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One Ymgarl genestealer in the army may be upgraded tothe Ymgarl Broodlord +57pts


WS 7
BS 0
Str 5
T 5
W3
I7
A 4
Ld 10
Sv 3+

Biomorphs
Rending Claws
Bonded Exoskeleton

Special Rules
Brood Telepathy
Fleet
Dormant
Alter Form
Psyker

Psychic powers
Aura of Despair
Hypnotic Gaze
Stablise Form

on the turn in which he uses this, the Ymgarl.Bo
Broodlord and his brood may choose the same form for alter form as last turn.

So.is tgis a bad idea or just disliked?

So for 19pts over a normal Broodlord you're giving him higher Initiative, a better save, the Ymgarl rules, and a psychic power of dubious utility.

You know, that seems reasonably balanced, except the Initiative increase makes no sense to me. Genestealers are I6, Ymgarl Genestealers are I6, Broodlords are I7, why would Ymgarl Broodlords be I8? Drop that to I7 and it makes sense to me.

Sorry. Int 8 is a typo. Int 7 is correct.

And he is 20pts over a regular broodlord if you factor.in the original stealer price in both cases.

i kind of like that, i dont know how often i would use it, but i like it....and i would keep the I8, he had better be going first if he is 57 extra points

Seems reasonable to me, and from what i've seen of Ymgrals in action they need something to help them out.