Okay, where was I?
Oh yeah, price war. So here we are. "In this corner..."
Thousand Son's Sorcerer, without whom the Sons kinda go to crap. He comes standard with a force weapon, which is nice (power weapon, potential for instant death) and a bolt pistol with Inferno Bolts (so one shot with AP3, which is nice but maybe you want to use a psychic shooting attack). He is also fearless and has a 4+ invuln save (very nice). But you still have to pay for his spell. Stats:
WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Sv | Pts |
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3+/4+ | 60 |
"And in this corner..."
(He already looks tougher.)
Genestealer Broodlord, which is an upgrade you can add to your already deadly outflanking close-combat death unit. In addition to his far superior stats (including three wounds rather than just one), he comes standard with two psychic powers (no additional cost), rending, fleet, infiltrate, and move through cover (along with his unit). You can also upgrade him with some pretty inexpensive bioweapons. His stats:
WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Sv | Pts |
7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4+ | 60 |
So what do you think? Both cost a base of 60 points. The sorcerer is going to end up costing 70 to 90, has a ranged attack, a more potent psychic power, ignores armor in close combat, and an invuln save. The broodlord has no ranged attack but kills in close combat and rends there, has 2 lesser powers, and takes three wounds. Really it's a close call on the value, but i'm thinking the three wounds tips the scale quite a bit. I say the Broodlord wins this Price War!
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