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Blood Angels Techmarine..


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What weapons are you running on your dreadnoughts, TheMouth?

 

 

I run either dakka dakka and missile/las set up or all dakka dakka.

 

Works well and for the most part people end up ignoring my dreads and work on shooting the techmarine + servitors instead...which never really pans out the way they want. LOLOL

I found this thread to be particularly interesting when I first saw it. So much so in fact that I went to my work table and set about scraping together a techmarine to join my DoA list. I decided that giving a techmarine a JP and a Combi-Melta could make for some interesting stories. Sure enough it happened. Tonight I played a 2500pt game against Space Wolves. The techmarine took until turn 5 (when it comes in automatically) due to some very poor reserve rolling in spite of DoA. When he did though he landed 4" from my opponents Landraider. His Combi-Melta hit, penetrated, and wrecked it... 75pts well spent and a great story to boot. Will this tactic work every time? Probably not, but when it does it seemed to work spectacularly and when it doesn't you didn't spend a lot of points on it to begin with.

 

-Samirus

I found this thread to be particularly interesting when I first saw it. So much so in fact that I went to my work table and set about scraping together a techmarine to join my DoA list. I decided that giving a techmarine a JP and a Combi-Melta could make for some interesting stories. Sure enough it happened. Tonight I played a 2500pt game against Space Wolves. The techmarine took until turn 5 (when it comes in automatically) due to some very poor reserve rolling in spite of DoA. When he did though he landed 4" from my opponents Landraider. His Combi-Melta hit, penetrated, and wrecked it... 75pts well spent and a great story to boot. Will this tactic work every time? Probably not, but when it does it seemed to work spectacularly and when it doesn't you didn't spend a lot of points on it to begin with.

 

-Samirus

 

Great story.. But why is the Techmarine 75 pts? Should have been 60pts..

 

That's actually the only advantage it has over a SP with Combi-Melta (at 85pts). The SP can join a squad afterwards, the Tech can't. SP has FNP, FC, Tech has Cover Bonus, Repair and 2++. Not too bad.

 

The Combi-Melta is a one shot affair though, sadly. Now, if he could take an actual Meltagun or another useful weapon..

I found this thread to be particularly interesting when I first saw it. So much so in fact that I went to my work table and set about scraping together a techmarine to join my DoA list. I decided that giving a techmarine a JP and a Combi-Melta could make for some interesting stories. Sure enough it happened. Tonight I played a 2500pt game against Space Wolves. The techmarine took until turn 5 (when it comes in automatically) due to some very poor reserve rolling in spite of DoA. When he did though he landed 4" from my opponents Landraider. His Combi-Melta hit, penetrated, and wrecked it... 75pts well spent and a great story to boot. Will this tactic work every time? Probably not, but when it does it seemed to work spectacularly and when it doesn't you didn't spend a lot of points on it to begin with.

 

-Samirus

 

Great story.. But why is the Techmarine 75 pts? Should have been 60pts..

 

That's actually the only advantage it has over a SP with Combi-Melta (at 85pts). The SP can join a squad afterwards, the Tech can't. SP has FNP, FC, Tech has Cover Bonus, Repair and 2++. Not too bad.

 

The Combi-Melta is a one shot affair though, sadly. Now, if he could take an actual Meltagun or another useful weapon..

 

Interesting that the techmarine can effect repairs without a servo arm. Maybe he's got a sonic screwdriver in his pocket.

My only problem with using the Priest for the same roll is they are more of a target seeing as how they boost the units around them. Besides with the way I run my lists there is usually a priest nearby anyway. If my opponents sees fit to sink fire into the poor techmarine that just slagged his vehicle that just one more unit worth of firepower the rest of my army won't have to take.

 

-Samirus

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