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Originally Posted by baronspikey  basically as oong as the army isnt MEQ then heavy flamers rock. I know im adding 1 to the Knight's termie squad alongside the assault cannon.
With its Str.5 even SoBs should fear it as it ignores cover and wounds on a 2+....probably why they use so many. |
any template weapon is still deadly to MEQ's even if it doesn't have the ap to bypass their fancy armour... you're still looking at a large number of auto-hits which from the heavy flamer will wound them on 3's. with 2 sponsons that can always move and fire, you can catch quite a few models - especially if your opponent has tried to hug cover and bunched everyone up!
also keep in mind that many MEQ armies still have a few units which are 4+ or worse armour save;
- scouts/neophytes
- servitors
- lesser daemons
- repentia
- =I= storm troopers
- =I= retinues
- scarabs (who'll take double hits against template/blast weapons!)
so it's always worth it in my book to pack at least a couple of templates in your force!
cheers!