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IG sniper teams are pretty underwhelming, so here's an attempt to make them a bit more fun


(as part of an infantry platoon, 0-3 may be taken)

Sniper team - 40 Points

Sniper - WS3 BS3 S3 T3 W1 A1 I3 ld7 Sv5+
Spotter - WS3 BS3 S3 T3 W1 A1 I3 ld7 Sv5+

Unit Composition: 3 Snipers, 3 Spotters

Equipment:
Sniper: Combat knife, sniper rifle, flak armour
Spotter: Combat knife, lasgun, flak armour

The unit may take camo cloaks for 10 points

Special rules:
Spotters: Spotters are tasked with picking out and marking targets for snipers, therefore for each spotter who chooses not to fire his lasgun, but has line of sight to the same model as a sniper, a sniper may re-roll his to hit roll. Each spotter enables one sniper to do this.


Thoughts?

Don't you allready have ratling snipers?

yeah thats very true, its just that IG snipers are nice models and a nice idea and all, its just theyre a bit meh lol

Why not make it so the Spotters allow Precision Shots on a 5 or 6 instead of a 6 to hit?

I think that the buffed precision shots would be better then the spotters giving them tl (if you are going to give them the tl you may as well give them a signum instead)

actually thats brilliant, i was thinking of the rend on a 5 or 6 but that seemed a bit silly, how could I forget precision shots herp de derp

I think another fix for snipers would be to make them BS4 at least...I mean they're supposed to be good shots.

 greyknight12 wrote:
I think another fix for snipers would be to make them BS4 at least...I mean they're supposed to be good shots.

BS3 is good.

Imperial Guard do have access to plenty of snipers however i like this idea due to the fact the Guard just have snipers in squads but i would rather picture them in squads. sort of like a special weapon squad but with accompanying spotters. Like that very much may have to use that sometime.

They need to be more expensive, and less common in an infantry platoon. I would say 0-1, and for about 60 points. These could wreak serious havoc, and in my opinion should be more expensive to do so. I do think its a great idea though. I already run my infantry platoons with 2 special weapons squads per platoon(this is for larger games, and when I am just messing around). They have taken their fare share of Deathwing Terminators(pre-6th ed dex).

 Firehead158 wrote:
They need to be more expensive, and less common in an infantry platoon. I would say 0-1, and for about 60 points. These could wreak serious havoc, and in my opinion should be more expensive to do so. I do think its a great idea though. I already run my infantry platoons with 2 special weapons squads per platoon(this is for larger games, and when I am just messing around). They have taken their fare share of Deathwing Terminators(pre-6th ed dex).

That would be better as then they would be the same points as ratlings who have higher bs skill and have stealth incorperated.

Just as we were talking about guard i was wondering if yall could give feed back on this guardsman. thinking of painting the whole army like this.