Confused about Wych weapons

As the title/descriptions suggest I'm just confused about the wych equipment options.

the datasheet says:

If this unit contains 10 or more models:

1 wych's splinter pistols and hekatarii blade can be replaced with 1 hydra gauntlets.
1 wych's splinter pistols and hekatarii blade can be replaced with 1 Razor Flails.
1 wych's splinter pistols and hekatarii blade can be replaced with 1 Shardnet and impaler.

If this unit contains 20 models:

1 wych's splinter pistols and hekatarii blade can be replaced with 1 hydra gauntlets.
1 wych's splinter pistols and hekatarii blade can be replaced with 1 Razor Flails.
1 wych's splinter pistols and hekatarii blade can be replaced with 1 Shardnet and impaler.

Does this mean that:

A: up to 3 wyches per 10 can be equiped with special weapons, but all 3 need to be different.
-or-
B: 1 Wych can be equipped with 1 of 3 special weapons per 10 models in a unit.

For both cases (A) and (B), this feels redundant and/or poorly phrased. By RAW, both sections are saying the same thing. If you wanted to take a more conservative approach, you could even argue that they both mean that only 1 wych out of any unit of 10+ gets a special weapon to replace their blade and pistol (although I doubt that that is what is intended).

I suspect that (A) is correct based on the phrasing for other units in the codex, but I'm curious if anyone has any further thoughts or information.

Option A - it's not listed as 'OR' so you can do any/all of them.

I agree with the Count.
There's no "or", so you get all of those as seperate options. "One can replace, AND another can replace, etc."

I had not thought about the missing 'or'. That makes more sense.

I guess the intent was to make it impossible to tailor the unit to a specific role? Luckily all the options are good

Shard net and Impaler is my favorite so far (D2 damage FTW!), what are you guys seeing?

It feels heavy handed to me, but I suppose they may have wanted to avoid a 10 man unit of bloodbrides with x3 razor flails or impalers. That kind of output would be spicy on blade artist rolls at an additional -3 ap.

fisheyes wrote:

I guess the intent was to make it impossible to tailor the unit to a specific role? Luckily all the options are good

Shard net and Impaler is my favorite so far (D2 damage FTW!), what are you guys seeing?

I think this was one of the more random "fit the datasheet to the content in the box" scenarios. Each box of wyches comes with 1 of each. But kabalite warriors, wracks, and scourges don't match this philosophy, though, so who knows.

I must admit that I don't mind the Wych loadout, to me it gives them more of a gladiatorial (rather than regimented) look if there is a selection of each of the weapons....but I do accept that it's not to everyone's tastes and may be a bit of a pain in practice.

Honestly, the basic weapons on them are now pretty good so long as you get to S4 with drugs/Cult abilities. Have not run any special weapons in them yet, those few spare points just seem better on Raider upgrades like Chain Snares/Grisly Trophies/PGL

My take (has to face realspace though):

- Razorflails give you an "extra" Wych for half the points that does not take space in a transport.
- Shardnet increases the chance to keep the girls in combat, Impaler D2 is a great bonus.
- I don't mind the Knives though <shrug>.

Bye,
Stoni

I haven't had an opportunity to really test yet, but I'm considering only using the impalers like in 8th ed on the troops and using a razorflail on a CoS succubus (12+ attacks with precision blows sounds like fun).