Poor old exocrine?

[bestaltan]

So has the exocrine been put out to pasture with the new rules, or is there still a place for him in anything other than a Kronos patrol?

It seems, in my opinion, that while the big guy is still pretty good, the new rules allow devilgaunts and particularly hive guard to do his job for him and eclipse him.

[kazetanade]

Always been a toss up between HG and Exo - with ramshackle as a thing I think it marginally edges out to HG.

Devilgants do not do the same job. They can hurt something big - and they can pelt medium infantry. But Exocrenes specialise in decimating 2-3W elites, and neither HG nor Devilgants tear out 2+/3+ sv units as viciously as Exocrenes do.

[cmob208]

I think exocrines are still fine, but I am moving away from them. Symbiostorm going to unmodified 6's is certainly a debuff.

[brianb9999]

I had written off exocrines because of all the bad matchups, but I think they have an interesting use now. On paper, they are excellent into Grey knights because they'll pick up MEQ as well as they always do, but they'll also be wounding dread knights on 3+, while being t8 and 36" is a bit awkward for GK to deal with as long as it's screened properly. I figure Grey knights to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of this balance update, and it might not be a bad idea to have one around, especially since they don't really require any of the synaptic link buffs, and you can now give exploding 6's in leviathan. One of my main opponents is a competitive GK player so I may build a list with an exo.

[hivemind03]

How many times do you think it will get to shoot on a board with GW style terrain?

[brianb9999]

Nov 11, 2021 14:08:17 GMT hivemind03 said:

How many times do you think it will get to shoot on a board with GW style terrain?

True, but not everyone is using GW terrain. Could be a good candidate for the redeploy as well.

[hivemind03]

I just assumed since you said you would be playing against a competitive player. But you get my point. If you think it can fire for multiple rounds without moving, I would say go for it.

[kukie]

Nov 11, 2021 18:01:18 GMT brianb9999 said:

Nov 11, 2021 14:08:17 GMT hivemind03 said:

How many times do you think it will get to shoot on a board with GW style terrain?

True, but not everyone is using GW terrain. Could be a good candidate for the redeploy as well.

I agree, If the terrain is heavy Hive Guard are better, but if the terrain is light exocrines may even top Hive Guard (assuming you can't get your HIve Guard out of sight)