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Why people always take Punisher with Exterminator? Isn't that two Exterminators with laser cannon are better?

Because Pask makes the Punisher the best russ in the game

 CrownAxe wrote:
Because Pask makes the Punisher the best russ in the game

That. Pask is good against pretty much everything: light-infantry, heavy infantry (with rending can go after both 2+ and 3+), light-medium-heavy tanks (with rending it can glance the gak out of AV14), with this amount of shots you can even shoot down flyers without skyfire. It's onyl down side is the 24" range, so you need to get into your enemy's face. Or wait for him to come.

Some explanation: S5 Heavy 20 by itself is really good against light infantry. Pask gives it BS4, re-roll 1s on hit and wound, re-roll armor and rending. Thins means lot more of your 20 shots will hit. If more of your shots hit, you'll have more 6s on to wound and armor penetration. Also you can re-roll 1s on wound and full re-roll for penetration, that means even more rending. With rending you can wound 2+ saves (as it gives AP2 against non-vehicles), with two 6s you can even glance AV14. With the sheer number of hits you have a nice chance to shoot down flyers in a turn (you can add prescience for better effect).

Since rending is only goes for the main cannon, there is no point in addig more HB shots, as with Heavy20 you are already good anti-infantry. So add lascannons and multi-meltas for more AT power.

The Punisher/Exterminator combination is usually:

KC Pask in the Punisher
2 Multimeltas
Lascannon

Base Exterminator

See, Pask can kill nearly every tank in the game just by glancing it to death. He gets to reroll all failed armor pen rolls. So first he hits around 14 times, then 1/6 rolls a six and glances/pens AV12, then he rerolls the rest for an average of four hull points just from the main gun. Then he has the Lascannon and Multimeltas for insurance.

So there's no point taking MORE antitank at that point, since Pask can handle most of anything. It's better to go for anti intantry since Pask can just order them to split fire. Hence the Ignores Cover Pie Plate o doom.


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The Punisher/Exterminator combination is usually:

KC Pask in the Punisher
2 Multimeltas
Lascannon

Base Exterminator

See, Pask can kill nearly every tank in the game just by glancing it to death. He gets to reroll all failed armor pen rolls. So first he hits around 14 times, then 1/6 rolls a six and glances/pens AV12, then he rerolls the rest for an average of four hull points just from the main gun. Then he has the Lascannon and Multimeltas for insurance.

So there's no point taking MORE antitank at that point, since Pask can handle most of anything. It's better to go for anti intantry since Pask can just order them to split fire. Hence the Ignores Cover Pie Plate o doom.

Isn't it better to have a backup anti-vehicle unit just in case? Cause whenever I bring out Pask, the opponent fires everything at him to take him out first.

I have had success with Camo cloaks on Pask. Put him behind cover for a 4+ or 3+ cover! Has negated a round of shooting before. I mean that is not a guarantee stop, but it does help. And for only 15 points, worth it.