Strengths and Weaknesses for EVERY Astra Militarum Unit - Imperial Guard Tactics!
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- Let's talk through the units of the Astra Militarum and how they stack up in game right now...
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0:00 Intro
1:25 Battle Line Infantry
5:52 Other Infantry Units
16:39 Rough Riders
17:46 Sentinels
20:35 Tanks
37:25 Artillery Vehicles
42:05 Transports + Valkyrie
47:01 Aegis Defence Line
48:09 Characters
1:07:18 Forge World Units
1:14:47 Outro - เกม
CORRECTIONS:
- The Hydra is 95pts, not 110. I'd probably rate it a little higher as a result, though it still feels a bit lackluster on the damage front. I've not seen many run competitively this edition so far!
- Manticore is only D6+1 shots, not D6+3 as I wrote. I think that was some 9th edition memory creeping in there.
Personally I find the Hydra an excellent unit since there are plenty of FLY units to use on it. And we got plenty of options for more AP.
It's not bad, you just cant expect it to make a big difference on its own. Comparing it to other ~100 point vehicle options its durable and the twin-linked helps a lot with consistency
Bricky approves this guide!!
I mean even without anti fly 2 it's 4 auto cannon shots with twin linked on an armoured box, it's fun to use if nothing else and that's all the reason we need to run it.
I mean even without anti fly 2 it's 4 auto cannon shots with twin linked on an armoured box, it's fun to use if nothing else and that's all the reason we need to run it.
I'm a simple man, I see guard content, and I click
Yes
same.
Yes
I’m doing my part!
They are solid units! 👌
Ah yes, the Cheapest Expensive Army, go regular guys.
Admech wants to say hello 😂
@@Whoknows21356 That is the most expensive army. Guard is the 'cheapest' expensive army.
they're honestly not that bad if you have heavy vehicle investment. a baneblade and two rogal dorm tanks is 1k points for about $300. that's actually very good pp$ all things considered
though yeah if you're going all in on infantry it's going to be expensive
@@Whoknows21356Guard is worse than Admech. Admech is worse if you go for “1 of each unit” but Guard you’ll have way more 1.01 points per dollar units.
Admech lists will be two-thirds 1.5-2 Points per Dollar, Guard is two thirds 1 point per dollar
@@hahaureadmyname (Glances at seven 20-man infantry squads) ...Yeah.
Nothing screams "I've seen some sh*t" more than Catachan's sarge... GW should really update them models...
Or at least strip the paint and redo the paint scheme
Terminator + Predator = Iron Hand Straken = Arnold Swarzenegger
Baneblade shadowsword is genuinely terrifying with its main gun, you just kill pretty much any single target in the game per shot
Agreed, I've been running a Shadowsword since the edition dropped. It really deserves it's own discussion compared to the other variants for how hard it counters the heavy meta.
I think Auspex is underestimating the Autocannon. With Creed and an exterminator you easily make them 3 AP so basically its free and you can boost that even to 4 AP with 2 cp (and boost it even more with Hellhound to remove cover, but Hellhound is weak so it's not worth). Basically if the enemy has 4++, that AP is enough and fix damage makes them quite reliable.
Mordian Glory proved that the 15man blob of Scions deep striking using "First Rank Fire, Second Rank Fire" just deletes enemy units with overcharged Plasma & Melta shots. The rule changes to Orders being possible after deployment/exiting transports has created real stacking possibilities... since something like a Chimera allows an Officer to issue orders in the Command Phase plus another round of Orders after deployment on to the battlefield from the Chimera.
yeah 15 scions dropping in with those has 36 GEQ. It just destroys most infantries within single turn with ease
@@sunspear3227what is GEQ?
@FrozenPyro06 Guardsmen Equivalent. Though considering the massive amount of special weapons that the 10 man Scion squad & 5 man Scion Command Squad are carrying while being effected by a single order... is a sheer concentration of force that a 40 man Infantry Squad isn't really going to duplicate
@@nationalsocialism3504 dang. Thanks
I've won 12 games in a row using 45 Scions so far and never lost. Their Volley guns and Plasma guns are very compatible with FRFSRF and their compatibility with Primaris Psyker is incredibly powerful.
I am a dedicated Imperial Guard player (mostly Cadian). Love seeing this content like this from you and Mordian Glory!
I run two Vanquishers (and a tank commander in a Executioner with all plasma) in my list, swingy yes but the satisfaction of absolutely slapping enemy armour is so good.
