FW unit analysis

[Bmseifer]

So with the index book in hand I had some time to look through it and first impression: Wow these things are expensive points wise but that seems to be the case across the board when taking vehicles now.

 

What stood out to me though:

 

The Leviathan. If we disregard transport I would compare this to the trusty Godhammer Land Raider. With a cyclonic melta it comes a few points cheaper and has similiar ranged output, speed and defence. The range is shorter, yes, but we're not overly worried getting close with since he's a beast in combat as well. With both a BS and WS of 2+. He's a tiny bit slower but that doesnt worry me that much. Same T and Save with 2 less wounds but rocking a 4+ invul makes him tougher than a LR in my mind.

 

The Deredeo. Decently costed unit, my weapon of choice the anvillus battery. I'm not sold on either of the carapace options though, better to keep him cheap. Also rocking a BS of 2+ and a 5+ invul. His helical targeting giving +1 to hit FLY units is great, meaning if you go with the plasma cannonade and shooting FLY units without Hard to hit, you can never 'get hot'

 

Rapier Batteries. Only two variants now, mortar is gone. less durable and more expensive than before

 

Sicaran Battle Tank. Weird wording on the Accelerator cannon. It suffers 'NO' penalties when shooting FLY units, which RAW would mean from all sources, not just 'hard to hit'

 

LR Proteus. It says it can take the 'Heavy Armour' ability, but I can't find anywhere what that is

 

Vindicator Laser Destroyer. Cheap costed unit with good firepower. Also has T8 which seem miles better than T7 this edition

Edited June 20, 2017 by Bmseifer

[olsol]

then you have the warlord...

[Rabidbunneh]

I emailed Forgeworld about the Heavy Armour upgrade yesterday, hopefully it does something to make it a worthwhile choice.

[Ebon Hand]

I saw in another thread that they said it's a 5+ invulnerable save.