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I am not a Tyranid player, honestly, but I got this funny idea.

The way the Pyrovore rules are worded makes their death explosion hit every squad on the table.

Would it be viable to fit in as many Pyrovores as you can squeeze into a FOC and then go MC/FMC spam?

I think, with a bit of luck, that it might devastate enemy infantry armies. Of course, they'll have to die to ID wounds first...

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Make sure to bubble wrap the Pyrovores in as many infantry as possible.
Problem is, all the enemy has to do is not kill the Pyrovore with ID. Or bring a Dreadsock.
   
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Would it be a good idea to join a Prime to it, using LoS shenanigans to ensure the ID wounds are applied to the Pyrovore?

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I wouldn't bother. Nobody's going to let you exploit an obvious typo like that, so you're just wasting your time and money if you buy the army. It's like the whole "models with helmets can't shoot or charge" thing, it's funny to laugh about how bad GW is at writing functioning rules, but you're TFG if you try to use it in a real game.

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Mind you, I did say I am not a Tyranid player.

I an just toying around with ideas here.

I agree that it's stupid, but it's still fun to discuss.

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For the sake of hilarity, I'd be willing to play against it RAW.
But the fact it requires your opponent to choose to attack it with a S8+ weapon makes it a bad tactic regardless.
   
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It serves as an excellent Wraithknight deterrent, if they are giving you problems.

Great against enemy Tyranids, as well as Orks.


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 BrotherHaraldus wrote:
It serves as an excellent Wraithknight deterrent, if they are giving you problems.

Great against enemy Tyranids, as well as Orks.




Why wouldn't elder just shoot a wave serpent? Why wouldn't tyranids kill it with gants or just not smash? Why wouldn't orks kill them with lootas or shoots boyz?

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Bubblewrapping, LoS shenanigans (Both Look Out, Sir and Line of Sight) and so on.

If you waste an entire turn of shooting with a Wave Serpent, a Loota mob or a Shoota mob against a ~40 pt Pyrovore, when those units could easily kill three times that amount of points when firing at something else, then it is a win in my book.

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Which brings us to the point that they could just shrug, ignore the slow moving bubblewrapped heavy flamers, and shoot at something that actually poses a threat.
Pyrovores are kind of rubbish, with or without the potential to blow up the table.

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Arson Fire wrote:
Which brings us to the point that they could just shrug, ignore the slow moving bubblewrapped heavy flamers, and shoot at something that actually poses a threat.
Pyrovores are kind of rubbish, with or without the potential to blow up the table.


True. Although

Arson Fire wrote:
potential to blow up the table.


is enough reason to take them IMO.

What if you put them on your home objective, that would be good against certain armies like IG gunlines?

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Then the Pyrovore kills all of your own Troops and you have to contest all the objectives or table your opponent to win...

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