I plan on trying this since I think the Dorn has trouble with heavy armor. It usually survives the game but is better for killing elite infantry.
Between the 3 Vanquisher Cannons and Lascannons they should be able to kill something.
The alternative is the Shadowsord but there's no guarantee you'll be even able to fit it on the table.
Man I remember when warhammer 40k used to have properly categorised units with HQ, Elites, Troops, Fast Attack, Heavy Support and Dedicated Transport.
Now what do we have remaining of those categories? Battleline and Other.
And blast templates, armor facings, initiative, and countless other rules that made the game feel so damn cinematic… 40k peaked in 5th 🫤
you remember, a year and a half ago? yeah id hope so.
@@CatharsisChaser none of those rules are particularly fun
It was more restrictive than it is now considering the rules around all those categories. Just made the game overly complicated for no real benefit other than feeling special for figuring it out.
Don’t forget about allies and characters haha
Here's my pitch: Just produce a set of sprues that provide Armageddon, Praetorian, Tallarn and Valhallan sprues. Even just torsos or heads would be great to mix and match into Cadian troops and heavy weapon squads. I promise old-timers like me who still have a bunch of old Imperial Guard miniatures will buy them!
-cries in Vostroyan-
Yeah as a Steel Legion man every time GW teases a big announcement I'll be sat going "Todays the day! Armageddon boys are coming back, I knew it would only be a matter of time until- oop, nevermind, it's more Space Marines."
@@Eliconean Darn, I knew I forgot someone!
Been saying this since the 90s. Never going to happen. After all GW upper management somehow is fine that there are 3rd party companies that have thrived for decades doing nothing but sell head sprues that fits regular GW cadian models. For being so greedy as they are, GW doesn't seem to want to make money.
Tanith, don't forget Tanith
I love the baneblade and particularly the stormlord just because of my first game with it where my 1k list was just Stormlord + however many troops I could stuff in it. I lost on points but my word it was hilarious to just drop this single tank on the table and say 'i have nothing more to deploy'
A small note I must protest on.
Commissars are great, for reasons you don't expect. For 30 points you get a unit thats eligible to shoot and OC1. Pop two of them in your strat reserves and bring them in turn 2/3 for secondaries. Theyre better than cyclops demo vehicles because they can hide even better, and your opponent (unless theyre aware of their secondary potential) is likely to ignore them
How? I thought he had to lead troops
I think the priest is better for having a 4+ invul and actual combat potential.
But I found it's an easy 4vp for Assination and with so many other characters around fixed becomes easy choice for opponents
Came here to say this but you beat me. I used to run 2x5 Scions for this purpose but recently cut them for 2 solo Commisars. Saved 55 points and picked up another Scout Sentinel. The difference is night and day.
As for giving up assassination points, that's true. I use it as a bit of a trap for my opponent since I run a Guard Parking lot list with 4 Officers they always take fixed Bring it Down and Assassinate. Since Creed and Leontus chill in the back issuing orders most people can't chew through 9-12 vehicles to get to them.
But yes the Commisars usually die lol
@@ghost9pm407 sneaky, nice.
If the preacher could lead auxiliaries he would be awesome
His one use case is leading a unit with Straken. Giving him sustained hits with that Devil's claw isn't a bad boost for the points.
My hope is in the codex he gets access to a better weapons load out like the zealots vindicator from the Adepta Sororitas list it would be very nice with re-rolls and sustained hits and a extra flamer in a unit is always welcome. That or he gets his own bodyguard unit he could lead like the tech priest and servitors
"stiff breeze" 🤣 I almost shot my morning coffee trough my nose.
33:33 its called the Ogryn bang bus, thank you very much
The Marshall can go on normal Infantry squads too, so the only 'defense' bonus they have over Infantry Squads is the Medipack.
Plus the cover on objectives which is so nice. Pretty damn durable
Honestly the Forge world units need a major points deduction across the board, especially since Malcador and Macharius tanks are outclassed by the Rogal Dorn so badly atm. That and having the colossus bombard actually have indirect would be a nice update.
Technical question for the Guard players: does the master vox for the Cadian command squad give Lord Solar a 24" order range when he's in the unit?
Yes. Both the Commander from the Command Squad and Lord Solar have the Officer keyword. Since they'd be in the same unit, it would work for both of them. All that matters is the vox caster also being alive.
@@bigbob5797 And also that the bodyguard unit is alive. As soon as the last standard Guardsman is gone the command squad and lord Solar become separate units, thus stopping Solar from using the vox.
