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To me the Hydras are another of those things in the IG dex that are great, and would be a no brainer in any other book but loose out in the end to other choices that do the same thing better and are more versatile.

I tried the hydras, and they are great, but in every role they serve my other choices seem to do better.

Valks and Vets kill enemy vehicles and MCs better and my big tanks kill infantry just as well while being much more surviable.

The real problem with the Hydras for me is that they only target one unit per turn which makes it hard for them to recover the 225 points before they get wasted.

I want to love them, but I also may be biased because I might just be looking for an excuse NOT to spend the money on the forgeworld kits.

drop pods will take out Hydras quickly. They are just too light. 5e is all about the heavy hitters.

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Mystics > Drop Pods

I have heard mystics will be dropped in the upcoming Ordo codex next year.

Mystics = Gone

Green Blow Fly wrote:I have heard mystics will be dropped in the upcoming Ordo codex next year.

Mystics = Gone

I dont see the ordo codex making it out before DE, Necrons, or even Nids. Besides they are still effective until said new book comes out.

Green Blow Fly wrote:I have heard mystics will be dropped in the upcoming Ordo codex next year.

Mystics = Gone

they do not = gone yet, and they won't until a set of rules come out that makes them gone.

I'll enjoy my Mystics until that day.

Funny enough I just got back from a two day tournament up at Adventurers Guild in Harrisburg PA, 2250, super heavies allowed, although only one of the 7 players brought a Shadowsword which was the only superheavy.

Anyway in 5 games I only had one instance that the Mystics helped me. Everyone was running very odd lists and no real top tier lists showed up.

(I went 5-0 and won the tourney rather easily)

Still I found it curious that my Inquisitor basically spent all five games just taking notes in his notebook.

Oh, and dying, he died every game, not that it mattered. I just used his Valkyrie to draw fire which it did masterfully.

I know we will need them against several of the top tier lists, especially deamons, but I wanted to share the humor of his total impotence this weekend.

haha yea that is exactl how it goes when he's naked on the field. The mystics rock, or it is a complete waste of 32pts.

Perhaps with this in mind it is a decent idea to get him some toys. Perhaps a combiweapon and some warriors with melta/flamer/plas (pick your poison). It jsut gets expensive quick and does the exact same thing as the rest of the army *shrug*

I was thinking about giving him Combi Flamer and Melta Bombs. I had several instances in which my sacrificial infantry squads in Vendettas with krak grenades, grenade launcher and melta bomb seargeant actually made a huge impact.

In my first game they actually blew up a chaos land raider killing all but the sergeant who ran away and survived the game ( that was kinda funny , Sergeant Kyle Reese is now getting some permanent modeling to set him apart)

In my third game they multi charged a rhino and a razorback from the rear , blew up the rhino and imobilized the razorback.

Not that I would run them in an optimized list, but it made me think that just giving the inquisitor melta bombs might make him usefull in a no deepstrikers game.