Re: [Epic] Epic 40 K newbie in need of help

From: John <asylum69_at_...>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 16:05:20 -0600

Thanks for the help =)
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From: Cyril Crocker <dslayer_at_...>
To: 'space-marine_at_...' <space-marine@...>
Date: Friday, December 05, 1997 4:45 PM
Subject: RE: [Epic] Epic 40 K newbie in need of help


>Try this detachment:
>5 Guardian Squads (1 Unit Each) in Wave Serpants
>3 Night Spinners
>2 Support Weapon Batteries (3 & 2 units)
>Total Points:403
>Half Strength:9
>8 disrupt + 5 AT + guardians to screen with.
>Cyril Crocker
>Dragon Slayer
>dslayer_at_...
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sutherland [SMTP:charles_at_...]
>Sent: Friday, December 05, 1997 10:38 AM
>To: space-marine_at_...
>Subject: Re: [Epic] Epic 40 K newbie in need of help
>
>At 08:04 AM 12/5/97 +0100, you wrote:
>>> 5 Aspects w/JP 5 Nightspinners
>>> +25 for HQ
>>> The aspects can keep up with the nightspinners moving into a firing
>>> position to begin overwatch on the 2nd turn. They also soak up hits and
>>> keep close combat in hand. On OW this unit will lay down 4-5 BM a turn.
2
>>> of these can pin any other det. to the ground for a long while.
>>Inflict a few BMs on this one and they shoot no more.
>>
>>DV
>
>Good point but this happens to almost all the arty detachments. The elday
>just feel it worse with only a max of 5 artillery pieces instead of 10-30
>like everyone else. Just take 2 or more and this wont hurt as much. With
>2 of these you can win just by piling on the BMs and dropping their morale
>every turn. In the finals of the tournament my opponent had a LR det with
>17 BMs at the end of the turn. The fight did not last much longer. And
>unlike other ppls artitllery these guys can move and shoot if they are
>getting chased by mean nasty bikes and stuff. move of 30 sure is nifty!
>
> That Chuk Guy
> Defender of the Eldar :)
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