shaun03 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Anyone looking at taking one? Model can be used in both 30/40k so worth adding to collection. There costly no doubt about that but could hold there own depending on how you set them up. The CC build is sort of redundant giving our CC strength as army wide. The storm cannon could lend us some high power shooting we lack, 6 ap 3 S7 shots with sunder, double it for 12 ap 3 S7 shots, is down right nasty. The main draw back other points is range. 24 is not that great and it's slow being a walker. So drop pod is worthy investing but leaving isolated to swarmed, or attaching to raven but that's getting pricey and eggs in one basket. Plus there no clear cut ruling on if it can ride in raven FW hadn't email me back yet saying yes or no. So looking at trying one out. Once I get my next FW order in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Storm Cannon and then your choice of combat weapon depending on meta fits best for 40k. Or you keep it cheap with one of each combat weapon, pod it in where your enemy least wants it and watch them cry as it absorbs ungodly amounts of fire and can ruin literally anythings day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedemptionNL Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I love the model, but I'm hesitant to get one to use for anything besides fun or a display model. With a few upgrades it's close to an Imperial Knight in point cost, while being slower, less survivable and having less and damage output. As it's not a super-heavy it is quite vulnerable to being immobilized, especially with the abundance of grav in most 40k metas. In 30k it might be better, especially with the phosphor launcher, but sadly that's not played much here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It has drop pod access and some good ranged output though, which is what makes it strong. An opponent might have two turns to stop a Knight from reaching them but with a pod (or even better a Dread Pod) they have to kill the pod before they kill the dread and he can shoot out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Until we are told otherwise, the Leviathan Dreadnought is a Dreadnought and seeing how the Stormraven (and a 40k Drop Pod for that matter) can carry a Dreadnought of any type, it's RAW. General consensus is one storm cannon and one claw/drill, with the claw arguably being favourable but that's meta dependent. Play it like you would a Fragioso and someone with far too much time on their hands wrote a guide/review for it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav1892 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Getting 2 after Christmas, one with storm cannon and one with grav bombard. Look ace but not sure where to fit it in my army, it's more because it looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 You can not argue with the Grav Bombard. It is your final argument against any infantry. Not sure it is worth the 300+ price tag when faced with hardcore cheese, but outside of those games it will be a solid asset, if you ask me. Reasonably tough, deliciously choppy and provides and good centerpiece to build around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Grav is 30k only though I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Grav is 30k only though I believe You are correct. Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun03 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Yes grav for 30k is way to go, For 40k you can get 3 hunter killer missles for only 15. Not to bad but I think a typo. Also they take dreadnought drop pods for DT. Which come with shroud so if you drop that pod in front line of sight everything they try to shoot thur gets the shourded bonuse save. Doesn't effect him much he 4++ anyway but other things dropping in, plus it works against inceptor list. While his price is entering knight level, I think he better to add no LoW choice smaller and might sneak by if someone doesn't know what is about to do to them. Plus Knights just scream shoot me. 80mm base means he will be in CC in no time even if you walk him up the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Well, given that his ranged output actually rivals an IK, this one scream 'shoot me' even louder, given how much easier it is to kill this one :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun03 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 That's true he can be seen as bigger threat than most knight types. But normally most players panic when some one drops a knight on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 80mm base means he will be in CC in no time even if you walk him up the field. Huh? A walker on a 80mm base gets exactly as close to the enemy as a ratling on a 25mm base. You aren't cheating, are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun03 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Haha nope, good analogy. I was referring to overall foot print of model taking up more space and thus being able to reach more, Tau players in the area find away to hide model being peice of flock if they could. It like when the gore pack drop for daemonkin and flesh hounds are now on 50mm based they take up more space and have great chance of reach when some tries to tuck and hide there models. If your ever played Warhammer Fantasy back when the infamous zombie Congo line was a thing, picture a tau player doing that hiding behind anything and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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