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+++Unit of the week+++ Rubric Marines This thread is only for tactics for Rubric Marines, not for pictures, there are other places for that. How to best use Rubric Marines? Wargear? Legion? Which stratagems are worth throwing out? Any solid unit combos?

++Thousand Sons Unit of the Week++ ++Rubric Marines++ New codex, new discussions about units! As we already have in other faction sections, I'm starting up a Unit of the Week series for Thousand Sons, where each week we select and dissect a datasheet found in the book, and discuss how we use the unit in-game, favoured loadouts and combos, essentially how to use these units best. What have you found that works, and what doesnt? Please try to stick to the idea of making the unit in question work, as opposed to pointing out other units that might do a better job - we'll get to those in time! This week, we start with the core Troops choice of the codex, and the iconic model in any Thousand Sons army, the Rubric Marine - we'll get to other units in time as we all unpick the codex and get some games in. What are you thoughts, and how best would you use the unit? To compliment a list, or to build a list around? Will the beta rules affect your list(s)? What size unit? Will you be running multiple units? What <GREAT CULT>, loadouts, spell and Stratagems support do you prefer and how much does it depend on the above choices? Are you buffing this unit? If so, how? Uses in Matched, Narrative and Open Play How have they fared for you in-game? Over to you. ++Thousand Sons Unit of the Week Index Link++

A thought I just had was whether Scarabs were actually better than Rubrics? For comparison, a max squad of rubrics is about the same pts as a min squad of SOT's: 220pts = Aspiring Sorc + 8 rubrics with bolters + 1 soulreaper 215pts = SOT Sorcerer + 1 rubric with soulreaper, missile rack, +3 SOT's, 1 staff 4x khopesh + native deepstrike Rubrics have 20 3+/5++ wounds; get 16 bolter shots at 24", 5 soulreaper shots at 24"; 10 models for ObSec SOT's have 15 2+/5++ wounds, get 16 bolter + 5 soulreaper + 2 missiles at 24"; 5 models for ObSec, + native deepstrike When you reduce it you get: Rubrics = 20 3+/5++ Wounds Scarabs = 15 2+/5++ wounds + 2 missiles + 4 khopesh + native deepstrike As I started this topic, I totally forgot about the Khopesh, which probably has a value of 5-10pts per model, right? Initially I thought 10 rubrics would be superior, but I think that would push things in the SOT's favour. Is there a reason you would take ten rubrics over the five SOT's? ------------------------------------- Instead, how about 2x5 rubrics with reapers vs 5x SOT's? 230pts = 2x Aspiring Sorc + 6x rubrics with bolters + 2x rubric with soulreaper 215pts = SOT Sorcerer + 1 rubric with soulreaper, missile rack, +3 SOT's, 1 staff 4x khopesh + native deepstrike Rubrics have 2x sorcerers/casts/CaP's, 20 3+/5++ wounds; get 12 bolter shots at 24", 10 soulreaper shots at 24"; 10 models for ObSec SOT's have 1x sorcerer/cast/CaP 15 2+/5++ wounds, get 16 bolter + 5 soulreaper + 2 missiles at 24"; 5 models for ObSec + native deepstrike When you reduce it you get: Rubrics = 20 3+ Wounds + 5 soulreaper shots + 1 cast + 1 Cabal Point Scarabs = 15 2+ wounds + 2 missiles + 4 khopesh + native deepstrike If you assume the wounds are effectively the same, you can cancel them out also to get: Rubrics = + 5 soulreaper shots +3 staff attacks + 1 cast + 1 Cabal Point Scarabs = + 2 missiles + 4 khopesh + native deepstrike Not to mention the increased board presence from 2 units, one sorc can be doing a psychic action for VP's etc. Is that a more favourable comparison? What do you prefer, 2x 5 man rubrics or 1x 5 man SOT?

What other legions does it make sense to paint up Rubric Marines in? One of the major themes in my Thousand Sons army's backstory is the mission of my warlord, the Exalted Sorcerer Senet, in gathering the Sons of Prospero from across the galaxy once again as one part of Ahriman's campaign to correct his Rubric; which begs the question, where would he actually be finding those Rubricae? I mean, I'm sure you wouldn't find Rubricae with the liveries of the World Eaters, Emperor's Children, and definitely not the Death Guard, and I know the Black Legion definitely uses Rubrics of some type (since one is on the cover of the book of the same name, which I need to read at some point), but in what contexts? Would they be (in terms of fluff) found with the Word Bearers, or Alpha Legion, or Iron Warriors, or Night Lords? What about Renegades? And what fluff exists depicting the "soulless automata" of the Thousand Sons under other banners? Also, from a more hobby perspective, what other legion colors actually work well with Rubricae models? I'm at 50 of the Thousand Sons under their own symbol now, comprising liveries of a standard Thousand Sons blue/gold scheme with a squad each like the Silver Sons, the Crimson Sons, and the Black Legion Rubrics, and as I continue to collect more Rubrics I'd like to eliminate some of the intrinsic gameplay redundancy that necessarily crops up when you get up to that many Thousand Sons Rubric Marines. (And another question: do non-Thousand Sons Aspiring Sorcerers get access to the Discipline of Change or is that for the Sons of Prospero only?) Thanks! --KiteSenet