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I can't decide with which squad I want the foot seer to go with. In your opinion is it better for the farseer to go with the howling banshees or with the avengers

HQ:
farseer,bike,stones,warding,witnessing,fortune,doom-185
6xjetlocks,1xenhance,2xembolden,3xdestructor-325
farseer,witnessing,doom-90
Troops:
10xDA,exarch,cats,storm-152
-wave serpent,scatter-115
6xbikes,2xcannons,warlock,spear,embolden-205
6xbikes,2xcannons,warlock,spear,embolden-205
Elites:
5xfire dragons-80
-wave serpent,scatter-115
10xbanshees,exarch,executioner-182
-wave serpent,scatter-115
heavy:
prism-115
prism-115

1999

Well, doom is 24" range, I would prefer the DA's so you're not 'in the thick of it' and you can Doom from afar to help the Banshees.

As to your list, not bad, I would drop doom on the jetseer though (and stones) as I really think you don't need it. You wound on 2's in combat and have heavy flamers in the squad that roast most infantry.

You need spears if you aren't taking Bright Lances. I don't think your S6 heavy army, while good, will fare well against heavily armored foes with just 2 prisms.

You could spend a few points on spears and change that.

Depends on what you plan on doing, if you want the Blade Storm DAs to kill anything more then ork hordes you honestly want both Doom on the enemy and guide on the DAs. Banshees on the other hand just need Doom. Remember you don't have to disembark the Farseer so if you want to disembark the banshees and keep the Farseer safe in the serpent you may.

Also not sure what armies you typically play, but I never leave home without Runes of Warding.

The jetseer has runes of warding.
As for spears, the warlocks on the guardian jetbike squads have them. I personally don't like them in my seer council.

Tell me,how do you put a farseer on a bike?Or a warlock?
Modeling wise,not game wise

BlueDagger, I thought if an IC is attached to a squad and the squad disembarks he has to disembark with them because he can't 'leave the squad' moving 2" away until he's out of the vehicle. Do I have that wrong?


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Also, I'll take back what I said, I completely flubbed it on saying to remove doom. I forgot you had Banshees. I would never, ever put them in combat without doom.

@Zain60 - Nope the BRB specifically covers it PG 67 IC embarking and Disembarking

@Tony - Easiest method is replacign the jetbiker torso, arms, head with Dire avenger parts and saying that is a Warlock/farseer. More complicated method is dremeling the farseer off at the torso and using some greenstuff skills on the legs of the jetbiker. Final method is to buy one from some sites that sell lol.

@Spring - Ah didn't see the warding in there. The spears on the Jetbike packs wont' be enough, take it from personal experience. Chucking a single spear from a pack almost never takes down the target. Also the spears in the council is meant to give the council the ability to chuck spears at a transport then assault the content that just spilled out.

In my personal experience I've managed to flank most tanks with my jetbikes, in which case their rear armor can easily be penetrated be the spear and shurikannons. I don't like giving it to the jetseers cause they become less potent in assault. I usually have another squad wreck the transport while the seers use destructor. However your advice is appreciated and I will give the matter some thought