Leman Russ Squadron + ADL + Camo Netting

[L30n1d4s]

Leman Russes are already tough enough, with AV 14 from the front, but putting them behind an Aegis Defense Line and giving them the Camo netting upgrade allows them to have a 3+ Cover save on top of their already strong defensive stats.

 

Crunching the numbers, this means it would take:

 

-13 x  BS4 Lascannon shots to cause a single Glancing Hit (or 39 Lascannon shots to kill a LRBT outright via Glancing)

 

-6 x BS5 Railgun shots to cause a single Glancing Hit (or 18 Lascannon shots to kill a LRBT outright via Glancing)

 

-6 x  BS4 Bright Lance/Dark Lance shots to cause a single Glancing Hit (or 18 Bright Lance/Dark Lance shots to kill a LRBT outright via Glancing)

 

 

 

Throw in a Techpriest with Servitors nearby to repair lost hull points and you have an all but invincible (at least against shooting) Leman Russ Squadron that can put out Pie Plates (or Plasma Blasts, or Punisher Cannon volleys) all game long. About the only thing that can threaten this unit is either AP1 weapons (like massed DP meltas) or close combat assault hitting the reat AV10/11 armor.

[WarriorFish]

It makes them tough to remove, but you sacrifice their mobility for it which in turn increases their vulnerability to being assaulted. So the effectiveness of it depends on the rest of your list - can you protect them from assault? Can the rest of your army perform the other roles such as capturing objectives ok with them being static? If the answer to these questions is yes then go for it, but you shouldn't be crowbarring it into a list it won't fit.

 

Good for building a strong defensive line, but watch out for sneaky assaulting tricks (or other shenanigans) as most opponents won't bother wasting fire power on them. I'd probably not squadron the Russes too, as to be able to spread their guns around more.