Twin-Linked Barbed Stranglers on a Carnifex

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**Mattlov**

Having a few Fexes in a force, I decided to put a pair of Stranglers on my last one for some decent ranged suppression. Then I got to thinking...

How does twin-linked BS work? What do I get to re-roll, if anything?

**Hand of Dume**

Twin linked blast weapons reroll the scatter and distance dice.

**Mattlov**

Hand of Dume wrote:Twin linked blast weapons reroll the scatter and distance dice.

Do I have to re-roll both, or can I only re-roll one of them?

**Hand of Dume**

Both

**Mattlov**

Huh. That is kinda good and bad. I'll take it, though. Thanks!

**Squig_herder**

let me understand this, if you take a twin-linked blast weapon eg barbed strangler. i get two blast templates and get to re-roll to hit on both?

**Phryxis**

Can I suggest you don't do that? Might be too late, but that's just not a good build. Venom Cannon and Strangler... If it ain't broke, why fix it?

**Squig_herder**

@Phryxis, coz it's fun lol ^^ thats the way the orks and i think

**Lukus83**

unfortunately you dont get 2 templates. Just the 1 that rerolls

**Squig_herder**

oh why god? why cant there just be two of the same gun? *runs to the corner to cry*

**thehod**

The same reason why crisis suits cant take 2 plasma rifles or 2 missile pods.

**Mattlov**

Phryxis wrote:Can I suggest you don't do that? Might be too late, but that's just not a good build. Venom Cannon and Strangler... If it ain't broke, why fix it?

Because of the way I roll. With a VC and BS, it just means I could miss with more, at the cost of more points. I like re-rolls for ANYTHING with my Tyranids, especially shooting units.

**Clang**

most players would take a Strangler and twin-linked deathspitters instead - two chances to hit with a template, and both may hit targets, for bonus squisht death. Twin-linked Strangler is too expensive for the extra advantage it gives

Oh, and are you taking Enhanced Senses to improve your shooting anyway?

**Squig_herder**

Enhanced senses are a must!!

**Orlanth**

I rather like an elite barbed strangler fex with talons and BS2. The shot is going to be wild so I just aim it in the middle of the enemy line and hope.

It was a gimic, but I am finding that against horde lists it can outgun my dakkafex.

**Mattlov**

Clang wrote:
Oh, and are you taking Enhanced Senses to improve your shooting anyway?

Of course. But it still involves me rolling dice.

I'll try the twin BS. I have 5 Fexes in that force anyway, so if one is less effective I'm not that worried.

**Regwon**

take 2 different weapons, its better. being forced to roll both dice rather than one is very little advantage, much less than that gained from having 2 lots of weapons. its a lot of points for something that is only ever going to be useful in a handful of games, as opposed to something that will be useful in almost every game.

**Squig_herder**

agreed, it ties up alot of point, even though you are increasing the chances of hitting on the scatter dice [4/6] thats just too much too pay