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Didn't have time to test it so far, got a tournament this week end, so I'm dedicating my weekly gaming sessions to try out my list for it
Will get to test salamanders next week if possible

I fear my gaming style will suffer from the fandex though, as I love using lots of tacticals, and paying 18 pts per Tac is rather .... costly to say the least

So, I just realized that I forgot the Combat Squads special rule in the Salamander USR. Anyone who wants to playtest this, I updated the OP, but not the pdf (not yet, at least).

Also, I will be doing the Storm Wardens next, starting sometime between now and Thursday.

Holy crap, thats alot of melta.

This was a quote from my game yesterday, I played necron av13 spam list and to say the least, this army walked through it, the ability to take 2 melta guns in nearly every unit was amazing and meltaguns on rhinos was extremely powerfull ( this needs point increase slightly), between flamestorm dreads, cheap th/ss firedrakes and twin linked goodness this force eats the living crap out of armour lists, like I said about dark angels "if you use terminators against dark angels you mad", "if you spam armour against salamanders, your mad"

This gives a strong theme to this army, they are ultra short range kings, at 12" you get totally slaughtered.

Good job all round

Thank you! I updated the Rhino meltagun as suggested, it is now 15 points. I'm glad you enjoyed playing with these guys, I hope your opponent wasn't too upset

Ok so I have tried this out vs a few lists now, I have noticed a few must haves.

Tu shen: this dude is a beatstick, not as nasty as lysanander, but can go toe to toe with Abby...can't win but can hurt him enough for you firedrakes to Finnish him

Dreads: oh how I love that flamestorm, pod this baby in and laugh your balls off, this is my go to guy for.anti horde, take the twin linked upgrade and he is.gravy

Melta: take it on rhinos, take it on sarges and take it in tacticals, throw in a multi melta too, armour spam hates salamanders

Vulkan hestan: this man in the tits, scoring and makes other units scoring, I find 6/7 scoring units is a pain in thr arse.

Firedrake Honorguard? Trim the Spartan crest off though
http://hitechminiatures.com/2/product/info/81

I'm glad you like the dex so much! What'd your opponents think?

Thatguyhsagun wrote:
Firedrake Honorguard? Trim the Spartan crest off though
http://hitechminiatures.com/2/product/info/81

Those guys are more like Minotaurs models. Their weapon and shield are also really Spartan.

 Formosa wrote:
Ok so I have tried this out vs a few lists now, I have noticed a few must haves.

Tu shen: this dude is a beatstick, not as nasty as lysanander, but can go toe to toe with Abby...can't win but can hurt him enough for you firedrakes to Finnish him

Dreads: oh how I love that flamestorm, pod this baby in and laugh your balls off, this is my go to guy for.anti horde, take the twin linked upgrade and he is.gravy

Melta: take it on rhinos, take it on sarges and take it in tacticals, throw in a multi melta too, armour spam hates salamanders

Vulkan hestan: this man in the tits, scoring and makes other units scoring, I find 6/7 scoring units is a pain in thr arse.

Oh, and are there any "auto-take" units? I would assume either Tu'shan or He'stan plus meltas on everything, but are there any units that could be better to make EVERYTHING a legitimate option?

The only must take thing I.have consistently used is meltas on everything that can have it, all tacticals will take full melta too and the drop pod ones will take the twin linked upgrade, vulkan is very good for making those 10 man termy units scoring.

None are op that I.can see yet, playing with this dex again tonight

Thatguyhsagun wrote:
Firedrake Honorguard? Trim the Spartan crest off though
http://hitechminiatures.com/2/product/info/81

I like those models regardless. But $93, then shipping from Europe, for 5 guys? Yeah..no...

Use GS to make the capes and anvil industries storm shields use honour guard heads on paladins GW cut of the gk symbols and put on some salamander brass etched symbol FW.

wargey wrote:
Use GS to make the capes and anvil industries storm shields use honour guard heads on paladins GW cut of the gk symbols and put on some salamander brass etched symbol FW.

Please wargey. We discussed this already. But try using commas...

 Formosa wrote:
The only must take thing I.have consistently used is meltas on everything that can have it, all tacticals will take full melta too and the drop pod ones will take the twin linked upgrade, vulkan is very good for making those 10 man termy units scoring.

None are op that I.can see yet, playing with this dex again tonight

Sweet. Be sure to tell us about the game!

Ok from my game something I found a but mad

Dev squad, 4 multimeltas, meltagun sarge, rhino with meltagun, twin link upgrade to unit, even moving max speed with the rhino this was a tad op, not much but a little.

I drove up to a land raider, deployed so that I was in melta range and rolled dem dice, even needing 6's I scored 2 hits(due to twin linked) and blew it appart, I found that even on the move the re rolls made multimeltas better than missiles and las cannons, now thematically this is cool, salamanders slowly walking up melting crap left right and centre, I just wonder if it is what you intended.

Hmm... I might change the twin linking to just one model per unit. Or two.

And yes, it is what I intended; the Salamanders as masters of close quarter anti armor. Or just anti armor in general. I think someone in this thread said that Salamanders using this codex are the masters of close range shooting, which is what I picture salamanders to be.

The salamanders use melta wepons as the anvil and flamers as the hammer and then charge in with chainblades, thunder hammers, combat blades Ect. to mop up the rest.

 McNinja wrote:
Hmm... I might change the twin linking to just one model per unit. Or two.

And yes, it is what I intended; the Salamanders as masters of close quarter anti armor. Or just anti armor in general. I think someone in this thread said that Salamanders using this codex are the masters of close range shooting, which is what I picture salamanders to be.

First: love the codex. Saved and wish GW would pick it up as its own 'dex. IMHO one of the most popular armies out there meaning they would make a boatload.
Second: your codex is the epitome of what the promethean creed should be. perfectly done imho.

Thatguyhsagun wrote:

 McNinja wrote:
Hmm... I might change the twin linking to just one model per unit. Or two.

And yes, it is what I intended; the Salamanders as masters of close quarter anti armor. Or just anti armor in general. I think someone in this thread said that Salamanders using this codex are the masters of close range shooting, which is what I picture salamanders to be.

First: love the codex. Saved and wish GW would pick it up as its own 'dex. IMHO one of the most popular armies out there meaning they would make a boatload.
Second: your codex is the epitome of what the promethean creed should be. perfectly done imho.

Well, I warn you my post will not have much value...

I agree, this codex is well thought out, balanced for what I've read, and seems competitive and fun enough.