Post by wcgnidz on Aug 2, 2022 11:43:42 GMT
STC is such a fascinating move from the HVC in the meta.
I just added one to my list(though I had actually dropped the HVC harpieS when the nerfs hit despite them being good, just tech'd more into a fringe list).
But while the stranglethorn harpy isn't great into the marine matchups due to AoC, the 2D doesn't make them USELSS.
It's great tech into Sisters, Eldar/harlies, GSC, some currently popular weird nid configurations(ravener/warrior/zoanthrope/gaunt hunters), and is okay into crons on volume(do aircraft deny their deployment zone secondary? if so even better). STC harpy becomes far less useful into knights than HVC harpy in terms of damage. BUT, because you don't think as much about damage output(and the knight player IF they're familiar with diff between HVC and STC unlikely to prioritize STC harpy over other threats in your list) you can focus on using her as a move blocker/low loss consequence trading piece into knights. Your knight opponent kills them? well hopefully they were a decent distraction fex for the rest of your army. You block a turn of scoring some primary by jankily placing your base? That could win games. Especially since it seems like since nephalim the points margins in games are much closer overall. The amount of games at events I'm seeing that are like 3 point games has completely skyrocketed.
I just added one to my list(though I had actually dropped the HVC harpieS when the nerfs hit despite them being good, just tech'd more into a fringe list).
But while the stranglethorn harpy isn't great into the marine matchups due to AoC, the 2D doesn't make them USELSS.
It's great tech into Sisters, Eldar/harlies, GSC, some currently popular weird nid configurations(ravener/warrior/zoanthrope/gaunt hunters), and is okay into crons on volume(do aircraft deny their deployment zone secondary? if so even better). STC harpy becomes far less useful into knights than HVC harpy in terms of damage. BUT, because you don't think as much about damage output(and the knight player IF they're familiar with diff between HVC and STC unlikely to prioritize STC harpy over other threats in your list) you can focus on using her as a move blocker/low loss consequence trading piece into knights. Your knight opponent kills them? well hopefully they were a decent distraction fex for the rest of your army. You block a turn of scoring some primary by jankily placing your base? That could win games. Especially since it seems like since nephalim the points margins in games are much closer overall. The amount of games at events I'm seeing that are like 3 point games has completely skyrocketed.