Thoughts on Crusher Stampede?

[mattblowers]

1st a quick caveat: my life is pretty busy right now so my hobby time is like 90% building, printing, painting, and list building and about 10% playing. Wish playing was a bit higher, but it is what it is. What are your thoughts on Crusher Stampede? I have exclusively played it so far this edition. To date I have found it to be very "meh". My biggest problem with it was what I thought it would be when I first read the rules: a good player can simply play around the rules. A smart player will simply focus down one unit at a time so you can't benefit from the rule. I think the auto explode and grenade strats are awesome, but otherwise I'm increasingly struggling with the formation. I'm thinking of returning to the invasion fleet or giving the psychic one a whirl.

[princeyg]

It is an unfortunate situation that The big guys get more out of being in Invasion fleet than crusher stampede. The problem being exactly as you described, its hard to get any benefit from your detachment rule if all your monsters are dying in a single turn. Its a fun detachment at 1000pts (where the enemy will rarely have the anti-tank to deal with 6 or 7 monsters before they hit something) but for standard 200pt size games its easily the weakest detachment in the codex (its the only dud one in my opinion).

The psychic detachment is good given enough zoanthropes (norn emissary also really good in this one) and invasion fleet is just straight up decent all around. My favourite detachment so far has been endless swarm (especially with hormagaunts). Only one I have yet to try is harvester, as I lack relevant units outside of rippers and the psychophage...it does look fun though.

Crusher Stampede just doesnt offer enough to compete with any of these at larger point sizes sadly.

[mattblowers]

Jan 1, 2024 14:36:22 GMT princeyg said:

It is an unfortunate situation that The big guys get more out of being in Invasion fleet than crusher stampede. The problem being exactly as you described, its hard to get any benefit from your detachment rule if all your monsters are dying in a single turn. Its a fun detachment at 1000pts (where the enemy will rarely have the anti-tank to deal with 6 or 7 monsters before they hit something) but for standard 200pt size games its easily the weakest detachment in the codex (its the only dud one in my opinion).

The psychic detachment is good given enough zoanthropes (norn emissary also really good in this one) and invasion fleet is just straight up decent all around. My favourite detachment so far has been endless swarm (especially with hormagaunts). Only one I have yet to try is harvester, as I lack relevant units outside of rippers and the psychophage...it does look fun though.

Crusher Stampede just doesnt offer enough to compete with any of these at larger point sizes sadly.

Yeah, I agree. With a few more games under my belt the Invasion Fleet and Hive Fleet Nexus are so much better. I'll have to try endless swarm, it looks interesting, though I usually tire of pushing around a horde of gribblies. I'm loving gargoyles though. 2 units of 10 are now a staple of my lists.

[purestrain]

Light necro, will be playing my 2k crusher, this time ima add a neurolictor to help support battleshock damage. Will let you know how it goes!

[purestrain]

Jan 11, 2024 23:07:02 GMT purestrain said:

Light necro, will be playing my 2k crusher, this time ima add a neurolictor to help support battleshock damage. Will let you know how it goes!

So we had to rescheduel for this weekend, kids and life always ruining our fun

[trashcan01]

Sucks for the game, but hey - priorities.
Retirement is getting closer by the day - time is on our side!

[dkng]

Jan 17, 2024 21:10:39 GMT trashcan01 said:

Sucks for the game, but hey - priorities.
Retirement is getting closer by the day - time is on our side!

Mere 27 years and I can play as much as I want (can)