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They have tons of wounds and people say use it to preoccupy dangerous units. But then what? Do I charge with everyone to get rid of that strong unit or just ignore it? Right now it seems like a waste of points and the only reason to use it is to prevent losing points from that strong unit... is there a better tactic to using these bugs?

A more difficult post would be "How do I not use Nurglings effectively"

Drop them near the enemy infantry. It can be assault infantry, shooting infantry, whatever. Then charge them. If you end up winning massacre and charge someone else. If you end up losing the game is likely over by the time your last nurgling pops. The description of Nurglings as just a tarpit is misleading, they will outfight an equal points value of Genestealers. Just think of them as incredible tough assault infantry that deep strikes.

40kenthusiast wrote:A more difficult post would be "How do I not use Nurglings effectively"

Drop them near the enemy infantry. It can be assault infantry, shooting infantry, whatever. Then charge them. If you end up winning massacre and charge someone else. If you end up losing the game is likely over by the time your last nurgling pops. The description of Nurglings as just a tarpit is misleading, they will outfight an equal points value of Genestealers. Just think of them as incredible tough assault infantry that deep strikes.

5th supposedly say swarms arent scoring units then wouldnt they be less worth it? also, what is a good unit number for them to be worth it?