Editing Warhammer 40,000/7th Edition Tactics/Genestealer Cults (section)

===Dedicated Transports===
*'''Genestealer Chimera:''' What's not to love about one of the most versatile MEHTAL BAWKSES in the 41st Millennium? Unfortunately Tyranids are allies of convenience with the cult so you can't put Genestealers in these. However there is no restriction on taking purestrain genestealers or a Patriach and putting them in these lovely MEHTAL BAWKSES it's just why would you? You can't assault out of them.
**The Neophyte Cavalcade makes these into some serious killing machines. Give it a Multilaser on the turret and a hull mounted Heavy Flamer. Give the guys inside grenade launchers or flamethrowers. Use Outflank to close the gap on infantry or get to the sides and rear of enemy vehicles, then enjoy slapping down 3 flame templates (plus some lasgun array fire and a multilaser) or throwing out 5 S6 shots at the rear armor of an enemy vehicle. The Chimera was already one of the best transports in the game. Giving it Infiltrate and Outflank only makes it more insane.

*'''Goliath Truck:''' Open topped transport for your dudes, meaning guys can assault from it, plus it gives you a twin-linked Autocannon. I know what you're thinking, but unfortunately it cannot carry Purestrain Genestealers or the Patriarch (if you want Genestealers on Wheelers, take a Chimera instead (though of course the Chimeras aren't open-topped transports)). In rules terms it's like a beefed up Ork truck for just less than double the points, more armour and bigger guns. Easy to mass transport.
**Just put fucking Acolyte Hybrids in it. There's your assault transport.
*** Don't forget this baby ignores stunned, shaken and immobilized results on a 4+

*'''Chimera vs. Goliath:''' There's a lot to love about both of these transports. 
**FIREPOWER: While the Chimera is capable of putting out more shots, and more high strength shots than the Goliath with its multi-laser, heavy bolter, and lasgun arrays, the Goliath's twin-linked autocannon has a longer range and can actually threaten vehicles as well as more elite soldiers. Depending on what kinds of troops you're taking and what they're carrying, though, the Goliath's open top means that the little dudes in the back can fire their own guns as well with equal or greater effect. Overall, though, in terms of firepower, the Chimera wins out simply because it can reliably put out more shots. Counterpoint, the Chimera is limited to mostly anti-infantry firepower, which your troops already have a heap of. The Autocannon, as already stated, can threaten more vehicles at a considerable range, which is something that you are lacking.
**DURABILITY: The Chimera, with its 12 front, 10 side and 10 rear armor is a fairly standard transport armoring; its amphibious nature though allowes it to automatically pass dangerous water hazards. Though the Goliath has one less frontal armor, it does have the ability to ignore two of the most dangerous penetration roll results (crew shaken and crew stunned). However, chimeras can practically gain the same ability through cult insurrection detachment giving it the edge again, and honestly the passing water terrain ability really won't come into effect enough to matter much (In addition stopping Crew stunned and Crew Shaken really won't effect much if your glanced to death or blown up, which will happen more often with the Goliath). Being open-topped can be a liability, especially against a vanilla Leman Russ, and when your entire army is almost universally fragile anything that can stop an EXPLODES result is critical. In addition, experienced players will know how to better positions there transports so the Av 12 comes into effect more, which is essential in a game where several armies have basic troops with st 5-6 weapons. Chimera edges out Goliath.
**TRANSPORT: Twelve models with no ability to assault and one access point for the Chimera. Ten models with the ability to assault in the Goliath. Chimera can transport any troop in the army, while Goliath cannot take Genestealers, though you probably won't care much. Note that the Goliath is open topped, so you can shoot or disembark from any point on the vehicle and to that, the Goliath wins.
**IN SUMMARY: the the Chimera beats out the Goliath in overall durability which wasn't really surprising. The two transports roughly tie for firepower with Chimeras specializing better at infantry killing, while the Goliath allows for more heavier firepower. The Goliath edges out the Chimera in terms of being a pure transport thanks to it being open-topped which benefits this particular army more even though it can't transport as many troops as the Chimera. So overall both transport have merit and both match up to their intended roles(the Chimera being a tanker carrier and the Goliath being a light assault transport).