White Hunter Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 So I am building a competitive assault based army at 2500 points and am trying to decide whether to invest in Heavy support, Fast attack, or Elites. the list I currently have is Lysander Epistolary TDA Librarian 10 Assault Terminators 2x Land Raiders 2 10 man tac squads in Rhinos 1 10 man tac squad Footslogges 1x 10 man sniper squad + Telion This leaves me with about 360 points. I am debating between a few options I would like to know the What you guys think the pros and cons of each are, and which option will would work best with the units I have. My biggest weaknesses at this point would be lack of templates and lack of meltas, so what do you guys recommend to fill the rest of these points Options A. Vindicator ( Anti-everything, Short Range) B. Dreadnought/ Ironclad (great first turn drops, adds meltas and flame templates, short range weapons, drop pods a must have) C. Land Speeders (Fast, adds melta and dakka, must be used in at least pairs) What are your thoughts and advice? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/183492-fast-attack-or-heavy-support/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGuard Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Personally I'd drop the footslogging Tactical Squad (or Scout squad, meaning the footslogging Tacticals sit on an objective), as you should be fine with 3 scoring units, and you should be fine with only one squad sitting back covering objectives, while the others need to mobile (ie. Rhinos). So drop the footslogging squad and replace it with a couple of MM/HF Speeders or MM attack bikes for good anti-tank. Then you should have the option between a Vindicator or Dreadnought. Now I'd take either the Dreadnought and another unit of Speeders or Attack Bikes, OR take two Vindicators. With 360pts you can easily fit two Vindicators into the army (remember, one LR can be a dedicated transport for the Terminators therefore not taking up a force organisation slot). Two Vindicators are better than one. If you dropped the footsloggin squad you should have been able to fit at least one squad of 2 MM Speeders or bikes. So I'd go for dropping the footslogging Tacticals, replacing them with a unit of either 2 Speeders or 2 Attack bikes (packing melta weapons), and use the 360pts you originally had for two Vindicators. Would be a pretty fearsome gunline. Just remember to try and get some meltas onto your Land Raiders. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/183492-fast-attack-or-heavy-support/#findComment-2170160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Chaos_Brute Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Where are the MM attack bikes? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/183492-fast-attack-or-heavy-support/#findComment-2170302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Hunter Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 At the moment I don't own any <_< Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/183492-fast-attack-or-heavy-support/#findComment-2170446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Chaos_Brute Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Well, I'd advise you to buy and use 7 MM attack bikes, then. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/183492-fast-attack-or-heavy-support/#findComment-2170692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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