The Transcendent Ctan is actually a collection of shards so it is not a full Ctan. Nevertheless this thing is one hell of a beast. Lets look at it in closer detail:
First off you will notice that this thing costs a little over 400 points standard and it is a GARGANTUAN CREATURE. So you get a slew of extra rules like Feel No Pain and more. Now lets look at this statline that made my jaw drop.
WS:6 BS:6 S:9 T:9 W:6 I:5 A:8 LD:10 Sv 3+/4++
That right there isincredible. This thing can easily slug it out with greater Daemons or Tyranid monsters. But thats not the best part.
The Cyan MUST choose 2 from the 6 powers you can get from the Tesseract Vault but the point costs are still the same. However the Ctan also MUST pick 1 of 3 unique powers. The one you SHOULD ALWAYS take is the one I'm only going to be saying now.
Basically in the movement phase, the Cyan can move 18 inches in a straight line. Anything that the Ctan moves over ( friend or foe)takes an immediate DESTROYER hit! But it cannot assault in the turn it does this sadly. Wow that is brutal. Imagine the potential of this unit!
Move 18 inches inflicting D hits than firing your2 other powers. So fly over and get those D hits, then fire a 6d6 Strength 8 ap 3 shots or cast down meteors or use the other Destroyer weapon...there is just so much devastation you can cause with this its ridiculous.
Now a word of caution! Keep this away from anything with Destroyer weapons because the Ctan will get NO SAVES OF ANY KIND. Also when this thing finally dies everything within 4d6 is going to die most likely so keep ypur precious units away from this!
But the Transcendent Ctan is easily the best unit for the Necrons in this book. However it willcost you over 700 points to do the tactics i mentioned. For any Necron players tht have extra Ctan like the Nightbringer or Deceiver, I see no reason why you can use them as these beasts. Really go nuts. These things are awesome.
I plan to building my vault with the Deceiver in it as he is always messing with people. That will leave the transcendent Ctan free to kill all.
ReplyDeleteWell I can tell you that is going to be a bit of a technical challenge because the Deceiver is a bigger model than the actual shard that comes in the kit. But I'd love to see it when its done!
DeleteI'm still working of magnatizing so I can make a vault and obelisk with one kit.
If you look closely at the Deceiver and cut off the inch or so of ribbon that is holding him off the ground it should be fairly close to the same.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious as to how you intend on mounting the the deceiver to keep it suspended. The Vault actually holds together fairly without gluing the 4 sides and without the flying base. But like I said I want to magnatize so I'm not gluing anything for a while.
DeleteBut I think the deceivers pose would go great inside the vault.
DeleteI got to get a new deciver fine cast model to work with. Now that I got booth models side by side. The Deciver from the foot to the top of its head is smaller that the Transcendent Catan from foot to head. As for the mounting point I am still working on it. I will be happy to send you some pics as the model comes together and where I put the magnets.
DeleteWow. Thatd be awesome! You can send them at ciaphis@gmail.com
DeleteGargantuan creatures can't be instantly killed. Destroyer weapons will only cause one wound to an unsaved Transcendant C'Tan. Attacks that would cause instant death via the instant death rules will cause D3 wounds to gargantuan creatures.
ReplyDeleteYou need to read the new rules. Instead of having ID, they do a bunch of wounds. A roll of 6 to wound becomes 6+d6 wounds - an instant kill.
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