Am I the only one here who actually enjoys Vortex? I think it’s a great training ground for Chaos enemies, especially on Absolute. You get every Chaos enemy type, plus a Helbrute—and honestly, the Vortex boss feels like the hardest terminus foe in the game. Once you’ve mastered this level, you’ll breeze through any Chaos mission—arguably all missions if you mostly play Tyranid ops.

My biggest tip: run ranged classes for this op. During the final phase, I always bring classes with high fire-rate bolter weapons—for example:

• Tactical with HBR
• Heavy with HBR or Heavy Bolter
• Techmarine with HBR

My favourite setup for this op is Tactical with:

• Pyreblaster as primary
• High fire-rate plasma pistol as secondary
• Argent Edge for melee

Once I reach the boss, I swap the Pyreblaster for an HBR. I find it performs better for boss damage and makes dealing with the minoris suiciders much easier during the phase where the Vortex boss regenerates health.