Did I miss something about Sky-Slasher Swarms?

[j0rdan]

Finally got my CA2019 yesterday, woo! I didn't have my codex with me, so I opened up battlescribe and went down through every unit in the codex to see what the points changes were. Everything seemed to jive with what we've already seen here, but one thing really stuck out to me.

Sky Slasher Swarms increased by 2 points per model.

Um. What?

[Kitane]

They probably forgot that sky slashers aren’t obsec and have no deepstrike.

Other than that, sky slashers are like rippers but twice as fast and flying.

[1b2a]

GW are retards

[purestrain]

12" rippers in a custom hive fleet to get ap-1 when outnumbering and -1 hit on fly units, or maybe regain a wound and -1 hit.

Irritating little bastards lmao

[nintura]

ok that's hilarious.... i need 1,000 of them.

[nintura]

Technically you can take 3 bases for 39 points and get a free command point out of it.

[laughinglictor89]

Wouldn't it be x3 as you would need 3 + HQ to unlock an Outrider detachment. You are looking at around 200pts to unlock.

[nintura]

Dec 14, 2019 16:07:19 GMT laughinglictor89 said:

Wouldn't it be x3 as you would need 3 + HQ to unlock an Outrider detachment. You are looking at around 200pts to unlock.

Air wing detachment is 3-5 flyers. So 39x3=117 points.  Gives +1 command point.

[laughinglictor89]

Dec 14, 2019 19:21:00 GMT nintura said:

Dec 14, 2019 16:07:19 GMT laughinglictor89 said:

Wouldn't it be x3 as you would need 3 + HQ to unlock an Outrider detachment. You are looking at around 200pts to unlock.

Air wing detachment is 3-5 flyers. So 39x3=117 points.  Gives +1 command point.

You cannot make an airwing detachment with sky slashers because they are fast attack battlefield role.

[gigasnail]

Yeah you need the flyer battlefield role, not just the FLY keyword.

[purestrain]

Two 3 man of slashers, shrikes and a flyrant in the custom hive fleet for -1 hit in melee and ap-1 on talons.

Cheap and maybe effective.

[laughinglictor89]

Look in a fluffy fun game cool but for 2 points per model more with no deep strike and no objective secured they are really bad, if they keep them same points as Rippers and give them deep strike I'd probably use them.

[purestrain]

Dec 14, 2019 23:09:51 GMT laughinglictor89 said:

Look in a fluffy fun game cool but for 2 points per model more with no deep strike and no objective secured they are really bad, if they keep them same points as Rippers and give them deep strike I'd probably use them.

Nah, they're fine.

[laughinglictor89]

They really are not they are awful for 13 points each very inefficient use of points. Rippers are way better than Sky Slashers and anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional and bad at the game. However use them by all means they are really awesome models for a fun fluffy game rule of cool for the win but don't pretend they are good they simply are not.

[nintura]

Dec 14, 2019 22:13:03 GMT purestrain said:

Two 3 man of slashers, shrikes and a flyrant in the custom hive fleet for -1 hit in melee and ap-1 on talons.

Cheap and maybe effective.

Oh (please do not swear).  I didnt think of that.