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I would take all sword if I had the models, AoC dominating the meta so the increase in ap is more important than S6. inferno pistols are fine sprinkled here and there if I had the points. my other iteration has second assault squad, but 35p for selfless healer nets me 2-3 free cp every game atleast how I run my BA, feels just more comfortable.

FezzikDaBullgryn wrote:
Oh drat. Well, I guess I don't have to worry then, the Red armor I painted can stay...

Primaris DC aren't a great datasheet but the firstborn are excellent and generally see lots of play in competitive lists. AoC + FNP makes them fairly durable, they are cheap, and they have so many attacks. They also have their pregame move strat which is the only way outside of scout deploy units to force first turn pressure on your opponent.

Not being able to perform actions is a bigger headache than not being able to fall back in my experience. LD 7 does suck for combat attrition but these guys are trade piece missiles, not objective holders.

FezzikDaBullgryn wrote:
What is the point of taking the Sword over the axe on the Sang Guard? Also, why not just take the hit and go for inferno Pistols?

-3 vs -2 in age of aoc? Meanwhile s6 vs s5 doesn't come up that often particularly with +1 to wound. T4, t7,t8 are pretty darn common targets. T3 you are same, t12 doesn't show up.


List of t5 and t6 targets particularly without good saves are pretty few.

Vs say t5 3+ aoc sword is better... t6 3+ aoc equal...

Seeing how much aoc is out there axes are lot more niche. Orks is one target that axes are good but do you really feel sang guard needs to tailor up against possibility of facing orks?-)

SW player here just browsing through. I saw what you said about named characters and I like them a lot because they save on CP. They often come with a special rule and a built in relic for no CP.

SW had a lot of named characters. But space wolves get so little out of playing a nonnsucksessor chapter. +1 to hit can be copied with born heroes. The heoric intervention can be done with a strat.

However, blood angel bonuses are really good. I do not know your named characters but some are bound to be good.