Are Intercessors a better Troops choice than Grey Hunters?

[Schlitzaf]

I do two 5 Man Intercessor packs for flexibility reasons, alongside two 10 Man Grey Hunters. My own Crusader Squads are similar, 2 14 Man and 2 5 Man

[Karhedron]

Walk up the board with Hellblasters + Bjorn tbh.

And a Rune Priest (preferably Njal) to cast Stormcaller on the the whole lot. 2+ saves in cover makes Primaris marines annoyingly hard to shift for their points.

Edited December 27, 2017 by Karhedronuk

[Kasper_Hawser]

 

Walk up the board with Hellblasters + Bjorn tbh.

And a Rune Priest (preferably Njal) to cast Stormcaller on the the whole lot. 2+ saves in cover makes Primaris marines annoyingly hard to shift for their points.

 

 

Don't try that with imperial Fists though. In my game, the power of snow was useless so I used Jaws and Tempest Wrath, which wasn't much good due to short range and lack of long range weapon support.

 

But yeah, i think I'm ready to field an intercessor squad or two.

[Yoyo ninja]

I am in the same boat, so far my army building has been stuck in 7th ed. I just ordered a 5man combat squad of intercesors to see how I can integrate them. So far I'm thinking midfield fire support for 2 units of Grey Hunters toating plasma out the wazoo, in las/plas Razorbacks. To my mind it give a solid core that is versatile enough to deal with most things. But we will see.

[Karhedron]

I am not a fan of LasPlas RBs, even if they are still legal. If you overcharge, you risk losing the whole vehicle on a 1 rather than just one marine. I prefer double LC or double AC on my razorbacks and put the plasma on my infantry where overheats sting less.

[Yoyo ninja]

Yea, fair, I hadn't thought of it that way. Seems a bit daft though, you can only put twin Plasma guns on vehicles, so would make sense for them to do d3 mortal wounds instead.

[Havok13]

I thought vehicles suffering overcharged plasma damage are one mortal wound? Unless this is just the new codex entries which I imagine we will get.

[Karack Blackstone]

I am not a fan of LasPlas RBs, even if they are still legal. If you overcharge, you risk losing the whole vehicle on a 1 rather than just one marine. I prefer double LC or double AC on my razorbacks and put the plasma on my infantry where overheats sting less.

 

Yea, fair, I hadn't thought of it that way. Seems a bit daft though, you can only put twin Plasma guns on vehicles, so would make sense for them to do d3 mortal wounds instead.

 

I thought vehicles suffering overcharged plasma damage are one mortal wound? Unless this is just the new codex entries which I imagine we will get.

 

I think that unless this is the new way things are written in the new SM Codex books, C:SM, C:BA, C:DA, and eventually ours, if I recall the Index entries correctly, 1 or D3 Mortal Wounds sounds correct.

 

Again, I could be wrong.

[Yoyo ninja]

In the index its just the heavy plasma cannon that is 1 mortal wound, the twin Plasma Gun is straight up dead. I'm guessing it's just an over site.

[Deadnaughty]

 

I am not a fan of LasPlas RBs, even if they are still legal. If you overcharge, you risk losing the whole vehicle on a 1 rather than just one marine. I prefer double LC or double AC on my razorbacks and put the plasma on my infantry where overheats sting less.

 

Yea, fair, I hadn't thought of it that way. Seems a bit daft though, you can only put twin Plasma guns on vehicles, so would make sense for them to do d3 mortal wounds instead.

 

I thought vehicles suffering overcharged plasma damage are one mortal wound? Unless this is just the new codex entries which I imagine we will get.

 

I think that unless this is the new way things are written in the new SM Codex books, C:SM, C:BA, C:DA, and eventually ours, if I recall the Index entries correctly, 1 or D3 Mortal Wounds sounds correct.

 

Again, I could be wrong.

 

Sadly you are wrong.

 

The Lascannon Twin-Plasmagun version is not in the SM, DA or BA codex. it only exists in the Index and there the plasma gun profile is a direct copy-paste and does say 'the bearer is slain'.

 

Its dumb but Raw your Razorback dies when when you roll a 1 on its overcharged twin plasma.

[Karack Blackstone]

In the index its just the heavy plasma cannon that is 1 mortal wound, the twin Plasma Gun is straight up dead. I'm guessing it's just an over site.

 

 

 

I am not a fan of LasPlas RBs, even if they are still legal. If you overcharge, you risk losing the whole vehicle on a 1 rather than just one marine. I prefer double LC or double AC on my razorbacks and put the plasma on my infantry where overheats sting less.

 

Yea, fair, I hadn't thought of it that way. Seems a bit daft though, you can only put twin Plasma guns on vehicles, so would make sense for them to do d3 mortal wounds instead.

 

I thought vehicles suffering overcharged plasma damage are one mortal wound? Unless this is just the new codex entries which I imagine we will get.

 

I think that unless this is the new way things are written in the new SM Codex books, C:SM, C:BA, C:DA, and eventually ours, if I recall the Index entries correctly, 1 or D3 Mortal Wounds sounds correct.

 

Again, I could be wrong.

 

Sadly you are wrong.

 

The Lascannon Twin-Plasmagun version is not in the SM, DA or BA codex. it only exists in the Index and there the plasma gun profile is a direct copy-paste and does say 'the bearer is slain'.

 

Its dumb but Raw your Razorback dies when when you roll a 1 on its overcharged twin plasma.

 

 

Well.

 

So, I guess I will never overcharge my TLPG Razorbacks, which currently, is sadly all of them...

 

Sigh.

 

Edit: Wait, what does Chapter Approved say?

Edited December 27, 2017 by Karack Blackstone

[Jorin Helm-splitter]

Chapter approved doesn't really mention it. If it changes it would be in a FAQ to the index, which without the option to buy that loadout I wouldn't hold my breath on.