Gresiloth Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Do you guys think it's worth paying the extra points to give Cultists the MoN? I'm not talking about the zombies which Typhus unlocks, but just the standard troops choice. Toughness 4 certainly has its appeal statistically, but they are still going to wither to any concentrated fire, and the Mark gets fairly expensive if you start giving it to big mobs of guys. Perhaps they're therefore best used as stripped down, cheap and cheerful(ish) scoring units, leaving your PMs to do the real work? I do however think it seems well worth upgrading to Autoguns (unless your goal is to foot slog them forward and bog things up in combat I guess). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compgeek1602 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Absolutely. The ability to take a model as tough as a space marine for a grand total of 6 pts is utterly amazing. Things that should wipe them out just don't. I use two 21-man blocks of cultists with MoN and I love how resilient they are. Especially combined with a Sorcerer with Biomancy, since he can often give them FNP, although obviously not every single time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haunter! Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 If you want a solid, durable squad sitting on an objective, MoN can give you some great mileage. You won't get that good of a return on anything else other than MoK on a squad moving with an Apostle into close combat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azekai Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 In most cases I would not mark them, since more bodies is better than marginally higher toughness and the MoN makes 'cheap' blobs expensive. The one notable exception is in Tallyman lists, where the MoN gets you many other benefits besides the +1 T (big blobs of cultists ignoring armor is hilarious!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I concur with whythre, despite the higher toughness, the poor save means they're still not gonig to last that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurglez Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I also agree, I've been using 2x10 squads of cultists with a flamer in my force, and for 110 points they do what I expect. Adding even more points on to that for +1 toughness while still having a 6+ save doesn't seem that great to me (after I tried it and they died just as quickly). In a Epideimus list they might be worth while, but as I don't feel like trying a 1 trick pony list, I shall keep my cultists naked (apart from a flamer that is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Mark of Tzeentch all the way. Nah, they're fine naked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUTHEX Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Naked as is the way, why waste points on them? I just won a small tournament using them solely as objective grabbers while my plague marines did the business. In all the games they killed a grand total of two marines but held nearly all my objectives. Cheap and nasty, just what a cultist should be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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