Can a Captain take 2 melee weapons?

[Epimetheus13]

Probably a silly question, but pls help me out. The melee weapon section says: "A model may replace one weapon with one of the following." How do people generally interpret that? Is it:

 

- ONLY one weapon can be exchanged for a melee weapon (so can never have more than 1 weapon from this list)

 

or

 

- ANY one weapon may be exchanged for a melee weapon (so can have as many weapons from this list as he has weapons to swap with; usually 2)

 

By contrast, the Ranged weapon list clearly allows models to carry two ranged weapons: "A model may swap his bolt pistol AND/or his close combat weapon..."

 

I'd like to build a Captain who swaps his bolt pistol and chainsword for a Lightning Claw and Powerfist - both specialist weapons, so he gets +1A, and he can use whichever one depending on the situation. And if he really needs to shoot something, he can still throw a krak grenade. :-)

 

Thanks in advance!

[Stercus]

Definitely possible to have two melee weapons. Power fist/lightning claw is a favoured build for many of the competitive gamers on this forum.

[Chaplain Lucifer]

Yes, he may take 2 melee weapons. But for the price of a LC and a powerfist you could probably go for a mace of redemption for cheaper, still no AP2...

[Epimetheus13]

Thanks for confirming! Yeah, its 10 pts more than the mace, but I'll pay that to get the AP 2 choice and likely S8 ID, even if it is unwieldy...