Malanthropes

[panzerfront]

I ordered a Malanthrope because I heard they were good Tyranid HQs, what do they bring to the table compared to a Neurothrope. I see they have synapse, an aura that requires me to be within close range of melee and a -1 to hit on a character platform. It seems like a nice replacement for a Venomthrope unit but he seem rather pricey. Is a Malanthrope worth it in a heavy Space Marine, Necron and Admech meta?

[beetlejuice]

Jan 26, 2021 19:05:02 GMT panzerfront said:

I ordered a Malanthrope because I heard they were good Tyranid HQs, what do they bring to the table compared to a Neurothrope. I see they have synapse, an aura that requires me to be within close range of melee and a -1 to hit on a character platform. It seems like a nice replacement for a Venomthrope unit but he seem rather pricey. Is a Malanthrope worth it in a heavy Space Marine, Necron and Admech meta?

Depends on your list but generally -1 to hit is nice either for gaunt hordes or mass T8. I don’t like the castling nature it requires, I play with mobility for primaries and secondaries and to leverage my output on prefered targets so in that case malanthrope doesn’t really work for me in 9th.

[infornography]

Malanthropes are good for buffing your castle, but not very valuable on the front lines. Their ability that triggers after they eat something is almost completely worthless because they very rarely see melee and if they do, the probably die from it.

[niiai]

It depends a lot.

Depending on how good the enemy hit you negate quite a lot. VS B2+ you negate 20% of shots. VS BS5+ you negate 50% of shots.

Also you need a payload worth babysitting. If you are just watching 1 Exishrine shurly buying a second exoshrine is more justefied. But 2 exoshrine and 6 hiveguards Impalor cannons are worth defending.

2 units of 9 warriors can also need babysitting. Keeping flyers alive so they get the first turn charge etc.