Arming shrikes

[stoiss]

What do you arm your shrikes with in 6th. Ed. and why?

The reason why I am asking is that I am currently working on a brood of shrikes and wondering if I should order dual bone swords, bonesword+lashwhip or just go cheap with scything talons.

[ziyousansz]

I'm running mine scythes and bone swords. I use them as a small brood to hunt terminators and meganobz with. I used to field them with lash whips and bone swords, and I threw them at everything. When wound allocation rules changed the twin swords became a very efficient character-killer setup so I switched loadouts. Now I either aim for small, heavily armored units or I use their speed to put them on top of characters.

[ilnar]

Rending claws. AG and TS
But then, I tend to need the antitank.
Nothing says naaanananana to 3 kilacanz than 20 S5 rending attacks
Essentially hitting on 2's then penning on 6's
I have LW/ BS warriors for killing troops, but the shrikes can still cause some serious damage with poisoned rending
I might change my mind if we see less mech, but for now? They provide solid synapse when I need it, decent anti armour and solid anti troop.

[fragile]

Lash whip/Bonesword and TS. Hide them in the background and behind cover until you can get a charge on an important enemy unit. I run with 3 and with 12 attacks on the charge, its usually enough to get whatever small unit I hit. Terminators, named chars etc..