Blackspine Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Hello all, Recently, I wanted to break out the Chimera, but am hesitant. The big con is : Hitting on 4+ for almost every attack. Second con: Degrades quickly; then stabilizes. (Degrading fast after 2 wounds) That's not horrible, but for the price of the monster, it seems dicey (no pun intended) PROS: lots of attacks. low to high rend (-3 before 2 wounds) fast: Flight does not degrade. +2 to charge. pretty solid. Ideally, this guy is to launch out behind enemy lines when the battle is engaged, and just put pressure on casters/ objective holding units (ie, second rate) and just do his own thing in own time. Thoughts? Experiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themortalgod Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 For its points the Chimera is awesome. Especially in a beasts army as it fills a role that that is one of Beast's weaknesses. While the shooting attack does degrade quickly it is one off your only reliable sources of mortal wounds to target enemy heroes. This makes it incredibly valuable when an opponent's power is built around bonuses from heroes. Furthermore, yeah, 4+ isn't great but since you have so many of them the median damage output from a Chimera is still really good for its pts cost. Personally, I think it is easily the most powerful behemoth in the Beasts book and I wouldn't be surprised to see 4 Chimera lists on top tables sometime this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackspine Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 I would love to see four chimeras as well. Don't encourage me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themortalgod Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 18 hours ago, Blackspine said: I would love to see four chimeras as well. Don't encourage me... hahah well if you want some variation the forge world warpfire dragon is the same pts and statistically does almost the same damage. It basically fills the exact same role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackspine Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 Quadmera or bust. (would not win, but would be so damn fun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popisdead Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 It was the hotness in September. I missed the shooting attack profile when I used mine and felt it was 100% uninspiring in CC (yay 4+ to hit which feels like a 6+). I haven't seen a list with one after the first month of chimera-spam-hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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