Getting use out of the Corruptor

[Cryonicleech]

So, right off the bat, this thing is odd. It's hard to use and overly clunky. However, I was wondering if there are any ideas on using this thing that aren't widespread.

Two of the 'casters I immediately thought of were eGoreshade and Terminus.

Under eGoreshade's Phantom Hunter, the Psycho Venom attack becomes more useful with the Corruptor's Sludge Cannon.

Additionally, under Terminus' feat and Ravager, every time the Corruptor kills infantry Terminus not only gains souls but can be healed for d3.

eDeneghra and Marked for Death is kinda cool, helps with the terrible RAT and ignoring LoS is also kinda awesome.

[Sanctjud]

Terminus doesn't want it.
Ravager on a non-reach heavy is pretty bleh. Terminus shouldn't be wounded to begin with, if he is, it's the turn the opponent is killing him...(basically saying, the game plan is really not to nickle and dime him most of the time).
If you wanted range presence, you'd go for the Levi.

eDenny wants arc nodes first and foremost...so there is no arguement to use up Warjack points (if someone else wants to make this claim)...so it's 8 points that's not infantry or something more self-sufficient. It's not cost-efficient for that single shot...you'd be better off with like min Steelhead Riflemen.

eShade: meh, so it can shoot stuff you can't normally see. eShade doesn't have that many great offensive spells, esp. if he's upkeeping his upkeeps and fueling the Corruptor to hit and kill for sure.

[Katkiller 5]

pDenny got the most use out of mine. Her debuffs aid it, and it provides her with a fairly long range, good pow gun to hit enemy casters with. Its main use was admittidely to utilize its burster rounds on shieldwall/defensive line units (or anything else clumped up).

eDenny wants arc nodes first and foremost....

Mostly agree. eDenny can get decent use out of it, but its awful hard to try and fit it into any list, and with all of Cryx's other options.. yeah.

Was there ever a clear ruling on whether or not the burster rounds triggered blackspot attacks? I know I've seen posts both ways in the rules forums. If it does, then it could be functional, at least, with eSkarre in terms of providing decent anti-infantry ability at range.

[AshenFang]

ARgh.. this grinder again, alright, let's toss this out there as always:

For the same points you can purchase:
Bloat thrall which has a higher range and larger AOE, Necrosurgeon and Stitch Thrall unit which has a garenteed heal for d6, and an arcnode which is also garenteed unless you position it badly. Also please notice, spending the points in this fashion, you can also use all three of these abilities every turn, instead of having to choose one lesser ability.

Oh, but the Corrupter has more damage boxes you say? Well.. kinda.. as Cryx jacks go, if focused it only really takes about 3-4 attacks to shut them down, if not completely destroy them, spread that around the above options, nearly the same survivability, and don't have to worry about a lucky hit gimping your ranged weapon to make the Corrupter effectively unless.

[BigK42]

It's just not a good jack. Low Rat, unspectacular range, ho-hum effects at a price that makes you scratch your head and wonder why you didn't take like... anything else. Easily THE worst option in all of Cryx.

[Cryonicleech]

I totally get that it sucks, but I mean there has to be SOME use for it.

The model looks awesome, at the least. I'm not gonna say it can be decent, but you can't be telling me that this thing has 0 purpose.

[West996]

I totally get that it sucks, but I mean there has to be SOME use for it.

The model looks awesome, at the least. I'm not gonna say it can be decent, but you can't be telling me that this thing has 0 purpose.

I think they are telling you there is always a better option to take. So in that sense, it does have 0 purpose.

On the other hand if you are building lists and have a limited amount of models at your disposal and you have and need to use the corrupter to fill your point requirement, that is a whole other story.

Is that the case?

[Teej]

I totally get that it sucks, but I mean there has to be SOME use for it.

The model looks awesome, at the least. I'm not gonna say it can be decent, but you can't be telling me that this thing has 0 purpose.

i dont believe its totally useless, what bothers me the most about it is the 8pt price tag on it, other than that i think whats unique about this jack is almost no one outside of cryx players knows what this warjack can do, and it gives it a surprise element, especially with the psycho venom ability, it forces your opponent to be more cautious because at any time their own units can easily become a temporary arcnode in a position that your not willing to place an arcnode in. like ashenfang said there are other units that can easily fulfill its role however though it really does fit in with what cryx does the model looks pretty cool and even though i dont own one myself, also what ashenfang said about the corruptor is really rough, if you like the unit enough, you will discover strategies and how to use it effectively, after all i believe you should play with what you like.

[Sanctjud]

pDenny got the most use out of mine. Her debuffs aid it, and it provides her with a fairly long range, good pow gun to hit enemy casters with.

Lol, me too. I used TWO Corruptors in pDenny's theme force.

BUT, the thing is, pDenny makes anything great.

My wins with that list were pretty easy: Feat, Scourge, apply Parasite. Then a Corruptor would shoot and the caster would be dead.
But anything with range could have done the deed...so I look at what else it did that game: kill 4 infantry models between the 2 of them. I'd rather go for a ranged unit.

I want to like the Corruptor... I thought he'd be great with Gaspy and the other casters with Corrosion based spells so you can target it and it won't get hurt (aka, Breath of Corruption it so that it's immune to non-reach infantry and in a cloud)...but it just doesn't fit into pGaspy's battlegroup.

It's output is poor for the points. There 'can' be an argument for the relative quality of range it brings, but that opportunity cost...

[various]

pAsphyxious' Tier List? At Tier 2 you get a 1pt discount on Corruptors (and Slayers). Maybe they're ok there? 7pts ain't so bad, although having to have at least three Necrotechs likely offsets the pts break, then again you'll be more likely to repair crippled systems. Pity pAsphyxious needs so much of his Focus for spell slinging...

[PG_JonWebb]

The one thing I can see with him is the RFP ability on his shots. Use him to finish of wounded beasts to prevent fury pulling or respawning via various feats/spells.

So ok vs Legion??? (If they don't shoot the gun off him first).

[Sanctjud]

The one thing I can see with him is the RFP ability on his shots. Use him to finish of wounded beasts to prevent fury pulling or respawning via various feats/spells.

So ok vs Legion??? (If they don't shoot the gun off him first).

Unless it's eLylyth with Shadowpack up, which would make the Corruptor less than a pile of crap... dunno what that would be, but lolz.

pAsphyxious' Tier List? At Tier 2 you get a 1pt discount on Corruptors (and Slayers). Maybe they're ok there? 7pts ain't so bad, although having to have at least three Necrotechs likely offsets the pts break, then again you'll be more likely to repair crippled systems. Pity pAsphyxious needs so much of his Focus for spell slinging...

It's not really a discount when you need to have THREE Necrotechs to get the discount.
I think it may have merit, but pGaspy just doesn't do the same kind of debuffing as pDenny does, so the Corruptors will struggle offensively.

[various]

i did say needing three Necrotechs was likely to offset the reduced costs, so it was still only a 'maybe' use for the Corruptor. Personally i'd prefer the five pt Slayers on offer if I was going down that path.

[Island]

he still has rfp on his melee attacks, but it takes a caster with parasite or similar to make him kill beasts reliably...