The Malanthrope

[lictor24]

Hi all I'm new to the game and still in the process of building a army and was just wondering what do you guys think of the malanthrope as a hq choice. To me it seems like accheep and cheerful MC with some nice supporting stats but like I said I have zero games under my belt so far and am just looking for some advice .

[gigasnail]

it's kind of an oddball unit. we had a pretty good sized thread on it about a month ago. it's a HQ but can't be your warlord because it's not a character. can be taken in broods. i'll see if i can find the thread on it.

[gigasnail]

here you go:

thetyranidhive.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=43159

[Illithid]

I have a brood of three, but have never run them - they seem fairly interesting and I might play-test them when I get back from an overseas holiday soon.

[lictor24]

Thanks hopefully get some tips on how to play them.

[raylorne]

I plan on using mine as a DoM proxy until I have enough bits and conversion skills to take a crack at making my own. It's certainly a lot better suited to the task than the zoanthrope I was using, and now I can run it as an actual zoan. I've finally got incentive to pick up two more.

[infornography]

The Malanthrope is good, but you have to have another HQ that IS a character. Also other HQ picks are generally better.

The Malanthrope does suffer a bit from having only toughness 5. Demolisher cannons can kill an entire brood of them in one blast. They are however fairly cheap and can pose a threat to most armies. Smash attacks really improved them notably making them not terrible at destroying vehicles.