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Lol typo LC

The single LC gets 3 attacks on the charge. So 1.5 hits, .75 wounds, but with reroll that's 1.12 wounds. PS would be 4 attacks, 2 hit, 1 wound... LC comes out slightly ahead. I've got 4 painted LC command squad bikers from when I run this list as White Scars and I have 4 PS sarges, so I'm really just putting my best painted models out right now. In tourney play I'd go 3xLC or maybe use a PA (I've got one one a biker).

I don't have the book handy. Does it give power weapon as a general option? Or is it very specific on our list of CCws

Have you had to square up against Hive Guard? I'm not sure how the no-cover St 8 AP3 would go with the expensive black knights. Some units that seem scary to the bks, like colossus are super rare so I don't think it's a big deal but it seems like there are plenty of hive guard in every Nid list

Note Hive guard are only AP4... so not that much to worry about from them..

canadianguy wrote:
I don't have the book handy. Does it give power weapon as a general option? Or is it very specific on our list of CCws

BK Huntmaster is only sword or maul, vet RW sarge has most options as choices.

Dang, I was worried about Hive Guard there, as we have a nid player and I haven't played him yet.

What's the optimal number of BK to field? I am currently in the process of making five, which seems the sweet spot for threat/damage ratio. You dropped your squad though, why?

A ten man BK squad seems kind of unwieldy and clumsy- unless shooting at something ridiculous like 10 nurgle bikers, its firepower will always go to waste, and when you assault you're almost guaranteed to slaughter whatever you charge.

I was thinking of running a BK deathstar but it does seem like a sledgehammer against the peanuts of every other unit in the game. The only thing I can think of surviving a turn of the 10 man is a Fortuned Harliestar with shadowfield Archons, literally the toughest unit in a game, or a fortuned Seer Council, which will die horribly in assault. Isn't two units of 5 more versatile (force org chart willing?)

I prefer 6 or 7 BKs. Two grenade launchers and an extra wound.
The seventh guy is mostly motivated by the fact that the points happened to fit with an extra guy in my first army-list....and he has just hung around since then.

Steelmage99 wrote:
I prefer 6 or 7 BKs. Two grenade launchers and an extra wound.
The seventh guy is mostly motivated by the fact that the points happened to fit with an extra guy in my first army-list....and he has just hung around since then.

100% agree. For a tournament I would run 2 squads of 6, with extra points maybe 7. The reason I run a full squad of 10 is twofold. A) there are so many stomping deathstars in my local meta that I know I'm going to get targets for all my shots. B) with a Libby I want my boosts to effect the whole squad, so if they gain an invuln, have full BS overwatch, or get rerolls on a charge, I'm gonna want it for the most models possible when facing things like Mortarion with 10 Termies or 10 incubi with a warlord on the charge.

EDIT: way too many typos.