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Hey All,

I wanted to know your opinions in how to properly outfit Judicators for Stormcast Eternals. I just picked up two boxes and am contemplating on if I want to go with bows or crossbows.

What would you all suggest?

Despite how awesome I think the boltstormers look, the general consensus is the bows are by far the best build. And give your special bow to the champion. :-)

 Bottle wrote:
Despite how awesome I think the boltstormers look, the general consensus is the bows are by far the best build. And give your special bow to the champion. :-)

Yeah, that's what I do with both my units. The 12" extra range and D6 hits on a 2+ are too good.

AGREEED! Best unit per point in my opinion.

I found that overall bows are the best option, but if you treat the bolt stormers as a close assault unit - in effect a melee unit with a 12" range - they perform really well.
But bows offer you the most flexibility.

I agree with all posts above. I've never seen anyone using Judicators with boltstorm crossbows, even after a year since their release.
I equip my minimum-sized Judicator units in two ways.

1) Judicator-Prime with Shockbolt Bow & the rest with Skybolt Bows
: Excellent for generating large number of rending shots wounding on 3+.
The units is optimal for sniping lone Hero with bad save(Wizards, for example).
Or even chipping off wounds from tough 3+ save monsters, since the unit has the possibility to generate considerable number of shots.

2) Judicator-Prime with Skybolt Bow, 3 with Skybolt Bow, and 1 with Thunderbolt Crossbow
: While this outfit doesn't generate as much shots as the first option, it's effective against large-sized unit with good save or the ability to ignore rend characteristics.
For example most Seraphon infantry ignore rend values of -1, and the thunderbolt crossbow is very powerful against these units.
Thunderbolt Crossbow can be used to snipe Monsters as it hits on a D6 roll of 1~2, but the chances are low.
Hence my tendency to run at least two units with same loadout to increase such chances.