New Skitarii opinions

[LordPathos]

Hey guys,

I'm either entirely blind or there is nothing about the Skitarii except for the rumors before they were released. As anyone used, played, read about them at all? They looked interesting enough and I'm always on the look out for a good ally for my Sisters or Grey Knights.

Aaaand go!

[mattblowers]

They look ok. Will take a bit of finesse to play well. They have a TON of unique rules that we will have to wait to see how they play out in actual games before much of an opinion can be made of them. They have some CC guys that have FNP and 2 wounds each but at only T3 could be a bit squishy (though they do have a 6+ invul). A quick read of their codex made me think they at least have some potential.

[gigasnail]

Ally with BA or SW, pile them in drop pods, drop our for mass haywire, etc.

[WestRider]

There's definitely potential there. Gonna be interesting to see how it actually works out on the table. They've certainly got hitting power, but on their own, they're kind of a fragile Army. Almost certainly going to want some Allies for more staying power.

[ruleof3s]

I haven't read the codex but in my opinion the Skitarii are the only army I personally don't have an interest in. I don't know.I just don't like the look of them. Also on a side note did anyone think of that movie Grandma's Boy when they read how the Skitarii get their legs replaced with robot ones?

[Hive Bahamut]

60" AP3 sniper
18" 3 shot plasma or
24" rapid fire S6 Haywire with
WS BS boosting "orders" yes please.

T3 4+ (6+) profile without dedicated transport? Meh.

My favourite imperium faction. Twisted little arcane cyborgs mumbling in binary to each other over lost tech. They don't care which regime resides so long as they get to Tinker with their toys from their C'tan machine god.

[rogueaccount]

I'll be picking up the codex tomorrow (since someone sniped mine at the LGS last week). Going to pour through it and figure out how I want to build them out. Thinking of scratchbuilding a couple of void shield generators to tinker around with.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Tyranids will always be my first and biggest love, but I've always enjoyed anything related to the Adeptus Mechanicus. Quite like the models so far and they (relatively!) inexpensive I'd say. Some rumours indicate Skitarii codex is more like Militarum Tempestus, with a proper AdMech codex coming later. I'm tempted to jump on the wagon, though I have not played a game of 40K for quite some time.

[blackrainbow]

They have some great fluff, and the smaller models are great looking. I may add a few to my sororita as allies, but will need more info on how they work.

[LordPathos]

Any news about those new tanks I see on the GW site?

[WestRider]

Apr 15, 2015 12:39:35 GMT LordPathos said:

Any news about those new tanks I see on the GW site?

The four-legged walkers? They're pretty awesome. Basically Dreadnaughts, with a 6++ that improves by one for every other one from the same Squadron within 4". They've got a cool selection of weapon options, too, including a sort of "reverse" Conversion Beamer that spreads and becomes less powerful with range, a S10 AP1 Blast, a mid-powered gun that can reduce the target's Cover Save for future shots and give Units re-rolls to Charge it, and a fairly ridiculous suite of Skyfire guns.

[LordPathos]

In the same squadron with 4"...hence the bundle for 3 of them...

Ugh GW knows how to make their money.

[WestRider]

Yeah, and it's working. I'm really struggling to keep from dropping like $400 on those alone

[LordPathos]

So apparently they have a good amount of haywire. And I think they have a anti-air covered. Is that true? Is so it sounds like they would compliment the Sisters of Battle decently well.

[WestRider]

Yeah, solid AA with the Dunewalkers, and you can get a bunch of Haywire in Vanguard/Ranger Squads. It's better in Vanguard because the range matches up nicely.

Vanguard actually also complement Sisters nicely when it comes to dealing with Assault threats. Anything Locked in Combat with them gets -1T, which helps make S3 Attacks go a bit further.