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As the titel says.. just bought an Ironclad for my KO army, but not sure what weapon is the best. To me it seems like the volley Canon is the safest bet, but am I wrong? Bonus info: my goal is to have 3 ironclads in my 2000 point list!
Cheers

Great skycannon, you need the rend. If you really need mobility you can use the hook. Never take the volley cannon; it's average wound output may be a bit better but the torpedos and carbines already do what it does (and combined have a higher average output than the volley cannon, even). Further, you will have a ton of rend 0 and rend -1 shooting in the army, so enemy units with bad saves really won't be much of a problem. The support characters sitting in cover behind them will be.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Great skycannon, you need the rend. If you really need mobility you can use the hook. Never take the volley cannon; it's average wound output may be a bit better but the torpedos and carbines already do what it does (and combined have a higher average output than the volley cannon, even). Further, you will have a ton of rend 0 and rend -1 shooting in the army, so enemy units with bad saves really won't be much of a problem. The support characters sitting in cover behind them will be.

Absolutely agree.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Great skycannon, you need the rend. If you really need mobility you can use the hook. Never take the volley cannon; it's average wound output may be a bit better but the torpedos and carbines already do what it does (and combined have a higher average output than the volley cannon, even). Further, you will have a ton of rend 0 and rend -1 shooting in the army, so enemy units with bad saves really won't be much of a problem. The support characters sitting in cover behind them will be.

Thanks ninth! Great advice- Canons x3 it is!