ADL vs Venomthropes

[retnab]

ADL is 4 long and 4 short immobile but indestructible terrain pieces, giving 4+ cover and 2+ if you Go To Ground, potentially usable by your enemy. Compared to Venom at 5 points more for a model with a 6" radius 5+ cover save only affecting your units but can be killed to remove all bonuses.

If you'd choose one to protect your army, which one and why?

[kenji10000]

Kind of depends on your list and what you want them to do. In a vacuum I say venoms, more buffs for the little guys and it moves around. That being said, if you are elite slot starved you might be better off with ADL

EDIT: Maybe post your list?

[rampagingfex]

ADL can't be killed, doesn't give up first blood, and can take an upgrade that helps with reserves.

-RF

[infornography]

If you have a lot of reserves you can take a comms relay with the ADL to help ensure things come in when most convenient for you.

[Raven]

Gargoyles. a decent sized brood can give your whole army cover, takes a lot of firepower if your opponent wants to get first blood, and acts as a threat and an extra scoring unit in the scouring.

[retnab]

Dec 12, 2012 4:00:03 GMT kenji10000 said:

Kind of depends on your list and what you want them to do. In a vacuum I say venoms, more buffs for the little guys and it moves around. That being said, if you are elite slot starved you might be better off with ADL

EDIT: Maybe post your list?

I'm changing around my list a lot right now, but mostly I'm playing 1500 points with walking Tyrant, 1 Tervigon, 1 Trygon, and a whole lot of gaunts. I'm running 2 HG in my elite slot along with 1 Venom that I have a Prime babysit, but I'm just wondering if an ADL would work better than it. Having it give my opponents a potential advantage isn't something I'm too in love with though.

[t⊗theark]

If you want a defensive position than have one that moves with the army. Something tyranids don't do is rapid fire gunlines and I find taking advantage of the fact everything we have at shooting being short to mid ranged assault weaponry. As the army advances with deathpitters, devours and venom cannons and you think you might be caught on the back foot than I think a Venomthrope following a brood of gaunts up works better than keeping a unit back.

[Jabberwocky]

2+ cover is pretty damn impressive but I have stopped using my ADL. Terrain is usually enough.

I wouldn't ever rely on a single venomthrope. 2 minimum unless I can completely block LoS with a TFex or Terv or something.