What To Do With Single LC Relic Terminators?

[Paladin777]

Perhaps a bit premature, so sorry about that, but with the removal of the LC/CB combo, I'm scratching my head on what to do with my three Tartaros Terminators that are modeled like that. I could either try to somehow remove the lightning claws, making them full shooty with CB/PF's, or I could go TLLC's with them, leaving just the RAC and the sarge (with plasma blaster) with shooting. 

 

I'm not going to get to them before A Call to Arms is done, and perhaps a codex will have dropped before then, but it's on the brain right now!

 

Thanks for any replies. 

Edited July 4, 2023 by Jolemai
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[Jolemai]

13 hours ago, Paladin777 said:

Perhaps a bit premature, so sorry about that, but with the removal of the LC/CB combo, I'm scratching my head on what to do with my three Tartaros Terminators that are modeled like that. I could either try to somehow remove the lightning claws, making them full shooty with CB/PF's, or I could go TLLC's with them, leaving just the RAC and the sarge (with plasma blaster) with shooting. 

 

I'm not going to get to them before A Call to Arms is done, and perhaps a codex will have dropped before then, but it's on the brain right now!

 

Thanks for any replies. 

 

I've split and moved this into Adeptus Astartes as it's a generic thing many more can help with.

 

@Captain Idaho I believe uses these, so his input will be useful along with any further replies.

[Tacitus]

Call it a power weapon - One Lightning claw pretty much is, and the pair is the same statline with one bonus attack. 

 

Edit to add:  As I think about it, I'm pretty sure that's one of the things that GW intended by calling it a Power Weapon - one lightning claw actually is a power weapon, while you only get a new profile if you take two. 

Edited July 4, 2023 by Tacitus

[Marshal Reinhard]

While I think Black Templars made it out of the indexization event really well compared to a lot of others, one thing that annoys me is how our swordbrethren, who can take lightning claws... sorry could take lightning claws.... now they're apparently power weapons? IE both of them are counting as a single power weapon? No acknowledgement that there's two...? So I can could conceivably model one with a single claw now then as there's no half weapons?

 

Ah, well, I suppose I have it well if that's the biggest concern I can think of.

[BrainFireBob]

Powerfist, make them CSM with accursed weapons (I did). 

[Paladin777]

8 hours ago, Tacitus said:

Call it a power weapon - One Lightning claw pretty much is, and the pair is the same statline with one bonus attack. 

 

Edit to add:  As I think about it, I'm pretty sure that's one of the things that GW intended by calling it a Power Weapon - one lightning claw actually is a power weapon, while you only get a new profile if you take two. 

I could do that for now, but I don't really want to because 'power weapon' is the weakest option. I'd rather call the lightning claw a fancy power fist, tbh. The PW is only better than the fist against T3/4, 1W models, and by very little.
 

The twin lightning claws aren't just an extra attack, it also gains rerolling wounds over the power weapon.  On S5 attacks that's quite significant. 

Edited July 4, 2023 by Paladin777

[Blindhamster]

Functionally though, a single lightning claw is meant to be a power weapon 

 

mid just use them as that for now, rules change, you should model for what you like rather than rules imo

Edited July 4, 2023 by Blindhamster