Robot boy toughter the herald of Nurgle!

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**Xav**

I was realy annoyed when the space marines codex came out and Chaplin cassuis aka robot boy is tougher then the Herald of Nurgle?
i dont see how that works,anyone else shine some light on it?

**Kid_Kyoto**

The only answer I have is that the Ultramarines have been subverted by chaos and in 6th edition we'll see all their new superpowers are just foreshadowing.

I mean what else makes sense?

**Xav**

Its like a guardsman being tougher then a space marine.

**Flashman**

I like it. It's characterful and not really that big a deal. T6 and W2, doesn't make you superhuman. And anyway, he is a special character after all.

**Typeline**

Flashman wrote:I like it. It's characterful and not really that big a deal. T6 and W2, doesn't make you superhuman. And anyway, he is a special character after all.

Typhus is Nurgles Chosen IC and only has tough 5. He is in power armor which makes up for it. But He doesn't even have base 5, it's the marks bumped 5. Typhus still gets insta-killed by anything 8 and up.

**1hadhq**

Xav wrote:I was realy annoyed when the space marines codex came out and Chaplin cassuis aka robot boy is tougher then the Herald of Nurgle?
i dont see how that works,anyone else shine some light on it?

1) he's a robot.
2) since the author of C: SM explained that "UM are the best marines ever" ,its obviously available to a smurf => T6
3) only a UM dedicated to nurgle would have T6, because 2).

**Xav**

3) only a UM dedicated to nurgle would have T6.

So ur saying cassuis is a heretic?
Can i use him in my Deathguard army?

**1hadhq**

Xav wrote:

3) only a UM dedicated to nurgle would have T6.

So your saying Cassuis is a heretic and he's now a robot nurgle UM?
So can i use him in my deathguard army?

**Xav**

but if im correct typhus fully imbraced nurgle and his plagues and hes having a hell of a time spreading plagues.

P.S Nothing can overcome nurgle's plague! I still love cheese.

**1hadhq**

Xav wrote:but if im correct typhus fully imbraced nurgle and his plagues and hes having a hell of a time spreading plagues.

P.S Nothing can overcome nurgle's plague! I still love cheese.

Maybe nurgle (or his eldar-virus-test-candidate-goddes) knows a cure?

**Xav**

I doubt Typhus would want a cure and that would mean Nurgle would have to find a new champion and he seems pretty content with the one he's got.

**Railguns**

Isn't Cassius described as mostly bionics, hence his T6? Then why the heck isn't Huron Blackheart T6? He's half bionics. It even describes how the captain of a Space Wolves ship repeatedly beat on him with a frost blade and caused no damage.

**Xav**

Railguns wrote:Isn't Cassius described as mostly bionics, hence his T6? Then why the heck isn't Huron Blackheart T6? He's half bionics. It even describes how the captain of a Space Wolves ship repeatedly beat on him with a frost blade and caused no damage.

And typhus should be twice as tough as both of them.

**Typeline**

Railguns wrote:Isn't Cassius described as mostly bionics, hence his T6? Then why the heck isn't Huron Blackheart T6? He's half bionics. It even describes how the captain of a Space Wolves ship repeatedly beat on him with a frost blade and caused no damage.

Because Huron doesn't have the right bionics he has crap CSM bionics not super fu UM bionics. It's the same reason UM all have 2 extra slots in their vehicles. They use super fu to build them better and don't fill them up with skulls like CSMs.

**Xav**

Typeline wrote:
Railguns wrote:Isn't Cassius described as mostly bionics, hence his T6? Then why the heck isn't Huron Blackheart T6? He's half bionics. It even describes how the captain of a Space Wolves ship repeatedly beat on him with a frost blade and caused no damage.

Because Huron doesn't have the right bionics he has crap CSM bionics not super fu UM bionics. It's the same reason UM all have 2 extra slots in their vehicles. They use super fu to build them better and don't fill them up with skulls like CSMs.

