Editing Defiler (section)

==Overview==
[[Image:Defiled.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Interestingly, [[Dark Eldar|it looks like they are making out some weird mechanical mating ritual...kinky]]]]
The Defiler is a powerful beast. By default it's got as much armor as a Dreadnought, has 2 <strike>Dreadnought Close-Combat weapons</strike> [[Power weapon#Defiler Power Claw|''Defiler'' power claws]], a [[Battle Cannon]], a [[Reaper Autocannon]], and a [[Heavy Flamer]] - quite a bundle of weapons for both close-combat and ranged assaults. Even better, it's highly upgradeable - the Reaper Autocannon can be replaced with a [[Twin-Linked]] [[Heavy Bolter]] (for shredding infantry) or [[Twin-Linked]] [[Lascannon]] (for vehicle-busting). It can also exchange its Heavy Flamer for a [[Havoc Launcher]], enabling it to launch reasonably-effective frag missiles out to a long distance for additional fire-support. Additionally, you can tack a second Havoc Launcher on the side to flick some extra rockets. To make it even better it's been given Daemonic Possession, which means it's almost immune to Crew Shaken/Crew Stunned results, and has a 5+ invulnerable save. Topping it all off, it has solid armor (AV 12 front and side armor), with only its rear armor being a vulnerable point (AV 10) and 4 hull points, giving it some pretty decent staying power.

Alternately, it can exchange the Reaper Autocannon for an additional power claw, giving it +1 attack for each, and giving it a walloping 5 attacks on-the-charge. He can also exchange Heavy Flamers for a [[Power weapon#Power Scourge|power scourge]], which could add another +1A (if you chose to use it's profile- its "only" S8 compared to the claws S10), and also lowers the WS of enemy models in BtB contact, which is cool, considering Defilers own pathetic WS3. Paired with the fact that it has '''Fleet''', this makes the Defiler capable of causing serious damage to anything unfortunate enough to get caught up in its crabby claws, especially commander units and vehicles.

Whether you use it as a shooty walker, a melee-only walker, or some blend between the two (it can easily pull double-duty), the <strike>Giant Enemy Crab</strike> Defiler is guaranteed to be [[Distraction carnifex|a giant fire-magnet]], and enemies will devote truly [[Derp|retarded]] amounts of weaponry in an effort to [[meme|hit its weak-point for massive damage]]. Unless they have a Lascannon type weapon, then they just one shot the damned thing, since it's not hard to land a shot on the back from far enough away.

In its standard configuration, it is good at every task but it doesn't exactly excel at any of them. It will lose out if made to compete against a more specialized vehicle of its size. So it will be outdone at long and medium range by a hellfire dreadnought, out-artillery'd by a basilisk or whirlwind, and out-melee'd by a crushing claw carnifex or pair of deffdread (you can field two with 4 DCCW's and riggers for exactly same points). But it makes up for this by being able to perform just about every needed task with the exception of anti-air duty, and if it has [[Twin-Linked]] [[Autocannon]]s or [[Lascannon]]s even this is debatable, though the lack of the anti-air rule hurts quite a bit. Mind, when dealing with actual Forge World-made aircraft, a Havoc Squad full of Autocannons or Flak Missile Launchers is usually the best option for the points, since Chaos lacks any dedicated anti-air vehicles, heldrake notwithstanding.