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I do and don't play imperial guard but I am slowly growing some tanks in my army.

I have three leman russ, a basilisk, a hydra tank and a bunch of guys. I am in the middle of building a manticore / deathstrike tank. Which do you think is better for both style wise and rules?

I want something that will look the coolest when fully done and still be useful when on the table against pretty much anything. What do you guys think is the best option?

there's a thread for that here already

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/648841.page

The death strike is a tank that should and doesn't have strength D.

The manticore is actually semi reliable but compared to other alternatives is criminally overpriced.

The Manticore is somewhat usable but rather expensive. Great anti-Necron unit however. Medicore, but usable.

The Deathstrike is something that really should be an Apocalypse unit with a D warhead or simply be a mission objective or the like.

As is, it cannot fire turn 1, the turn when you need/want it most. This gives an opponent ample time to kill it. It may not even fire turn 2 or later. Add to that that it's just a single shot, and it's just rather pointless.

If it could fire turn 1, it would be useful and you'd see them run semi-consistently, even with only a single shot. The forced variability in when it can fire simply destroys the functionality of the unit.

See, I love the Deathstrike. I just can't bring myself to field one. Why you ask? Well...

Manticore any day of the week, when you really have to lay down some hurt on Tau or Necrons, its always a decent choice, pricey at that, but Deathstrike are just so unreliable and random for when they fire that they hardly seem worth it at all.

Plus with a Prescinced Manticore that has rolled well on it's number of shots you can walk the Barrage to nearby targets denying them jink or gtg saves as they are not the original target.

Deathstrike, all day, everyday. It's the best Ork weapon the Guard can ever have.

SJ