Did the riptide just become the single most powerful model?

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**Orock**

Orkimedezz wrote:
Boniface wrote:
Obviously it was pretty beastly before but if unbound rumours are accurate you can now have an entire army of them.
At 1850 you can have 9 all kitted out and they aren't limited in what they can kill.
I can see 3 Farsight heavy bursts with SMS and 6 Ion fusions destroying pretty much everything.
Yes tarpitting them is an option but they'll stomp their way through stuff eventually.

I don't really think I can think of another model that can be so utilised in unbound.

My 10 squads of scouting grav bikes will say some words to your 9riptides

see I have white scars too, same situation. But basically the game comes down to who gets first turn. Once you scout your committed. If he gets a steal, your probably gonna lose a bit more than half your firepower.