Do you run 5 man or 10 man acolyte squads

[sniddy]

In a recent game I was finding 2 saws were just not cutting it

I had 3 5 man squads 2 saws - bare bones the rest

...one I used as a distraction, it worked and tied up 3 times it points for a turn and enought T3

The other 2 were meh

It gave me more drops so more had to be on the table T1, and dilluted their presence

A 10 man squad would have given me a little more use... less drops, OK space is an issue

So my question is are people mostly 5 manning or are we seeing more 10 man squads

Finally neos - I've ben giving them dual nade lauchers, anyone runnignt hem much diffrnet and having any joy?

[sneggy]

15 acolytes per squads with 6 rocksaws and a banner. You want to kill a knight, that unit will kill a knight.

I run my neophytes as bladed cog with 2 mining lasers, jackal alphus painting targets and a kelermorph for re-roll 1's. Works a treat

[kazetanade]

I have the exact load out as sneggy for both. Also 20 men Flamerlytes, for emergency purposes.

[No One]

...Nobody runs 5 man for anything offensive: occasionally for the slightly cheaper det filler/objective grabber compared to BB, but 5 man with saws is just...no. Always at least 10 man. I usually run 20 man, some 15, though mine are less saw heavy and more board control/general killiness than the focused, high output damage of saws. The norm is 15 heavily weighted with saws.

[LordPathos]

Big blobs! 20 man blobs! 30 man blobs! 100 man blobs!

[arsonfire]

I go with two 20 man vanilla units, with a cult icon tossed in. One shows up and deletes something in turn 2, and the other turn 3.
I haven't yet felt I needed to take rock saws. They're good, but I don't have the models, and have found that I simply don't need them.

Apply Might From Beyond.
Apply Primus.
Apply The First To Draw Blood.

With those buffs, on average you're looking at about 32.5 wounds against T8 3+. Enough to get the job done.

Taking rock saws means you can get enough damage through to drop a knight without one or more of those buffs. Spending more on the unit, but less on support characters. So it's just personal preference really.

[No One]

As someone who runs the support Characters, the big blobs, and the saws: adding saws lets you do more, either more reliably on the drop, or afterwards: either losses (lose 10 guys from a 20 man unit is them not that helpful. Lose 10 from a 20 man sprinkled with saws? Well, they'll still happily half mulch a tank) or things like daisy chains/hostages.

The other bit of it is that you need Might to really murder things with 20 man: a lot of saws will happily murder anything without an invul with just draw blood+primus, no need to worry about the WC7 power going off or not. Basically trading staying power for reliable damage and a higher ceiling.

[naviedzony]

Aug 24, 2019 22:17:14 GMT LordPathos said:

Big blobs! 20 man blobs! 30 man blobs! 100 man blobs!

USE THE FLESHBORER BLOBS!

And to the topic: If I take 5 man squad, it's always only a detachment filler.

[sniddy]

Thanks people - given me a lot to digest - I've clearly been doing it wrong, and hey knowing is half the battle