Strangleweb?

[hungerer]

Does anybody have experience with using Strangleweb? I imagine its best use would be podding next to gunlines, but then wouldn't just pure Devilgants be equally or more effective?

[fragile]

Considering the majority of S4 enemies out there, a template that only wounds on 6's is pretty useless.

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#1 Worst 10 points

[Jabberwocky]

It does reasonable against Orks but that is about it. Otherwise devourers are better, especially with current wound allocation rules.

[Col. Duke LaCrosse]

I've scratch built 4 stranglegants and here's my experience with them. The gun is very weak and very expensive for what you get. Not quite terrible against GEQs and pinning can be useful. Sadly its almost worthless except for one thing...

If you ever kill a space marine of any type with it, you win an automatic "Moral Victory" and everyone at the store has to get you a beer and a soft pretzel. Its the "Congrats On Killing Something With The Worst Gun In The Game" Prize. Its true!

[hiveelysium]

im gonna start spamming stranlgegaunts!!! hoorray beer

[coredump]

I keep thinking a Stranglegaunt is 10 points, and not worth it. Then I remember that the *gun* is 10 points (15 total) and I remember why I keep forgetting they exist.

[imukuni]

True by themselves they are the single most useless weapon, but what about mixed with Biomancy power Enfeeble? Granted you really need to roll well with zoants or a HT, but eh. The new disembarcation rules are killer. Shove the little guys in a pod, get out six and flame the (please do not swear) out of some unexpecting SM player when you just reduced their strength.

[hungerer]

Unfortunately, Imukuni, you can only take one Strangleweb for every 10 Gants.

[swarmy]

I don't have my codex in front of me at the moment but isn't the spike rifle still lurking in there for an upgrade? Wonder if anyone ever throws those out there with a strangleweb guy in the mix . In fact, I want to see someone make an entire list out of nothing but sub-par upgrades! Maybe they combine in some weird supernatural way allowing you to dice-roll your way to victory against the odds?

[imukuni]

Oct 24, 2012 22:18:46 GMT hungerer said:

Unfortunately, Imukuni, you can only take one Strangleweb for every 10 Gants.

True.

When I looked at the forum topic about zoants taking biomacy I thought it would be nice combo if you had a spore pod army. Heck, if you get 1 enfeeble off on an Ork mob, a strangleweb wounds on 4's!

[hungerer]

Oct 25, 2012 3:18:12 GMT imukuni said:

Oct 24, 2012 22:18:46 GMT hungerer said:

Unfortunately, Imukuni, you can only take one Strangleweb for every 10 Gants.

True.

When I looked at the forum topic about zoants taking biomacy I thought it would be nice combo if you had a spore pod army. Heck, if you get 1 enfeeble off on an Ork mob, a strangleweb wounds on 4's!

Well there you go, a viable use for it. A good use can be found for anything with enough persistance