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 Asmodas wrote:
Yeah, sure, but the OP was specifically asking about using them in a genestealer cult list. Cult can get mining lasers in great quantities at 12 points each on a deep striking platform. GSC also has a ton of other great ways to kill tanks (bikers with demo charges, aberrant bomb, massed rock saws). What they usually need is more stuff that is good at clearing screens. The auto cannon and heavy flamer versions are thus typically going to be more useful to a genestealer cult list.

Ah, missed that it was for a GSC list. Absolutely agree with what you are saying then.

I love my sentinels. Granted, I play with Tallarn traits which really gets the most out of them, but with really any doctrines they're a useful little chess piece.

I've always used scout sentinels. The added durability of the armored ones is nice, but still not enough to keep your opponent from popping the guy if they really want to and it also loses the tactical flexibility of the scout move and 9" movement. Without Tallarn, you are hitting on 5s, but if you're deploying them up to the line, the scout move alone is often enough to get them on a midfield objective.

The suggestion that others have made about HF's on them is an interesting one for GSC. I wouldn't want to dissuade you from that, sounds fun. But, I've had great luck with AC's and hunter-killer missiles on them. Sentinels generally don't live long, but are frequently disregarded as threats that can dish out firepower. I always run three -- two AC's one LC and all with HK's and I've rolled hot at times and knocked half the wounds off a knight on turn 1 before.

Definitely worth trying out if you're trying to disperse a bit of turn 1 long-range AT rather than relying on your LR's for that.

Is it bad that I've always wanted 9 of each, scout, armoured and power lifter, run just a swarm of them?