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I just got a second leman russ and I can't decide what variant to make it; Right now I'm stuck between the exterminator or the vanquisher; my first Leman russ is the battle cannon variant; I don't really want to make another battle cannon variant either

Magnetize the turret so that you can swap them on the fly, that way you wont have to choose.
I love battle Cannons personally. The Exterminator has its place though if you are lacking Autocannons and don't want hydras. The Vanquisher can have reliability issues but is a neat gun, it also runs into issues against hordes. The Eradicator could be a great snag or waste of points depending on who you are facing. If you run into KFF Orks a lot it could payoff well.
Again I think you should make the turret a swappable choice and IIRC there are a few tutorials for magnetizing floating around the site.

Cheers,
~Volkan

I would suggest the vanquisher. Just because I know this cannon better than most of the other ones you are debating about.


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Volkan wrote:Magnetize the turret so that you can swap them on the fly, that way you wont have to choose.
I love battle Cannons personally. The Exterminator has its place though if you are lacking Autocannons and don't want hydras. The Vanquisher can have reliability issues but is a neat gun, it also runs into issues against hordes. The Eradicator could be a great snag or waste of points depending on who you are facing. If you run into KFF Orks a lot it could payoff well.
Again I think you should make the turret a swappable choice and IIRC there are a few tutorials for magnetizing floating around the site.

Cheers,
~Volkan

I agree with magnetizing the turret just so you can swap them out when you want to change them out.

The primarc variant! Go green stuff go go go!

If those are your only 4 options, and you aren't going to magnitize I'd go in this order:

1) Another BattleCannon - is arguably the best LR variant in the game. Cheap, good against all vehicles, deadly to MEQ.
2) Exterminator - Tough light vehicle killer (but for me, the Hydra is just better in almost all aspects).
3) Eradicator - It has it's place, but against a MEQ army your just going to spend your time hunting Scouts
4) Vanquisher - Suppose to be the Anti-Tank option, but don't waste your time. You get 5 shots total in the game on average, and you're going to miss half of those. Plus it doesn't even give you a +1 on the vehicle damage table.... total waste of points...


Now if you're looking for a different varient altogether, I'd think about the Plasma Bus (Executioner w/ Plasma Cannons), it's the only other LR variant that I'd use.... it's just a big bowl of wrong...

Hope this helps

I personally love the Executioner with Plasma Side Sponsons ( or as mr. fantastical put it, "Plasma bus").

Mind, i mainly play against my 'Nids brother where I need lots of AP2 shots a turn to kill the MC s before they get close. Throw Pask and a front lascannon (yes, I realize thats 295 points) and you have 6 Ap2 shots a turn (non-moving) that have a REALLY low chance to miss on MC bases (Trygon base is almost impossible to miss, its a giant base). Pure destruction against any MC s out there

Consider a looted one

But in all seriousness the variant with the plasma cannon as its main weapon can do serious work. A friend who plays IG at my FLGS absolutely mercs MEQs.

kir44n wrote:I personally love the Executioner with Plasma Side Sponsons ( or as mr. fantastical put it, "Plasma bus").

Mind, i mainly play against my 'Nids brother where I need lots of AP2 shots a turn to kill the MC s before they get close. Throw Pask and a front lascannon (yes, I realize thats 295 points) and you have 6 Ap2 shots a turn (non-moving) that have a REALLY low chance to miss on MC bases (Trygon base is almost impossible to miss, its a giant base). Pure destruction against any MC s out there

Why is he marching a trygon down the field instead of parking it behind your MC killing tank with a deep strike

Pretty much, the general consensus is that the best three are:

Leman Russ Battle Tank
Leman Russ Demolisher
Leman Russ Executioner