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Athmos
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Post subject: What are these?  Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:45 pm |
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i would probably let the Landraider in the battle barge, and bring in an additional Terminator formation and a hunter to protect the WW from air. Basically, it's a swap between some ranged AT firepower and some nasty MW CC attacks that can happen anywhere. 2 termies formations allow some nasty deepstrike against heavy foes (Leman russ companies, Super Heavy tanks Coy); you can thus either start crippling two of those and leave them weakened for the Warhound to finish the job, or combine the 2 termies dets to make a mess of such buggers.
You could even consider taking a warhound out to bring in some landspeeders and get an additional character; i would advise a comander or a chaplain in one of the terminator formation; you can get the landspeeder to double and shoot at a formation, then use them as support when a chaplain augmented Termies det get close and personal with them. It give you a bucketload of MW attack; the landspeeder can do such nastyness from 80 cm away, inspiring and an additional MW for the termies are quite good. A comander would allow you to combine assault with both terminator formations; this should do short work of most thing you can encounter, including very big stuff; even a warlord should be carefull when risking this.
However, your army seem quite solid - if a bit thin on AA - and if it work, well, it work and that's what matter.
But if i remember corectly, you play DA, and i thought adding termies and landspeeder could ring a bell to you, and i must say i quite like the tactics those formation allow (like what i mentioned earlier). but i can understand you'd be sad to let one of those lovely warhounds at home. I certainly love those too; their MW attacks also come in handy for Space marines army, but termies and LS can fulfill that role.
Well, those are only first sight suggestion anyway.
Athmos
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Hetzer
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Post subject: What are these? Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:05 pm |
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Great advise all.....thanks.
My only real problem in EA is that I get attached to certain units (Landraiders) and it kills me to leave them in the fig case:( .
As you have pointed out, I could find a better use for the massive 400 points the LR's take up.
Better air defense is definitely a priority though. I think I will add a hunter to the WW detachment at least.
The other advantage I have found with using several small formations rather then fewer larger formations is that it when my IG opponent opens up with his 900 point Monster SHT company he has to fire at one formation only. Sure he completely Devastates my Devastators o:p ....but he also has allot of left over firepower wasted on my much smaller unit.
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Post subject: What are these? Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:42 am |
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I agree with you Hetzer, my Tac Dets deploy with Land Raiders and Dev Dets with Rhinos or Razorbacks. That's S.O.P. for us, in most cases ! And still we use SM1 TO&Es, mostly and have used activation since then ('90). So we keep our units small ... and it works for us ! 
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