Monstrous Scything talons or Monstrous rending claws

[hannibal]

Hi

I'm having a really hard time choosing between MST and MRC for my flying Hive Tyrants.

I've generally used MRC as they are free but I think MST might be better if going all in on a killy Flyrant with murderous Size and the Scythes of Terra and possibly Voracious appetite too.

Is that generally how other people see it?
I'm sure someone must have done the maths

[papo28]

The scythes of terran with accelerated digestion and the wt adaptive physiology for -1 dmg and youve got an unkillable tyrant when coupled with catalyst behemoth power and +d3 wounds if really needed

[irondreddknight]

The general opinion is that MRC is the superior choice, due to the re rolls and the free upgrade.

However there is a strong case to be made if your taking the relic scythes.

I think the deciding factor is what hive fleet you're taking. If its behemoth, then one tyrant should take the scythes.

[afewveiws]

Scythes relic with murderous size gets you to str 8 ap-4 damage4 5 attacks with extra attacks. The behemoth spell gets you a +1 to wound so wounding on 2 vs all marines and 3s vs anything t8... its a suicide unit in most cases but add in swarmy, ooe, and a murderous sized trygon and thats alot of high strength, high ap, and high damage... wings on it would mean you could easily annihilate a flyer so could have traction but would be mostly uselees against non-elite low armor and single wound armies as well as necrons since the more damage per attack the easier they can negate it.

I like the idea though and have been mulling it over since the "charecters cant have adaptations" nerf.

[zimko]

Feb 11, 2020 20:39:45 GMT afewveiws said:

Scythes relic with murderous size gets you to str 8 ap-4 damage4 5 attacks with extra attacks. The behemoth spell gets you a +1 to wound so wounding on 2 vs all marines and 3s vs anything t8... its a suicide unit in most cases but add in swarmy, ooe, and a murderous sized trygon and thats alot of high strength, high ap, and high damage... wings on it would mean you could easily annihilate a flyer so could have traction but would be mostly uselees against non-elite low armor and single wound armies as well as necrons since the more damage per attack the easier they can negate it.

I like the idea though and have been mulling it over since the "charecters cant have adaptations" nerf.

The nice thing about that build is you can give him a gun too so he's not useless in other matchups.