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So you’re running an Overlord level HQ and have given him a Royal Court.
What’s the best way to make sure you haven’t squandered your points?

Despair-tek: Deathmarks, duh.

Storm-tek: Immortals in a Nightscythe? (and if so, which type of Immortals, Gauss Blasters or Tesla?).

Lance-tek: Small units of Warriors? (preferably in Ghost Arks?)

Chrono-tek: Besides “wherever Imotekh is”, what’s the best infantry unit to stick this guy in to benefit from his reroll?

Tremor-tek: … do we still use these guys in 6th?

Res-Orb Lords: Yes, yes, I know, “WS/MSS Lords go EVERYWHERE.” But what about the Res-Orb carriers? Large bricks of Warriors? Lychguard squads?


Note, "Put them all together, with 5 Lords!" is also an acceptable answer.

Full squad of 10 tesla imortals in night scythe with a tooled up overlord, D.lord and a normal res-orb lord works very well.

Is an expensive unit but can deal with most situations.

Well, yes, but regular HQs aside, I was specifically wondering about what the best usage of RC members would be (particularly Harbingers), when attached to units.

Chronotek: Lance Court.

I don't really see him being a viable addition to any other squad...well, maybe when you got a squad with an Overlord to re-roll his saves.

 skoffs wrote:
Well, yes, but regular HQs aside, I was specifically wondering about what the best usage of RC members would be (particularly Harbingers), when attached to units.

He has been very useful as myoverlord doesn't refuse a challenge, will sometimes die and the d.lord goes tank hunting, which leaves the imortals vunrable. The lord reduces the vunrability so that they are still effective and a threat that you just have to get into combat with.

 skoffs wrote:

Despair-tek: Deathmarks, duh.

Wait, if Deathmarks "veil of darkness" they are allowed to 2+ wound a different target (replacement, not a bonus)
I thought you could only do this deployed ONCE

You *should* only be able to do it once. Many people try to argue about the word "deploy" though. But that won't get started up here.

I still think the Tremortek fits well in a large group of Tesla Immortals. Give him the -D3" crystal as well and you can make these guys almost impossible to assault, when you factor in their movement, plus the tremorstaff, plus the D3" less thingy, plus overwatch (from Tesla no less). Maybe combine it with a SoL ResLord in a 2 court list? Or a Lancetek? Not sure about the second slot, but seems like a very viable little unit.

I think y'all have hit everything else up pretty well. Chronoteks with Overlords or in Courts. Lanceteks with Warriors either on foot or in arks. Stormteks with Warriors or Immortals in Scythes. Despairtek with Deathmarks or a troop selection for late game capping (that isn't dependent on a Scythe).