Triple Dima + kronos patrol?

[irondreddknight]

Not been able to play for a while due to the lock down, I'm currently working on converting 3 Dimachaerons. I'm not sure what goes well with 3 dima's, I thought fire support would be a good idea.


kraken battlion

Swarm lord - catalyst + onslaught
Hive tyrant - reaper of obliterax + MRC scream + lure
10 hormagaunts
10 hormagaunts
10 hormagaunts
10 hormagaunts
10 hormagaunts
Dimachaeron
Dimachaeron
Dimachaeron

Kronos patrol

Neurothrope - symbio storm
3 ripper swarms
6 hive guard
1 exocrine - dermic symbioses

Total points 1996


Ok so I'm experimenting with the reaper tyrant. Idea is to keep him cheap as possible (reason for the MRC is they're free) tempted to go behemoth for the +1 to wound roll power so the reaper would trigger on 5's, but fall back and charge can be clutch.

Unsure whether to spend the cp on a 2nd adaptation for enhanced resistance on the hive guard, I'll need the CP for fight and shoot twice strats. I've got the same dilemma if I wanted to resonance barb on the Neurothrope for more reliable casting for symbio storm.

I've gone for 5 units of 10 gaunts because for OCD reasons, I could be convinced to consolidate them into fewer, larger groups if that would be a better way to go?

[piersonsmuppet]

List seems really strong against 2+ W models w/o invuls, but could struggle against anything else. I think Zoan's & DevGants might be a better addition than a Kronos Patrol w/ more of the same offensive profile to Dima's. Zoans make getting around the invuls easier, and DevGants can take care of blobs and invuls to a lesser extent.

[irondreddknight]

Apr 7, 2021 19:07:22 GMT piersonsmuppet said:

List seems really strong against 2+ W models w/o invuls, but could struggle against anything else. I think Zoan's & DevGants might be a better addition than a Kronos Patrol w/ more of the same offensive profile to Dima's. Zoans make getting around the invuls easier, and DevGants can take care of blobs and invuls to a lesser extent.

Those are some solid points that have got rethinking the whole kronos patrol, it would also save 2CP, so that's a win.

[cmob208]

I actually have the opposite opinion, I think kronos patrol is pretty solid with this kind of build. You could consider 1-2 scythed hierodules for big beast threat overload also.

[irondreddknight]

Apr 10, 2021 14:42:53 GMT cmob208 said:

I actually have the opposite opinion, I think kronos patrol is pretty solid with this kind of build. You could consider 1-2 scythed hierodules for big beast threat overload also.

I think it depends on the meta, for instance, there's a lot of temrinator builds around. So the kronos patrol would be decent (HG do D3 damage, randomness is mitigated by touble tap, exo can do 3 damage with pothegenic slime) problem is as said above, as soon at it meets a few blobs, it doesn't have enough dice.

I'm thinking of swapping the HG for dev'gants to double tap and remove blobs.

I've got a converted scythed hierodule, I'll get a couple of games in and see if I should swap 1 dima out. I don't want to go full melee nidzilla.

[kazetanade]

1 dima for 30 gaunts is the best trade imo. The dima wants to charge the deadly, not the transport. Something has to pop the transport, nothing works better than HG that ignore los.

[dc0315]

You dont need more than 2 dimas, 3rd is wasted as ot cant get a charge when it wants to and your list doesnt roll enough dice vs blobs of necron warriors/ork boys etc. Replace 1 with a blob of 30 devgants and definitely dont touch that kronos patrol. Its what will win you the rounds after turn 2 when the dimas have been dealt with. You need those termagants to come out t2 and kill the stuff your dimas dont have enough dice to kill. Ive lost count of the games theyve won me the game, especially since theyre obsec and can block an objective due to the shear size of the unit if they pheromone trail onto 1 with a lictor!

[cmob208]

I agree that 3 dimas is too much - 2 seems like the right amount.

[irondreddknight]

General opinion is to drop 1 dima, I can see the logic. It's just making me cry because I've just pain stakingly converted 3 of them 😭😂

So the list would look more like

Swarmy
Tyrant - reaper + MRC + wings + AG
16 guants
16 guants
16 gaunts
Dimachaeron
Dimachaeron

Neurothrope
30 devilgants
Lictor
6 hive guard
Exocrine