Autarch

[Montford]

Craftworld Veterans! Please chime in with your opinion if you like-

 

I'm almost done with my modded Autarch on a Skyrunner (from a windrider model) and I've decided to arm him with a laser lance. I've also decided to give him the Shimmerplume artifact.

 

This seems to me to be the optimal load out-- but I'll listen to what the more experienced Craftworld players have to say. :)

[Szadek_117]

The shimmerplume is a nice option if you want to be more safe ( and have good psinergy if you choose the alaitoc trait ), but if you want your autarch to be a kamikaze meat grinder make it from saim-hann, take the novalance , a fusion gun  and banshee mask ( if you use the index version ), move and advance (22" ) ,then use the quicken power from a warlock (another 22") and use the stratagem from saim hann "warrior of raging winds" , and enjoy , your warlord can move 44" , charge and re-roll charge dice , shoot like a beast with the nova lance ,twinlinked shuriken and fusion gun and in combat make 4 attacks at S8  ap-4 D2 and to wound 6's make an additional 2 damage. 

[Marshal Wolfhart]

There's also the index option of reaper launcher and mark of the incomparable hunter. Smells like cheddar, serve only if deserved, but man do people throw looks at the best sniper in the game ;)

[Karhedron]

I run my Autarch with lance and Shimmerplume and the Warlord Trait "An eye on distant events" to negate overwatch. If you are happy to use Index options then a Banshee mask is great and it frees up your Warlord trait for something more useful like "Fate’s Messenger".

 

I don't play Saim hann, hence no Novalance for me. I do run Alaitoc though so stacking various to-Hit modifiers makes him almost indestructable. Sometimes I play very aggressively with this guy to bait the enemy into shooting me and then hit them with "Lightning Fast Reflexes". I once shrugged off the firepower of nearly half a Tau army with that combo.