Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Greetings All. I have a Manticore that has served me well in the past, but with its points increase and the Deathstrike buffs, I am seriously considering rebuilding it into a Deathstrike missile.
Is this the right decision? Here are the advantages of each in comparison to one another as far as I can tell:

Manticore:
-4 turns of shooting as opposed to 1
-More reliable (No roll to fire)

Deathstrike:
-Cheaper (160 as opposed to 170)
-AP 1 as opposed to 4
-More survivable (Side AV 12 as opposed to 10 and ignores crew stunned/shaken)

What do you guys think?

This would be better in 40k general discussion, this is for posting your army lists. In my opinion, in a small game, the manticore is better, its more versatile, yiu get D3 large blasts each time you fire and it is still strength 10. In a larger game, the apocalypse blast on the deathstrike is really good, but it is just one shot for 160 pts and you're not guaranteed that you will ever get to fire it. With the armour,the low side armour on the manticore can be negated by clever positioning, and both get struck at armour 10 in close combat, so the armour difference is inconsquential in my opinion.

Manticore pretty much wins out.