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Has anyone attempted to put together an Inquisition army using the new Grey Knight codex? Is it even possible?

I know the Special Character Coteaz lets you take Inquisitorial Henchmen as troops and that Assassins are an Elites choice. Is the following legit?

HQ
Inquisitor Coteaz
Inquisitor

Elites
Assassin (Vindicare)
Assassin (Callidus)
Assassin (Eversor)

Troops
Inquisitorial Henchmen
Inquisitorial Henchmen
Inquisitorial Henchmen
Inquisitorial Henchmen
Inquisitorial Henchmen
Inquisitorial Henchmen

Fast Attack/Heavy Support
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Yep. Except you can take infinite many henchmen units, not just 6.

There is no limit?

They don't take up a slot on the FoC (at least, not until the FAQ that this codex desperately needs). Don't want to get into this pile of worms agan.

There are already a couple of threads about this. I have posted some things on them. go look there.

I've already seen the Jokaero spam lists, even seen one played (albeit with proxied models).

Fafnir wrote:They don't take up a slot on the FoC (at least, not until the FAQ that this codex desperately needs). Don't want to get into this pile of worms agan.

I inferred that from what I read of the codex, I didn't realize it was a genuine issue. I assume that if they don't fill a slot then you must take two squads of Grey Knights in order to make your army legal.

From looking at the rules for the Inquisitorial henchmen it seems you can make Space Marine and Sisters of Battle type squads (as well as Stormtroopers) with Boltguns and Power Armour, thought they will be lacking the special rules and statline of Space Marines and SoB.

George Spiggott wrote:

Fafnir wrote:They don't take up a slot on the FoC (at least, not until the FAQ that this codex desperately needs). Don't want to get into this pile of worms agan.

I inferred that from what I read of the codex, I didn't realize it was a genuine issue. I assume that if they don't fill a slot then you must take two squads of Grey Knights in order to make your army legal.

No, you don't need Grey Knights. 2 Inquisitional units will fill out the requirement for troops, but you can still take an unlimited amount of them. Similar to a Techpriest or Emperor's Champion.

I'm loving =I= armies even more now. Henchmens are the most versatile units I've seen. A unit of Crusaders have almost as much survivability as Space Marines, more or less balanced out in that they'll always get that 3+ save, and have power weapons. Drop em in a Land Raider with a Inq with a Daemonhammer and you got a unit that will absolutely wreck anything it comes into contact with. Heavy Weapons get handled by Jokaero or Servitor spam, and you got your cheap front line troops in the form of massed baseline Warriors.

MechaEmperor7000 wrote:A unit of Crusaders have almost as much survivability as Space Marines, more or less balanced out in that they'll always get that 3+ save, and have power weapons. Drop em in a Land Raider with a Inq with a Daemonhammer and you got a unit that will absolutely wreck anything it comes into contact with.

Str 3 power weapons and 1 attack. They ain't wrecking anything. They make good bullys and tarpit specialized CC troops.

But if you pack them with an Inquisitor with Rad Grenades and Hammerhand, they're now striking at the equivalent of S5.

Fafnir wrote:

George Spiggott wrote:

Fafnir wrote:They don't take up a slot on the FoC (at least, not until the FAQ that this codex desperately needs). Don't want to get into this pile of worms agan.

I inferred that from what I read of the codex, I didn't realize it was a genuine issue. I assume that if they don't fill a slot then you must take two squads of Grey Knights in order to make your army legal.

No, you don't need Grey Knights. 2 Inquisitional units will fill out the requirement for troops, but you can still take an unlimited amount of them. Similar to a Techpriest or Emperor's Champion.

Yeah. Crybabies and their hysteria will probably have it rules-change FAQ'd though. A sad day for the Holy Inquisition.

DarknessEternal wrote:

MechaEmperor7000 wrote:A unit of Crusaders have almost as much survivability as Space Marines, more or less balanced out in that they'll always get that 3+ save, and have power weapons. Drop em in a Land Raider with a Inq with a Daemonhammer and you got a unit that will absolutely wreck anything it comes into contact with.

Str 3 power weapons and 1 attack. They ain't wrecking anything. They make good bullys and tarpit specialized CC troops.

Didnt realise they only had one attack. But intermixing some Death Cult assassins and Acro Flagellants would make them CC beasts (Death Cults have 2 PW attacks, while Acros have 4 normal ones each and FnP). They all also cost the same amount of points, with Acros and Crusaders being rather effective abalatative wounds while Death Cults deal out the hurt, and the Inq taking care of any strong enemies with hammerhand and a Daemonhammer.

Fafnir wrote:

George Spiggott wrote:

Fafnir wrote:They don't take up a slot on the FoC (at least, not until the FAQ that this codex desperately needs). Don't want to get into this pile of worms agan.

I inferred that from what I read of the codex, I didn't realize it was a genuine issue. I assume that if they don't fill a slot then you must take two squads of Grey Knights in order to make your army legal.

No, you don't need Grey Knights. 2 Inquisitional units will fill out the requirement for troops, but you can still take an unlimited amount of them. Similar to a Techpriest or Emperor's Champion.

I'm confused. Is "does not use up" a force organisation slot not the same as 'not filling a slot', therefore not meeting the minimum Troops criteria?

It's been a while since I delved into GW rules.

What about having troops with boltguns and carapace armour like Space Marine scouts? Does anyone think that combination of wargear would be viable?