (please do not swear) somewhere else.

[jimmyp]

With the malanthrope he only has 2+ poisoned attacks with no AP is that correct??