To clarify, if only the voxcaster guy and Lord Solar are alive, then they become separate units?
@@calebhurst2529 yes, as soon as the bodyguard unit (the guardsmen) are destroyed the leaders become separate units. The command squad keep all extras, like regimental attaches and ogryns but lose their connection to lord Solar (or Castellan, Commissar, Creed or whatever).
This had me thinking of using a 20 man blob..
@@calebhurst2529 Karlnygren is correct, the way around it however is to kill off the command squad plebs before you kill the final bodyguard model, as only the company commander has the character key word. That way you can lose 12 guys before losing the 24" range
I just wish they kept the "Try Again, Bragg" rule on Gaunt's Ghosts. It was very flavorful and fun and wasn't particularly impactful, but everyone I played with loved seeing it happen. I wish there was more flavor in 40k. I want my characters to have weird shit.
So to summarise, if you had a guard army from 3rd edition you basically have the best units in 10th edition ready to go? Got it 👌
The guard are timeless
The main advantage of the Aegis Line is what is does to enemies who do not understand it.
It is a unit now, not terrain. As such, it move blocks enemies while allowing your units to pass freely and may be set up on top of ruins or within close proximity of terrain. Likewise, multiple lines stacked one behind the other allows each line to defend the next with cover. There are ways to play this.... but, its the cost that really harms it.
Something I don't think you've considered is Heavy Weapons teams and Firing Deck. Because firing deck counts as the vehicle firing the weapon, HWTs are force multipliers for orders in transports. The transport bane models have Firing deck 12 (or 24 but that doesnt matter), so 9 hwt models with lascannons means one order from Lord Solar is 9 lascannons hitting on potentially 3s, s12 -3 for d6+1. With how heavy the armor meta is right now that's going to put out a lot of damage
I have tried this and lets just say turns 1 and 2 are really fun, but after my Stormlord is dead I have 12 Lascannon models awkwardly sitting in the middle of the open and probably aren't going to do much after that. I recommend getting the Stormlord to the middle OBJ ASAP, and supporting him with a Regimental Enginseer to keep him alive for as long as possible. That OBJ is just a massive kill unit with Lethals, and you should add in the catachan death blob with straken and a preacher to kill anything that wants to get into melee with it. Very expensive, but very fun!
Watching this video and thinking about what I want my cult to steal
The FW artillery units are regiment so can use regular officers and mean you dont have to have Lord Solar/TC babysit them and can techincally be brought back with reinforcements which is something to think about
Amazing work! Thank you!
Rough Riders are so underrated... 140 points for 10 x S9 +1 to wound, AP-4 and Damage D6 attacks OR 35 (on avg.) x S4 +1 to wound, AP0, Damage 1 attacks...
Edit: Also, consider Hydras in the meta right now..
4 autocannon shots on a light tank chassis...
But against flying units ei. C'Tan, Monoliths, Daemon Primarchs, Daemon Princes, Bloodthirsters, Yncarne Avatar, Space Marine Inceptors, Drukhari vehicles etc etc etc
They get Re-roll to hit AND 2+ to wound... for 95 points... BARGAIN!
They are too random, that's why people don't like them. For 140 points, you almost can get a Leman Russ what will definitely do more damage. If you bring 10 of them, good luck hiding them before the charge. Maybe 5 of them could be small enough, but again, it is just melta so it is only strong against medium multiwound targets.
@@SZUPERhun How so? They have Lance. They will literally wound anything less than T18 on 4+ minimum on the charge.
They may be a little random but they will put the hurt on ANYTHING in the game and if they die? Reinforcements - now eat another 10 Melta/Lance attacks...
@@jacob5700 Ohh yeah I forgot lance is not +1 S but +1 to wound. Still you either wait with them behind a ruin and counter charge or they will be shot down with 10 models. If all 10 of them reach melee, they can do avg 12 wounds so if enemy has no more saves they could be effective, but anything that has decent invuln or feel no pain, it could halve it, so 6 wounds. Termies will kill them for breakfast, so basically they are only good against high wound targets that only has armour saves.
The hydra isn’t great even against pretty much all of those things, you only realistically get 3-6 damage per turn with the auto cannon… like legit c’tan will just outheal it
if your bringing a unit that’s only good at killing those specific units and it struggles to kill them even with 5 turns, and does even less vs most armies with no flying, then that’s not a bargain… that’s just a waste.
