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[pom611]

so wen i ordered my gamers edition of the new rule book gw stuffed up and tried to sell me a copy they didn't have so iv been compensated by receiving $215 (australian) of virtual gift vouchers (among other things) so to all those of you who have read the new rule book what units have gotten better and are worth getting more of? i was thinking off getting another flyrant and some warriors with bs/lw what you think?

[Mindshred]

It's a bit to early to really know for sure, but right now, I'm feeling pretty good about venomthropes, hormagaunts, and raveners. From what I can tell, venomthropes will give units a 4+ cover save against nearby units shooting at them (spore cloud + defensive grenades), and hormagaunts and raveners have alot of attacks, without having to worry overmuch about vehicles or no retreat wounds like they did in 5th.

Gargoyles look fun, too, as they've got impact hits when they charge (sometimes), and I'm really looking forward to the first time someone tries to charge my 30-strong unit of devgants.

This may all change in the next few weeks, of course, but right now, those are the units I'm looking at.

[pom611]

the FAQ's have just gone up on the GW website the venomthopes no longer have defensive grenades they just negate the bonus attack for charging so no cover save bonus for us

[Mindshred]

Jun 30, 2012 12:30:23 GMT pom611 said:

the FAQ's have just gone up on the GW website the venomthopes no longer have defensive grenades they just negate the bonus attack for charging so no cover save bonus for us

Sadnesses ; ;

[Inquisitor Stingray]

With 8671 points of Tyranid models, I wouldn't want to buy more. Ever.

[pom611]

Jun 30, 2012 12:38:06 GMT Inquisitor Stingray said:

With 8671 points of Tyranid models, I wouldn't want to buy more. Ever.

lol most of that is mc's i have as many termagaunts as i have carnifex's right now which is 10... maybe i should get sum termagaunts... and any way you can never have to many nids

[rpricew]

Jun 30, 2012 12:30:23 GMT pom611 said:

the FAQ's have just gone up on the GW website the venomthopes no longer have defensive grenades they just negate the bonus attack for charging so no cover save bonus for us

The FAQ actually says that you do get a 5+ cover save from shooting, it goes on to say that any unit, that's not a vehicle, that happens to charge one of these units within 6" of the Venomthrope forces dangerous terrain tests on that unit. Also, your opponent doesn't get his extra attack when assaulting a unit of Venomthropes.

That's very different from what you wrote... (I paraphrased for IP reasons of course)

EDIT*** Back on topic, you can never really go wrong with core units to your army. It really matters what type of player are you. I started with units that I thought were cool first, then moved onto more competitive units as I played more and more. Buy what you like first, then pick what you want to play with next...