Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Apocalypse (section)

====[[Hierophant]] pg223====
[[File:Hierophant Nid.jpg|400px|thumb|right|The biggest pile of nom nom you can buy.]]
The hierophant is the most dangerous titan for its price point. Bar none. It has a fulltime 5+ invulnerability save and a 2+ normal save. It's toughness 8. It's fast and its guns pump out '''A LOT''' of shots. It's also lethal in melee. It has been drastically scaled back from 8th edition, with all its attacks dealing less damage, but it now costs less  than half the price, meaning you can bring two of them for 2000 points. By itself it will happily fight a warhound titan, and although it won't win (its guns are too short range at only 48") it will survive long enough to wipe out its void shields and do some damage on top.

If there are no other titans about then the hierophant can quite happily just running around murdering everything in all phases. Buy one, and you won't be dissapointed.

The hierophant (and harridan) both come with an interesting ability called frenzied metabolism. At the cost of taking mortal wounds, both units add 1 to their wound roles with their ranged weapons for a phase. This is better than normal plasma, as unless you would wound the target on a 2+ already it represents a definite increase in damage. The increased damage for this is shown separately.

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! - !! - !! Warhound !! Warlord !! Heriophant !! Phantom !! Baneblade !! Land Raider !! Rhino !! Imperial Knight !! Guilliman !! Custodian !! Guardsman !! Space Marine
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! Weapon !! Stats !! T8 W50 2+/5++ RInvuln, 2 VS !!  T9 W120 2+/5++ RInvuln, 8 VS !! T8 W34 2+/5++ !!  T9 W60 3+/4++ RInvuln !! T8 W26 3+ !! T8 W16 2+ !! T7 W10 3+ !! T8 W24 3+/5++ vs ranged !! T6 W9 2+/3++ !! T5 W3 2+/4++ !! T3 W1 5+ !! T4 W2 3+
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| Bio-Plasma Torrent || 12" Assault2D6 S7 ap-3 D1 auto hit || (0.51)1.55 || (0.51)1.55 || 1.55 || 1.16 || 1.94 || 1.55 || 2.91 || 1.55 || 1.55 || ('''2.33''')2.33 || '''5.83''' || ('''3.88''')3.88
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| Dire Bio-Cannon || 48" Heavy8 S10 ap-3 D3 || ('''2.37''')'''7.11''' || ('''2.37''')'''7.11''' || '''7.11''' || '''5.33''' || '''8.88''' || '''7.11''' || '''8.88''' || '''7.11''' || '''3.55''' || (2.22)'''6.66''' || 4.44 || (3.70)'''11.11'''
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| Bio-Plasma Torrent (Frenzied Metabolism) || 12" Assault2D6 S7 ap-3 D1 auto hit +1 to wound || (0.77)2.33 || (0.77)2.33 || 2.33 || 1.75 || 2.91 || 2.33 || 3.88 || 2.33 || 1.94 || (2.91)2.91 || 5.83 || (4.86)4.86
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| Dire Bio-Cannon (Frenzied Metabolism) || 48" Heavy8 S10 ap-3 D3 +1 to wound || (2.96)8.88 || (2.96)8.88 || 8.88 || 6.66 || 11.11 || 8.88 || 11.11 || 8.88 || 4.44 || (2.22)6.66 || 4.44 || (3.70)11.11
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| Gargantuan Scything Talons || Melee6 S10 ap-3 D6 reroll 1's to hit || '''12.44''' || '''12.44''' || '''12.44''' || '''15.55''' || '''15.55''' || '''12.44''' || '''15.55''' || '''15.55''' || '''6.22''' || ('''1.94''')'''11.66''' || '''3.88''' || ('''3.24''')'''19.44'''
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| Lashwhip Pods || Melee10 S5 ap-1 D1 (10 extra attacks made with this weapon) || 0.74 || 0.74 || 0.74 || 1.11 || 1.11 || 0.74 || 1.11 || 1.11 || 0.74 || (1.66)1.66 || 3.70 || (2.22)2.22
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