Raveners could be awesome

[squidy]

Just figured this out and I realized how hard I was derping.

I think I'm going to buy some and shred the (please do not swear) out of everything.

[Anggul]

Yup, I've used Raveners to pretty deadly effect. Keep them behind some thing big and scary which will inevitably be shot at instead of them, or use their speed to keep out of LoS on your way up the field, then rush out and catch the enemy by surprise, they never expect the distance Raveners can cover when they go to assault. They aren't slowed by Difficult Terrain and move 12" and re-roll charge dice. I generally have them rush at a tasty target just after the rest of my army gets close, it throws a very deadly, rend-y spanner in the works and does some real damage.

[squidy]

Sounds awesome! ;D I will also need a winged HT to go along with them.

[groundpounder]

I need to think more about the. I love the models (I have 6) and the concept. But I just can't seem to make them work. Lots of time what I want to charge is in cover so they take a beating before they get to go.

[biomassbob]

I love the models and the idea, and use raveners regularly, but often find they get shot up with str 8+ weapons on the way in (the rest of the army tends to run slowly - trygons seem to usually get 1-3 for a run roll). Then the raveners get hit with bolters or other similar types of weapons and have to charge into cover so strike last. I agree, when they can get in there they can do some nice damage.

[Deleted]

They are awesome but no assault grenade equivalent really sucks and the lack of TS/AG is embarassing Great units when things work out for them but they are a bitter-sweet unit for me. The buffs to Jump Infantry really make LW/BS Shrikes a better choice for me. Fast, can DS, HoW+LW for charging into cover and access to TS makes them a lot more reliable than Raveners. Not to mention synapse.

[WestRider]

Oct 25, 2012 18:18:43 GMT biomassbob said:

(the rest of the army tends to run slowly - trygons seem to usually get 1-3 for a run roll).

Remember the Fleet now lets Trygons re-roll their Run Rolls.

On the OP, I love my Ravs when they work right, but all too often, they have to Charge into Cover and get smashed, or run afoul of S8+ Weapons and just melt.

[gigasnail]

make them 2nd wave line breakers. send in garg/gant/horm wave to get stuck in combat. ravs come in next turn and will not face an initiative penalty for joining the combat even if they cross terrain during the charge, and won't be eating overwatch. seems like best use of them in this environment to me. i have 6 of the bad little monkies myself; as soon as the guys i game with are comfy with 6th and we move up from 1k points i'll be trying to add them in myself.

[Lanesend]

^ Yeah, the trick with them is to plan your assault carefully. Overwatch and ini 1 really hurts them. You have to remember that you don't have to go in a straight line towards the intended target. Their move+run is so great, that you often can go around terrain to stay out of LOS or at least in cover. And make sure that at least a unit of hormies/gargs/rippers assaults first. (preferably the turn before, so the ravs hit at ini5)