@@SZUPERhun add to that you can hit on 2+ with good order + keyword lance and for 2 cp you can make them come back when they die. For 140 points, they're very op and not easy to kill ! T4 20hp 4+, with cover and order they become efficient asf. I think about their abilitie too, it's very strong to spam the use of keyword lance
Just a heads up, the hydra is 95pts and not 110pts as shown in the video. Great video regardless, and thank you for covering my army
Just noticed a typo on one of your slides you’ve spelt the CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT as just Crassus. I think the official spelling is CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT. 👍
Guardsman reporting for listening 🫡
When I needed this video the most he delivered
You're looking at the Cyclops wrong it's but a damage dealer, it's a 25 pt action monkey
I have to disagree with the score of Rough Riders. Good at charging and the reinforcements stratagem makes them dangerous.
The Servitors do potentially have a use: Chimera gun platforms in concert with Enginseers for a surprisingly tough and mobile low cost anti-infantry platform. And I do see the Praetor being extremely useful on backfield objectives along with maybe a tank commander or a command blob for orders. You lose the Earthshaker debuff, but get to effectively ignore indirect fire's debuff or have anti-monster/vehicle artillery, all in one package. Yeah, you're missing out on 1OC and a slightly higher rate of fire with 2 Basilisks, but you're also improving your vehicle order economy, which is expensive as hell.
Would love to see some Legends rankings. Thanks for the content.
I do love your videos they are extremely informative, however i just wanted to say that when captions are on they tend to visually block a large amount if not all of the weaknesses in the layout you use.
Death Korps needs more of its units in plastic. The fact that you need to go Forge World to get 90% of the Death Korps line is ridiculous. Seriously, you can buy a whole damn tank for the cost of two Death Riders.
The 3D printed ones you can get for a quarter of the price honestly look just as good, if not better in many cases.
Thanks for this! My favorite faction
Normal human high five!
So... 2000 pts of infantry is viable?
Financially viable.....no haha
Which vehicles would be a good synergy with krig infantry? Artillery? Tanks? Transports? Other?
Cadia Stands!
I don't get the hate for the Vanquisher? In a meta of heavy/hard to kill stuff the Vanq can get an order and with heavy hits on 2+. If sent. is scouting you can re roll a 1.
1 attack is dogshit. That's all there is to it.
not when it removes models every turn@@jacket2848
I run a Russ Punisher with x3 heavy flamers and Russ Demolisher as a pair. Nothing exists within 24" of them without their express permission. :P
Never played A.M. before, but because of the Seige of Vraks story, I'm really digging the Death Korps of Krieg.
14:27 I'm gonna be running a lascabbon squad with a platoon command in a chimera. Quickly moving where I need supplemental orders with firing deck lascannon.
Personally i try the Eradicator and i love it, very low price for a leman russ and very good to stop enemy units! I know that the demolisher do the same thing, but for 200p are very expensive!
It brings me joy that my 4th Leman Russ arrived this morning (with accessory sprue... As all my vehicles have). My army is nearly complete. Just waiting on a printed Cyclops to cover the last 25 points.
Leontus
Command Squad (The Krieg ones!)
Tank Commander
20 Infantry
10 Krieg
10 Krieg
10 Krieg
Chimera
Chimera
Hydra
Demolisher
Demolisher
Exterminator
Dorn
...Cyclops
I also have another Dorn and a Baneblade... A bunch of Field Ordinance, HWTs, ...like 25 more Krieg, another command squad, commisars, all the character models (minus Creed and Lensk), assassins, and more.
I have an addiction. My terrain collection is... Literally ridiculous... As in, it invites ridicule.
Regimental attaches: kind of a waste usually but the astropath could be very good against hypercrypt which are very hard to screen against usually
Major underrated unit is the Trojan support vehicle. Put that thing with your baneblade for rr1s to hit and heal D3 wounds a turn. If you dont take sentinels thats good
1:08:30 I think the main draw of the hades is it’s ability to deliver an infantry blob you have in reserves, 25 models or more
The leman russ really bother me, the breech on that cannon would be massive and there literally no room in the small turret to fit it and then you got a hatch on top for the commander how does he even get out of it wouldn't the breech be blocking it? And who loading and in the turret? Usually there's a crew of 3 in tanks there's no room for three people in that tiny little turret.
A bullgryn is harder to kill then a death wing terminator 😂😂😂
I like our index generally.
Most of our stuff is middling and we can pop out a few good combos.
I miss the splash orders we had from the last codex. They would make Tank Commanders more worth their points.
You have to take 4+ Leman Russ with the expectation of losing a few so having him so expensive with one order is lacking.
