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So I am contemplating this build for my "super" hq that I will have at 2500 points in my DE army. I already have 1500 points in the bag so ya.. Also just finishedwith thor's tactica for DE


Archon
Reaver jetbike
combat drug dispenser
punisher
tormenter helm
shadow field
haywire & plasma nades

176 points.

IS this effective?

Now I dont want to fill up the boards of general discussion with a useless question, but should i paint a cool magma-fire sword thing for his punisher or simply use a wych trident as his punisher. Im leaning towards latterATM? how about you guys?

Taking a jetbike means you won't be able to get the Incubi retinue, which in my experience will demolish anything it charges (although it does suffer from being a supreme fire magnet).

However, taking a jetbike allows the lord to join a bike squad, although i've never used it myself, have seen it being used to good effect.

When using the punisher archon combo, you might aswell kit him out with the Animus Vitae to give him STR 6 (+1 from punisher, +1 drugs, +1 animus vitae).

Haywire grenades are a bit hit and miss for me, but that's just me (and my dice).

For a super DE HQ, lose the jetbike and take a retinue of Incubi with a really tooled up Incubi Succubus, so you have a little mini lord with your archon.

Yea i run an archon similar to that some times and he is pretty beastly. The toughness boost he gets from the bike really does help out from the experiences i've had with him. Only thing i don't like is that he can't get an assualt on turn one like an archon in a raider can.

NoShoes wrote:When using the punisher archon combo, you might aswell kit him out with the Animus Vitae to give him STR 6 (+1 from punisher, +1 drugs, +1 animus vitae).

What would you drop in order to afford the animus though? Remember, the RJB counts as part of the wargear allotment.

At 2500 points the sky is really the limit for what you want for your Archon. You have an effective build as currently presented. Probably the ultimate Archon Deathstar would be paired with Incubi w. Drazhar, but as far as jetbike Lords go that's really about as nasty as you can make it.