genestealer confusion

[tsundre]

In the rulebook it says you have to choose which melee weapon to use. So when i upgrade a genestealer with scything talons and it keeps its a set of rending claws am I being stopped from using both of their rules in combat?

Really confused

[tsundre]

nevermind it says in the faq you get both benefits for close combat weapons phew!

[infornography]

Yeah, us nids work differently. We don't get extra attacks for having multiple weapons though so it works out.

[Lanesend]

Hi Tsundre, welcome to the Hive!

Glad you've found it already. This is a question we see more often, because it is one of those things where Nids differ from other armies.

We get to use all of our CC "weapons" at the same time, as opposed to other armies, who have to choose between say a power fist and a power sword. On the other hand, we never get a bonus attack for having two or more "weapons".

I put the "..." around weapons, because Tyranids actually use biomorphs instead of normal weapons. Hence the difference with other armies.

Dang: Ninja'd by info

[jahatch42878]

I honestly have a hard time with this when it comes to my Monstrous Creatures... I keep thinking "well, if I don't take a pair of Scything Talons and instead upgrade to TL Devourers I'll be less effective in combat".... when really all I lose are the rerolls (on 1's or misses depending on # of talons)... I'm still the same S, AP, # of attacks... too many years of playing around with weapons options on marines and orks and imperial guard... so yeah, it is a bit counter-intuitive and the way the codex is written is a bit confusing (with Warriors and taking upgrades for the whole brood vs thinking you can take different weapons for each model, and then do you have to pay for the upgrades even if you then take a heavy weapon instead? just poor editing IMHO but it was years ago, so I guess they didn't have as good of a template for these things when writing those older codices)... at least their are FAQs and sites like this to set us straight!

[ranmafan]

Attacks are always included in the profile, so there's no problem for me since I started on Nids.

I find the opposite true - I always have to calculate the extra attacks with CCWs and pistols and specialist weapons in a Marine army! xD