Last night I was wondering, how many Pulse Rifles can I fit on the board total?
(More on that later).
And something occurred to me, an actual use for the Ethereal as a commander.
Aside from being cheap, take two of them. Charge one headlong into the opponent to kill them off.
Use the other Ethereal's LD for the save. And baring crazy bad dice, that's one angry Tau Army with Favored Enemy.
-Culain
hmm
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That'd be a 1+ boost against normal infantry
that'd be 2/9 attempt to kill against guard as opposed to 1/6
against a marine thats 2/27 vs 1/27
That makes them about 60% more effective in combat
But is that really that useful?
You assualt some guard for 24 attacks max for 5 kills but thats only if you get there unharmed
thats against guard
I'd rather spend the points on a normal HQ
But a 60% improvement on 200 attacks per round, not that bad.
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ReplyDelete100 FW to kill 15 marines
i dont think so
though it kills guard
but at 10 points each vs 7 points each your getting negative return
you spend 1000 points to take out 308
you get double the effectiveness by firing
Can't do this. The codex requires you to take at least 1 xv8 commander. This leaves you with only one hq slot left for 1 ethereal. Sorry! Move along. There are very few new ideas left in the codex.
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