Psyker Confusion

[undertow92182]

I'll make this short and sweet.

As far as number of Psyker powers our bugs get.. is it that we pay for specific powers from our codex then just swap them out for a roll on the BRB psyker general powers if we choose to? To say, a Tervigon comes with Dominion.. do we choose to either keep Dominion or trade it out for a roll on (lets say) the Biomancy chart? Do we have to trade out all powers if we do this? Or can we pay for something less useful (Like Onslaught) then just roll for that one power and keep Dominion?

[GuardDog78]

You buy powers as usual...then you choose to swap all or none...
You can choose to roll on any of the three trees we have access to in any combination...

[undertow92182]

Ok, thank you for the clarification.

Now, let me ask this question. I'm going to play my first 500 pt game tomorrow and have a Tervigon with Dominion and Catalyst. She comes with 12 termagants right off the bat so would it be best to keep Dominion and Catalyst? Or would you swap them out for rolls on the Biomancy chart?

[GuardDog78]

Hard to say...i honestly have never once used dominion...never have i needed it. Catalyst however...back in 5e that was the tervigons bread and butter. Guaranteed FNP is extremely good for supporting your units. My only question is how you plan to play your tervigons? Is it sitting in the backfield holding an objective...or pushing forward, spearheading the advance? If you want a highly durable monstrosity leading the charge...then scraping up enough points to buy onslaught and trading for biomancy hoping for IA...otherwise sitting supporting with guaranteed FNP may be the better way to go. All of it depends on your list in general...tactics vary greatly by what you're fielding and what you may be facing...

[undertow92182]

Yeah, I really wish we could sell back Dominion, or freely trade it for a different power. But thats neither here nor there. I do plan on using the Tervigon and her gants to push up the enemy lines and use HG with a prime and a Biovore to drill transports and troops on foot.

Here is the pooptastic part, my opponent is a Dark Elder player. I'm banking on him bringing a raider and a venom to this game.. as well as some jetbikes. I'm praying that my HG can bust open the venom nice and early, followed by the Raider. If I can expose the crew then the termies and the biovore can make quick work of him.. so it sounds like FnP is the wiser way to go (stupid poison shots).

[GuardDog78]

Yeah...DE are tough on our beloved (usually resilient) T6 units. And the fact that every army that has vehicles can usually fit them into a 500 pt battlepretty easily has always made anything less than 750 hard for nids to deal with...h-guard/zoeys eat points up kinda quickly at that level.
H-guard may end up being your most valuable asset...no jink saves for the skimmers...and av10 isn't that tough. They may actually warrant getting catalyst to keep them in the game until the skimmers are taken out. Not many options...a devourer flyrant would be a major headache for him to deal with and could possibly win a game this size on it's own...but if if you're unlucky...that's 260 pt out the window...

[Jabberwocky]

I'd stick with catalyst in this instance, though usually I'd say go for hiomancy, even with just 2 rolls.

Enfeeble, iron arm, endurance, life leech, warp speed, all great on a Terv. If you roll haem, last, swap out for smite, but only if you roll it last.

[raylorne]

This came up in tonight's game. Can I take just dominion but swap it out for catalyst, or do I have to buy catalyst and get stuck with two powers.

[Jabberwocky]

You have to buy it.