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hey guys, seeing as how mephiston worked so well at 600pts I thought I'd try stuffing the next best thing into a 600pts list but I have one or two questions.

first off here's the list:

abaddon

3 termies with combi meltas

5 khorne zerkers
rhino

5 marines

so, the idea is that abaddon and his termies drop down pop a tank (hopefully on turn 2) and next turn the two will split from each other so abaddon can kill some infantry whyle the terms go tank hunting (and hopefully kill what falls out.

while this is going on the zerkers will drive up to any squishy units smack them up a little.

the plebs do what plebs do best (sit on OBJs or die)



now my question is this:

do I need those termies to protect abaddon or can they be dropped from the list in favour of an oblit and upgrades for the pleb unit

so......thoughts anyone?

If you stick to the termies on the abaddon squad you should allocate any wounds/saves to abaddon as long as they are in the same unit, so they won't really protect abaddon. This is because since the termies aren't fearless one wound of them and you'll need to roll a ld test, sure you will pass it 90% of the time but if you get the bad luck of rolling 11-12 bye bye to your ~450 unit.

However letting abaddon take the wounds/saves means your termies will surely survive the deep strike state and be ready to assault on the next turn. I personally would go with an oblie and upgrades thou, i don't like termies, they aren't as useful as their loyal counterparts.