Back to topic. I got inspired by all these stories about the Wave Serpent and tweaked the list a bit, brought the army to Spartan, and the army totally ripped apart poor Vinder's nice Smurfs. It was quite insane. The army:
HQ:
Farseer - jetbike, singing spear
Warlock - jetbike, singing spear
Elites:
Striking Scorpions (10) - exarch w scorpions claw, crushing blow
Troops:
Guardians (11) - starcannon
Wave Serpent - bright lance holofield
Guardians (10) - starcannon
Wave Serpent - bright lance holofield
Jetbikes (6) - 2x shuriken cannon
Fast Attack:
Vypers (3) - scatter lasers, shuriken cannon
Crimson Hunter - exarch
Heavy Support:
Fire Prism - holofield
Fire Prism - holofield
Falcon - scatter laser, pulse laser, shuriken cannon, holofield
The scenario was purge (the KP thing). Deployment was lengthways, and I got first turn. Some highlights:
- Holofield is good! Wave Serpents going full speed can survive all kinds of stuff
- Wave Serpents are truly awesome! That Serpent shield shooting is crazy
- They Vyper squadron is also insane. The sheer volume of S6 shots would scare anyone
- Fire Prisms rock!!!!
- Scorpions rock!!! as usual
- And the jetbikes ... wah
- psychic shriek, guide, conceal - nice!
- Crimson Hunter is a classy killer
- just realized I didn't use my Guardians at all - they never disembarked!
- it was crazy. I didn't lose a single unit. Lost 5 jetbikes, 4 scorpions, 1 hull point off a viper, the shuriken cannon and 1 hull point off the falcon
some pics