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I'm considering adding 1 to my Inquisitor lord. is it worth the 30 point price tag?
his retinue will have 3 plasma vets, so a shooty retinue. but that seems like a steep
price tag.
thoughts?

Its worth it vs Demons and Psykers, other than that its not worth it.

Depends on what power you are buying for your IL. If Scourging then i say it is up to you whether or not to. If not then it is definitely a good buy for him IMO.

Indeed. He's a T3 model, best to keep him out of close combat as long as possible.

I can't say anything about their quality, but the fact that I've seen one in basically every single inquisitor retinue I've ever seen means they can't be TOO bad.

on a dedicated dakkaquisitor maybe. good for anti DS. 3 Heavy bolter servitors and a psycannon can really hurt some daemons/assault marines


with plasma though you'll either be 12-24" away shooting or <12" away. either way it either shortens the reach of the heavy option or makes you an easy assault target

Wow!
thanks for all the fast replies!
i think unless i have the points, i'll leave it out then. he's mainly there for the Psychic hood and cheap(er) plasma.
i'm tweeking a list for a 2000 pt. tourney this weekend and i know of at least 2 Demon players should be there.

Oh, also I should note that I've always seen psycannons taken with heavy weapons. For example, abusing demons with psycannon+2 or more heavy bolters or shredding deepstrikers with a mystic, a psycannon and 2 plasma cannons.

I can't imagine a psycannon would be all that great of a pairing with a plasma GUN inquisitor loadout.

Yeah, Inquisitor retinues built for CC are terrible. Psycannons are great... against invulnerable saves. Sisters, Daemons etc don't like them

Don't forget about ghazghull when he is in full raging waaaaaagggggghhhhhh mode. 2++? Ha. No save for you!

And legion of the damned, harlies, farseers not on bikes, etc.

Exactly, if you psycannon ghaz while hes on the waaagh, he gets no save at all, as he doesnt gain a 2+ invul, his armor save becomes invulnerable.

Ailaros wrote:Oh, also I should note that I've always seen psycannons taken with heavy weapons. For example, abusing demons with psycannon+2 or more heavy bolters or shredding deepstrikers with a mystic, a psycannon and 2 plasma cannons.

Hmmm, if memory serves me correctly, you're only allowed one plasma cannon in ther retinue...................

What else is in your list?

The primary reason to run a psycannon is if fate crusher is popular in your area. Psycannon + psyker battle squad punks fateweaver rather fast.

If you have enough multi lasers or large combined squad platoons to first rank second rank you might not need the psy cannon to kill fateweaver since torrent of fire will put a wound on him.

Psycannon is probably not worth it if the rest of your squad is plasma vets because your opponent might be able to stack ap2 wounds.

When I do take a psycannon I usually take the inquisitor with psycannon, tarot, 2 mystics a sage. They commandeer a chimera from somebody and sit and fire out of it.

If you have elite slots free what you can do is take a DH Inquisitor with the psycannon and 2 mystics with tarot and then take a WH inquitor with 3 plasma warriors. Does require you to have vehicles free to commander but then you can have both psy cannon and plasma warriors.

alarmingrick wrote:Wow!
thanks for all the fast replies!
i think unless i have the points, i'll leave it out then. he's mainly there for the Psychic hood and cheap(er) plasma.
i'm tweeking a list for a 2000 pt. tourney this weekend and i know of at least 2 Demon players should be there.

There's a tourney? Where?

agnosto wrote:

alarmingrick wrote:Wow!
thanks for all the fast replies!
i think unless i have the points, i'll leave it out then. he's mainly there for the Psychic hood and cheap(er) plasma.
i'm tweeking a list for a 2000 pt. tourney this weekend and i know of at least 2 Demon players should be there.

There's a tourney? Where?

I'm going to a place in Ada called the Cave. it's the first time i've been there. we had played at ECU during the campaign down there.

@Kirika
i'll get the rest of the list posted when i get it tweeked to the point i like.

I find Psycannons blow up my Eldar nicely. My opponent's Grey Knights seem to pack one in evry squad, and last game they caught my Farseer out in the open after ripping through my squad of Dire Avengers. Then they found out the power of Kroot Mercenaries...

Psycannons are pretty much worth it whenever you deal with anything with bad armor and an invul save. Most Xenos armies have large amounts of things vulnerable to them, IG HQs, another Inquisitor, Daemons. That's about the majority of it. It's a great weapon if you have a hole for it in general though. I like Inquisitor with terminator armor with a psycannon and a warrior retinue with 3 plasmaguns, but I don't run that with IG, so your mileage may vary. I did like them enough to order the 5 pack terminator arm set offered by GW though.

alarmingrick wrote:

agnosto wrote:

alarmingrick wrote:Wow!
thanks for all the fast replies!
i think unless i have the points, i'll leave it out then. he's mainly there for the Psychic hood and cheap(er) plasma.
i'm tweeking a list for a 2000 pt. tourney this weekend and i know of at least 2 Demon players should be there.

There's a tourney? Where?

I'm going to a place in Ada called the Cave. it's the first time i've been there. we had played at ECU during the campaign down there.

There's a game store in Ada? Will miracles never cease. Good luck!