Quote Originally Posted by Xenopax View Post
Thanks.

Doesn't that mean (If we ignore the fact that Guardsmen have less wounds) a Guardsman could take down a Hive Tyrant faster than an Astartes specializing in the purging of such xenos? If we say he only gets 5 shots, he still has a really good chance of getting at least one RF. And if that ends up being a 9 or a 10 that thing is dead.
Black Crusade and later (IE, Only War included) Righteous Fury is 1d5 on the critical table. It cannot possibly kill anything, merely debilitate and cripple. And a Guardsman's Lasgun is unlikely to actually harm a Hive Tyrant in the first place through the Tyrant's 24 damage soak, which defaults the Righteous Fury to 'do 1 Damage, unpreventable'.

An entire squad of veteran Guardsmen from Only War (IE, 3000-ish XP under their belt) would want to be really, really careful engaging a starting Deathwatch Space Marine, since the Marine will likely debilitate or kill them in a single good hit while they need to get their heavier weapons on target to do more than chip damage to the Marine, who happens to have the edge in speed, tactical awareness and accuracy in addition to his outrageous superiority in firepower (his Bolter will rival or outmatch whatever the Weapon Specialist and Heavy Weapons troopers are packing, with none of the downsides) and durability . A Hive Tyrant will probably TPK all but the most absurdly high-level Only War squad, and they certainly stand no chance of killing one unless they have heavy vehicle support or artillery backing them up. It simply has too many Wounds and too much damage soak for them to deal with otherwise.