We struggle with the table size now. Less range and packed terrain makes it a challenge to pull some combos off effectively.
I get miniatures I want to paint and sometimes they are good and sometimes bad. It's always been that way.
Thanks Auspex 💀
Auspex has never played with a Quake Cannon and it shows. JK... I LOVE HIM! he rocks!
Very interesting
I always wanted to make a bunch of Leman Russ Punisher with shock infantry
Wait where does it mention Solar can join the Command Squad? I mean if this is possible I want to use this I just wasn't aware this was an option.
He joins an infantry squad of some sort, the command squad can also join too.
So with Solar you get 1 CP for the army and 1 CP from him, total 2 per round?
who else watches these late at night and would like the screen to be a darker background and lighter font?
I watch them late at night. Because I'm 3rd shift. Colors and brightness don't matter in the office lol
Hydra is 95, not 110 and is great. Hardened version of HWT(2autocannons+HBolter) with twinlink on dam3 cannon.
wait... if you put catachans in a transport you get to scout with it?
Would you consider talking about the Vendetta Gunship? Its legends now sadly but seemed like a really cool fluffy aircraft - could be interesting as an alternative loadout for a valkyrie too if it got merged with the valk datasheet
Nerfed this edition and insanely overcosted sadly
Ph thank goodness bullgryns are considered good. I’d love to stick a bunch of those in a stormlord. Still not a good idea I bet, but it might be alright.
I had a 15 man squad of scions with a psyker and my opponent rapid ingressed his crisis suits within rapid fire range. poof, wiped out his entire crisis suit squad including farsight. The psyker helped them survive awhile and gave an extra punch.
I could be wrong, but I think the ogren bodyguard increases the toughness of the squad as it’s a body guard model. I believe it’s under the body guard rule.
So you're saying commissars are viable in every list?
Yes they are! As action monkeys!
Overwatch from the Rogal Dorn absolutely wrecks those nuisance charges. 10/10
I, Cato Sicarius, recognize how important the Guard are. Without them, we would have no Corpse Starch.
Thinking about getting a dorn for my genestealers. Telling my friends ill be bringing them to game night and watch their face as I put up a heavy tank.
The baneblade variants are also possible...
Sad to see Tempestus Scions getting rated so low. I bought a bunch of them. Hope to run them as an army some day.
You forgot to mention that they nerfed Straken and Harker's toughness.
For longest time they were T4, now they are T3.
And you forgot to mention the Stormhammer variant.
Something for the valdor, they are T13. Really resillient.
The Wall of Guns
Nothing quite like opening fire with sixty lasguns...
@@Peter_Wendtand killing 0 models.
@@shadeling6717 (nods sadly)
Auspex stands!
Cadia stands!
Tallarn Forever!
First and only!
attaches nice for fighting armies with knights and the like
iam afraid the manticore is d6+1 shot not d6+3 like it should... i also think u have some of the vehicle cover saves wrong? i dont think saves can be improved to more than 3+ with cover. i could be wrong though.
You can never go from a 3+ to a 2+ against weapons without ap. But 3+ in cover will remain a 3+ against ap1 and becomes a 4+ against ap2 and so on. When one says 2+ in cover one expects to roll saves against weapons with ap.
Cheers
@@ThePungljung he mentioned some vehicle going from a 3+ to a 2+ in cover somewhere this is what i was commenting on, but thx!
do you think that Cadians Command Squads loose their OC when battleshocked? Rules as written a Battleshock is a Modifier? Any thoughts on that?
with a banner the are OC 1
Cadian Command Squads can ignore all negative modifiers to their characteristics which includes the effect of 0 OC from battleshock.
This is correct. They also ignore all modifiers to damage like the C'Tan special ability
A little thing you missed
The gun carriages (medusa and basilisk) are classed as a regiment and not vehicle so can benefit from orders from infantry officers
And also, hilariously, could potentially be brought back with the Reinforcements strat.
They're not regiment. I have just checked the app. You might have out of date datasheets.
@@terranaxiomuk Medusa and Earthshaker ARE regiment though. Just go look.
4:10 8 special weapons including plasma pistols
Guard is life
The Eradicator makes me sad. I have good memories from 5th and 6th edition when mine would just wipe whole Fire Warrior squads off the table in one round of shooting.
I feel like this critique misses the point of Guard which is: overlapping synergies
A LOT of your low rating units are actually gems when applied as part of a greater whole...
Food for thought
You'll make a fine general of the guard, captain!
