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Comet, were is your profile pic and sig from?


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looks familiar, but I just cant place it...

overlordweasel wrote:
Comet, were is your profile pic and sig from?


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looks familiar, but I just cant place it...

Its Fabled Grimro from Yugioh.

I have trouble putting two in a list and having room for troops and oblits. They are very good against a lot of people but are useless against others. Have nit played them since the FAQ though so can't say for certain.

 Mannahnin wrote:
It's a great unit.
1. It's not really a good anti-flyer flyer. IG or Necron armies with multiple Vendettas or Night Scythes will tend to win the air war against it. As will Stormravens, particularly BA SRs.

There's something particularly beautiful about watching a metallic dragon explode in an ethereal ball of fire after it looked at the 'bloodstrike' missile coming at it and said "what's that going to do? bleed on me?"

I think just one is very good.

 Janthkin wrote:
Given the requirement to completely pass over the unit you're striking...

Could you expand on this Janthkin? Why couldn't the Helldrake just clip you with its wing and cause vector strike wounds?

 wyomingfox wrote:

 Janthkin wrote:
Given the requirement to completely pass over the unit you're striking...

Could you expand on this Janthkin? Why couldn't the Helldrake just clip you with its wing and cause vector strike wounds?

The wing would be fine, but it still has to pass over the target unit. Contrast with the Command Barge, particularly last edition, where people would scoot up to the target unit, then pull back again. Flyers have to continue in straight lines along fairly predictable paths - it's not too hard for a Tyranid army to completely prevent a flyer from heading in a certain direction, particularly on the turn they come in from reserves.

Thanks Janthkin for the clarification.