Swarmlord vs Hive Tyrant

[Uhtin]

Thanks for your opinions and the help. Can i maybe ask you for some opinions about the other HQs.

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Thanks.

[Superstringy]

I think with the lack of Skyfire options in our army and the rise in flyers across the game you almost have to take a Flyrant at the moment to not be at a disadvantage. A fantastic and versatile unit, but until he's carried out his anti-flyer duties I often don't get to see him doing what I really want him to be doing until mid-or-late game - shooting infantry to ribbons and smashing into vehicles.

It would be nice if we could rely on other units to guard the skies so we could explore the other HQ builds a bit more freely, because they are all nice to play and I would say some of the best-looking models in the game.

The Swarmlord is a monster if you can get him to where he wants to be without getting shot to death. Against Dark Eldar with their abundance of poisoned shots at 36" I'd not expect him to close the gap without using Gate of Infinity and a lot of luck but most other armies will struggle to bring him down without a lot of focused fire - especially if he has cast Endurance on himself.

I seem to be neglecting the Tyranid Prime recently, mainly because Warriors cost so much and I like to run him with them. Great unit though...

[infornography]

Tyranid prime is a good unit, but with how good tyrants (of all ilk) and swarmlord are, I very rarely ever take him.

[stormbreed]

I like to attach a prime with a bone sword and lash whip to Swarmy, along with the guard and Iron Arm that's a ton of high toughness wounds you need to inflict, it also lets Swarmy avoid a challenge if necc to clean up unwanted guests.

Weirdly enough at 1500 points I find Swarmlord jives better with an army, Flyrants to me are best run in pairs, for that I find 1750 or up to work better.

[Superstringy]

I know what you mean stormbreed.

In all my games my lone Flyrant has been a sort of figurehead player - scary and aggressive but eventually brought down a lot of the time by massed focused fire.

I treated my Hive Fleet to a second one recently and having two in the air freaks my opponents right out - they don't know what to go for and I can throw the stronger of the two forward and bring an injured one out of the fray to Regen/It Will Not Die and as often as not they both survive as a result.

The psychological affect of one Flyrant being in the air is potent, but with a pair of them darkening the skies it is downright demoralising for a foe.

[Uhtin]

Thanks for all the good opinions and answears.

Thanks for voting all