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Pretty much just the subject. I'm building up my group of Primaris from Dark Imperium, and I'm a little undecided about the option for auxiliary grenade launchers. They seem fine to me, but have any of you more experienced Dakka denizens had good experiences with them or just want to give your two cents?

For 1 point, I'd say so. Mainly for the krak grenade.
It's a straight up upgrade from the bolt rifle


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Can more reliably wound T4, 5 and then T6 on 4s

if you have 1 point, go for it!, theres no reason NOT to use it

It's not gonna make or break your army, but for 1 pt, it's absolutely worth it. One of the two grenades will be better against virtually any target than a single bolt shot, so you'll likely be using it every turn. If you run auto or stalker bolt rilfles, you might get a bit less value out of it.

If you're just working with Dark Imperium, there's probably other things you could get that are a higher priority than this. But if you're looking to squeeze that last bit of optimization out of your primaris force, this certainly fits the bill.

One thing to keep in mind (and anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), even though you can take two auxiliary grenade launchers in a 10 man squad, you can't actually use them both. Only 1 model can use grenades per unit, and this just increases the range of the grenade to 30". A bit of an oversight I believe.

It's only one point to launch the Krak grenade a distance that actually matters. Totally worth it.

Don't imagine launching Frags often but it'll happen time to time.

Is there a model for this? I only have the ones from the starter box and they don’t even look to have grenades. Unless that little coke can looking thing on there belt is supposed to be one.

Grimlineman wrote:
Is there a model for this? I only have the ones from the starter box and they don’t even look to have grenades. Unless that little coke can looking thing on there belt is supposed to be one.

None come in the starter, but there are parts to make one in the Intercessors box.

DraxiusII wrote:
If you're just working with Dark Imperium, there's probably other things you could get that are a higher priority than this.

What would be higher priority? I am trying to add onto my army.

it's a cheap upgrade to maximize you grenades. since the range is almost the same as a bolt rifle, you can add some punch at distance. it might help launching a grenade to either help the unit the launcher is in or across the board to support another. whenever i use it it has a decent effect for the points.

What would be higher priority? I am trying to add onto my army.

For 1 point it is worth it - however - I usually have to take them out because I am overpoints by 2-3 points. It's not required for the unit by any means.