Well technically the only Titan is the Bio-titan, the other 2 just feel like larger TMCs to me.

Mike

 

Yeah, I feel like the "bio-titan" youre referring to is probably the hierophant. I don't believe hierodule or trygon are true bio-titans, they're just huge MC's really.
However, you are forgetting the Harridan, the huge winged bio-construct (I think it is "titanic" or at least a super-heavy.

I voted hierophant- that thing is a real showpiece and a nightmare to face.

 

I like the trygon. While it isn't huge, I like the idea of it popping up in the middle of the enemy and reeking havoc.

 

I vote Harridan.

 

I think it really depends on what you want, do you want the nastiest thing around? Or do you want it to be easy to use or simply effective. The Hierophant is by far the nastiest of the lot. However the Hierophant is also the most expensive as far as points go. This means it will eat into your points allowance much more. I am working on putting a Hierophant together, off and on, at the moment. It is a very nice model with lots of details and will look really good when finished. However it isn't in any way easy to to put together.

I think that the two Heirodules are good in that they aren't as expensive aa the Hierophant. The Barbed Hierodule is good both at shooting and assault and I think will suit platers who want to be flexible. The Scythed Hierodule is as far as I know a giant assault beasty. If you like that I suggest go for it. The Hierodule models are by far the easiest to put together. However they aren't as well made as the Hierophant and Trygon, basically they have less details and the Tyranid look wasn't as refined when they were sculpted as it is now, the Harridan is debatable.

I don't know how the Harridan behaves in Apocalypse. However I remember that point of point it was the worst Tyranid, possibly one of the least useful of models in the whole game. This was due to it being a horribly high points value but only having the ability to fly about. It's guns were no better than a Barbed Hierodule. However unlike Hierodule the Harridan wouldn't present a constant threat as it flew off the table at the end of the turn. The model looks ok but that's all, the Hierophant is cheaper and far superior.

I think my favourite is the Trygon. The Trygon is handy because it is cheap compared to the others. I haven't seen it's new rules yet. However the Trygon was clearly one of the best because it is simply easy to use. Fast, and not too expensive but still powerful enough to butcher many people. The model is also one of the best. It has loads of detail and looks very good. I really engoyed putting mine together and painting it.

I think that it you aren't sure get a Trygon. It costs less money than the others and it is easy to use. If you want a larger one get the Barbed Hierodule. They aren't really fragile though some have said they look fragile. It also provides a good all-rounder. There is also the Scythed Hierodule if you want assault punch. If you want huge and horrible then get a Hierophant. The only one I would say you avoid is the Harridan. The model is only ok and I don't know about the new rules but the older ones were terrible.

 

I think the Harradin model is sick!
It's a big flyey killy thing!

But I vote Hierophant, if not just for shock value.

 

In apocalypse, flyers are hard to hit, but do not leave the table. The Harridan has 2 pairs of 6 shot s10 ap3 cannons ... yeah. The one thing about gargantuans is that in apoc games there's so much anti-tank firepower on the table it's pretty easy to focus fire and gank a model w/ a removable saving throw.

 

Keep in mind though, (this is going by the non-apocalypse rules) Harridans are hit using normal BS.
Which is effectively why they're shit.

 

Trygon.

It's cool, it's creepy, and can digg to anywhere in the map without dying for a stupid scatter roll 8Y

And in my oppinion, the model is the coolest of the three

 

My bad on the whole "Titan" thing. IMO anything bigger then a Landraider and walks around is a titan to me. But that might be fom the days in highschool.

 

You really need to watch the mouthie mouth mr. "f'in re-re" from the other thread. Harridans fly 24" according to the imperial armor apocalypse rules. Now, it could be that they are not flyers, but it's rather irrelevant. They still remain on the board, shoot a HUGE number of high strength shots that can penetrate armor, have enough gargantuan creature attacks to be useful in assault (and if you're smart, due to their nigh invulnerability in melee you will chrage them into assaults just to stretch their move), etc.

The other gargs, in my book, are either too expensive (Hierophant) or too fragile (Hierodules are as easy to kill as a fully upgraded carnifex, but are much easier to see / harder to hide).

Trygons are perty cool tho.

 

They made them not flyers anymore?

SICK!
That's so much better!

 

No, flyers are totally different in Apocalypse. Flyers never leave the table. They must move a certain minimum distance, but are otherwise totally badass. So, whether it is a flyer still or not is irrelevant.

 

Oh, that wins now!
Yay for large boards!

 

Just for reference the term you were after is "Garagantuan creatures" - which covers those creatures with mass points in the IA rules

 

Except now they no longer have mass points (any of them).

 

by the old rules, anything bigger than a carni was a bio titan.

Heirophant, heridule, the dactylus, trygon, and on and on. In short, GW has made over 10 "bio titans" at some point, to be used in the 40K gamesystem (note, even more are available for epic).

Me? I prefer my old Exocrine. Nothing is as cool as a HUGE bug gun.

 

Dactylus?
Sounds cool...

My favorite one is Dominatrix.
It's my favorite bio-titan too!

 

Exocrine- does it have rules?

Perhaps you could use the rules for the Imperial Defence Laser?

 

The only titan with rules so far is the Hierophant, most of the others would just be weird in 40K.
And the Dominatrix and stuff are really more of a fluff thing.