Twin-Linked Heavy Flamer

[Tsavong Lah]

Our Dreadnoughts can be equipped with a Twin-Linked Heavy Flamer, which strikes me as a little bit redundant—since template weapons already autohit everything under the template, what's the point of being "twin-linked"? There was never a to-hit roll in the first place, so what is there to reroll?

 

Am I missing something obvious?

[Sturm Moonwolf]

Twin-linked heavy flamers re-roll wounds.

[Heimer]

Twin-linked template weapons are allowed to reroll "to wound" instead of to hit (as well as rerolling armour penetration dice, if you try to toast vehicles with your flamer), so it is actually very nice.

[Tsavong Lah]

Ooh, that is indeed very nice. Thanks!

[clanfield]

i use this ina drop pod and it is very evil

[LPetersson]

Now, if only the Dreadnought box actually came with one, I'd be happy...

[Taeken]

Fairly easy to convert / make one. Take a look at the Forgeworld one for inspiration.

[Vorion]

Hit up a Guard player, they will prob have a few extra flamers. I know that I have like four sitting in my bits box.

 

I used one on my dread in a drop pod and it tore apart nids eldar and guard. I pretty much got to pick a squad I wanted to remove and kill it first turn

[LPetersson]

Fairly easy to convert / make one. Take a look at the Forgeworld one for inspiration.

 

Forgeworld does twin-linked flamers for Dreads?

[Chapter Master Ignis Domus]

It works quite well against slightly tougher Tyranids that still form hordes. Most people think that they're tough enough to be compacted into hordes without fear of many template weapons. Enter the TL Heavy Flamer of doom.

[Tizzony]

Am i correct in thinking that with the Hf upgrade and a twin-linked Hf you get two templates attacks?

[Chapter Master Ignis Domus]

If they are two separate weapons, you get two templates. Only one of them rerolls wounds.

[Tizzony]

And here I thought that was to good to be true.