To broodlord or not to broodlord?

[mrdade]

I have 7 broodlord. Run them with IA. Units of 10. There the reason I play tyranids.

[N.I.B.]

Broodlords also adds a bit of a tool against GK's, the -1 Ld power with SitW combo can shut down GK psychich powers in their own turn.

[muggins]

I love broodlords. The Finecast one is so much better too because you can actually pose it in a non-Jesus pose.

[Lanesend]

What's also a good point, IMO, is that while you get less bodies compared to a full stealer-brood, you can allocate a couple of wounds to the Broodlord, without losing combat power.

A Broodlord with one wound will do just as much damage as one with 3 wounds.

I voted for Broody, although when I use stealers, I normally have two squads (between 10-15 models) without the BL. And one (6 stealers + BL) with.

If I take the Broodlord, I normally take him with IA and TS for character/ monster hunting.

[blur]

I love my broodlord. Hypnotic Gaze really works well in small games. Decent in big games... And to tell the truth it sucks in apocalypses.

[TheContortionist]

the way i play genestealers i don't think he is good. i play one small squad of 6-10. the reason i play them is to limit my opponents choices. If i have a small to medium genestealer squad in reserve. they had to be away from the board edge. If my oponet is smart, he is out of assault range and the genestealers get shot down. if you upgrade the broodlord you loose less points when this happens. I like to keep my oponet in one small group so my doom is more effective. The worse your opponent is the better your genestealers are. The better he is the worse they are. Spaming them can be ok. but that would cost this many points-----> 1,000,000,000

[Space is pretty big]

*Ahem*


To broodlord or not to broodlord: that is the question:
Whether 'tis smarter to have in him the squad
The claws and tallons of rending close combat,
or to take powers against a threat of characters,
and by fighting those characters? To roll: to fail;
poor save; and by a fail to say you lose,
The head-ache of a dozen extra rends,
That no BL will offer, 'tis a temptation
Carefully to be considered. To roll, to fail:
To fail: perchance to live, ay, there's the rub:
For does broodlord offers salvations from whats to come
When you have suffered a combat phase,
must give us thought: wheres the advantage
that makes the Broodlord so well a choice
The opponents' fails, the luck of the dice,
The pangs of desperate rolls, the rules of play,
The usefulness of powers limited
The patient choice of carful gamers,
When playing his opponent, might this decision change
With a new rulebook? How would he play then,
To read and swear at heavy alterations
But that the dread of something new from 6th,
The unreleased rules from which burden,
All gamers must follow, teases the player,
And makes us rather wait for those feared changes
That except for rumors we know not of!
Thus ignorance does makes mutes of us all
And thus the painful pause of desperation
It sickens the board with half thoughts,
And enterprising noobies thus made ignorant
With this regard their methods turn to polls
and loose the use of context - carful you now
The hypnotic Broodlord, in its many powers
be all but good with characters.

[greatescape13]

I like one broodlord commando unit or two if I can afford it, but I would try to have another larger group of just 'stealers as well if I'm doing that type of tactic.

As others have suggested, I think he's about even for the points. At times he'll be more useful, at other times you'll wish you had the extra 'stealers. A lot is just luck, scenario, and foe.

Cheers.

[Psychichobo]

Jun 12, 2012 13:30:14 GMT Space is pretty big said:

*Ahem*


To broodlord or not to broodlord: that is the question:
Whether 'tis smarter to have in him the squad
The claws and tallons of rending close combat,
or to take powers against a threat of characters,
and by fighting those characters? To roll: to fail;
poor save; and by a fail to say you lose,
The head-ache of a dozen extra rends,
That no BL will offer, 'tis a temptation
Carefully to be considered. To roll, to fail:
To fail: perchance to live, ay, there's the rub:
For does broodlord offers salvations from whats to come
When you have suffered a combat phase,
must give us thought: wheres the advantage
that makes the Broodlord so well a choice
The opponents' fails, the luck of the dice,
The pangs of desperate rolls, the rules of play,
The usefulness of powers limited
The patient choice of carful gamers,
When playing his opponent, might this decision change
With a new rulebook? How would he play then,
To read and swear at heavy alterations
But that the dread of something new from 6th,
The unreleased rules from which burden,
All gamers must follow, teases the player,
And makes us rather wait for those feared changes
That except for rumors we know not of!
Thus ignorance does makes mutes of us all
And thus the painful pause of desperation
It sickens the board with half thoughts,
And enterprising noobies thus made ignorant
With this regard their methods turn to polls
and loose the use of context - carful you now
The hypnotic Broodlord, in its many powers
be all but good with characters.

I'm going to link this whenever anyone questions the Broodlord.

Well, I would, if it weren't for 6th just round the corner...

[pipsickness]

I love the broodlord. I mean actually love it. In an entirely innapropriate way. I always take at least one but mostly 2. Units of 7 stealers + him = scared opponenants. Normally infiltrate one (to get that perfect turn one, bye bye enemy general character) and hold one in reserve for future scares. Nothing like watching your friends face as your BL instant kills his 250 pt independant character leader unit. hahaha.