What do you use to tarpit

[gloomfang]

I am in the market for a good tarpit unit to throw at deathstars that are starting to pop up around here.

What is your favorite tarpit and why?

[wisdomseyes1]

Any army? Plague bearers. It just got real with this editions feel no pain.

Tyranids? I am going to say termagants. I don't really use Tyranids much for tarpit pitting (unless you count assault walls) and termagants are really the only ones I use that I woul feel worth throwing in front of the enemy. Usually, tervigans help with that, giving me nicely timed gants to just throw out for no reason. And termagants aren't good at tarpiting assault units unless you count assault screens (I think you would) an of course, average 10 gants from tervigan means 10 shots that hit on 4's, over watch for another 10 shots, 20 attacks that hit on 4's and are poison, and then they go splat, but they didn't move much, and instead got a charge range and consolidation role for their turn (numbers assume no shooting, which is folly, but a cc death star usually has... Pistols. So it's a safe assumption that 5 of them are left.

[Tempests Wrath]

I like termagants in synapse.

I havent used much else as tarpits TBH, but now without fearless saves they just seem to last forever, on top of that they are dirt cheep and a tervimom can make more when you need them. In addition, if you can get the gants near a mom they might actually dent that death star a little.

Thus.. "I like termagants in synapse."

I have sacrificed genestealers before to slow a super powered unit, but that was an act of desperation. Not something i wanted to do. I did however get lucky and my BL murdered a few of them outright in the process of dying horribly.

Iv never ran rippers. Cant say id like to.

[killme304]

Termagaunts spawned from a tervigon win the tarpit wars

[swarm492]

I don't have designated tarpit units because I play a numbers heavy list so pretty much any of my units of termagants works well, I have questioned if its to much to use 50-75 before births. But it seems to work, then again I only play casual players.

[Jabberwocky]

I tend to run elitist armies so don't often tarpit. I tend to avoid, telepathy stun or just send in the Swarmlord. To be honest not many assault units scare me since I run stealer spam.

[maeloke]

Any unit that's cheap is great for tarpitting. Bare hormagaunts are excellent for claiming board real estate, and with I5/A2, they can actually do some damage while they sit there.

Rippers are even more fun, because any casualties they actually manage to inflict are pure shame. They're less useful against ID-causing enemies, though, so avoid the thunder hammers.

[paxmiles]

Ironclad Dreadnoughts. Nothing like being locked in with an AV13 walker that many infantry units can't even scratch. Especially fun against GK who forgot their daemon hammers...

For tyranids, I'd go rippers if they lack S6+ weapons (or just have only 1 or 2 swings at S6+). If they have S6+ in droves, gaunts are probably the next best option, but only if they have synapse.
-Pax

[halos]

Unfortunately (or fortunately I guess, depending on your perspective) Dreadnaughts and other walkers work less efficiently as tarpits as most units can just choose to flee from something they can't hurt. But still against a Fearless foe they are probably the best.

Tyranid wise I swear by the humble Termagant. Now that Fearless actually works you can keep those big scary things tied up forever so long as your spawning holds out. They can even take FnP against power weapons now (unless said weapons are S6 of course) making them even more resilient!

[Winged Menace]

Gaunts are great against things with 1 or 2 attacks.

[demoric]

My favorite tarpit is ripper swarms. I enjoyed puttin a prime with twin bones words,scytals and venom with 5 or 6 rippers. Every time I have ran it it has been 3-4 turns of combat. Usually the unit dies by the end but it is a lot of fun and has supprised me and my opponents each time on effectiveness.

[the6thdegree]

I've started taking broods of 20 vanilla Gaunts as standard now instead of the previous 10 - nothing better than holding up a unit of Paladins for an entire game using 200pts worth of Gaunts.

[vecuu]

I haven't found the need to do much tar-pitting in 5th, due to my army being based around a 30man blob of Termagants supported by an OA DakkaTyrant and a AG/TS Tervigon, but when I tarpit, it's usually Devastators or the sort, and it's usually with Ymgarls or Deepstriking Rippers.

[nurglitch]

Ripper Swarms are dirt cheap, don't need Synapse when locked in combat, and actually fight better than Termagants, as they have more Attacks per points, same Toughness and Strength. Plus they ignore difficult terrain when charging, so they usually have an advantage in charging Necrons and other I2 in cover.

Which raises a question, now that I think of it: Swarms ignore difficult terrain. Does that mean that a deep striking swarm unit doesn't take dangerous terrain tests if they arrive in difficult terrain?