Long Fangs/Rune Priest

[Grimtooth]

I got to wondering the other day about dropping my Long Fangs unit to 4 LF with pack leader and attaching a rune priest to them so they would all fit in a razorback. The loss of one missile launcher to make room for the rune priest would be made up with his d6 Living Lightning hits. I would also keep Tempest Wrath on him to discourage enemy deep strikers from trying to alpha strike them. What do you all think?

[Maximus-92]

Whats the point of putting the squad into a razor, i often BUY a razor but i don't put them in it. The razor has no firing slots so you can cast living lightning or shoot from it.

[Grimtooth]

Whats the point of putting the squad into a razor, i often BUY a razor but i don't put them in it. The razor has no firing slots so you can cast living lightning or shoot from it.

 

Good point. It is just that I have had instances where I couldn't place my LF in terrain during deployment which would have made them being able to hitch a ride in a razorback first turn useful.

[Grey Mage]

Yep, thats what Ill do- dawn of war deployment involves night fighting anyways, so Ill cruise forward and drop of the LFs- theyll run into a good firing position, and proceed to rock on.

[Simo429]

I used to put my longfangs in a razorback until I realised that with the range of lascannons and ML's which is what I generally use I don't often need to move them post deployment

[Sarapham]

I think you would be better off putting the RP in a rhino together with GHs or something, using the Rhino´s fire points to turn the rhino into a "Razorback" with a pimped autocannon.

[WG Vrox]

My standard home objective holder is 5 GH with Melta, 1 WG with SB / PF and RP with LL and JoWW all in a Rhino.

 

I put a PMSB on the rhino giving me 3 SB total a Melta and LL, pretty nice little unit that can run the front lines and dispell and psy attacks or hang back and hold a home objective. Of course I have to choose between SB or Melta but usually I am 20 inches or so back and make use of my WG SB. Melta used only if something breaks through my lines or deep strikes.

 

Vrox

[MaleOpener]

Long Fangs tend to attract a lot of incoming fire.

 

As others suggested, stick him with a pack of GHs in some sort of vehicle. He'll be able to use his powers is relative safety.

[old git]

In my footslogger wolves I usually attach a rune priest to the long fangs and give him living lightning and tempests wrath. As he's a member of the unit he can split fire with the rest of them. If there are multiple targets (usually light transports thesedays) I move him a couple of inches away and you can then engage three targets. When with the unit he bolsters the defence if assaulted. A chooser helps keep infiltrators away. To answer, a rune priest attached to the long fangs is a good idea