The Pychophage

The Pychophage Will Eat Your Brain (and Then the Rest of You)

Alright!  Finally we get a better look at this thing.  I was a little frustrated they hadn't just posted the rest of the datasheets when they released the Battle Report.  But I guess we're getting it now!

Or not . . .  I'm pretty sure these are the weapon reveals from the Battle Report . . .

So I guess I didn't talk about them really there, so let's look at them now.  The talons and betentacled maw looks like your standard anti-infantry fair.  But it comes with ANTI-PSYKER 2+ and DEVASTATING WOUNDS.  This obviously means it will be great against its favorite food source, but it also gives it some play into larger targets.

The psychoclastic torrent on the other hand is a slightly stronger form of the flamer fair we've seen so far.  At S6, I'm pretty sure it wounds any infantry we've seen on 4s or better.  Might be a potential target for Overwatch to help keep smaller units from tying it up.

The thing that really makes this a menace is Feeding Frenzy, which gives +1 to Hit against targets below Starting Strength and +1 to Wound against units below Half-strength.  I'm noting this doesn't include the standard "for purposes of this rule" text we've seen before.  So it looks like wounded characters and vehicles won't always trigger "below Starting Strength" rules.

I still don't know why they just didn't reveal the card.  I guess they still want to string us along a little more until the Indexes drop.