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I have three armored sentinels that i want to use but am a little unsure what weapon load-out to equip them with.
Are hunter killer missiles worth taking with any of the weapon options?
What about any of the accessories or is naked generally the better consensus?
Any info on past experiences would be great, thankyou

I usually ran with scout sentinels with autocannons, coming in the flanks to casude a distraction and attakcing vehicles.

I still got 2 for that purpose.

I also just completed 2 armorued sentinels with lascannons and HK missiles, specifically to act as a mobile heavy weapon team. with the (relatively) low armour and low HP, the HK adds another shot with the lascannons, meaning it better my chances to blow up a vehicle before getting gunned down.

Worse case; use magnets or funtak so you can swap the weapon loadout and make a few tests; my reasons are meta centric so they might not work for you

Thanks Jex, i was thinking the same with lascannons and HK's.

3 Armoured Sentinels with Lascannons are basically the same price as a LRBT - they're pretty good bang for their buck imo.

I run scouts with autocannons and HK missiles. Two of them come out around 100 points and work well as a distraction unit.

Autocannons look good but do they perform well?
might have to get some magnets i think.

Personally, I use 2 plasma cannon sentinels, the actual chance to nuke myself is pretty low and they are great weapon platforms.

I also like to use4 them to tie up enemy troops.

Plasma Cannon for me.

Yes, it can overheat but come on - the sentinel is a dirt cheap model.

Anything that lets me spam plasma cannons as an IG player (and we dont have that many options) is good in my book.

I'd rather concentrate my anti-tank fire in the form of a Paskisher or Vanquisher with hull LC and MMs than spread them out as individual BS3 one shot Lascannons

Main consideration: BS of 3.

Either shoot more or use templates to hit hence AC or Plas.

Plasma is ideal for versatility and they still only cost as much a HvyBolter attack bike. Marines hate these things (AP 2 helps with the Termie / vehicle killing as well).

 Talizvar wrote:
Main consideration: BS of 3.

Either shoot more or use templates to hit hence AC or Plas.

Plasma is ideal for versatility and they still only cost as much a HvyBolter attack bike. Marines hate these things (AP 2 helps with the Termie / vehicle killing as well).

Being BS3 doesn't make an autocannon better than a lascannon, they both lose the same amount of effectiveness. Playing Guard, you shouldn't be afraid of BS3, just take extra models to compensate. I would just take two or three lascannon sentinels.

 Trickstick wrote:
Being BS3 doesn't make an autocannon better than a lascannon, they both lose the same amount of effectiveness. Playing Guard, you shouldn't be afraid of BS3, just take extra models to compensate. I would just take two or three lascannon sentinels.

Depends on what you want to do, it would seem a waste to field anything less than three.

You can spam pretty much anything to better take out your target but you have to ask at what cost?
Can the points be spent more effectively somewhere else?

I just do not like to pay for 3 lascannons when I can pay for fewer of them and have similar odds to hit like say a veteran squad or something cheaper like a heavy weapon squad.
It has a reach of 48" so you really do not have to get out there to hit your target so seems a waste for the sentinel or armored sentinel.

I also like the idea of survivability of firing the "gets hot" or if you deviate on yourself hopefully only on front armor.

Everyone has their own opinion, I expressed mine...

One can also say that ACs got better with the changes to the Vehicle damage chart: it's better to strip hull points versus trying to get an explosion result.

Multilasers for my Scouts - Outflanking harashment unit (that can now score!). Str6 into the flank or rear of a vehicle isn't bad, and the extra shot makes it better on troops than the autocannon I feel.

My Armoured have Lascannons, liking the price reduction in this codex, and more access to re-rolls. If Psychic powers fail, stick them next to a CCS with Thingies Aquilla for Prefered Enemy.

Sentinel hunterkillers are very effective with anything strength 7+ and literally double your chances of doing something to tanks before the inevitable annihilation of said sentinels. I run a trio of scout sentinels with lascannons and hunterkillers, they will never fail to wreck something and always draw a lot of fire away from the rest of my army.