malanthrope rules?

[scrotatohead]

It is an oddball unit, that's for sure. I love the look of it, and also really like the fluff. I made a fluffy list based on Malanthropes being part of a clean-up force:

== HQ ==
Tyranid Prime (1) - Devourer, Lash Whip And Bonesword, Toxin Sacs = 105 pts.
Malanthrope Brood (2) = 220 pts.

== Elites ==
Hive Guard Brood (3) = 150 pts.
Venomthrope Brood (2) = 110 pts.
Pyrovore Brood (2) = 90 pts.

== Troops ==
Tervigon (1) - Stinger Salvo, AG, Toxin Sacs, Cat, Onslaught = 210 pts.
Termagant Brood (10) - Fleshborer = 50 pts.
Tervigon (1) - Scything Talons, Cluster Spines, AG, Toxin Sacs, Cat, Onslaught = 215 pts.
Termagant Brood (10) - Fleshborer = 50 pts.
Ripper Swarm Brood (9) = 90 pts.
Ripper Swarm Brood (9) = 90 pts.

== Fast Attack ==
Spore Mine Brood (3) = 30 pts.
Spore Mine Brood (3) = 30 pts.
Sky-Slasher Swarm Brood (4) = 60 pts.

== Total ==
1500 pts.

Clearly not a competitive list, but meant to represent a Tyranid force tasked with scouring a battlefield clean of biomass and data for the benefit of the greater hive. Each unit plays a role in either consuming biomass or protecting the development of capillary towers, digestion pools, etc.

[Raven]

May 2, 2013 17:11:03 GMT scrotatohead said:

May 1, 2013 23:38:24 GMT gigasnail said:

malanthrope can't be your warlord. a malanthrope isn't a character, and the warlord must be a character. it's in the BRB under the warlord section, first or second sentance iirc.

Interesting. Not a big deal as very few players have Malanthropes and they do have their limitations. Curious though, if someone wanted to field two separate Malanthropes, filling up both HQ slots, or just one Malanthrope as the only HQ, would they be allowed to NOT have a warlord? OR, is the player required to field at least one character as an HQ in order to fulfill the requirement of having a Warlord?

Not sure what other armies have HQ options that are not characters.

You would need to field another HQ as your warlord to have a legal list, they are mandatory. I believe IG have the ability to take no characters in HQ as well, and it was clarified in their FAQ.

[Psychichobo]

Fluff wise it's basically a DNA/Genetic material accumulator. It stabs enemies with poisonous, paralytic/highly toxic/ talons, then shoves them into its chest cavity to absorb them and acquire the genes for use in Tyranid Evolution. It's a late stage creature, often seen alongside Ripper Swarms.

[neomangas]

Yeah I was pretty confused with it cause I read it's stats on imperial armour but then I saw loads of peeps put up completely different stats and then even on 1d4chan it is listed at 250 points and stated as doing poop loads more then IA was saying so was just wondering how things changed so drastically for it

[gman25639]

Sounds cool, perhaps i'll buy one this summer...