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I have been using the dire avenger shrine every game sense the codex has dropped, and I am loving it.
10 man joined by farseer in waveserpent (serpent BS 5)
10 man in waveserpent (serpent BS 5)
5 man walking in from reserve.

These guys strike HARD when they unload from there serpents (Almost always turn 2), with 30 shots each from the big squads, all at bs5, half the time with doom, all rending....super effective against meqs, teqs, mcs, swarms, etc.
Yea in wolfstar/wraithknight spam/ super tournament lists it wont do much, but in normal games I have found them to be insane.
They are also a good counter to the skyhammer formation.

Anyone else tried these guys out? Anyone else found them to be effective?

(P.s hope their wasn't a thread on this already, haven't been on the forums for a while)

Yes, 30 dires with increased ROF and BS is awesome when combined with psychic powers like doom and misfortune. They murder almost anything they shoot.

I like to play the shrine in 5-man squads in serpents. Though it's not as impressive as a 10 strong squad the entire formation comes in at 570 points, which is easy to squeeze in after adding your wraithknight and whatnot. Also because they are squishy on the ground if you make small units they are likely to get ignored and can shoot again next turn!
MSU FTW!

I should add that even these small units somehow manage to get a lot of rends. I got 4 rends from a 5-man unit last night (too bad they were shooting deamonettes).