Editing Whirlwind (section)

==Whirlwind Hyperios==
[[File:Whirlwind_Hyperios.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Whirlwind Hyperios]]
Produced by [[Forge World]], the [[Hyperios Missile Launcher|Hyperios-pattern launcher]] uses a different targeting system and fires anti-air rockets (after attempts to use anti-air rockets in the Helios launcher proved "disastrous").

Rules are printed in various Imperial Armour (most recent IA2:2nd) and Horus Heresy books by Forgeworld.
Unlike the [[Space Marine Stalker|Stalker]] or [[Space Marine Hunter|Hunter]] this has both Skyfire and Interceptor, meaning it can take a shot when that pesky enemy flyer arrives on the table and it has the "Heat Seeking" rule, which basically makes it twin-linked against aircraft for added accuracy.

Unfortunately those are the Hyperios's only advantages as it's basically still only an anti-air krak missile so it has negligible ability to take out a flying vehicle when used unsupported. The Stalker at least fills the air with dakka much like a [[Hydra Flak Tank|Hydra]] does, while the Hunter has added range, Armourbane, AP2 and that crazy homing rule that means it never misses which makes it quite threatening.

It also costs 35-40 points more than the other two AA tanks that marines get, so basically the Hyperios should be avoided and proxied as a normal whirlwind. To be worth its current points cost it would need to shoot at least three of those krak missiles mathematically, and to be worth an equal cost it would need to shoot at least two. On paper that is doable thanks to interceptor, mean that if it can last until the end of your opponents next turn it can get off that second shot, (having gotten it's first off when the flyer first arrived via interceptor) but even so it's not that potent a shot. Of course this isn't accounting for trickier to price factors like interceptor, the split fire capability of the Stalker, or the Homing capacity of the Hunter.

That said... it's the only AA '''TANK''' that [[Space Wolves]], [[Dark Angels]] and (current) [[Blood Angels]] get access to, since Vanilla marines keep all the cool toys to themselves.

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