Carnifex is BROKEN?

A Fex in synapse range is immune to instant death. So let me know how that force weapon works out for you.

Umm... If you actually bothered to read the entry on page 28 of the nid codex it specifically says "Tyranids within Synapse range as described above (including the Synapse Creature itself) are immune to the effects of Instant Death caused by weapons with a strength double the creature's Toughness." Now last i checked a force weapon is not insta-killing due to the strength of the weapon, therefore, to answer your question, force weapons work very well for me against a fex. You know what works even better? Reading my opponents codexes and understanding how they work. You should try it sometime

Well the codex says only weapons with twice the strength, but the faq says otherwise. Oh well so much for that. Btw thx for the flames guys.

sikosgprez wrote:

A Fex in synapse range is immune to instant death. So let me know how that force weapon works out for you.

Umm... If you actually bothered to read the entry on page 28 of the nid codex it specifically says "Tyranids within Synapse range as described above (including the Synapse Creature itself) are immune to the effects of Instant Death caused by weapons with a strength double the creature's Toughness." Now last i checked a force weapon is not insta-killing due to the strength of the weapon, therefore, to answer your question, force weapons work very well for me against a fex. You know what works even better? Reading my opponents codexes and understanding how they work. You should try it sometime

You know we can't read. It's not nice making fun of another person's infirmity.

Alright sisko or w/e. No egging on consider the topic of insta deat/force weapons closed. Back to the topic at hand are FEX's broken?

For the record...a Force weapon first has to cause an UNSAVED wound. Since a force weapon wounds on the users strength, that means it typically wounds a 'Fex on a 6+. Chances are the 'Fex has a 2+ save. So good luck with that. Secondly, the FAQ clearly states that "Tyranids within Synapse range as described above (including the Synapse Creature itself) are not affected by the Instant Death rule. Note that this does not apply to Ripper Swarms." This means that a 'Fex within synapse range is immune to the instant death rule. On pg. 50 of the rules, it states under Force Weapons "This power has no effect against vehicles, MODELS THAT ARE IMMUNE TO INSTANT DEATH, and any other model that does not have a Wound value."

So, as I stated before, GOOD LUCK with that.

Reading. It's a fundamental.

Well said, sir Chuck. I just think the greatest thing I got out of this was that someone thinks that there is a past tense (or any tense for that matter) of a noun! Tenses apply to verbs. Fex, fax, fux, whatever. It's a noun. So "fex" and only "fex." And your english wasn't wrong, your GRAMMAR was INCORRECT. That and the "I" that was left lowercase, and the lack of punctuation. I can't go on. I feel my intelligence being sucked into the void...

For the record, with the new Codex, the new 'Fex isn't broken. Or it is, but in the sense that it isn't the Beastie that it once was. Gone is the Eternal Warrior. Gone is the 2+ Save. Gone is the Effective Dakka. All that is left is an expensive shadow of what once was the King of the Beasts.

I deam this conversation moot. Due to the New Tyranid codex which removed both the Fex's 2+ save & Eternal Warrior from the Tyranid Synapse rules. On to bigger & better things!

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