Plague _Lord Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Back on the day I used to run 10 havocs with 4 meltaguns riding in a rhino. They were my premier tank busters in 4th edition. I think a similiar loadout is quite hot at the mo: 2x5 Plague marines with 2 meltaguns - add either plasma champ for more shooty or 2 flails for maximum killyness. The new dmg profile on the melta is hot - doing 3 dmg at minimum while in 6'' range means they are a huge threat to most of the marines new toys - 1 wound takes out all gravis marines, while bladeguard have a 50% chance of dying. And it' s not hard to get into the 6'' range by turn 2. Other potential uses: - pop transport and murder contents with flails. - kill knights (the max pute DG potential here is rerolling 1s to hit and rerolling all wounds with a +1 from vets) I' m too lazy to do the math right now but the meltas alone with hot dice could take a knight down. I just think that meltas might be the best weapons for plague marines right now. Thoughts? Karhedron 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgascoine011 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Depends on what happens with the new dex, right now melta guns are kind of pointless. 4 units of 5 in rhinos with melta guns is 8 shots, say all hit vs a knight, you will get 4 wounds, then 2 after invuns, then 2d6 (+4 if within 6"). Not too bad Or...just throw grenades at him. Want to clear hordes? Throw grenades, Want to kill a deathstar? Throw grenades? Want to kill a vehicle/monster? Throw grenades. While in the right situation its increadibly powerful, its reasonably easy to counter and also very points heavy. I really hope they dont nerf this stratagey. Its so unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McElMcNinja Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I’ve been taking meltas on blightlords with little success. I do credit some of their failure to not having a lord with them for re-rolls. Now back in 7th they were my go to weapon, I too am now waiting to see what our new dex looks like. I’m at the point now I’ve stopped playing until then. Hopefully we start seeing some leaks on what to expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastellanDeMolay Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I’ve been taking meltas on blightlords with little success. I do credit some of their failure to not having a lord with them for re-rolls. Now back in 7th they were my go to weapon, I too am now waiting to see what our new dex looks like. I’m at the point now I’ve stopped playing until then. Hopefully we start seeing some leaks on what to expect. Yeah, I'm starting to worry, isn't it out in about a month? So far we've heard nothing more than a rumor that DR "may" change, in some unknown way. I'm really hoping for an updated Lord and Sorceror datasheet to give them stats in line with the rest of the army and DR baseline instead of needing a stratagem, among other things, but I'm starting to think they actually have very little to show outside of 2W Plague Marines if they're leaving it this late in the game to start teasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgascoine011 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 They will be really interesting to see what happens to them. Other than SM, they will be the 1st 9th codex that also had a PA book. I am hoping for minor updates but I have a feeling that DG will be gutted and a lot of the uniqueness of them will be gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombs Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Blightlaunchers > all ShotgunFacelift and Special Officer Doofy 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Officer Doofy Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Blightlaunchers > all My thoughts exactly. Although I'm curious how the legion trait will change, we might lose our advance and shoot assault penalty free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDeath Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I’ve been taking meltas on blightlords with little success. I do credit some of their failure to not having a lord with them for re-rolls. Now back in 7th they were my go to weapon, I too am now waiting to see what our new dex looks like. I’m at the point now I’ve stopped playing until then. Hopefully we start seeing some leaks on what to expect. Yeah, I'm starting to worry, isn't it out in about a month? So far we've heard nothing more than a rumor that DR "may" change, in some unknown way. I'm really hoping for an updated Lord and Sorceror datasheet to give them stats in line with the rest of the army and DR baseline instead of needing a stratagem, among other things, but I'm starting to think they actually have very little to show outside of 2W Plague Marines if they're leaving it this late in the game to start teasing. The DR in the Forge World book is unchanged btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaguecaster Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I won't probably won't be taking meltas on my plague marines but I shall be trying out multi meltas on my helbrutes and dreads, a couple of haulers may help as well as need some decent antitank in my army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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