i really like ther 'suffer not the unclean to live' vow.
true it may seem that -1I is a very steep price to pay for a +1S bonus, but there's ways around it;
- crusader squads have much larger squad sizes! having 12-14 bodies in a unit means i can afford to lose a casulty or two... but when i do hit back, i'm hitting back hard!
- power fists & thunder hammers become a much tastier option! few people would ever give a thought to a thunder hammer-wielding HQ because you're usually I5. with only I4, you're not losing out as much...
it also means your HQ becomes a huge threat to those larger gribblies who would typically tear you to bloody rags!
- again, your squads become much more effective when mugged by things like carnifexes, tyrants, greater daemons, wraithlords and such. regular space marines can't even tickle a wraithlord without a power fist! but with S5, now your entire unit can hurt it! (albeit you need 6's, but still...)
other tough opponent's like nurgle marines and bikers become much less of a hassle as well...
- combined with furious assault, you can cause 'Instant Death!' to T3 models! so that inquisitor lord, guard officer, cannoness, autarch, farseer et all go squish when you hit them with your assault termies, command squad or sword brethren units!
cheers!
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