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So, Lets say you got a techmarine/MOTF
With look out sir! and with them being independent characters are they more useful now. just put some basic servitors down and they can protect that conversion beamer from even the deadliest shots.

I wouldn't confuse "being a meatshield" with "worth it now". I still wouldn't take them; I'd rather save the points and hide the MotF better or stick him with a tac squad or scout squad on a home objective.

I actually tried a bit different kind of thang with my MOTF. I took him with the servo harness and 5 servitors and two of them had heavy bolters (a lot of points I know). They sticked with my predator (autocannon and heavy bolters) which essentially moved two turns and found a good position. Then the predator and the heavy bolter servitors kept firing on infantry and light vehicles (and quite effectively) while the techmarine kept the predator alive the whole game. It was an experiment to see what they can do now in 6th.

Not sure about the Vanilla boys, but BT is better off running a Techy with a Crusader squad, as Servitors will make him an IC. Servitors are better left to our Chappys. So I can run 3 Chaplain-attached Servitors in a Crusader squad, but not a Techmarine w/ Servitors in same squad. But if Im not mistaken, I can run 10 Initiates, 10 Neos, EC, Techmarine, and Chaplain w/ 3 Servitors for a Black Tide rape fest.

i think its worth it imo. LOS isgood but i agre with whoever said it above that doesnt make them meaatshields

as a GK player i was thinking of using him for bolster ruin for my assassin and stick him in backfield to fix stuff in my "castle", but found out that he can't restore hullpoints, only fix weapons etc. scrapped that idea. He can still be good giving a unit rad/psyko nads and still get to bolster terrain (exept things you bring in a list like aegis line etc)

Aandiin wrote:as a GK player i was thinking of using him for bolster ruin for my assassin and stick him in backfield to fix stuff in my "castle", but found out that he can't restore hullpoints, only fix weapons etc. scrapped that idea. He can still be good giving a unit rad/psyko nads and still get to bolster terrain (exept things you bring in a list like aegis line etc)

Techmarines can restore hull points. At least the FAQ is saying so.

Are they the 10 point servitors or the 15 point servitors. It makes a difference.


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gaovinni wrote:

Aandiin wrote:as a GK player i was thinking of using him for bolster ruin for my assassin and stick him in backfield to fix stuff in my "castle", but found out that he can't restore hullpoints, only fix weapons etc. scrapped that idea. He can still be good giving a unit rad/psyko nads and still get to bolster terrain (exept things you bring in a list like aegis line etc)

Techmarines can restore hull points. At least the FAQ is saying so.

yes they restore one hull point with a sucessful repair. Rhinos can only fix damage not hull points.