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Hello everyone,
So I ended up on Saturday with a free box of Hellions because my GW is cool, so I now have a sudden interest in using them in an army. Does anyone have suggestions as to how I should use them? I find that 10 with a Stunclaw looks like a good unit to kill off squishy characters, but I'm wondering if anyone has any hard gaming experience with them.

Well, I played Hellions even in the 2nd ed games as a point filler.
Now I'd go for a full unit of 10, led by a Helliarch w/ agonizer and pgl.
This unit is a serious threat even for MEQ infantry.
In a game vs. Tau, the opponent decimated them in first turn.
But they got the charge and wiped out one unit of Fire Warriors.
This took the fire away from my Raiders. I'll count on them in the new ed.