Exterminator/prime combo

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

Has anyone ever combo’d the taurox prime with an exterminator to really chew through enemy armor/monsters?

[Galron]

Not a taurox since I pretty much refuse to put them on the board since they are so stupid looking. But Exterminators make excellent support tanks for other low AP vehicles like chimeras with dudes in the back.

[sairence]

The commonly usee combo is one Exterminator and 2 Battletanks, sprinkled with a Hellhound or two. God volume of fire, the BCs have built in rerolls, which is always welcome. 

 

Don't think the T-Prime really has the volume of fire to really sing, it's more to make Scions absolutely horrific.

 

But Exterminator is just a good, solid support tank in general. Extra AP is never bad.

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

8 hours ago, sairence said:

The commonly usee combo is one Exterminator and 2 Battletanks, sprinkled with a Hellhound or two. God volume of fire, the BCs have built in rerolls, which is always welcome. 

 

Don't think the T-Prime really has the volume of fire to really sing, it's more to make Scions absolutely horrific.

 

But Exterminator is just a good, solid support tank in general. Extra AP is never bad.

Not about volume of fire, but stacking separate buffs to boost the effectiveness of the rest of the army.

[sairence]

Yeah, sure. Think I misunderstood your intial question, thought you were looking at buffing the T Prime.

 

Tbh, Scions don't really need extra AP that much. Their main damage comes from Plasma/Melta, which doesn't really need extra AP. And even then, the new detachment gives you a strat boosting S and AP, without needing to commit another unit in there.

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

2 hours ago, sairence said:

Yeah, sure. Think I misunderstood your intial question, thought you were looking at buffing the T Prime.

 

Tbh, Scions don't really need extra AP that much. Their main damage comes from Plasma/Melta, which doesn't really need extra AP. And even then, the new detachment gives you a strat boosting S and AP, without needing to commit another unit in there.

Don’t care about scions.

any unit with an officer can use a prime.

[sairence]

Sure, but...it's such an expensive transport, why would you put something other than the best infantry in it? Like what are you looking to transport that would be better than Scions who end up with full hit and wound rerolls out of it.

 

Especially since, when you add a character, any infantry unit will end up with a comparable cost to 10 Scions/5 Scions + Command Squad.

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

9 hours ago, sairence said:

Sure, but...it's such an expensive transport, why would you put something other than the best infantry in it? Like what are you looking to transport that would be better than Scions who end up with full hit and wound rerolls out of it.

 

Especially since, when you add a character, any infantry unit will end up with a comparable cost to 10 Scions/5 Scions + Command Squad.

 

like I said, it’s mostly about the combo buffs making the rest of the army more deadly as a whole

 

edit

also, scions can’t be that great or they’d cost more.

Edited Tuesday at 03:19 PM by Inquisitor_Lensoven

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

You can also offset the cost by replacing a chimera with a regular taurox if you’re going with a mechanized list.