How to fix: Maleceptor

[Halollet]

Well, this thing is stinky, let's fix it?  Seems the hive mind poured all of its psychic power into this thing, defiantly looks like it, should play like it.

205 points
Stats: BS 4, Str 5.
Weapons and biomorphs:
Scything Talons
Special Rules:
- Synapse & SITW
- Psyker (ML 2)
- Warp Field (3+ inv)
- Psychic Battery: The Nid player adds 1d3 warp dice to his pool for every Maleceptor on the table.
- Hive mind conduit: May use any of its powers 3 times per phase, but power doesn't come without cost. If the Maleceptor would take a wound from Perils, it takes 2 instead.

May upgrade to ML 3 +20pts

Psychic Overload - Warp Charge 1, Auto hits.

May take biomorphs.

Thoughts?

[Jabberwocky]

Depends on the cost really.

Psychic attackers aren't great in our army due to the lack of strong powers.

[Halollet]

May 9, 2015 16:39:14 GMT Jabberwocky said:

Depends on the cost really.

Psychic attackers aren't great in our army due to the lack of strong powers.

Added points in.

True, but the ability to give FNP to 3 other units, or drop pod it and let it blast off psychic scream 3 times.  As a horde guard player, that would really really really hurt.

[angelwing]

It needs 3+ warp field, BS4 and psychic overload reduced to warp charge 1, same point cost. I think that should help make it useful without making it stupidly good.

[Halollet]

May 9, 2015 16:51:30 GMT angelwing said:

It needs 3+ warp field, BS4 and psychic overload reduced to warp charge 1, same point cost. I think that should help make it useful without making it stupidly good.

Eh... I disagree.  I can just take a Vindicare Assassin for less points and does the model picking off better. And for less then those points I can take 2 zoans and a neuro, get the same Warp dice, 3+ inv, more wounds, and that nice power that will just wipe out the squad and then I can multi warp blast that one model that's left.

Maley needs to be different enough to be worth taking over an assassin or a brood of zoans, he needs to be different or better, otherwise he'll continue to sit on the shelf.

[malabui]

I'd take it if it had either a shooting weapon or a thorax biomorph included in its current points cost.

I'd also like its weapons to be upgradeable.

[swarm492]

Im not sure how you would balance it but wouldn't it be cool it it could throw destroyed minis with its mind? Freakin crush a rhino with its mind and then throw it at something.

[Jabberwocky]

Being an MC it's got the potential to handle vehicles up close. It would be nice to have some offensive long range psychic powers like a longer warp lance.

[Halollet]

Hmm, long range tank bashing. If no one is overly fond of its unique power, why don't we drop it. Instead, how about it always knows warp blast and it fires it at double the range as a focused warpblast that if it focuses, ignores cover. Maybe tone back my idea a bit that it can use each of its powers twice a phase. So 2 36" warp plasts at two different targets. How's that?

[overlordmidus]

I think it should just provide an either an army wide buff, like letting all tyranid psykers reroll failed powers( reroll all warp dice used, not just failed ones) as long as it is alive.

Alternatively, this buff is restricted to friendly tyranid psykers in synapse range of the malceptor, and enemy psykers within shadow of the warp range must reroll successful powers( all dice, not just successful warp dice)

[bronyzro]

You know, I'm loathe to say this, but this is one of the few Tyranid units I could see having a strength D weapon...

[gigasnail]

lol, that would fix it.

and get it banned from most groups at the same time.

[overlordmidus]

could just make it's power a focused witchfire that inflicts one strength D hit.

[bronyzro]

Basically a bigger version of warp lance? Warp Annihilator?

Of course then you might want to move it into HS, make it a pychic siege weapon.

[Jabberwocky]

Bring back Cataclysm!