Hierophant or Harridan?

[tylertt]

Appreciate the advice everyone. I still can't decide what to get though. I am leaning towards the Heirophant just to start off (I plan on having one of each one day), as my gaming group does not have a single Apoc model or unit, and there is not a single D weapon.

I mainly want it to do some cool scenario games, plus I really want to play Apoc with a huge model in a couple months time when everyone else maybe starts to get some.

I think too that the Imperial Armor release may have an impact on if the Heirophant is a better buy as well. What is the release date on that book?

[1swarmlord]

I have all the GC, 6 barbed hierodules, 2 scythed hierodules, Harridans (2) and the hierophants (3). all are awesome, it depends what you want, the harridan is crazy now for taking out other flyers. don't worry about the grounding, mine hasn't been grounded yet, just play him with a good strategy, on and off the table and he can really mess up other armies. the last game i used one hierophant and 1 harridan, the harridan received no wounds in my last 14000 point game and did alot of damage. the harridan is the nicest model though on a table. either one is good in my books.

[tylertt]

Aug 1, 2013 23:20:03 GMT 1swarmlord said:

I have all the GC, 6 barbed hierodules, 2 scythed hierodules, Harridans (2) and the hierophants (3). all are awesome, it depends what you want, the harridan is crazy now for taking out other flyers. don't worry about the grounding, mine hasn't been grounded yet, just play him with a good strategy, on and off the table and he can really mess up other armies. the last game i used one hierophant and 1 harridan, the harridan received no wounds in my last 14000 point game and did alot of damage. the harridan is the nicest model though on a table. either one is good in my books.

So you found the Heirophant is just as good as a Harridan? (In terms of overall production when put into their specific roles)

[1swarmlord]

both are a big threat, for example the last game played the hierophant took down 2 shadow swords and a bunch of troops. was down to 4 wounds at one point but ended the game with 8 wounds left because of regeneration. My Harridan took down 2 storm ravens, a storm talon and a bunch of troops. I use to like the hierophant the most but with the new apoc rules the Harridan is a huge threat to other flyers. I know people are afraid you can get grounded but the harridan didn't get grounded once and had 0 wounds the whole game. with the new upgrades coming for the hierophant it makes him even more deadly though.

[tylertt]

Aug 2, 2013 7:10:34 GMT 1swarmlord said:

both are a big threat, for example the last game played the hierophant took down 2 shadow swords and a bunch of troops. was down to 4 wounds at one point but ended the game with 8 wounds left because of regeneration. My Harridan took down 2 storm ravens, a storm talon and a bunch of troops. I use to like the hierophant the most but with the new apoc rules the Harridan is a huge threat to other flyers. I know people are afraid you can get grounded but the harridan didn't get grounded once and had 0 wounds the whole game. with the new upgrades coming for the hierophant it makes him even more deadly though.

Yeah I love the Harridan model, can't until until I have one of each!

Being that you own so many of these lovely models, what did you use as their bases/mount for the Harridan?

[1swarmlord]

i have it on a round wooden base from michael's arts and crafts store. I drilled a hole in the base of the harridan and the base piece, inserted a one rod type magnet and a big earth flat magnet so i can take it apart for transporting to battles. the winds, head, tail, and scything talons are all magnetized with Lee valley earth magnets.