Tyranid Unit of the Week 10th Ed Raveners

[Brother Nathan]

++Raveners++

 

 

a rarely spotted unit how do we rate it. is it a sleeper unit? or should it burrow deeper... thoughts

 

• To compliment a list, or to build a list around? Will the beta rules affect your list(s)? And at what points restrictions?
• What size unit? Will you be running multiple units?
• What Enhancements, Hyper Adaptations and Stratagems do you prefer and how much does it depend on the above choices?
• Are you buffing this unit? If so, how

Edited Wednesday at 09:37 AM by Xenith

[Xenith]

I'd initially overlooked these - they are at a similar price point to Lictors, VRL's and a couple of other things, and I initially felt that VRL's with infiltrate and strike first would be better at getting into combat, however a revisit make me rethink.

 

Raveners have native deepstrike and the ability to dissappear from the table into DS at the end of the opponent's turn, which is a HUGE thing in 10th. The fact that you can pop them off the table, wait to see what secondary you draw then deepstrike them into the right place is invaluable, and I might try to get 2 units into the army if I can. 7A Twin Linked is also nothing to sniff at, and they will mulch through GEQ. 

[Brother Nathan]

I also think an underestimated unit that likely has a lot of potential. Can we mix and match weapons and the improved armour?  

This unit i could see doing much more if we loose the spore and ripper options...

[Zoatibix]

The App got very shirty with me when I tried. It doesn’t like a unit of half-and-half Fleshborer and Devourer Termagants, either.

 

I have brain fog at the moment, but wording that contains ‘all’ with ‘each’ and ‘may’ just seems ambiguous. 
 

 

[Xenith]

I'd assumed you had to swap them all