TechPriest Tactical Ideas...

[diezel]

So I see some threads about Techpriests and ideas on how to use them, with most people just saying they are basically useless.

Quick Question before i continue, Can TechPriest count as your mandatory 1 HQ?( codex wording makes it unclear )

Now i had a couple ideas that came to mind that might actually be feasible.

Idea #1: Techpriest with servitors in chimera that closely follow either a Demolisher and/or Executioner.

Reasoning: TechPriest can fix chimera while inside, servitors if equipped can shoot out. ( also extra way to get more plasma cannons! ) if they need to repair either LR they can move 6" with the tank, Then disembark 6", Then in shooting phase attempt to repair(Hull Pts, Weapon destroyed or immobolized) on said LR. Also good protection against assaults! ( str 8 no saves )

Idea#2: TechPriest with servitors that stay with artillery batteries.

Reasoning: Techpriest obviously repairs artillery as needed, also can provide extra shots ( plasma cannon ) AND/OR protect from outflankers!

Idea#3: Techpriest/servitors in chimera following demolisher/executioner, with Sentinel squad behind it. Or just with sentinels behind the chimera

Reasoning: Chimera can be repaired with TechPriest inside, Chimera provides cover for Sentinels, Tech priest can just disembark if sentinels need a fix and that just makes that whole duo that much more survivable. Now if your doing the trio with the LR's aswell, theres just to many different things to shoot at, that can all just be repaired in one turn. ( only one would be able to get repaired a turn, but i think you get my point )

( Nothing like wasting shots on Sentinels, just so they can get back up again lol )

Idea#4: Techpriest with servitors in a Valkyrie that fly around killing mass infantry or tanks ( if vendetta ) and dropping off Priest where needed.

Reasoning: Fast moving transport, gets him where you need him fast, id suggest MP valk here as you can still move 12" and fire everything so you can cover more ground to be ideally located when not dropping off, worst case scenario, you drop em off into a melee battle lol ( worst of all 4 ideas IMO )

I started thinking about this because as much as i LOVE plasma, it hates me lol as i normally roll below standard when it comes to "gets hot" . but vehicle wise this is a decent "piece of mind" tool, for me at least lol.

I really think these guys would excell in an all armoured company though!

What does the Board think?

[Trickstick]

Techpriests can be ok in an Armoured Battle Group list. They can take trojans as transports, which can hand out preferred enemy.

That said, they are best in large games with lots of vehicles. Most of the time it is just better to bring another unit.

P.S. Your section titles are in a very hard to read colour.

[macknight]

The reason the cogboys are useless is that they cost too much, for the pts to fix something, you can buy a new one. They only can fix when there is a damage, whereas the new toy that replace them can dish out from turn one.

Another pt is that they need to stick with where there might be damage, having deployed scattered, it may take a few turns to get in position to fix. The only way they're worth it is next to a superheavy, like a baneblade.

[vegna]

think they are worth it in apoc, especially if a super heavy can take them such as the storm lord

[treadiculous]

Oh Course.. that makes loads of sense... I always wondered what to put in the spare troop capacity..

Storm Lord + Hvy Squad (6 men / 3 heavy guns) x 6 = 36

= space for 2 Techpreists + 2 Servitors

Can heal 2 Hull points on a 4+ and can shoot 18 Heavy Weapons from the transport bay!

[WestRider]

The first quick question that no one answered: No, a TechPriest can not be your Warlord/Mandatory HQ. The FAQ covers this.

Macknight covered pretty much everything else. The TechPriest isn't inherently terrible or anything, he's just hideously overcosted, to the point where, yeah, you can usually afford to just get another of whatever he was going to fix instead.

[Trickstick]

Dec 14, 2012 21:21:12 GMT -5 WestRider said:

...question that no one answered...

Whoops, I guess I forgot about that. I really wish that they could be. I would love to all some codex:ig into my armoured battle group, with a techpriest and a platoon. It would actually be the only way I would take a techpriest, as they are rather underwhelming without a little bonus (like allied platoons would be).

They did get better in 6th at least, being able to repair hull points.

[WestRider]

They did get better, but given where they started, it still wasn't enough. Unfortunate, because they're one of my favorite Units, in Model and Fluff, but they're SO @#$% expensive once you've added on enough gear to make them worthwhile

[genilyenovick]

I've run a techpriest in almost all of my games. This is for reasons of fluff as well as strategy. I like to run with a compliment of 3 standard servitors and two with mutli-meltas. This is point heavy but I play a lot of MEQ's and they like to close on my gun line. I use the techpriest to repair my artillery pieces as well as fend off any close range vehicle. Keeping my basilisks and manticores main guns going is the primary role. But if a dred or other walker gets close to my line it only takes a well placed multi-melta shot to take him down. I find that its worth it, but i can see why its unpopular.

[tiberius183]

In Apocalypse, run 3 or more squads of techpriests+servitors in a Stormlord and have a super-heavy that can potentially regenerate a structure point a turn. Fully load it to capacity, you're regenerating structure points, repairing drive damage, and getting weapons back online like nothing. Congrats, indestructible super-heavy.

[vegna]

its not indestructible, but it will need to have 4 HP knocked out a turn to bring it down