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Basilisk vs Whirlwind - Given the option, what would you prefer to take and why?

Wyvern. TL, 4 blasts, shred, ignores cover. The other two have to spend big points to get those rules.

Wow I'm gonna have to get one of those as an ally for my Ultras. I really need to dig out the IG codex. So much cool stuff to bring as allies...

You allready have op thunderfire cannons that are better than both.

 koooaei wrote:
You allready have op thunderfire cannons that are better than both.

TF cannons cost more, aren't twin-linked and don't have shred. I like how they're tougher though.

They have s6 which is better than shred, bs5, techmarine can kick ass in melee and still be a decent force on the board even after the tfc itself stops existing. Is not a vehicle which is a huge advantage. And he fortifies your position + benefits from chapter tactics. If that's not cheeze for 100 pts, i don't know what else you need. D-blasts?

We're still talking 65 pts vs 100. 200 points of wyverns will out perform 200 points of TFC imho - unless you're trying to kill terminators.

Maybe that's coming from an ork's perspective. Dealing with wiverns is not hard. They're vehicles, so a few lobbas or bigshootas can shut them down or even explode as they're opentopped. TFC? Nope. Need to get close and personal and pray to not get cut down with a 2w 2+ powerfist dude with an overwatching flamer.

That being said. if earthshakers is what you are after (the basilisk gun), artillery carriages are generally a better source for it.
not mobile, but cheaper and questionably tougher.

All that being said, if you don't mind dumping some more serious points but don't want to buy artillery carriages. . .

You could go for the artillery company with a CCS, 2 units of either Bassilisks, Wyrvens, or Hyrdras, and a Deathstrike or Manticore.

Now you can give any of them pinning, monster hunter/tank hunter, or ignores cover. Ignores cover AAA is pretty handy for swatting away lighter flyers, or ignores cover S9 AP 3 large blasts. The Deathstrike is a little wonky but can be an excellent piece of bait, or if it's ignored can do some heavy damage to an army (S10 AP 1 Ignores cover Apocalyptic Barrage can do that), or the better reliability of a Manticore.

But depending on loadout that is a lot of points (535 min if you go for bassilisks/Deathstrike, 415 if Wyrvens/Deathstrike) But if your opponent doesn't deal with them then they get rained on every turn and the rest of your army can do something useful.