Thoughts on GSC Units

[mattblowers]

Jul 6, 2023 14:37:12 GMT No One said:

mattblowers said:

Biophagus: I really like it. I wish it could go in the aberrants, but still very good.

It can.

You are correct. But you cannot take BOTH a biophagus and an abominant. I'm only running 1 unit of abbys, the output is very similar, so I'm not sure it matters which one you take. Link is for a quick mathhammer of unit with biophagus vs an abominant

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[hivefleetacheron]

My favorite 10th edition GSC units:
Aberrants, Abominant, Achilles Ridgerunner, Acolyte Hybrids, Neophyte Hybrids, Acolyte Iconward, Nexos, Primus, Reductus Saboteur.

My least favorite units:
Kellermorph, Sanctus, Clamavus, Magus.

Meh (meaning ok, but not the most competitive for what they do):
Goliath Truck, Goliath Rockgrinder, Patriarch, Purestrain Genestealers, Locus, Biophagus, Jackal Alphus, Hybird Metamorphs.

Unsure:
Atalan Jackals

Personal Note: If the magus' Mind Control had a 24" range normally, I could see her being worth her points for this ability alone.

[mattblowers]

Jul 8, 2023 16:10:50 GMT hivefleetacheron said:

Meh (meaning ok, but not the most competitive for what they do):
Goliath Truck, Goliath Rockgrinder, Patriarch, Purestrain Genestealers, Locus, Biophagus, Jackal Alphus, Hybird Metamorphs.

Were almost on the same page with everything. My only pushback is on the Goliath Rockgrinder. I included 3 in my first list because I love the model and index 40K is the place to run your favorite models. I have found them to be invaluable and my only thought is how many to take. 2 seems to be the sweet spot. They usually don't kill anything and they don't often score any points. What they do is take my opponents attention so the rest of my army can work. They are a distraction carnifex. If they aren't addressed they will become a problem for my opponent, I bet. I run them with heavy clearance incinerators, if they ever do survive to late rounds they are there to hose down my opponents objective grabbers.

[mattblowers]

With a few more games under my belt I am "buy" on the aberrants. I still have not had them die. They are quite the bully unit. My favorite unit.

Neophytes are the backbone of the army.

Acolytes are decent. I am finding the blasting charges to be really awesome. They are a delete button. Outside of that, a unit with heavy weapons is OK, but nothing to write home to mom about. A seasoned opponent will simply ignore them.

Ridgerunners really help maximize a unit. The +1 AP and ignore cover ability is huge.

Rockgrinder is still a distraction carnifex. I'm only running two now and they always die turn 1 or 2 at most, but they allow the rest of my army to work. I'm torn on them.

Primus are all stars.

1 Nexos is a must to maximize strats for 2 units.

Iconward I am iffy on. The 5++ is nice for a little added durability, but what I really like is the ability to reposition a blip. More on that in another post.

[infornography]

Correct me if I am making some poor assumptions here, but the rockgrinder acting as a distraction carnifex... It is a relatively durable vehicle so it would be drawing high strength high damage firepower. Exactly the kind of weapon that is largely ineffectual against most of our units.
Is it mostly there to draw fire away from ridgerunners or is it helping other units somehow?