march10k Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Well...I think of scouts as the tax for upgrading a demi company to a minimum lion's blade...70 points with sniper rifles and cloaks, and they don't seem so tax-like any more...but really, 55 points naked is pretty good, too! I also like the idea of a sergeant with a stormbolter and fist plus a heavy bolter...the squad infiltrates, does one melee, then camps some cover with the surviving models and annoys people. It worked in 4th and 5th... Anyway, what I wanted to say was that the scouts really only shine relative to tactical squads outside the context of a lion's blade...in order to get full-BS overwatch, you need to invest so much into power armor that you're not likely to take a horde of scouts...and it's worth the investment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaulerUK Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 IMO it really depends on what you want the Troop units to do on the field. If you want stationary point-defence then Scouts will be the go-to guys. Flexible AA/AT objective holders? ML Tacts. Frontline units to advance and assist in taking objectives? Plas/Flamer Tacts. AT (suicide) unit? Melta Tacts. They're all different, I'll always take at least one squad of ML Tacts & a squad of ML Sniper Scouts and expand on those as points allow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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