Are Flyrants weaknesses tanks?

[dagirlz]

Hey guys, so I am running 3 flyrants in 1500 points. And I thought maybe my 1 hive tyrant with rending claws could take out a hammer head tank. But it just didn't feel like it could. Was this bad luck or does 1 tyrant with rending claws really need 2 turns or 2 flyrants. Is it due to only having 4 attacks plues 1 tail whip? Should I be shooting into the tank as well with the 12 shots at str 6, but it has no AP. Psychic spells help this is true.

[gigasnail]

vehicles are very resilient. anything T7 with a 3+ and 12 wounds is going to be a pain in the ass to deal with. very few things are going to take a vehicle (or any tougher target) out in one go by themselves. this is normal.

[dagirlz]

Apr 26, 2018 1:07:40 GMT gigasnail said:

vehicles are very resilient. anything T7 with a 3+ and 12 wounds is going to be a pain in the ass to deal with. very few things are going to take a vehicle (or any tougher target) out in one go by themselves. this is normal.

Thabks again I am guessing Hive Guards help a lot. 6 of them are my next buy, once I paint up my 3 flyrants.

[gigasnail]

good choice. HG are excellent.

[clokwrkpig]

You'd average only 4.5 wounds per round from the MRC. So needing three rounds of combat would be pretty normal. You just don't have the number of attacks.

Even with everything hitting, wounding and going through for 3 damage, you come up a wound short.

On the other hand, with smite and maybe a wound from shooting (or elsewhere) you'd likely take it down a profile. Falling back from combat is going to cost its Heavy weapons another point of BS, so it's not a happy tank. At least, until 5 markerlights let it ignore the movement penalty and put it back to hitting on 3s.

[autoxidation]

Averages 5.25 wounds with MRC and Toxin Sacs though. A worthwhile investment with the rerolls and completely negates armor. Also the only AP -6 weapon in the game for some reason.

[clokwrkpig]

Yeah, I should have used that number - it's pretty much an auto-take with MRC for me too. Although neither was realistically getting through the tank in one turn, and likely not in two turns without some more help.

[jaigo]

That is where hive guard get in

[jaigo]

That is where hive guard get in

[xenith]

Don't take on full health tanks. Soften them up first.

[devilrules]

or take reaper of obliterax and ag.my only be -2 to save and no rerolls to wound. Take toe 1pt strat for rerolls and on a 6 you do 7 damage, 8 if you take the +1 damage warlord trsit

[pjetski]

This is why I bring a heavy venom cannon on my flyrants

[calbanite]

Apr 26, 2018 1:07:40 GMT gigasnail said:

vehicles are very resilient. anything T7 with a 3+ and 12 wounds is going to be a pain in the ass to deal with. very few things are going to take a vehicle (or any tougher target) out in one go by themselves. this is normal.

Everyone says TFexes "get shot off the board immediately" all the time though with T8 3+ 14W /s

I always count Smite/Psychic Scream in with my Tyrant flailing against a tank

[gigasnail]

everyone says that, because when units are focus fired down, that's what happens.

[infornography]

While it does take more than one unit's worth of lascannons to remove a T-Fex on average. More than one unit's worth of lascannons are generally available to the task. I don't see any conflict between these statements, though I do feel that if your enemy makes shooting your T-Fex off the table a priority, that is a win since all your other monsters will be just fine. If the T-Fex is the only monster you brought, then that is on you.