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Silver Wings · November 26th, 2005, 17:49

If you compare a 5 man scout Sniper Squad to a 5 man Tactical squad with lascannon, both cost 90pts, but the Marines have a 3+ save.

Bolters are better than sniper rifles against everything T3. Or worse than 4+ save.

Plus 1 lascannon will do 0.55 wounds per turn on 2+ save MC's where 5 Snipers will do 0.34.

So the scouts dont do too well there. They do have infiltrate, but usualy you dont want to go towards the enemy with sniper rifles so thats less of a bonus.

And if your opponent has any ap4 firepower lying arround then the scout snipers at 3pts more than a Tactical marine each are quite a target.

November 26th, 2005, 17:49	#6 (permalink)
Silver Wings Son of LO Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: England. Age: 21 Posts: 2,112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 73	If you compare a 5 man scout Sniper Squad to a 5 man Tactical squad with lascannon, both cost 90pts, but the Marines have a 3+ save. Bolters are better than sniper rifles against everything T3. Or worse than 4+ save. Plus 1 lascannon will do 0.55 wounds per turn on 2+ save MC's where 5 Snipers will do 0.34. So the scouts dont do too well there. They do have infiltrate, but usualy you dont want to go towards the enemy with sniper rifles so thats less of a bonus. And if your opponent has any ap4 firepower lying arround then the scout snipers at 3pts more than a Tactical marine each are quite a target. __________________ Every time you read this sig: a fairie dies!