Gaunts which one?

[rinark]

So I am restarting Hive Fleet Hydra and I cannot decide Which gaunt to specialize in. I have 10 of each and am going to buy 1 more box but i do not Know what box to buy. Bit of help please Hive?

[afewveiws]

if you only have 10 of each you'll have to buy alot more then 1 box of them before its all said and done, but my personal preference is hormagaunts. but i run a very assault based strategy. if you want to be shooty get the termagaunts. if you intend to run tervagon get the termagants.

what kind of points are you planing on running in your games?
what other models do you have?

[rinark]

I want to run a 750 point game soon and I have a flyrant with bonesword + whip 3 deathspitter warriors 1 ripper base and a trygon about halfway through construction. I have all these heavys because they were birthday gifts

[jinx]

i'd get another box of termagants,simply to soak up fire,a unit of 22 termagants will give a nice cover save to your warriors before dying,another thing that can be handy is if you deploy the hormaguants behind the termies,that way when you decide to assualt you can charge the termies first to soak up overwatch so your Hormagaunts can safely arrive in combat to rip stuff up

EDIT: consider buying the snap fit boxes of termagants,if you're just using fleshborers and dont mind the same poses (not that the other gaunts have a lot of poseability either) they are ALOT cheaper,you can get about 15 for less money than you would normally pay for 12

[swarmy]

May 9, 2013 16:19:11 GMT jinx said:

i'd get another box of termagants,simply to soak up fire,a unit of 22 termagants will give a nice cover save to your warriors before dying,another thing that can be handy is if you deploy the hormaguants behind the termies,that way when you decide to assualt you can charge the termies first to soak up overwatch so your Hormagaunts can safely arrive in combat to rip stuff up

EDIT: consider buying the snap fit boxes of termagants,if you're just using fleshborers and dont mind the same poses (not that the other gaunts have a lot of poseability either) they are ALOT cheaper,you can get about 15 for less money than you would normally pay for 12

I agree on the snap fitting termagants; They will save you some assembly and prep frustration when you realize how many of those suckers GW is practically forcing you to use in 6th edition. If the entire torsos/heads weren't as hard to find on ebay separately I would suggest getting a regular box and a second batch of heads and torsos to get devourer termagants and regular ones to get full use of all the bits. I did that with the bits from my first battleforce I ever bought but things have obviously changed with the desperate need for termagants.

[biomassbob]

My personal preference is for hormagaunts, but if you plan to use tervigons (probably the best unit in the dex and almost a must have for competitive play) then you will need more termagants.

[killercroc]

Depends. if you want a good assaulty army go with Hormagaunts, if you want a good shooting army go Devilgaunts, if you want gaunts just for troops for the sake of troops get Termagants

[Superstringy]

Cheap vanilla Termagants are versatile as hell. You get a large number of troops for a low points cost that can, among other things:

a.) Sit on objectives - ideally in terrain outside of Synapse Range so they can go to ground for solid cover saves against shooting - meaning they stick around for a while. They put out a few shots when needed to that can seriously dent incoming enemy infantry.

b.) Be used as mobile cover saves and/or assault bubblewrap for advancing units such as a Tyrant with Guard or artillery like Hive Guard, Biovores etc.

c.) Swarm around a Tervigon for some meaty combat buffs - Counter Attack, Furious Charge and Poison (4+) with a correctly-specced Terv means they can put out some formidable damage, even against high toughness enemies.

d.) Get into a combat where even if they don't take something down they can do an amazing job of tarpitting a threat - I've had a squad like this with Feels No Pain from the Terv's Catalyst tie up a DraigoWing unit for near enough an entire game while the rest of my army demolished everything else.

e.) Provide ablative wounds for a valuable Independent Character - stick your Warlord Tyranid Prime at the back of an attached unit of 10+ Gants and the enemy have to chew through a lot of wounds before he falls.

Now I know Hormies can do a good chunk of the above and do hit a bit harder but don't have the synergy with the Tervigon that is so potent and also lack the shooting.

If they were each a flat rate of 5 points apiece maybe this would be a slightly different conversation but for sheer value and adaptability the Termagant gets my vote. I never leave home without a Tervigon or two and a good bunch of these little heroes and they often win me the game.

[infornography]

Thing is, a fleshborer termagant can serve all three roles. They can shoot, though not to great effect, they can assault actually fairly well given the numbers you generally will want to be fielding, and they are pretty much ideal for camping on objectives. After you take into consideration the fact that the fleshborer shot you get off before assaulting is better than the extra attack you get from a naked hormie, there isn't that much difference in their capabilities on the turn they charge in.

[lordofthebrood]

I use both, but as previously mentioned, there is something awfully rewarding and enjoyable about having a 150pt squad of 30 termagants charging into your enemy's "Death Star" unit and tying them up for most of the game.

[toonarmy]

termagants are one of my favourite unit in the codex for all the reasons stated above. i like the fact that in my area my opponents constantly underestimate them and then they pay the price. I also enjoy it when some one charges them and then I say ok thats fine. the look on their face is epic.

my response is "yeah! i will have my overwatch, then i will roll for (and probably get) counter attack and then i will be wounding on 4's with 2 attacks per gaunt." not bad when you have bunch of em

[gman25639]

I use both. Simple. Give hormagaunts toxin sacs amd adrenal glands then field termagants near a tervigon and give it adrenal glands and toxin sacs so they get it too. Fielding both allows for flexibility.

[Uhtin]

You will need more Termagants the Hormagaunts.

[Anggul]

What gman said. I often have a decent-sized brood or two of Termagants, a Tervigon to support and buff them, and a big brood of Hormagaunts with Toxin Sacs. Nothing wants that charging them, so the draw a lot of fire and still often manage to do some damage... or alternatively they underestimate them and get slaughtered by 3 attacks each I5 re-rolling 1s to hit and wounding on 4+. Very few things in the game can take on a charging Hormagaunt brood with Toxin Sacs. I wouldn't bother with Adrenal Glands as it makes them too expensive in my opinion, they do enough damage with just the Toxin Sacs, Adrenal Glands make your damage go into overkill, which for 2pts each is pricey.

[gman25639]

I like adrenal glands cause they let them bust up light vehicles.