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Aloha people,

have a small question about the tervigon, i am going to run two of this guys in my list. and id like to know what is better to have on them.

The question is: cluster spins or stinger salvo.

as i get it the cluster spin is better to pop troops and stinger salvo is good for tanks? or did i get it all ronge.


muffin

I've suggested this gets moved to tactics, as this isnt a question about the rules.

For tervigons I just go with the big blast. You dont really need more antitank, and with its low BS an number of shots a nice big blast can be quite helpful.

Moving thread to Tactics.

I used to run cluster mines but I've found stinger salvo to be loads better.

I like Cluster spines. The large blast works much better.

Stinger salvo - AP4 vs AP- is a big difference against any army not in power armour. There is some difference between large blast and assault 4 ibut less so f your opponent spaces his troops out well.

I always run cluster spines on mine, large blast is more potential damage. Really nice when the Hive Guard pop a transport and all the troops are nice and clustered up for a template thinning out and then charge from your assault troops. I once managed to get 10 SoB under the template after exploding their rhino, wounding on 2+. He made 8 out of 8 3+ saves though.

Cluster Spines;

+Big blast
+Not overly affected by the Tervigon's crumby BS of 3

-Possible collateral damage on your own troops.
-Really bad against vehicles

Stinger Salvo

+AP4
+Better against vehicles then cluster spines

-Bad BS makes it unreliable
-Still poor against power armor
-Not enough shots to make an impact on swarms

Math-hammer time!

Against this save, how many models do you need to get under the template for Cluster to do more damage on average?

2+; 2
3+; 2
4+; 4 (Tied at 3 under template)
5+; 2
6+; 2

So if you can reliably get 2 or more models under the 5" blast, Cluster spines does better against infantry of almost every save. Stinger Salvo is always better against vehicles.

well there we have it, cluster spin it is for me then.