Just for laughs - all suits + XV9's

[aussiedave]

Just for the fun of it, an all suit army using the new XV9 from forgeworld

HQ:
Shas'El w MP,PR,TA,HWMT
2 x Bodyguard w MP,PR,TA,HWMT - 261

Shas'El w MP,PR,TA,HWMT
2 x Bodyguard w MP,PR,TA,HWMT - 261

Elite:
3 x XV8
2 w TLMP's TA's
1 team leader with TLMP's TA HWTL 168pts

3 x XV8
2 w TLMP's TA's
1 team leader with TLMP's TA HWTL 168pts

3 x XV8
2 w TLMP's TA's
1 team leader with TLMP's TA HWTL 168pts

Troops:
10 FW's Devilfish w DP - 185
10 Kroot and 8 Kroot hounds - 118pts
10 Kroot and 8 Kroot hounds - 118pts
10 Kroot and 7 Kroot hounds - 110pts

Fast attack:
3 x XV9 w 2xTLBC's, VRT's
1 with DC and GD
2 with TL - 230pts

3 x XV9 w 2xTLBC's, VRT's
1 with DC and GD
2 with TL - 230pts

3 x XV9 w 2xTLBC's, VRT's
1 with DC and GD
2 with TL - 230pts

Heavy Support:
3 x XV88 - ASS
Team leader has HWTL - 250


3 x XV88 - ASS
Team leader has HWTL - 250


3 x XV88 - ASS
Team leader has HWTL - 250

Total - 2999 pts

33 Battlesuits

That's 30 missile shots per turn at up to 8 different targets
9 Railguns per turn at up to 6 different targets
54 Burst cannon shots per turn at up to 9 different targets

[This kid evan]

just wondering, where can i find a pic of the XV9 suit, i cant seem to find it on forge world?

[Swamp_slug]

Model images (http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/xv9.htm)

Rules (http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/pdf/xv9.pdf)

They aren't up on the FW site yet, original links were in the latest FW Newsletter. Models should go on sale before the end of the year, which probably means pre-orders should go up within the month and the rules will be updated with extra weapons systems.

[rafis117]

Euch...my buddy runs one of these...they are nasty.

He runs minimized FWs in maximized SmartFish. maximized 'Suits. His suit squads all roll with the same TW guns and missile pods. Statistically, I have to deal almost 70 wounds of strength 8+ to kill him, or nearly 130 wounds of strength 4+. It's a little broken.

Apparently, if one wants to run REALLY suit heavy, one goes Farsight. He alone can have seven suits in his squad.

[jawj92]

Actually, IIRC, Farsight armies have a couple less battlesuits at max because he can only take 1 unit of broadsides.

[Orni]

But Broadsides aren't real crisis suits ... I mean, fluffwise they are, but they do not have the JSJ ability. That's what funny about mass suit lists.

[rafis117]

But they still have that obnoxious 3+ save. It's really bugging me because unless I seer-spam, I have no real way of improving the Eldar's (inexplicably) poor weapon skill. At least I have lots of assault weapons...

'Suits in CC...unless they're Farsight...equals failure.

[starfire]

a farsight army can have 20 suits and 3 broadsides, total 23, ouch..........................
even more fearsome if we get these new xv9 suits that would be an additional 9 suits, again i think an ouch is in order hehehe:sinister:

[Orni]

a farsight army can have 20 suits and 3 broadsides, total 23, ouch..........................
even more fearsome if we get these new xv9 suits that would be an additional 9 suits, again i think an ouch is in order hehehe:sinister:

Yes ... but any moderate army will kick this 32 suits into the garbage ...

[rafis117]

It isn't as easy as you make it sound; 'suits have 2 wounds and a 3+, as well as T4.

It, statistically, takes 4 wounds of T1-7, or 2 wounds of T8+, to kill a 'suit. Now multiply that by 32...does your army have that many missile launchers?

[Orni]

To play that amount of suits you'll need at least 2500 points to play a real army with them. I'd say even 3000 points since you'll need a lot of railguns @ this point value games and some other stuff.

So, did you see a balanced tournament 3000 points army ?

It will crush your 32 suits into pieces. You do not need a lot of missiles to deal with them ... just some CC specilists. And every army got a lot of them @ 3000 points.

Mass suit builds are fun builds.
Sure, you cannot have too much crisis suits. But you need a lot other units to have a well working Tau army.