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Hi all,

I'm building fluffy steel legion army, and armoured sentinels are the only ones steel legion field.
So, what are the better, more effective weapon choices for the platform?

Better post for Tactics.

My go to for sentinels- Im not paying for weapons to hit on 5's after moving. So H Flamers on scouts. And I guess whatever you want for armouored. Assuming you don't want to move them too much.

Flamer sentinels are amazing.

I like las cannons.

Ideally, they want to sit still in cover to maximize both offence and defence. Lascannon gives you range and punch on a model that is tough and doesn't degrade with damage.

I have a plasma cannon on mine but I assembled it last edition and forgot to magnetise it. I mainly use it as a distraction on a flank or to harass stuff and take a bit of focus away from my main force.

Scout sents, hands down, you want the flamer. Armored can go AC, ML, Las and be fine, you'll want to use it as a fire platform. IMO the hydra is so good it's the only AC platform youll ever need, so stick with ML or Las.

Depends on how many you want to field. A single sentinel should go for a lascannon. Everything else makes it irrelevant. Multiple Sentinels, especially in a unit, can benefit from equipping cheaper guns. Because if they get too important you'll find out how squishy they actually are without the opp feeling too bad about himself for diverting AT firepower.

My answer would therefore be: A mixed loadout, beginning with a lascannon.

So, the general consensus is this then:

Constantly moving - Heavy Flamers (but essentially auto pick non scouts, not armoured sentinels)

Gunline - Autocannon/Lascannon (depending on intended targets)

General purpose - Missile Launcher (due to frag/leak missiles)

So that leaves the Multilaser and Plasma Cannon. Now, Multilasers are next to defunct this edition (so far) but what situation would anyone use the Plasma Cannon?

If you want to be snazzy, use some powerlifter sentinels. Auto include for me. Scout 9", move 9". Charge a vehicle or something.

S10, AP-2, D3 dmg

Spicey

Armoured Sents are OK but don't give you much over HWTs other than the option to take Plasma Cannons.

Personally I'd stick run Scouts because you get a lot more tactical flexibility out of them.

I have both a Las Cannon and a Plasma Cannon AS. I would field the model for which targets to expect to encounter the most of.

 Freddy Kruger wrote:
Hi all,

I'm building fluffy steel legion army, and armoured sentinels are the only ones steel legion field.
So, what are the better, more effective weapon choices for the platform?

Well whatever you do, magnetize the thing. Its an easy one to do, and then you're not stuck with a proxy.

 Freddy Kruger wrote:
Hi all,

I'm building fluffy steel legion army, and armoured sentinels are the only ones steel legion field.
So, what are the better, more effective weapon choices for the platform?

In my (7th ed) experience, heavy flamers are the way to go. I usually keep my sentinels in reserve and then use them to torch whatever flanking units the enemy sends my way. Heavy flamers are cheap and devastating against most units, and at BS3 its not worth paying more for lascannons/plasma. Maybe multilasers or autocannons, but that depends who you usually face.