Genestealer+ Broodlord

[shadowfinder]

I was talking at the store guys. the question came up "Do you need a brood lord to make gene-stealers effective?" Unit of 10 is costly, with plus the Brood-lord even more so.

One guy said do you need to take a full unit? Instead do a 5 man unit + the brood lord as a commando unit in vanguard detachment.
Now you have a fast little headhunter unit that is easy to hide, moves fast with a good punch, I think.

Now the cost difference is like 5 points compared to a full 10 man squad without the lord.

Depending what detachment, you get some nice options. Vanguard is nice.

I am not the best at the math end.

Would the 5-man+broodlord unit, be better than just a full 10-man unit of stealers?
Which is more Killy for the cost.

[gauntlet]

One of the advantages of the Broodlord is that you can have it as your compulsory Warlord requirement, so you don't have to waste points on (relatively) overcosted Tyrants, Primes.
In Invasion Fleet detachment, they are really good candidate for any of the four enhancements.
I have heard they are very durable with the Rapid Regeneration strategem. A 5++ combined with 5+++ is equivalent to 4++.

[piersonsmuppet]

Either take 5 GS alone or the full 10 w/ a Broodlord. The BL isn’t worth the pts buffing a 5-man imo.