Psychic Blessing

[footslogger393]

hello People,

i have been playing a DA allied attactment to my main IG army, as the HQ unit i have been taking the Librarian, which has being amazing when he takes Divination, and the primas power of prescience, which allow to cast a blessing on any unit within 12, which makes they weapons twin-linked,

but im not sure how to the most out of the power, i have a couple of ideas, what do people think? and has any one else used this power before?

Idea 1)
Attaching the Librarian to a vets squad in chrimea, keep him moblie and let him stay in range to cast the power on a unit of tanks,

Idea 2)
attaching the Librarian to a 10 man squad of ratlings, placing them behing a Defence line, with the Librarian maning the quad-gun and Librarians blessing the ratlings,

Idea 3)
attaching the Librarian to a heavy weapons squad, to allow him to cast the power on them or on manitcore I plan on placing close by, also give the HWS a better LD to get orders passed

[BG. Foster]

I would create a blob squad of 50 guards men and attach him to that.

[footslogger393]

i have thought about that idea,
but i have 20man blob, with Commissar and Vox, to allow my CCS to give more a effective orders to them

[WestRider]

1) You can't cast Blessings out of Chimerae. They require LoS, and you can't draw LoS from a Chimera for anything but firing Weapons and issuing Orders.

2) Seems like a bit of a waste. There are much better things he could be buffing.

3) Allied Characters can't use their Ld for Orders purposes. It was in the latest FAQ. Also, doesn't really provide much protection to the Librarian.

A Blob is where I always stick my Rune Priest. I don't go all the way to 50, tho. 30 has done just fine for me so far.

[footslogger393]

Thanks for that, I have re read the faq, and you are so right,

I normal run a small 20 man blob with a comissar, if I used the blessing during the movement phrase on them, then followed it up in the shooting phase with the first rank second rank order, first off would that be a legal move? What do people think?

[vegna]

i didnt think the orders or abilities can be used on allies. I know all the ones i looked at for the guard now say in the FAW "units from codex IG

[WestRider]

Orders can't be used on Allies. But they can still be used on a Guard Unit with an Allied Character attached.

And there's absolutely no reason you couldn't cast Prescience on a Blob and then Order them to FRFSRF.

If you're lucky enough to roll it up, Perfect Timing and Bring It Down can be a pretty awesome combo, too, especially against Tau with those @%#$ing Disruption Pods.

[footslogger393]

i have tried out the Prescience/FRFSRF combo in a couple of matchs and it was very effect, 42TL shots into 10 SM can never be overkill,

i had to use it twice to clear out squads of drop pod SM who dropped outside my defence line,