RugII wrote:
I would like to recommend some formations of Conquerers with Salamander Command vehicles thrown in. Being engaged by 30 RA tanks with triple Inspiring is not something people facing off against a tank army tend to expect!
Three full companies? That's a
lot of Conquerors. I was thinking about making use of some more Conqueror platoons. At only 550 points each, I could see a few companies being effective, but it seems a little cheesy, too.
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In terms of artillery company composition 8 Basalisks and 1 Manticore work well due to how the firepower table works (9BP is dead ground and offers nothing over 8BP), you do not get the benefit of Disrupt though! I can’t remember if you can tailor Artillery Companies like this in the Minervan list though.
Seems pretty clear that you can mix and match. I was reading the old Minervan thread, and it appears the wording was changed to make that unambiguously legal.
A full Manticore Coy is actually pretty scary, dropping 5 blast markers before a hit is even scored, plus disrupt on top of that. But 10BP still gets you three blast markers, which is enough to break small formations or start a turn by suppressing a super heavy. It's frightening stuff. Based on comments upthread, Arty Coys aren't usually taken but, at 6,000pts, it seems to me you'd be crazy not to grab one. Although it will require me to tie up two Salamander platoons screening (it's certainly not going to take long for my opponent to realise the arty must die). Of course, throw in the Stormswords, Bombards and Marauders, and that's a lot of barrages dropping everywhere.