boozy
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Post by boozy on Mar 23, 2019 19:51:11 GMT
It was an amazing run, especially f0r those of us that owned 1-2 in the MKII days. Patience paid off.
Most Skorne lists now revolve around the other BE, and for good reasons.
Is anyone competing at a high level and still using the derps as their go-to list?
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Post by Dirhavel on Mar 25, 2019 8:04:51 GMT
I disagree. Just look at the recent top tournament lists there ( www.discountgamesinc.com/tournaments) to get a glimpse of this. Makeda3 is almost always taken with at least one derp, and so are Xerxis2 and Rasheth among the most popular lists. The difference nowadays is that you don't *need* double derp turtle in both lists to be competitive, but they’re still incredibly efficient models that take buffs super well. I don’t see derps losing any of their competitive edge anytime soon, but since the CID there’s many more competitive options so you have some compelling alternatives. |
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Cyel
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Post by Cyel on Mar 25, 2019 11:20:25 GMT
Yes, the turtle's still crazy efficient for the points but I guess people just got bored of them a bit and there are other, similarly strong options in the faction.
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gordo
Junior Strategist
My star is green?
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Post by gordo on Mar 25, 2019 12:45:03 GMT
The problem is that most Derp lists don't bring some of the "niche" tech needed to win. They have no anti healing, no anti tough, no anti magic, nothing to stop soul collection... Also every few months shooting gets worse as they release YET ANOTHER ultra cheap shield guard unit, each one getting progressively better.
So is the turtle still great? Yes, but thanks to the meta state we don't care.
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Post by drillbossd on Jun 9, 2020 19:56:25 GMT
I don't feel like I want to run two all the time now, but they are still good. I think we have options to bring the niche tech (e.g. Void Archons and Orin in Disciples) if needed. I'm running one with Morghoul3 right now and it's pretty fun with Occultation.
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pgrexy
Baby's First Wargame
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Post by pgrexy on Jun 10, 2020 16:56:34 GMT
^^^Basically this. Turtles are still good in the right list, but we're no longer the faction of turtles.
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Post by Charistoph on Jun 11, 2020 4:41:42 GMT
I noticed the biggest change when the statues became viable.
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