Dark_Apostle_XVII Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Hi guys. For my very fluff oriented Word Bearers army I want to use a Dark Apostle. I know he is not the greatest, and is consistently outperformed at most things by most other HQ choices but I am determined not to write him off just yet. I have never played a game of 40k before so was hoping to put this out there to see what responses I get. Please try and be constructive I now know what can do it better but I would like to know how people have made him work for them. I really want to try and get the best out of him. So any tips from loadout to accompanying unit and how best to use him in battle would be great. Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/289040-dark-apostle/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montuhotep Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 A Dark Apostle in a bunch of Cultists is usually pretty good - 'Mark' the meatshields if you want for extra flavour. It's about the most 'fluff accurate' way of using him, leading the sheep onwards. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/289040-dark-apostle/#findComment-3642561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minigun762 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Bury him in a group of 20 CSMs. Toss in either MoN for T5 or MoS and banner for I5 and FnP. Give the champion a single lightning claw to help with challenges. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/289040-dark-apostle/#findComment-3642567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
incinerator950 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 A less useful variant would be to throw him a khornate cultist blob and take the MoK. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/289040-dark-apostle/#findComment-3643167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Apostle_XVII Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Thanks for the suggestions guys. Before reading this, he was equipped with: Brand MoT - for 3++ Possible gift of mutation although I was advised against this. And was to be deployed inside a 15 strong unit of close combat CSM with Flamers. There is quite clearly room for change as it have since been advised to edit this slightly from what it was but was wondering if you guys think this could work for him. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/289040-dark-apostle/#findComment-3643216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
incinerator950 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 He's more viable with CS rules, but even that's pushing the envelope. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/289040-dark-apostle/#findComment-3643684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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