Tervigon question

[kyorg]

Well as the title says I have a question about the tervigon. 

Can I put fleshbore hives on the tervigon? I don't think I can, and I didn't see it in the codex, but I have always found the codex lightly confusing so I just thought I would ask.

If I can not put then fleshbore hives on it what do you all suggest? Scything talons or crushing class, or what ever else it can have.

[gigasnail]

no, fleshborer hive is tyrannofex only.

[Squire]

No, it would be like adding lascannon sponsons to a rhino. If you want to do it because you like how the model looks I suppose you could stick the fleshborer hives on and have them represent cluster spines, but then you might need to clarify now and then that it's a tervigon and not a T-fex

Scything talons effectively do nothing so it wouldn't be a big deal losing them for the fleshborer hive arms, but then you'd lose the option to have crushing claws since they couldn't be represented on the model. Crushing claws are quite good for a tervigon because the boost from S5 to S6 helps against almost everything with a toughness value, and the extra strength plus armourbane makes a huge difference if your tervigon were to charge a vehicle. The fact that you don't even lose anything by taking crushing claws make them almost a no brainer for me, and then add electroshock grubs to make a tervigon pretty handy against armour if any vehicles stray too close

[kyorg]

Thanks! And crushing claws it is.

[wuddupribs]

I'd like to suggest magnetizing all your Monstrous Creatures so you can swap out arms between games! Very handy, but quite time-consuming. There are plenty of tutorials online.

[WestRider]

Sept 1, 2015 13:33:34 GMT wuddupribs said:

I'd like to suggest magnetizing all your Monstrous Creatures so you can swap out arms between games! Very handy, but quite time-consuming. There are plenty of tutorials online.

The Tärvigon/T-Fex kit is actually one of the easier ones to magnetize if you're not too picky about a couple of little details, so it's not a bad place to start.

[phayze]

I've had crushing claws on my tervigon since I built the thing from the last codex. Crushing claws definitely saw a nerf in the current codex, but I keep them on because of sentiment.

I don't have devourers on my carnifexes, and I hardly run my tervigon with crushing claws (unless I have points to spare or are planning on podding it), and the minor proxying is fine with where I am. Now running the tervigon as a tfex is a bit shakier, and running it as anything else is right out.

But most opponents won't be too mad if you have glued in your arms. (Check with tourney officials though)

[reitifoh]

Sept 1, 2015 13:33:34 GMT wuddupribs said:

I'd like to suggest magnetizing all your Monstrous Creatures so you can swap out arms between games! Very handy, but quite time-consuming. There are plenty of tutorials online.

completely agree with you here, unfortunately most of my big MC's were bought already made (cheap on ebay) so only 1 of my carnifexes, are pinned (tried pinning the flyrants.... but come on, why would you EVER run anything but twin linked devourers for a flyrant?

As for the tervigon the best build is CC and 30 squad of termagants, those gants WILL die easy, but they will soak up a round or 2 of fire (unless you give them outflank with the hive tyrants hive commander for 20 points, THEN they can cause some serious damage if positioned correctly). this build makes the tervigon the 'ONLY' MC troops choice, leaving your valuable HQ slots free for a tax of 120 points.

and do not listen to those who say the tervigon sucks, I run 1 in every list, (tried giving it outflank several times.... not as effective as you'd think) and it has always been valuable with it 1 warp charge, 6 wounds and 'sketchy' track record for producing gants (last 7 turn game just 1 tervigon produced around 80 gants, those gants them proceeded to kill 5 terminators, with sheer numbers... firepower, and tying up another 5 for 3 turns), very effective model in and out of swarm builds

[gigasnail]

Troops terv really isn't very good. It costs too much.

[redjack256]

It can take bio-artifacts so you can swap its talons out for a miasma cannon which gives you double templates with thorax swarm

[gigasnail]

Yes, and it's still too much as a troops choice. as an HQ...possibly a different story.

[wuddupribs]

Sept 4, 2015 20:31:34 GMT reitifoh said:

Sept 1, 2015 13:33:34 GMT wuddupribs said:

Well hopefully they'll fix that in our next Codex I, for one, would like to field (effective) Tyrants with something other than Brainleech Devourers. It'd be a nice change.

[reitifoh]

Sept 4, 2015 20:47:11 GMT gigasnail said:

Troops terv really isn't very good. It costs too much.

maybe, but if your HQ slots are limited like mine (swarmlord and 2 flyrants take priority) then you have no choice but to take him as a troops, I always go for a max of 2 detachments, with one of them ALWAYS being a formation whether it is sporefield, deathleapers assassin etc. so I never have more than 3 HQ

besides he's effective enough for me, the 30 gants attract 2-3 rounds of fire (being such a large group), drawing fire away from her or other threats, even if they do die relatively fast

[saxif]

Sept 4, 2015 22:16:49 GMT wuddupribs said:

Sept 4, 2015 20:31:34 GMT reitifoh said:

Well hopefully they'll fix that in our next Codex I, for one, would like to field (effective) Tyrants with something other than Brainleech Devourers. It'd be a nice change.

My guess is the Haruspex and Toxic renewable will become awesome in the next dex because I don't think they were good enough to generate sales from this one. Too slow to do their job effectively.

I do however hold hope for the Swarm lord being buffed to LOW especially as you cam make a 4 armed tyrant now. I suspect ground based tyrants will get better as everyone has flyrant though.

Etc etcv

[gloomfang]

I honestly expect them to just nerf TLDev next codex.

Oh well. At least I was able to get off Warp Blast with a tervigon. That shocked my opponent as we couldn't do that last edition.