Killing Baneblades

[munkey joe paints]

OH yea Termies with deep strike and good armor........that ranks right with my first post, raptors with AT weapons.....

termies appear from nowhere and raptors are so damn fast and both flank to get to the softer rear armor

[qwertyblarg]

careful planning + wolf scouts + meltas + meltabombs + rear armour = KABOOOOMMM first turn.
thats worked for me 4 times on the first turn. if IG stormies with 2 meltas flank march and careful planning all equipped with melta/krak grenades or just the sarge with meltas

[lynxrpken]

Originally Posted by Dragoon King

Here's the score. A few of my friends have went superheavy crazy with the release of the Baneblade. They each plan on 2, perhaps up to 4 of the behemoths apiece. My question is how do I take them out? What is the most effective Chaos unit for killing superheavies?

baneblades are not that bad everyone thinks they are but there just a tank and at over 800 points a piece you can get a lot to take them out I recomend lots and lots of lascannons I do not know your codex well but I would think that if you max out 3 squads to be tank hunters (lascannons powerfists and whatever your equivilant is to the meltabombs). deep strike if you can and get at least one of them off the board the first turn, this would give you a sizable advantage the rest of the game.
this would be my advise.

[sion958]

Originally Posted by lynxrpken

baneblades are not that bad everyone thinks they are but there just a tank and at over 800 points a piece you can get a lot to take them out I recomend lots and lots of lascannons I do not know your codex well but I would think that if you max out 3 squads to be tank hunters (lascannons powerfists and whatever your equivilant is to the meltabombs). deep strike if you can and get at least one of them off the board the first turn, this would give you a sizable advantage the rest of the game.
this would be my advise.

Yeah but lynxrpken they are 500 points now and seeing as the imperial armour books are completely overruled by imperial armour:apocalypse ( that's right even in standard games the rules in there over ride the other imperial armour books) you are going to have a hard time taking them out.

If it was me i would just count it as a shadowsword: A baneblade with a bigger gun and better BS and at cheaper points too

A hint if they ask you if they are allowed to count it as a shadowsword say NO!!

I love shadowswords....

[lynxrpken]

still in my army I can field 2x heavy weapons platoons with 2 squads a piece with a total of 6 lascannons for the same points that + a sqyad of storm troopers with meltabombs and deep strike should take out two bane plades on the first turn. chaos has different units but they have simmilar armorment for anti tank weapons

[Prince of the Night]

Playing Dark Eldar, i normally have NO issues with tanks of any nature. Lots of Dark Lances and blasters. Mwahahaha.

[TerminatorinHell]

how about
1 chosen 5man termies with meltacombies and chainfists
Abbadon
chaos raptors with melta and PF
havocs with las cannons
land raider terminus (chaosified)

[lynxrpken]

Originally Posted by DeAd_cOmMaNdO

if at all possible try get them in the rear. theyre relatively weak in the ass () and wont last long)

maybe supercharging bikes with meltaguns?
deep striking termies with combi meltaguns and chainfists (if they dont destry it, theyll sure as hell scare your enemy)

yea anytime anyone fields something scary try to get them in the rear this is a real game ender here. if I placed my baneblade and someone tried to attack my rear i'de pack up and go home.

[Colonel Marbi Chora]

Uhmmm, not to be a buzzkill or anything, but wouldn't this be better off in the chaos forums?

[Dragoon King]

Originally Posted by Colonel Marbi Chora

Uhmmm, not to be a buzzkill or anything, but wouldn't this be better off in the chaos forums?

Yeah, it probably would, but I don't mind hearing how other armies deal with superheavies. That way when I Chaosize a Baneblade, I'll know what to look out for. Don't think any Necron tactics for beating them have been posted. Anyone wanna chime in? I reguarly face crons, so that would be helpful.

[sion958]

necrons would be a real pain to a baneblade. Auto glance on a 6!!! i cant think of a special way for necrons to destroy a baneblade. They just have to shoot it with gauss weapons

[Dragoon King]

I'm thinking a BB can fire all it's weapons at different targets. Would'nt this make it very had to get behind? Especially if it has infantry support.

[thebarnet]

it can fire all it's wepons if it moves

[Captain Slow]

Originally Posted by DeAd_cOmMaNdO

if at all possible try get them in the rear. theyre relatively weak in the ass ()

.....I'm sorry, theres just...just, so many jokes that can be made from that comment D_C...so many ><

However! you do have a serious point. ive seen what happens if anouther battle tank get behind a blade, its not pretty.
however, some strats are: TAU: take broadsides, lost of them, and hammerheads. you've got a str 10 wep, damn bluies!

Guard: just throw men at it. seriously, the more men you throw at it, the more it'll brown its trousers and run away....eventually.

Marines: sneaky ass cann using speeders, or attack bikes with multi-meltas. however be prepared for either attacker's to be blow the hell up by the blade if you dont do something serious to it, or cause a crew shaken result.

[thebarnet]

you still need to shake all the wepons to stop the speeders from getting there butts handed to them

[Captain Slow]

true, true. but then again, the bikers would work better at that, as they could hug cover as they advanced. but, its been my personal experiance in Apoc games, that there too much going on for efficent micro, and sometimes things can be missed by people entirely. I've seen you do it with your blade barnet, you yourself have had a few close calls in the games of Apoc on Saturdays. have you not?

and its either been:
a battle cannon shoved up your ass(no pun intended)
or lost of speedy things zipping around, while you've been busy killing off large targets.
OR its had people snipe at it, at range. with very large Tau shaped guns. (however, they havent lived long enough to brag about it.)

[sion958]

Originally Posted by Prince of the Night

Playing Dark Eldar, i normally have NO issues with tanks of any nature. Lots of Dark Lances and blasters. Mwahahaha.

I have a solution to that its called machine god's blessing.

[Bremmer925]

Basilisk and manticore missles will work pretty well and can be used against other threats as well.

[thebarnet]

the best way i have seen to kill baneblades is with an other super hevey or a titan or something that has a D wepon

[Astral Claw 126]

Yes, yes, D Class weapons.....Even if you don't frag it in one go, odds are you'll zap it's big gun. two words....TURBO LASERS!!! D class weapon, and non ordnance so no scatter. Couple that with the umm...Surgical Strike (or is it precision strike) and it's plus one modifier, and you will bounce that Baneblade in no time. Of course, remember, superheavies are just BIG vehicles, and take a while to die, but all the same rules apply (ie, meltabombs, melta weapons, etc). I actually zapped a warhound once using nothing but two squads of havocs and 2 squads of raptors. So don't overlook your infantry.

[thebarnet]

eldar revanent titian with 20 stormtroopers

[qwertyblarg]

5 wolf scouts + wolf guard + vortex grenade (renamed chuck norris) = two dead titans +skullhammer+one of the titans when it regenertaed structure points becuase ed said so.

[Astral Claw 126]

CHAOS WARHOUND!!!!!!!!

oh, waity, if you dopn't have one then Raptors with meltaguns and meltabombs

[thebarnet]

2 ig spehal wepon squard with melta guns thats 6 melta guns

[qwertyblarg]

would this be your next elysian unit ben? as well as the shotguns(awesome!)?