Leman Russ or Demolisher?

[T Spear_Chucker]

I plan to get one of these two tanks for a 1000-pt army. Which tank do you prefer and what are your reasons?

[yoritomo]

Wow, that's a tough choice.

The demolisher has that S 10 pie plate with two plasma cannons and a lascannon. Plus it has more armor for a 14-13-11 Av. That thing is death on a sick.

On the other hand the Russ has the battle cannon. You can really reach out and touch someone with that 72" range.

If it were up to me I'd have both so that I can choose to use either of them when building my army. However, I'm guessing that's not the case for you. If that's the case then I'd go with the Russ. It takes a lot of points to deck out a demolisher, something you may not always have at 1000 points. Besides, the battle cannon looks better on a tank than the demolisher cannon.

[WestRider]

Ideally bot. I usually run 1 Russ and either 2 Demolishers or a Demolisher and a Basilisk. In a 1000 Point army, though, you've really only got room for one, and the normal Russ is a better all-rounder, so if you're just getting one, that'd be my choice.

[T Spear_Chucker]

Ok then, I was sorta leaning toward the Russ as well due to its range. I could always magnetize it to be a demolisher in the future, right?

[flyingspoon]

I'd say demoliser as it has the power (of grey skull sorry had to) that can level tanks epsically in 5th ed where tanks are much more difficult to kill and dispite it having a short range you might be going against a CC swarm army so it helps there as well

[Psychichobo]

As bizarre as it sounds, would it not be possible to magnetise? I have a friend who with a bit of work set up his Vindicator to be changed to a Rhino when necessary. Though I'm not massively well-versed on the models, only the rules..

I'd say the standard Battle Cannon Russ is a safer bet. Most armies I see have serious close quarter anti-tank, and the Demolisher has to get in reasonably close. What with always hitting the rear in CC, the standard Leman can just sit out of harm's reach and plug away consistently. Though that's more of a basilisk job, I suppose, but it might depend on how your army operates.