Rune Priests - The new role - bullet magnet?

[Levitas]

You can use them aggressively, but in combat they will get swamped quickly with just 2 wounds. Tooling up with TDA is nice but then they cant go in Rhinos, which is where i think they will do the most damage. You want them using powers every turn, not using average combat prowess.

 

I think living lightning will become the default power. With JotWW, if its worth taking out as a threat then it usually has a high initiative anyways. Its more an opportunistic power, than something you can run with runepriest spam, which the bandwagoners will see at some point. Where as 2 rune priests in support of a WL can deal out 2D6 Str 7 hits a turn(LL x2) while the WL is tearing up units in combat. Make people roll lotsa dice, not just one dice and hope the ground opens up.

[Toasterfree]

you dont need TDA. you can take RA.

 

you dont need TDA. you can take RA.

[Levitas]

But with a 5+ Inv you can save the world..

 

No...?

[Toasterfree]

im not using it to save the world, but be a support PW to break out of a combat if needed.

[Leman Of The Russ]

As an aside, here's what the 'dex says about BC's so we can end this now:

 

"If the squad numbers fifteen models, a second Blood Claw may replace his bolt pistol with a weapon from the above list at no additional cost."

 

Weapons listed above:

Flamer

Melta

Plasma

 

Further on down it says one BC can replace his CCW w. a Special CCW. Sorry bud bu you're dead wrong. Re-read the 'dex next time you're at the store.

Meh. I'm not afraid to admit when I'm wrong.

Looks like my army will be turning into a tank-busting one then.

[Wispy]

I had a lot of fun casting living lightning and murderous hurricane from a rhino's fire point in the last game I played.