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 whembly wrote:
Looks like GW has sold out all Assassin models, except for Vindi (I have the original Vindi ).

Ugh.

Maybe we can proxy/use the Harlequin Models?
Death Jester = Vindicare (shooty)
Shadowseer= Cullexus (anti-psyk)
Trouper = Callidus (mix of choppy, shooty, with -3 to enemy first reserve roll)
Toupe Master = Eversor (choppy)

Use the Formation Dataslate for all 4... it'll be fluffy as all hell... assassins masquerading as Harlequins!

I find that Star Wars Minis and Hero-Clicks are great choices for Proxy's

 Anpu42 wrote:
I find that Star Wars Minis and Hero-Clicks are great choices for Proxy's

Considering all the assasin models would look at home as super villains, and Heroclix has an abundance of spandex clad characters, that might not be a bad way to go.

xxvaderxx wrote:
Besides if you focus on flamers with sister thats cool, but 3+ laughs at them and at the sisters, sisters strong suit has always been melta.

Well, I always use a 4 flamers 1 combi-flamer dominion squad. For flavor. It used to be better when the act of faith actually worked on them. But GW is still being idiotic. It can still be pretty fun to play.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Great. So you can tailor your list to take out one model. That's amazing.

That is not list tailoring, that is something I always play. Both for the conclave (since I got my count-as minis) and the dominion squad.

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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
My sisters will laugh at him.

...and everyone else laughs at sisters as usual ;D It all depends on the armies, as usual. Niche armies such as SoB, however, don't really affect his general power level, though, as they are far too scarce.

He is an awesome addon to any Necron army. Necrons have no viable psychic defense anyway and neither do they have any use for ED - so just pump all ED into the Assassin.

Seems like a good use of an old Pariah model...

blaktoof wrote:
. Hes a 2 wound toughness 4 model, so str8+ is IDing him. unlike things that only let you fire snap shots you can still drop blasts/templates on him as well. Not to mention WS1 is hitting a lot more often in assault than BS1 with shooting.

I believe all the assassins got bumped up to three wounds. So a slight improvement there against non-ID weapons.

I am running a vindicare in my mech army. His job will be to shoot out my opponents anti-AV14 options and characters. Seems like a good investment.

I think this assassin release is actually one of the best releases GW has done in a while because it WILL shift the meta and ultimately help to level it out. The four assassins can hard counter almost any problem unit in the game and can be taken by anybody (because it should not be hard to hide one model 12" away from your army).

Overall, I am VERY happy with this release.

 Happygrunt wrote:
I am running a vindicare in my mech army. His job will be to shoot out my opponents anti-AV14 options and characters. Seems like a good investment.

I think this assassin release is actually one of the best releases GW has done in a while because it WILL shift the meta and ultimately help to level it out. The four assassins can hard counter almost any problem unit in the game and can be taken by anybody (because it should not be hard to hide one model 12" away from your army).

Overall, I am VERY happy with this release.

With the Callidus, that can be dropped to 1"