ant7 Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I am building an Alpha Legion army and I'm in the prossess of putting the first squad of marines together. I was planning on going with 2 meltas but I have been thinking that maybe 1 melta and 1 flamer would be the way to go. Any opinions to help me decide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jeske Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 2 melta . csm never had problems with horde . we have enough str and enough attacks to deal with them , what chaos does lack is effective second choice of anti tank/support unit , this is why [+the fact that we are a short range army so poping transport is a priority for us]we play 2 melta. also . a single melta is not enough anti tank its too random . a single flamer is also not enough to deal with horde unit [orks stealers] that are t4 as the flamer is only str 4[so 50% chance to wound all models] . If you really really want a flamer in a squad , then buy the asp champion a combi weapon , against good players a single unit wont use a flamer more then once anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 If you really want to field flamers (because they are decent - not fantastic - but decent) put them on fast moving units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant7 Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Thanks, I was thinking about the short range limitations of CSM, but I was curious about the flamers against hordes. So 2 meltas it will be, bring on the hordes we can take 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templarboy Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I reserve my flamer use for Chosen. Infiltrate 4 flamers with a champ with a combi-flamer. Sure they suck but if you get lucky, they can be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minigun762 Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I am building an Alpha Legion army and I'm in the prossess of putting the first squad of marines together. I was planning on going with 2 meltas but I have been thinking that maybe 1 melta and 1 flamer would be the way to go. Any opinions to help me decide? I am a fan of the Flamer/Melta/Fist squad because its able to do most anything well enough. It is most useful in smaller games (1k-1.5k) where you might only have 2-3 CSM squad depending on the rest of your army and for me, at least one of those is a 2x Plasma fire support squad. In this kind of situation, I'd prefer 1-2 "all purpose" squads over focused squads. Once you get to 1.75+ games, you normally are using 4+ CSM squads so you more room to specialize them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kovash Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 My advice to you is if you have the spare models and bits, make an extra model or two, and try using them both in battles. That's the best way to judge what you need to go against your local opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillin Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 I like the melta/flamer squad, versital squad. You could put a combimelt on the champ for the occasion when one does not do the job. It also depends on the rest of your army, you are less likely to need 2 meltas in csm squads if you have a unit or 2 of termicide. I'm also a big fan of dual plaz squads, they do pretty well w/ out a champ if you need to save pts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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