Making the new tank company ROW work

[Emperors Teeth]

The way I read it is that only Predators with the Predator Cannon turret can be used to fill the Compulsory Troops Slots for the RoW.

 

Meaning if you have at least 2x1 Pred Squads w/ Pred Turret, then you're free to take any other turret in the Troops Slot.

 

I've gone back and re-read the passage, and there's no way to read it that would allow you to take non-autocannon predators as Troops of any kind.

 

"Legion Predator Strike armour Squadrons (armed with Predator cannon turret and sponson weapons only) must be taken as compulsory Troops choices in the detachment, and may be taken as additional Troops choices."

 

So you have to take autocannon preds with sponsons as compulsory choices, and you can take more of these as non-compulsory ones. There's nothing to suggest you can take other turret types in your Troops choices.

[noigrim]

Indeed, other turrets belong in the heavy slot

[Brofist]

Seems my conundrum from earlier had some validity. Tank commanders now count as masters of the legion. Go hog wild.

[Plaguecaster]

The fact you can take squadrons of Malcadors really makes me a happy person :D

Wait so does that mean we can select a tank commander who has master of the legion as a normal hq choice now regardless of whether we are using the tank row or not?

Edit never mind

[exsanguis]

How about White Scars using this RoW? Here's something I came up with this morning:

 

Master of Armour - Sicaran with Ceramite, Dozer Blade & Lascannons

 

Predators x2 - Heavy Bolters

Predators x2 - Heavy Bolters

 

Javelins x2 - 4x HKM, Multi-meltas, TL Lascannons

Sky Hunters x6 - 2x Culverins

Primaris-Lightning - 2x Kraken hardpoints, Servitor Control, Auguries

 

Sky Slayers x3 - Multi-meltas

Vindicator - Machine Spirit, Dozer Blade

Sicaran Venator - Dozer Blade

 

Comes to 1750 on the nose. To bring it up to 2000 I'd probably add a marksmen Veteran squad with a Rhino to babysit a mid-field objective.

[Brofist]

Might as well split up those predators. I's also strongly consider giving them lascannons.

[Baluc]

Unless you are usong full 3 man platoons of Preds its better to just go solo. Its more kill points but squadrons are vulnerable to the gold old quad mortar sqaud.

 

I've never really seen the appeal of vindicators myself. I think command rhino would do a lot more for this army. Loke letting you ds 3 multimeltas with pinpoint accuracy.

 

One thing I love about Armoured Breakthrough is how it basically can ignore the primarch on Spartan unit. The only infantry I would take would be in a assault ram likely since it has tank type.

[Brofist]

I love my pair of vindicators, but I'll be the first to admit they are more flavour over practicality. In our league we even give demolisher canons -1 to cover saves, but it's not enough. Giving them machine spirit is an excellent investment and a 5 point combi weapon ontop is icing on the cake, but the weak side armour is really their achilles heel.

 

With HOTG I would typically outflank them, sometimes making them every relevant. Sometimes they would show up where I didn't need them at all. In armoured breakthrough you have effectively 36" range, which is nice. If you do take one or two post results!