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Originally Posted by Cheredanine  Valkyries are naff, engaging VTOL is a surefire way to get killed (light skimmer armour and stationary? byeeee). Unless you have flier rules from IA3 then you have to do this to drop off troops, IA3 will let you use the orbital lander rules but you are still wasting your first turn with the aircraft. since it aint gonna be on till at least turn 2 most games, this means it will be turn 3 at the very earliest before it shoots, its has half the hard points of a vulture, and you could have deep strike that unit any way, so valks are naff, exclent for fluff but vastly over priced and ineffective |
A flier can engage VTOL where ever it wants so no it doesnt mean death, it counts as being 12' above the ground and with HK missiles with unlimited range they can stay on the board edge 60" away from the nearest enemy unit and just keep pounding them and there wont be anything they will be able to do about it. Most long rang weapons in most armies are 48" range(Heavy) so if you hover at that distance you will be fine. Races line Necrons and tyranids dont have weapons of the needed range to shoot down fliers from far away.
Fliers are optional, their main purpose is not to win you the game but to make it more fun cause with fliers, its usually harder to win especially if you relly on them a lot, like elysians for example.