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Hey all, tournament 1500 point spandex-dar list. Currently debating between 2x6 warp spiders or 3 war walkers. Also should I take dual scatter lasers or dual bright lances on the walkers? Rest of the list is as follows

Farseer - mantle, spear

4x 5 Dire Avengers in Wave Serpent with scatter lasers, Shuriken-cannon and holo fields

Wraithknight

Not sure which of the two units I like more. I like the range on the walkers and the potential for bright lances to take out broadsides.

All thoughts appreciated

Spiders. Complement the fast moving force more than war walkers. But if you do choose war walkers, get lances. You have enough s6-7 with the serpents.

I'd say War Walkers. Simply because every anti-infantry gun will be aimed at your Spiders, especially the Barrage types that can easily strip them of their biggest selling point, which is the insane mobility that they provide. If you show them nothing but AV on the table, they'll just stand there looking confused with nothing to shoot at but a couple of random Dire Avengers that had their transport wrecked.

Although, to be honest, if you do encounter a list with mostly S7+ shooting, like another Serpent spam, it'll come down to who rolls better, which is rather boring, but since you're already playing a lightweight Serpent spam, I'd say War Walkers are a better deal.

Like Ninjafiredragon says, take the lances, since AV13 walls will give you a lot of trouble.

^^^ Only thing to note, both spiders AND walkers get hurt by anti infantry guns, so either way all of the anti infantry guns will be focused on whatever he chooses.

I think the Walkers would be slightly more resilient too the small arms fire, though the spiders can be kept out of harms way easier.

Tough decision. Probably comes down to what you use them for and what you need answers for.

Why not go for a second stock wraith knight?

Because its 30 points more expensive, and not many people have 2 wraithknights

^^ This, I for one love wraithknights but at $115 each that's like almost 3 serpents.

@bobmgee yeah what ninjafiredragon said. I just can't afford a second one or else I probably would! Thanks for all the feedback guys, I'm feeling the walkers if only because tau broadsides shredded my serpents in the semis. The ability to take on knights, other wraithknights and riptides seems to be the stuff my serpents can't handle. Final list is as folks then:

Farseer with Jetbike, mantle and runes of warding

4x 5 Avengers In wave serpents with scattler lasers, Shuriken cannons, Holofields and spirit stones

Wraithknight

War walkers x3 with dual brightlances

I bad points left over for the spirit stones and runes. This should have enough firepower to take on anything at 1500, with the wraithknight running distraction/counter assault. I'll be rolling for guid, presience and hopefully hallucination or invisibility.

Quick question, if my war walkers outflank can they be guided after they come in by the seer?

GC

No, blessings happen before reserves come in.
Thats how we play it at least, I could be wrong