Ymgarls and stealers

[disband85]

Quick question - can you take a unit of Ymgarl stealers and a unit of regular genestealers?

[dwez]

Yep, but obviously there's none of the upgrades to the Ymgarls aside from their natural mutations, and don't forget to print out my handy mutation markers here: thetyranidhive.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=fanfict&thread=40847&page=1#703253

[disband85]

cool thanks!

[Raven]

You can have as many Ymgarl Genestealer broods as you have free elite slots and as many Genestealer broods as you have free troops slots.

[rpricew]

Oct 11, 2012 12:21:26 GMT Raven said:

You can have as many Ymgarl Genestealer broods as you have free elite slots and as many Genestealer broods as you have free troops slots.

hmmm... 6 units of Ymgarls?!?!

quick math - 184 * 6 = 1104
Two Tervs + Gants = 245*2 = 490
Two Tervs = 400 points

1994 points!! hooray

[Raven]

You could have 6 at 2000 points, but it's a terrible idea. Your board would have to be full of area terrain to even be able to deploy them all.

[rpricew]

Oct 11, 2012 16:26:51 GMT Raven said:

You could have 6 at 2000 points, but it's a terrible idea. Your board would have to be full of area terrain to even be able to deploy them all.

Yeah, yeah... I know the limitations and drawbacks...

[Jestar]

Oct 11, 2012 16:26:51 GMT Raven said:

You could have 6 at 2000 points, but it's a terrible idea. Your board would have to be full of area terrain to even be able to deploy them all.

Not Quite. As each model only has to be in the terrain (not wholly in the terrain), you can get quite a few in a single piece. On top of that you can just take smaller brood sizes. In this instance, if you had the elite slots to spare, taking multiple smaller units can give you a lot of flexibility with positioning and targets.

[ranmafan]

IIRC off the top of my head you can actually choose NOT to deploy Ymlgarls in a Dormant state - they can be deployed normally with the rest of your army... although that would be folly if enough terrain presents itself.

And in a normal game you only get 3 broods of Ymlgarls (good luck finding that many tentacled faces). But yes, typically you get 3 Ymlgarl broods and 6 Stealer broods.

Ymgarls are pretty good, but largely let down by the lack of Toxin sacs. Personally I find them excellent tarpits though, and mindgame weapons.

[Deleted]

You can elect to deploy Ymgarls as normal . . . but you can also elect to urinate on your own shoes in the men's room.

[disband85]

lol ^