Tactica Termitica

[Brofist]

Personally, I prefer to ally in admech for interceptor bubbles.

[Gorgoff]

Personally, I prefer to ally in admech for interceptor bubbles.

There is still interceptor in 40k?

[Withershadow]

Quite a few. There is also a guard stratagem for Stormtroopers, Toquemada has an ability that functions like an intercept, etc.

[Brofist]

Nah, Gorgoff was just burning me hard for not calling Mechanicum the right thing

[Ficinus]

Could you do a Militia Enginseer squad with eight phased plasma fusils with AP2 from the Warlord trait that improves AP by 1?

[Brofist]

Yep. I was thinking about that one myself. It's probably the only unique termite build that militia gets.

[Ficinus]

Militia could also do AP3 heavy flamers in a termite. There would be fewer of them, but the ability of the termite to force enemy models to bunch up could be devastating provided you avoid the artificer armour sergeants.

[Hesh Kadesh]

Militia could also do AP3 heavy flamers in a termite. There would be fewer of them, but the ability of the termite to force enemy models to bunch up could be devastating provided you avoid the artificer armour sergeants.

Can't take Bulky Units. 

[Ficinus]

Damn, I thought it was just no terminators. That's a shame.

[Hesh Kadesh]

Ikr, thought there might actually be a use for militia running Ogryns, but apparently not.

[Gorgoff]

Tactical Support Squads with Plasma Guns should like that thing as well, but in my mind it is made for Breachers.

[Withershadow]

Plasma support squads, plasma seekers, machine killer veterans, any kind of alpha strike unit that liked a drop pod, will like this even more.

 

I also feel like it’s made for Breachers, though, so I will just be throwing a combi-melta/2x melta squad in there.

[Brofist]

If it was an assault vehicle it would be made for breachers! Super thematic tho

[Fangbanger]

Please don't go loading this thing up with haywire hoplites.... people hate mechanicum enough already and it's not like we are short on busting tanks

[Gorgoff]

So... which weapon should I put on that thing?

I don't say weaponS because it won't survive more then one turn, I guess, and you can shoot only one weapon with full BS at the arrival anyway.

Suggestions?

[ProsperoStands]

My plan is to throw some Support squads into mine. Luna Wolves with BS5 from Death dealers with plasma or melta will delete units. I may also use these in my Orbital Assault list to have something like seven pods on turn one.

[Gorgoff]

My plan is to throw some Support squads into mine. Luna Wolves with BS5 from Death dealers with plasma or melta will delete units. I may also use these in my Orbital Assault list to have something like seven pods on turn one.

Remember that, although similiar to the Deep Strike rule, it doesn't count for stuff like Orbital Assault.

[ProsperoStands]

Really? Since when? Last time I heard it worked with the Orbital Assault RoW.

[ProsperoStands]

Subterranean Assault states that the units enter play using Deep Strike, so fair game for Orbital Assault.

[Nomadic Thunder]

i think it was in reference to the fact that pods and termites are counted seperate.

so 3 pods and 2 termites doesn't make 5 pods: as in you can't drop your 3 pods first turn, it would be 2 pods and 1 termite.

[Charlo]

From a fluff perspective, using Termites in an Orbital Assault list, while legal, feels a bit on the nose eh? ;)

[Reyner]

From a fluff perspective, using Termites in an Orbital Assault list, while legal, feels a bit on the nose eh?

You are only thinking of the one dimension brother Charlo, these termites were fired from a Strike Cruiser on the OTHER side of the planet 3 weeks ago and have been burrowing through the planet! :P Very Alpha Legion... 

[Gorgoff]

Subterranean Assault states that the units enter play using Deep Strike, so fair game for Orbital Assault.

You should read the whole rules.

You don't count 'em in an Orbital Assault.

So with let's say 6 Drop Pods in turn one you would get 3 Pods + the Termite. :)

@Reyner: Hopefully someone brought Sandwiches. :D

[Hesh Kadesh]

To clarify, because I think there is some cross purposes talk here, Drop Pod Assault and Subterranean assault are two different 'pools' of units.

 

Lets say you have a list of say 3 Drop Pods (Command Squad, and 2* Tactical Squads), 2 Dreadnought Drop Pods, 2 Terminator Squads with Deep Strike, 3 Termites (carrying Breacher Squads) and 2 Fire Raptors, you may First turn deep strike with any 3 Drop Pod Assault Units, and 2 Termites, and the in subsequent turns, roll reserves for the 2 Remaining Drop Pod Assault units, the Terminators, the remaining Termite, and 2 Fire Raptors.

 

Hope that helps.

[Gorgoff]

To clarify, because I think there is some cross purposes talk here, Drop Pod Assault and Subterranean assault are two different 'pools' of units.

 

Lets say you have a list of say 3 Drop Pods (Command Squad, and 2* Tactical Squads), 2 Dreadnought Drop Pods, 2 Terminator Squads with Deep Strike, 3 Termites (carrying Breacher Squads) and 2 Fire Raptors, you may First turn deep strike with any 3 Drop Pod Assault Units, and 2 Termites, and the in subsequent turns, roll reserves for the 2 Remaining Drop Pod Assault units, the Terminators, the remaining Termite, and 2 Fire Raptors.

 

Hope that helps.

And if you have Perturabo, they may come aaaaaall in turn one.