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I was thinking today, if I put Duke Sliscus with 4 Trueborns all with Shardcarbine (assault 3, wound on 4+) giving me 12 shots, 3+ to hit, 3+ to wound (Dukes Buff)

If I was to mount all 5 in a Venom with 2 x Splinter Cannon (assault 4/Heavy6, wound on 4+) giving me another 8/12 Shots Would the Vemon also gain the Dukes buff giving me
-: 24 shots, 3+ to Hit, 3+ to Wound (OMFG!!!!)

I only ask cos you would think Vemon is part of the trueborns Unit and all being deployed with Duke.

Please let me know what you guys think, or if I am very wrong thinking this.

Thanks

Trollslayer wrote:I was thinking today, if I put Duke Sliscus with 4 Trueborns all with Shardcarbine (assault 3, wound on 4+) giving me 12 shots, 3+ to hit, 3+ to wound (Dukes Buff)

If I was to mount all 5 in a Venom with 2 x Splinter Cannon (assault 4/Heavy6, wound on 4+) giving me another 8/12 Shots Would the Vemon also gain the Dukes buff giving me
-: 24 shots, 3+ to Hit, 3+ to Wound (OMFG!!!!)

I only ask cos you would think Vemon is part of the trueborns Unit and all being deployed with Duke.

Please let me know what you guys think, or if I am very wrong thinking this.

Thanks

Well, it's a nice idea until you break down the points involved for marginal gain.

Firstly, the Venom would not gain the Duke's "Hypertoxin" special rule as it is a seperate unit. Plus, the rule may only effect a unit of Trueborn or Warriors.

If you were to try this trick, I'd recommend just going full out with a squad of 9 Trueborn in a Raider with 2 Splinter cannons and 7 Shardcarbines - the squad your using is, on average, only scoring 6 wounds a turn for a 300+pts unit. That's less than effective in my opinion.

Honestly, I feel the Duke is best used in Wych cult armies for the second roll on the Drugs table.

Iranna,

i got 2 units of wych cult for Drugs reroll. there my 2 troop. so my 1 elite was going to be anti tank 4 blasters (cost alot point wise) or this i thought of being anti troops/low points.

never mind thanks for clearing it up. Venom is not part of trueborns.

you have to deploy the duke with the trueborn or warriors but he does not have to stay with them.

he is far too useful in CC to run in a shooty unit.

yes i seen some people getting him into CC with Wych after deployment. its a great idear. need to play more with them really