Vindicator: Dozer Blade or Siege shield?

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**scubasteve04**

Dozer blade= reroll failed dangerous terrain check, 5 pts

Siege shield= Automatically pass , 10 pts

Which one do you take?

**Jayden63**

If you have an extra 5 points it never hurts to upgrade to the Siege Shield. However, if you strapped for points, a dozer blade statistically will get you through any single battle.

I have yet to ever upgrade my two vindicator's dozer blades to siege shield.

**jdjamesdean@mail.com**

big fan of the blade on vindi's

**Blacksails**

As a player who has to play 10pts for dozer blades (IG), I have contemplated paying that price for most of my vehicles. Then again I play on very terrain heavy boards. You only have a 1/6 chance in the first place, being able to re-roll that is 1/36, which is all you need. Not paying for the siege shield can give a dozer blade to another vehicle...or some other 5pt upgrade.

**Thaylen**

I've always preferred a Siege shield. But the arguments presented for taking a dozer blade for half the points are really good. Pity nothing can be done for the landraider, getting a 250pt plus model stuck on terrain really sucks.

**tedurur**

Always go for the Blades

**Jaon**

Siege shield gives you the emotional insurance of "ha ha! Now I "cant" roll a 1!"

But dozer blade is for all intents and purposes just as good. But beware the snake eyes!

**ruminator**

No option for taking neither!

**Trickstick**

Well even though it is not a necessity i would go for the siege shield. They just look awesome and vindicators look a bit naked without them. For only 5 pts extra looks come into it.

**Grundz**

seige shield looks cooler, done!

**Jayden63**

Grundz wrote:seige shield looks cooler, done!

If you have no other dozerblades present in your army, then siege shield model becomes a dozer blade. muhahahahahaha. Ok, so thats what I did anyway.

**Grey Templar**

Siege Shield.

with a fixed gun, Vindicators are one tank you don't want getting immobilized.

**Samus_aran115**

I wasn't even aware that vindicators came without them

I think mine (chaos) just have them standard. I think I'd always pay those five points, just for cool factor

Edit: Huh..Chaos vindicators don't even come with the option for siege shields...So does that mean the siege shield in the kit is a dozer blade?

**Grey Templar**

Only IG tanks actually come with proper Dozerblades.

the Vindicator is the only SM tank to have anything in that direction in the kit.

**oadie**

Siege shield on the model, 100%. Is 5pts worth a siege shield over a dozer blade? Only if you can't count it as one, for some reason. To model a vindi without the big sucker out front is aesthetic sacrilege.

**Gavo**

Well, as an IG player, mine cost 10 points. So I generally don't take them.

**Lord Rogukiel**

Generally siege shields, if the points allow.
If I have three vindis... then I would rather spend the 15 extra points on something else.

But always at least one of the choices