Fondant said:
it must have been a very weak Hive Tyrant then. Took me 50 conscripts and a commissar to kill off a carnifex once (being backhanded by the commissar along with the outnumbering bonus- killed the thing dead in two turns).
But the kroot are the worst counterassault troops in the history of 40K. Which means that the Tau are at a greater disadvantage than even the imperial guard in close-combat.
I will admit it only had one wound left (since I had shot it up before it got to me, I rolled well but even statistically that's 67 hits, of which about 23 will hit and that will probably leave 4 wounds (rolling slightly above average) which statistically will kill any model with one wound left, however I rolled freaking awesome and had 26 wounds. Kroot are better counter assault troops than fire warriors are I assure you that, also never underestimate 30 str4 attacks (base) from a bunch of kroot Emperor of mankind forbid I were to do something like buy hounds or more kroot (or both as I like to do) they seem fairly effective against Dark Eldar lords (with a cheese factor of 5 at least) Ork Warbosses and Meganobs, or Chaos terminators and Greater demons (even when they didn't suck), and yes I have killed ALL of those with no more than 10 kroot, not the same 10 kroot but 10 kroot nonetheless. Oh yeah and a squad of kroot will eat your guardsmen's lunch. Admittedly, for me at least, the kroot seem to disregard statistics in favor of winning, but I'm not the only person at my store that has realized that kroot are awesome so it isn't just me.
I've seen 2 carnifex(es,i, carnifices? what is the plural of carnifex?) die to las pistols, so weird happens.
