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Eew Spyders; Spyder Tactica
Topic Started: Jul 18 2014, 12:02 AM (113 Views)
Rutgerman
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Hello there,

Since they don't have a tactica section of their own I wanted to give them one. I myself barely use them because I both don't have the models and I don't have the scarabs to use them "decently" but I'm here to try and find a way so everybody could use them happily!

So first of all, the beast itself, I just want everybody to take a look and marvel at what we see there. it's a nice round 50 points for the beastie and to be boldly honest, LOOK WHAT WE GET FOR THAT, Ws and Bs 3 (not all that good but nothing we can't work with) and here it is, both Str and Toughnes -* 6 *- (insert holy sounds here) and then a whopping 3 wounds, allright initiative 2 and 2 attacks (yawn, not that awesome I give you that) but then a 3+ save, the save of saves all and then, he is monstrous, YEEHAW, gazutload of rules all there!! He's fearless too... nice, very nice

Am I forgetting something? oh yeah, they have this awesome Scarab hives to sh*t some Scarabs every turn!! WOHOW, but guys guys (and gals), look at what I said above, when you list all that, you know what I think?? 'When I hear a model has all that, it must be around 60 points or something' and geuss what, that's RIGHT, Spyders are seriously under-costed for what they bring, like SERIOUSLY.

you could then argue that they don't make up the points if they don't do anything bla bla. To that I say: 'Thy should have useth thy toilet, because I smelleth the dump of male cows!' Imagine, you just field 3 of them, nothing fancy, 150 points right there. That's a triarch Stalker right there but does a triarch stalker truly weigh up against 9 T6 wounds with a 3+ save? AAHEERM no.

What I see are a juicy 9 wounds for my enemy to bite trough because want it or not, spyders look SCARY, they are a psychological unit, they just seem so dang dangerous being 'Monstrous Creatures' with Str 6 and damn right they are! Make these babies run forward mindlessly and people will shoot at them, they WILL and if they don't. Well aren't they stupid then, because you don't want them in your precious squad of marines as well and at that point, that's all they need to kill to make up their points, 10 Marines, easy peasy right? Also, they are T6 (can't stress this enough) that is, TOUGH, like, Schwarzenneger tough. these things ca take a BEATING, even long fang spam lists will go like: wait, 1 round of shooting and they aren't gone?? (well if you're lucky, but this will most likely happen) so yeah, they are terrific for such use.

These are all arguments and points for a tactic that might just work:
The 'I use my spyders to be a really scary unit that can actually do stuff because they can, while my opponent will also waste fire on them' tactic they are cheap and dangerous, want more??

Throwing some beamers on them makes them extra scary (Str 6 blast on 24" range, OUCH) but do mind, they get costy for that, 75points per model is something COMPLETELY different from the 50points per model.

Now some would say that you need to field scarabs otherwise you are not using their full potential, I say no to this. Why? simple: they are dang cheap for what they can do even without the scarab hive, it's just a NICE bonus (I'm not saying it's not good, just pointing out you don't always have to field scarabs). You're simply not going to spend extra points on something that isn't your tactic right?? If you just use them as a 150points meat shield, then that's your tactic, with or without scarabs, they'll do GREAT.

final point: without any shooting weapons, you just let them run all the time, they'll get there, fast enough ;)
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