Ratlings can disembark, shoot, reembark and the transport can then shoot their snipers again. 15 of them in a Stormlord is funny.
i think you were a bit harsh on the Hydra (95 points not 110), antifly +2 means you critically wound (mortally wound) on a 2+ thus the AP is pointless against anything flying. Id rate that higher than "ok against flying" but yeah its awful on everything else
Thanks for the points correction, have posted a correction above. Afraid that the anti keyword doesn't give you devastating wounds though - it just makes the wound roll easier. Critical wounds are just automatically successful.
@@auspextactics mb
@@desitri2956 Not like Guard doesn't have options for more AP at least.
weakness : hit on a 4+ globally. Strenghth : easy way to hit on a 2+ or 3+ reroll 1. Easy gg
Why can’t a tank commander order itself? Can 2 tank commanders order each other?
The Tank Commander lacks the [Squadron] keyword, which is the only units they can target for orders. It’s also why Tank Commanders can’t order baneblades.
Tank Commanders can be ordered by lord Solar though! He has no restrictions on what Guard units he can order.
Sadly no, it's @#%% ing stupid
Look not to disagree with Auspex, *but* if you don't have 2 Dorns (for whatever reason) and have a malcador, (you can get a malcador but not a second dorn???) it's a perfectly viable substitute, with in built void armor and depending on your load out for it, it can be quiet the "distraction carnifax" of the guard.
6/10 for me.
Mr Auspex could you make an army of nothing but imperial agents and it be tournaments legal?
yes they changed that with latest dataslate
Bricky approves this guide!!
I dont even play guard but fuck it why not see it
this!
I'm looking at this and I'm getting worried about Russ. I've seen something similar happening with Firstborn Marines. Getting mediocre and generally underwhelming rules compared to new toy on the block - in this case Dorn.
Don't tell me "I told you so" if Russes get retired in an edition or two.
59:45
Psyker: "Hey guys, watch this!"
*Head explodes*
Soldiers: Was that what he was trying to do?
More like
Psyker: UPS
Nearest Plasma Gunner's head explodes. Psyker takes two mortals two the face as punishment.
Psyker: Sorry guys. We will miss Dave.
'You can select any model equipped with a Hazardous weapon
to suffer the effects of that failed test (it does not have to be the
Character, even if that Character was the only model that
attacked with a Hazardous weapon).'
@@testd32187And because they're weird ass Kriegers seeing their friends head explode makes them fire more accurately all of a sudden.
Maybe they find it calming...
Edit: 5 minutes later the Krieg medic slaps some bandaids on their fallen comrades exploded skull and he rises from the dead to start shooting again. That's 40k for you.
4 rogal dorn and 2 baneblades should do the trick
Went up against Bullgryn for the first time last night...seriously, wtf. Things just don't die.
the combo Leman Russ Exterminator + a Cadian squad with sniper with Creed is awesome for the free strata and the Russ ability to cumulate a PA+2 on EVERYTHING, Basilisk,Guards,Punisher,Scion,etc...
(i always play against my brother, he play the Custodes)
Also, the Taurox Prime is increadible when you put a 5 scion squad with a command scion team and a psyker. Be sure to use the drill commander enhancment on the tempestor and make disembark your squad at the start of the turn before the taurox move. That way you have a 10 man squad 8/10 special weapon Lethal Hit + Sustained Hit on 5+ with +1 CT and Rapid fire (double orders) and reroll hit + wound roll. And the primaris psyker get all of this. This output damage is MASSIVE.
But you cant remain stationary after disembark from taurox, so enhancement doesnt work
Cadians can't get Sniper though. Why not use infantry squad with mortars? Much better than snipers. You can defend home while behind ruin and just mark anyone on the map with mortars.
And you can't double order. You need an enhancement on the scion command to get the 2nd order but that enchancement can only be used in the Command phase.
Also you can't cumulate AP-1 from strata + exterminator, it's written clearly on the datasheet abilitie of the exterminator....
@@jeremygribaut144nope it definitely stacks with fields of fire, just not with itself as stated on the ability
Ah GW, where they charge you the price of a platoon in return for a section
@22:30 isn't cover capped to a 3+ save? so cover doesn't hurt you damage vs 2+ save units
The only restriction is that 3+ armor can't get a bonus against ap 0. 2+ armor vs ap -1 still works.
@@micahgeno1630 well my group has played that wrong then, that definitely makes the ap1 russ variants even less appealing
The Manticore is D6+1 shots, not D6+3, unfortunately.
You got the point cost on the Hydra wrong.