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Hello
I am finishing mine Tyrranocite, and I ponder what unit is best to drop via it.
( I Do not have /plan to have Dimachedton.)

From my experience, a Tyrannofex works well. It will force your opponent to focus his good AP weappns on that.

Apart from that, a Toxicrene is a solid chooce as well if you can drop into cover.

Devil guants are great, as are dakkfexes. I like zoanthropes or even hive guard for anti tank. Basically any of our shooting units are excellent choices. Heck, even pyrovores become better with a Tyranocyte.

I don't like pure assault units, as you have to get good reserve rolls, and then wait an additional turn to assault. So turn 3 at the earliest. Only exception I would make would maybe be a tervigon as they can also spawn and get their psychic phase.

I prefer a unit of 20 Termagants all armed with Devourers, or a Carnifex armed with two Twinlinked Brainleech Devourers. Usually the latter.

15x devourer wielding gaunts is a solid choice, I have found though they have a tendancy to fluff on arrival then get exterminated by blasts. If you are running genecult and are lucky enough to get 'invisibility' then I can see this unit being very annoying to remove.

whirlwindstruggle wrote:
15x devourer wielding gaunts is a solid choice, I have found though they have a tendancy to fluff on arrival then get exterminated by blasts. If you are running genecult and are lucky enough to get 'invisibility' then I can see this unit being very annoying to remove.

I like full squads of 20 devilguants. Statistically they put out enough firepower to take down 5 marines in a single round of shooting. Back in 5th edition/ early 6th edition, I ran just such a squad. They were the work horses in my army. Now in 7th, our ground presence can't stand up to Titans or mega Death Stars, so I tend to either take to the air or go MSU. Still, they are one of my favorite Tyranid units to run.

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