kiwitexansfan Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I'm still new to 40k and have been trying various radical DH builds. I just played a small 750pt game with 3 squads of 5 ISTs with two special weapons in each (plasma, plasma and 2 plasma, melta). Playing against Space Marines, the plasma and melta just annihilated them, I was astounded. In two rounds of shooting killed TDA Captain, TDA Librarian, a tactical squad and a Dreadnought. Meanwhile my 3 daemonhosts waltzed through the enemy sniper scouts (rolling 18 attacks on the initial assault certainly helped.) Having these small squads with multiple weapons certainly makes for a lot of potential for death..... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/191721-special-weapons-on-ists/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
asianavatar Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Sounds like you rolled pretty lucky. I wouldn't expect them to do that well all the time though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/191721-special-weapons-on-ists/#findComment-2275119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitexansfan Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Sounds like you rolled pretty lucky. I wouldn't expect them to do that well all the time though. perhaps not but for 15 models your pumping out a lot of low AP high strength shots. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/191721-special-weapons-on-ists/#findComment-2275140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntgcleaner Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Having these small squads with multiple weapons certainly makes for a lot of potential for death..... assuming you get to them in time without losing everything! Grats on the nice plan there. was he mainly an assaulty SM army? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/191721-special-weapons-on-ists/#findComment-2275171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitexansfan Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Having these small squads with multiple weapons certainly makes for a lot of potential for death..... assuming you get to them in time without losing everything! Grats on the nice plan there. was he mainly an assaulty SM army? Yes, the SM army was pretty aggressive in its attack and had some bad luck on the dice. I'm aware that 5 man IST squads are squishy and will die a lot, especially in assualt. Question is whether it is better to add more bodies to get more wounds to protect your shooting, or just add more 5 man squads as you expand. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/191721-special-weapons-on-ists/#findComment-2275185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justicar Valius Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Ah IST is the bread and butter of any DH force. 5IST, 2 melta/plasma, rhino with EA and smokes if you want. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/191721-special-weapons-on-ists/#findComment-2275186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntgcleaner Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 IMO If you had to add more, I would add more bodies. At 5 models per unit, if you lose 2 of them, you have to take a test. losing two IST's is pretty easy to do! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/191721-special-weapons-on-ists/#findComment-2275193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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