Biovores, yay or nay?

[hivefleetultima]

Ok so i know that considering Nids have pretty low ranged attacking (mostly <24") and Biovores have a massive 48" range with str 4, AP 4 large blast...but what are peoples opinions on using them in, say, a 1000 point or 1500 point army?

I'm thinking on using 2, maybe 3 of them, but i'm curious to hear others thoughts on them as well?

[squash]

Who are your opponents usually?

[hivefleetultima]

Jul 13, 2012 0:13:02 GMT squash said:

Who are your opponents usually?

My friends tend to play Grey Knights, Ultramarines and the occasional Tau or Necron army

Necron i have no problem with usually, i mean i lose gaunts in the rush toward them, but CC wise necron fall quite easily.

I'm more thinking on using the Biovores for the other 3 armies, since Nids are severely lacking long range artillery, while most others have at least a few good long range units

[squash]

I'm faaaaaar from an expert, but it seems like biovores excel against horde armies. You might get some use against tau but not against the others.

[hivefleetultima]

Jul 13, 2012 0:34:51 GMT squash said:

I'm faaaaaar from an expert, but it seems like biovores excel against horde armies. You might get some use against tau but not against the others.

See i was planning for big units too, like the GK dreadknights or even groups of paladins or terminators...although i'm not sure if strength 4 is strong enough to affect them...is it?

[squash]

What's your current army list?

[hivefleetultima]

Jul 13, 2012 0:44:05 GMT squash said:

What's your current army list?

My 1000 points is as follows;

HQ - Tervigon w/ Catalyst, Onslaught, Toxin Sacs
Elites - Zoanthrope (2), Hive Guard (2)
Troops - Termagaunt w/ Spinefist (20), Termagaunt w/ Devourer (20), Hormagaunts w/ Toxin Sacs (28)

yes...i know...i'm a total noob, but bear with me, I just recently started Nids

[Bot]

Spinefists? Don't bother man. You are basically paying for making the Termagants worse. Just make them vanilla.

As for the Biovore Yay or Nay?... Well, there've been so much Anti-infantry in our list anyway... So I haven't really bothered using them that much. But with Enfeeble... hmmm... I might try them out again here on Saturday.

[hivefleetultima]

Jul 13, 2012 1:07:33 GMT Bot said:

Spinefists? Don't bother man. You are basically paying for making the Termagants worse. Just make them vanilla.

As for the Biovore Yay or Nay?... Well, there've been so much Anti-infantry in our list anyway... So I haven't really bothered using them that much. But with Enfeeble... hmmm... I might try them out again here on Saturday.

xD fair point, so basically make them fleshborer gaunts instead, or convert them to devourer gaunts??

I might try using the 2 biovores out to test them, but as i said, i'm new to the game myself so it's all in testing phases

[nidzy]

I like biovores for a couple of reasons: Barrage is cool, no line of sight needed and they ignore most cover as the shot originates from the blast. They also cause pinning which is huge against some armies.

They don't make it into all of my lists, but when I specifically write an all comers list or when I am trying to write a shooty list I always take a pair. They are one of the few things in our army that can put wounds downfield on turn 1 and that has been invaluable for me in the past.

[Bot]

Just make them count as Fleshborers. xD

Welcome to the Hive btw.

[hivefleetultima]

Jul 13, 2012 1:17:00 GMT Bot said:

Just make them count as Fleshborers. xD

Welcome to the Hive btw.

Will do, and thanks man glad i'm here

[coredump]

Welcome to The Hive.

I think Biovores deserve another look in 6E. I am going to try them out. If we are going to see fewer vehicles, and larger units in general.... then biovores may be worthwhile. And they are fairly cheap.

Large Blast markers can cover a lot of models; granted, you will only kill 1 of every 6 marines you cover; but that is okay for the cost. And against things like Orks... big fun.

[Lanesend]

In fith I already used Biovores a lot, as it helps putting the pressure on long range devastator units.
In sixth, I expect to use them even more, because of the new wound allocation rules. They seem pretty good for sniping Heavy and special weapons.

Like Coredump says, only one Marine out of 6 hits will die, but the barrage rules let the opponent roll all saves on the model under the hole, until it dies, so you can be sure to kill the right model!

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[ZergLord]

If foot armies start to pop out in my club, I'll be forced to use them. I've already seen a blob of Necron Warriors, foot SW and Orks with a lot of Boyz.

Especially against Orks. I don't know how you can beat them without Biovores.