I always thought they filled there extra slots up with slaves to torture on the journey, its like saying the machine gods are tougher then nurgle!

p.s there are such things of machine gods?

**1hadhq**

Typeline wrote:
Railguns wrote:Isn't Cassius described as mostly bionics, hence his T6? Then why the heck isn't Huron Blackheart T6? He's half bionics. It even describes how the captain of a Space Wolves ship repeatedly beat on him with a frost blade and caused no damage.

Because Huron doesn't have the right bionics he has crap CSM bionics not super fu UM bionics. It's the same reason UM all have 2 extra slots in their vehicles. They use super fu to build them better and don't fill them up with skulls like CSMs.

@ Xav:

machine god = Omnissiah , venerated by the ad mech. T = unknown.
But a C'tan has T 8 -> a star-god is touger than nurgle's servants

**Xav**

well a star-god is a GOD so thats ok, but cassuis is just a joke.

**Tri**

no whats a joke is hes only few more then a regular chaplin

**Xav**

yeh 25 points more for toughness 6 a master-crafted combi-flamer, its madness i tell you, he should atleast be altered 6 T.

**Tri**

you missed feel no pain ... every one does ... any model thats T6 and has feel no pain should be nearly 200pts in CC theres F! all that can wound this guy ... and then he just shrugs it off

**Nofasse 'Eadhunta**

He's absolutely nasty for what he costs, maybe even as nasty as Kharne the Betrayer o_0

**KingCracker**

thats seriously LAME! im talking L.A.M.E. LAME! seriously youd think that the CHAMPION of a chaos god would be WAY past badass. seriously a well known chaplain being better is just slowed. yet another reason i HATE UM!!

**Nofasse 'Eadhunta**

KingCracker wrote:thats seriously LAME! im talking L.A.M.E. LAME! seriously youd think that the CHAMPION of a chaos god would be WAY past badass. seriously a well known chaplain being better is just slowed. yet another reason i HATE UM!!

Hey look on the bright side, another Special Character for Abbadon to make short work of.

**Sgt.Roadkill**

tbh in the background the dude survie being nomed by a tyranid monsterous creature, and that automaticlaly make him A) harder and B) more manly than typhus who lets face it is just a blob of crap in armour

**Xav**

Sgt.Roadkill wrote:tbh in the background the dude survie being nomed by a tyranid monsterous creature, and that automaticlaly make him A) harder and B) more manly than typhus who lets face it is just a blob of crap in armour

A very tough blob of crap for your information, boohoo typhus could survive and kill a canifix and cassuis is just an old chaplin with a new hip.

**1hadhq**

Xav wrote:
A very tough = 4 (5) stinkin and rottin blob of crap for your information, boohoo typhus could not survive a caninifix and cassius is just an UM chaplin with a new hip, which gets im T 6 (UM = ultratough)

Fixed your typo

**Dreadwinter**

I am no fan of the Ultramarines though. But lets face it, Dante has been around for awhile. He almost rivals Dante in age. So he should know pretty much what he is doing. Not to mention he isnt even Human anymore. DAMN ROBOTICS ARE TAKING OVER THE IMPERIUM!

**Orkeosaurus**

Dreadwinter wrote:lets face it, Dante has been around for awhile. He almost rivals Dante in age.

He does?
Wow, he must be old!

**Railguns**

Yeah? Typhus was aboard the Terminus Est during the Heresy. 10,000 years ago. Age is not a factor.

**Dreadwinter**

Orkeosaurus wrote:
Dreadwinter wrote:lets face it, Dante has been around for awhile. He almost rivals Dante in age.

He does?
Wow, he must be old!

Well not really. Upon closer inspection, Dante would probably consider Cassius a little child at only 400 years old. Dante having ruled the Blood Angels for 1100 years. I was way off.

Either way, I think they are trying to say Robo-Men > Plague-Men

Or they just haven't gotten around to upgrading Typhus to 5th Edition?

I dunno.....