Kraken v. Sepulcher - Which one would you choose?

Kraken's Advantages:

1) Kraken has longer ranges. Extra 3" on the main gun and an extra 2" on the side gun. The Kraken also has a larger AoE.

2) Kraken hits harder. The main gun hits at +1 pow & Kraken's main gun and melee attacks get stronger as it collects corpses.

3) Kraken can fuel itself by turning Corpses into Focus if it doesn't need the extra hitting power.

4) Kraken can take a shot with the big gun after killing something in melee.

Sepulcher's Advantages

1) Side Guns hit harder with +1 pow & Burst Fire, and can potentially generate more shots.

2) Arcing Fire & Crit Paralysis on main gun

3) Minor utilities with Pull & Death Industry

Personally I'd go with the Kraken every time. The Sepulcher's advantages mostly minor, where the Kraken has a lot of good. Pull doesn't really matter when you're only pulling models you can already attack. What is a Cryx colossal charging that's pullable & that you're going to fail to kill in one activation? It's not like the Sepulcher has a second weapon that only has 1" reach. Crit Paralysis is good, but it's a Crit you can't count on especially since you only get one chance to hit it a turn. While the side guns are definitely better on the Sepulcher, they're much shorter ranged and need you to play your gun platform up closer than you'd have to play a Kraken. Death Industry is bad. Even if Mechanithralls got fully buffed back to their Mark2 status the ability would be bad. 4" enemy only corpse collection is not good on a utility ability. When the Kraken collects corpses at that range it gets to use them immediately to buff its power. The Sepulcher needs to wait a turn before the Thralls it creates get to do anything, assuming it can even create Thralls that turn. Created Thralls need to be in formation, and Mechanithralls are CMD 8 at best and 5 at worst. If there's no unit leader nearby it'll be a full 2 turns before the corpses you collect turn into offensive power.

Thanks for the replies. This makes sense. So given I have access to a Kraken at will, there wouldnt even be a reason to own one (outside wanting it to be personally mine,) because having it permanently a Kraken (not magnetized) is okay.

Plus again, Kraken is just overall a better choice when going into say a SR not knowing exactly what you may face.

I basically agree with everything Deller said and I have played both, especially the fact that the corpse mechanic on the Sepulcher basically doesn't exist is a tough one, because you really don't want it in melee, as, unlike the Kraken, then it can't shoot at all. The low range on its guns is also really harsh, putting a Colossal within 10" of something is usually a death sentence.

Maybe if it could also boost its strength with Corpse Tokens, but then instead of being able to turn it into focus, you choose to make Mechanithralls, it would be slightly better, at least it would be able to kill something unassisted.

But you can't spawn them until you make it to melee, since he only gathers within 4" and not from friendlies. That last one is the real finisher.

I was actually hoping that a Cryx theme list for mechanithralls would give some love to the Sepulcher. Infernal Machines didn't do that, so I'm not sure what will help our poor Sepulcher.