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As it says above, can you make and field a dark reaper star?

Things that could make it awesome.

1) 3+ armour save
2) AP3 guns
3) slow and purposeful
4) Strength 5 guns
5) 10 man unit with 20 strength 5 AP 3 shots or 10 Strength 8 AP3 shots

Things that could make it even cooler.

1) Farseer for psychic powers
2) Tau buffmander for TL and monster hunter/tank hunter and ignore cover

Things that make it less awesome.

1) Costs a lot of points (duh)
2) unless you get a psychic power no inv
3) no AP2
4) no skyfire


So these are just some of the things I can think of off hand, so if you could help me think
would it be a good idea to field a massive unit of dark reapers with starshot missiles and a farseer+ Tau buffmander?

I generally put my Dark Reapers on top of a bastion so they can see everywhere and get a 4+ cover save, and if I am playing against an army that can kill them I put them in the bastion.

I also give my buffmander a 2+ save to keep them alive longer.

A question on the bastion, can all 10 of them shoot out of it?
Can the farseer cast powers out of it?
Does the tau buffmander need 2+ if hes in the bastion for extra protection?

Also is it even a good idea for such a big point sink?

I was thinking of same thing. If your going to do it it's always fun to get a spirit sear and put them on a bastion or behind a defence line for shrouded. Won't work vs tau and eldar, but vs everything else...

The only reason I don't take it is because no ap 2, effectively making the unit acomplete waste vs tau.

Take them as allied to Tau, then take 3 riptides with ion's (or one with HBC). Against any 3+ armour put the buffmander with the reapers on a skyshield, against 2+ put the buffmander with riptides and go 2+ hunting.

Also check out this article

http://www.3plusplus.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=2606

@ninjafire

Thanks for the article it helped!

Also thank you everyone else for the comments!