Deathleaper vs Lictor

[beastoftanagra]

Simple question from a new player:

Is the Deathleaper worth the extra points, or should I just get a Lictor?

Thanks,

[kopy]

Lictors were preferred because they could perform actions.

With the new changes to secondaries both are useless now though.

[Master Chief]

Jan 23, 2022 23:41:44 GMT beastoftanagra said:

Simple question from a new player:

Is the Deathleaper worth the extra points, or should I just get a Lictor?

Thanks,

For what he does is not worth the extra points and is not really a good thing that he's a charachter.

But if you like the model and play it as a normal lictor, no one will tell you anything.

[bigpig]

Not typically. His abilities had a bit more utility in previous editions, but now there isn't really a reason. Character keywords does give some protection, but that is about it. Note that he is a named character so can't try to get fancy with relics or warlord traits either

[trashcan01]

When in doubt - go Lictor. He has some uses: deep striking another unit from Strategic Reserves (1CP) is okay. He is small enough and can be used to harass the backline.
He can kill cheap characters easy, but he is far from dependable source of dmg and they are quite squishy.

To be clear, they are not useless, but they require specific situations to have influence on the game.

[infornography]

In the past, Lictors have been good at being sneaky action taking secondary completers and otherwise have attacked like wet noodles and been a threat to at most a sergeant. Currently, has a weak niche where you could get it to be useful on occasion but not worth caring too much about.

In the past Deathleaper has been decent at killing weaker characters and frustrating opponents. That was mostly, what, 6th edition? Now it just doesn't have the damage output or utility to be worth the points.

At this point, if you haven't bought either yet, I'd recommend holding off on that purchase because I suspect we will get a new plastic kit for both along with our new codex which should at least let us know if either is worth taking for the near term.

Otherwise just do whatever you feel looks coolest because they are shelf decorations at the moment and I doubt anyone would bat an eye if you claimed a Deathleaper was a normal Lictor.