I have been thinking about the weapon options for the Warhounds, admists all the talk about mono and non mono weapon loads.
I have come to the conclusion that mono weapon loads are more popular since they help the warhound get its points back quickly. ?Since they are amongst the weakest units in the army they will be targeted first and need to be focused. ?A mixed weapons load loses focus.
Now onto the different weapon loads
Dual Turbo lasers
This configuration costs an extra 50pts but has the most potential.
Allowing a strike upto 90cm away from its starting position, or even 120cm if you double. ?The long range makes it useful to rapidly move forwards and try to cripple mechanised formations before they can bring their massed infantry to bare.
They can also use their turbo lasers to great effect against enemy infantry, even though they only hit on 5+. ?Move forwards so only three of four enemy stands are just within range and kill them. ?The remaining infantry wont be broken, but will need to double to get within range (since most infantry only have 45cm range and 5cm move).
Dual plasma blast gun
A very good alpha strike machine doubling it can reach 105cm with 4 MW3+ shots, very capable for hunting any death strikes that are out of range of any support titans.
I don?t think it will be able to make back its points, but it isn?t suppose to. It is designed to hunt down anything capable of hurting its big brothers.
Dual Vulcan mega bolter
The daisy cutter. Very good at taking out massed infantry, but not much else (8 AT5+ can do something to tanks but don?t count on it). However most armies (apart from AMTL and minervan) will normally have a fair bit of infantry to chew upon.
It is unlikely to kill its points in infantry (they are too cheap to kill enough in 4 turns), but it can break them and force them away from objectives.
Dual inferno gun
Very specialised at taking on infantry in cover, but that is okay because infantry usually hide in cover. A very good if short ranged weapon its specialisation does mean it is weakened against tanks, but as a scout it shouldn?t be going up against them in the first place.
Turbo laser and plasma blast gun
This configuration costs an extra 25pts
It doesn?t have the same long range firepower as the first type but has the MW shots incase it comes up against something with RA. ?It suffers from the fact that it has two different weapon ranges, so it isn?t using its turbo lasers optimally
Turbo laser and Vulcan mega bolter
This configuration costs an extra 25pts
This is a right mixed bag. ?It has no specific role, but this could be a blessing. ?It is very good against mechanised formations able to target both the transports and troops equally (well unless the troops are hiding behind them). ?This is a mix I would like to try out. ?Though like all mixes with turbo lasers the lasers are being used sub optimally.
Turbo laser and inferno gun
This configuration costs an extra 25pts
I have no idea what to do with this configuration ?Long range anti tank and very short range garrison clearance. ?A really bad mix
Plasma blast gun and Vulcan mega bolter
The standard configuration.
I like it. ?It doesn?t do anything that well, but it is still capable of hunting down flanking units or small artillery batteries.
Plasma blast gun and inferno gun
Another really mixed weapons load. ?The inferno gun to burn out light infantry and a plasma blast gun to.... something.
Vulcan mega bolter and inferno gun
Again another infantry kill, the inferno gun loses its ignore cover when shooting at enemy in the open, but this is balanced by it ignoring cover when shooting into cover, mitigating the effect on the titans overall shooting into cover.
Conclusion: ?Overall mono weapon loads are more effective tank two different weapons. ?The only exceptions in my belief are dual plasma blast guns, which are slightly sub par and turbo laser and Vulcan mega bolter which looks vbetter than the dual plasma.
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