Trygon vs Mawloc?

[baconslice]

When I first got my dex a little while ago, I dismissed the mawloc almost imedietly.
But now I'm thinking....
I'm running 2 flyrants
A tervigon and 2 trygons in my list. What if I changed a trygon to a mawloc and upgraded the prime?

[infornography]

Overall, I think the Mawloc is just too unreliable to use. At most you will only get 3 shots off with that blast. Otherwise they are mediocre at best in melee. Sure they can smash a tank if need be but they can be tarpitted so easily...

Some people swear by mawlocs but not generally in quantities of less then 2.

[Anggul]

Trygon. 2 or 3 S6 AP2 large blasts a game (if it even survives that long) is not worth 170pts.

[glassiya]

Dec 27, 2012 11:38:18 GMT infornography said:

Sure they can smash a tank if need be but they can be tarpitted so easily...

How can you tarpit someone with Hit&Run and Ini4 (or something like)?

It's really a difficult choice, by the way. Trygon is overall better, mut mawloc's maw is much more sexier. But really, his blast is like artillery that strikes once at 2 turns. Still, it's deadly for Marines of all kinds (6 str+ap2=goodbye), but with my bad luck with scatter, I don't think this'll be much help.

O, I forgot - Mawloc can attract fire too. You put him in front for 1st turn, he soaks some damage (6 wounds and everything), and burrows down after that, ensuring his survival. Next time he'll appears, the enemy will most likely be too busy with bugs coming from all directions.

[Jabberwocky]

I'd only go with mawlocs if I had invested in scatter prevention, i.e. Lictors and/or Deathleaper. I'd only invest in those, if I had multiple deepstrikers coming in late, i.e. Multiple mawlocs.

At this point, it becomes the main focus of the list. I don't think he's a safe unit to just throw into your army, both list wise and literally hitting your own units on the table.