Sanguine_Blood Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Greetings Brothers, I have a 5 man Vanguard squad I built a little while ago that I am not happy with. Their current format is: Marine with Relic Blade and Magnetized hand for either inferno/grav pistol or Storm Shield. Marine with 2 Lightning Claws 3 Marines with Bolt Pistols/Storm Shields. All of them are magnetized to allow for power packs or jump packs, so that's a non-issue there. I want to remodel some of these, but keep the marine with relic blade, and the marine with LCs as they are. I'd like to keep the 3 with Storm Shields so they still have the storm shields, but I don't know what I should do with the bolt pistols... should I remove them to add in Chain swords? Should I give Power weapons of some kind? Looking for your thoughts and criticisms SB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 We had someone ask this earlier today :P I suggest the mods move your post to this thread And we carry on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-beard Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I run all my vanguards with one single power weapon, but that's because I run them in the Sanguine Wing formation. In general, I like stormshield vanguard to have no other upgrades. These are the guys I am going to put in the front to soak up armour ignoring wounds. I don't want to spend points putting power weapons on models that will be used as ablative wounds. I think you only need 2-3 storm shields for a 10 man unit. If you're running a 5-man unit, you may only want 1-2 storm shields, not 3-4. If you're going to stick with just a 5-man squad, you might want to consider putting a power sword on one of those SS models and run them like this: Power sword or relic blade x1 power axe x1 lightning claw x1 storm shield x 2 On a side note, I'm also not a fan of double lightning claws on vanguard vets; the 15 points for one extra CC attack is just too expensive. If you're strapped for points, you may want to proxy your double LC model as a single LC model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguine_Blood Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Thanks for the advice. I don't really play in a super competative meta, so having a model with 2 LCs is fine. Yeah it's an extra 15pts for 1 more attack, but it's in the realm of the "rule of cool". The model with 2 LCs just looks boss. Good point on the quantity of SS's, I'll cut one of my 3 off and mag it so if I ever go and run a 5+ unit I can have 3 SSs in it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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