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hivefleetkerrigan
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40k death matches May 12, 2020 22:08:09 GMT via mobile

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Post by hivefleetkerrigan on May 12, 2020 22:08:09 GMT

The Warhammer community site has been doing death matches which are entertaining. Yesterday they did the light weights and the locus made it to the semifinals.

They did the middleweights today (100-150 points) and added in the tyranid prime. Was the prime ever over 100 points with upgrades? The only thing I can think of is that it was much more expensive in the codex and they forgot to factor in the points drop.

www.warhammer-community.com/2020/05/12/warhammer-40000-death-match-middleweights-divisiongw-homepage-post-1/

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40k death matches May 12, 2020 22:14:34 GMT hivefleetkerrigan likes this

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Post by infornography on May 12, 2020 22:14:34 GMT

The prime definitely used to be over 100 points. With all the upgrades, I think it can go just over now, but only barely. It would have been better to send Deathleaper. It really wasn't fair to pit it against a Patty.

Then to send that poor Patty against Mephiston in round 2? Just no good all around, Patty could have been a solid contender otherwise.

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hivefleetkerrigan
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40k death matches May 12, 2020 22:39:03 GMT via mobile

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Post by hivefleetkerrigan on May 12, 2020 22:39:03 GMT

I can only get a prime up to 84 points fully kitted. I thought it was a bit funny that 3 space marines were in the top 4. Patty definitely should have had a chance and you can spiff him out for damage or tankiness with some of the warlord and cult traits. I'm guessing they're using vanilla codex?

Regardless, I'm enjoying these fights.