Seeking advice on kabalite builds / tactics.

Ive never gone full Kabal before, i.e almost entirely shooting with warriors in raiders/venoms, but I have the models lying about and fancy trying it this weekend. Can anyone share any advice over how I should go about this? How aggressive should I be in the movement phase?

Is a hard hitting counter-attacking CC squad required?

Would splinter racks become much more optimal?

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If you are going full Kabal then generally, you don't want to be in assault, warriors just can't hack it in there. You should be doing your killing from afar with splinter and darklight.

On full squads then I believe that splinter racks are probably worth it, but this does limit your raiders movement to 6" if you want to fire those weapons. I would probably head down the 5 warrior/blaster option, either in venoms or raiders depending on whether you want more AT or AI firepower. If you load up on blasterborn and ravagers then I'd suggest you'd probably be looking at a mix of venoms and raiders, at 1750 I run 5 venoms and 4 raiders through the list. This gives a nice mix of AI and AT from the transports.

The thing is you need enough AT to supress enemy tanks, and open up transports so that your splinter weapons have something to do. I aim to have as much AT as possible in lists, (if there is no vehicles left to shoot it can be used on elite troops/IC's), something like 31 at 1750.

kenny3760 wrote:

On full squads then I believe that splinter racks are probably worth it, but this does limit your raiders movement to 6" if you want to fire those weapons.

If a vehicle moves at all, then splinter rifles can't shoot unless your movement takes the raider within 12". If this is the case, then rapid fire allows you to fire 2 shots at models within 12" after having moved. Troops aboard a transport vehicle count as having moved if the vehicle they are in has moved.

Archeonlotet wrote:

kenny3760 wrote:

On full squads then I believe that splinter racks are probably worth it, but this does limit your raiders movement to 6" if you want to fire those weapons.

If a vehicle moves at all, then splinter rifles can't shoot unless your movement takes the raider within 12". If this is the case, then rapid fire allows you to fire 2 shots at models within 12" after having moved. Troops aboard a transport vehicle count as having moved if the vehicle they are in has moved.

What I was meaning was that if you move more than 6" then you have to get out the vehicle to fire, and then the splinter racks are pointless. Thats why I prefer the 5 warrior/blaster/venom unit. You get 12 splinter shots at a range of 36" even with 12" movement, helping to maintain distance between you and the enemy, which is desirable if you are only running kabal units.

~The Kabal Template~ A Competitive Guide (By Ketara)

Thanks for the views guys, the guide was also enjoyable to read.