A Fast Strike Team?

[howscat]

My fellow Commanders,
  
   As a commander of the Glorious Imperial Gua... I mean Astra Militarum, we often find ourselves taking a defensive posture.  Our brave Guardsman with Lasgun in hand hold the heathens at bay as our tanks and artillery rain down the Emperors wrath upon our enemy. I feel the enemies of the Emperor have learned to anticipate and adapted to this tactic with devastating effects. For this reason, I believe it is time for us to take a more offensive stance within our ranks. I do thank our Brave Valkyrie pilots and veteran guardsman for their willingness to drop behind enemy lines however, the enemy has also come to expect this as our primary offensive force. I have contacted you this day to discuss a new tactic that I believe has great potential.

    For your consideration I propose A Fast Strike Team. It will utilize the configurable Hellhound and two units of Scions in their Taurox Primes. These units can utilize their speed to close with the enemy of their choice and with the simple addition of a dozer blade on the Hellhound they can fight in even the most treacherous of terrain. With the Hellhound and its variants and the Taurox Primes weapon loadouts This team is capable of eliminating a wide variety of enemies. They can close with and destroy an enemy transport and ruthlessly gun down the troops as they crawl from the wreckage. They can surround a heretic Imperial Knight rendering its shield useless as they rip into its armor. They can close with a enemy held objective, eliminate the troops holding it, and let the Scions casually walk up and secure it. With the addition of Fire barrels and the Scions inside any enemy unit that chose to assault the team would pay for it with their lives.

    This team is fast enough to close with any enemy, can take a wide variety of weapons to destroy the intended target, and is a force not often seen buy our enemy.  I believe that with this team we can force our enemy into a defensive position and split his army. 

[Rolling Thunder]

Aug 28, 2016 12:39:01 GMT -5 howscat said:

My fellow Commanders,
  
   As a commander of the Glorious Imperial Gua... I mean Astra Militarum, we often find ourselves taking a defensive posture.  Our brave Guardsman with Lasgun in hand hold the heathens at bay as our tanks and artillery rain down the Emperors wrath upon our enemy. I feel the enemies of the Emperor have learned to anticipate and adapted to this tactic with devastating effects. For this reason, I believe it is time for us to take a more offensive stance within our ranks. I do thank our Brave Valkyrie pilots and veteran guardsman for their willingness to drop behind enemy lines however, the enemy has also come to expect this as our primary offensive force. I have contacted you this day to discuss a new tactic that I believe has great potential.

    For your consideration I propose A Fast Strike Team. It will utilize the configurable Hellhound and two units of Scions in their Taurox Primes. These units can utilize their speed to close with the enemy of their choice and with the simple addition of a dozer blade on the Hellhound they can fight in even the most treacherous of terrain. With the Hellhound and its variants and the Taurox Primes weapon loadouts This team is capable of eliminating a wide variety of enemies. They can close with and destroy an enemy transport and ruthlessly gun down the troops as they crawl from the wreckage. They can surround a heretic Imperial Knight rendering its shield useless as they rip into its armor. They can close with a enemy held objective, eliminate the troops holding it, and let the Scions casually walk up and secure it. With the addition of Fire barrels and the Scions inside any enemy unit that chose to assault the team would pay for it with their lives.

    This team is fast enough to close with any enemy, can take a wide variety of weapons to destroy the intended target, and is a force not often seen buy our enemy.  I believe that with this team we can force our enemy into a defensive position and split his army. 

[just read the new Guard codex to reply to this]

Given the recent nerfs to the Vendetta and the Chimera, your plan seems sensible. Veterans with demolitions, however, may prove a useful addition against enemy closeassaults.

[nutty]

Sounds cool, how would you rate your experiences with the Taurox (prime)? I've recently been taking two squads of scions (mounted in Chimera's) in my armoured company list and am considering getting them tauroxes instead.

The cost, both financial and in game terms, is holding me back though. Since I have Tau & Marine armies as well I can't help but compare the Taurox Prime to the transports I already own. It's even less "survivable" than a Rhino/Razorback, but costs as much as a Devilfish (one of the sturdiest transports in the game). It has more firepower ofcourse, but won't that just make people want to shoot it more? Or do you find that people tend to ignore them and focus on other units?

[howscat]

My experience with the Primes has been mostly positive at this point. The enemy is not experienced in dealing with them so they overestimate or underestimate the fire power required to take it out. The enemy will shoot all this high strength low AP weapons at it that would otherwise have been shot at your tanks or artillery in the backfield, or the Taurox laughs as they put a glance on it with bolters. Sure, you don't want to drive it into a Tau gunline but what would you drive into a Tau gunline. Use its speed and the fact it re-rolls terrain to bounce it in and out of cover. Then when someone throws a Tac squad at it remind them that (depending on how its equipped) you are firing 14 twin-linked shots 4 of them are AP3, and there are some Scions inside with some nice weapons and also AP3. Yes the Taurox is weak for its points value but, it is filling a role in my army that no other unit can.

[Rolling Thunder]

Chimeras with dozer blades may do the job better, but the lack of fire points may prove difficult

[howscat]

I was able to test this force out on the table against a close combat nids list and another game against some dark angels. The nid player recognized the threat of the force and sent 75% of his forces after them. I managed to drive them into his table edge back corner where they made their last stand. They utilized the impressive amount of firepower they have to hold them at bay while my backfield artillery dropped the steel rain on their heads. By dividing his forces like this I stole the momentum that his army depended on to close with my main forces. The dark angels player focused all of his attention on my artillery. He was so focused on by back field by the time he had destroy my basilisks the fast team had complete board control of his table edge. we essentially traded table edges however I had the upper hand as his units were now on foot and my scions don't care about your armor save. This force is not meant to replace your army its meant to add to it. Utilize the speed and firepower to steal momentum from your opponent.