Our new gunboats

Played 4 games. My new favorite tactic is to have a venom light up some infantry, then use it in the assault phase to charge a tank or other vehicle. If they move out, they cant shoot. If we do, we shoot as normal.

I denied an almost entire army of IG tanks the ability to shoot with this tactic.

The overwatch didn't hurt you ?

Not a bit.. lost 1 venom to overwatch out of 20+ assaults over 3 games. Our 5++ and them needing 6's make our boats pretty survivable in assault.

I really don't think Kabalite gunboats are out. Having two squads with Blasters in a boat is great as a pseudo Ravager that also puts out a hail of anti-infantry fire. Plus you can drop a team off at a point and still have 50% effectiveness.

Maybe people are having a different experience than I am, but I still feel that Kabalite squads in transports are the workhorse of my army.

Cerve wrote:

Hellstrom wrote:

Scourges get caught in a soft breeze and die at 18" outside of a vehicle.

Not really. Just deepstrike in cover and you will save at3+ followed by a 6+.

Why bother buying the upgrade for them if you're going to do this, just buy another scourge - same shots within 18 inches and you get an extra wound

Kehmor wrote:

Cerve wrote:

Hellstrom wrote:

Scourges get caught in a soft breeze and die at 18" outside of a vehicle.

Not really. Just deepstrike in cover and you will save at3+ followed by a 6+.

Why bother buying the upgrade for them if you're going to do this, just buy another scourge - same shots within 18 inches and you get an extra wound

What upgrade do you mean?

The splinter cannon

perhaps you dont always want to be within charge range of whatever your shooting at?

Kehmor wrote:

The splinter cannon

Oh, I agree with that