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Saw a combination that i thought would be fun (if rather expensive to field).

Figure i may as well check to see if it works like i think it does:

Could a player who has his or her vindicare assassin camping in a fortress of redemption that they've also chosen to add the 'Krakstorm missile' upgrade to, choose to have it (the missile barrage) benefit from the assassins' 'Deadshot' ability?

I figure being able to lob large blast templates with a huge Ballistic Skill 'and' assign the wounds how i please amongst whatever it landed on would be highly effective. (and entertaining!)

Dont see why not.....

Ah, good good; glad to hear it.

With the assassin, the fortress, and a minimal acolyte squad + Cortez for the mandatory ally HQ and troop choices it works out to 507 points; so it's actually not that bad to slot into a 2k or higher list that wants some decent anti-MEQ or light vehicle (including the soon-to-be-ubiquitous fliers) suppression. Well, for anyone who can take gray knights as allies anyway.

i suppose the tactical ramifications and cost analysis belong on another board however, so thank you for your response.

Using the assassin to fire weapons with Skyfire against fliers will also be nice.

Yup! Though that ballistic skill is a bit of overkill on the quad gun or icarus lascannon; ideally on a twin-linked (non-blast or template) weapon you don't really need to go over BS 5 for your firer as the '2+ to hit & re-roll' is just about the best you can do shooting-wise.

Still i'd imagine being able to snipe out pretty much any model from the safety of an AV 14 base out to the unholy range the icarus lascannon can toss shots has it's perks, true.