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This crazy idea won't leave me alone. Armored Cavalry: Four Impulsors loaded with Intercessors and atuobolt rifles, shove 'em down my opponents' throat turn one. Backed up by a pair of Repulsor Executioners. Maybe a pair of Invictors as well? One or two Impulsors seem kind of 'meh', but four?

Anyone tried something like this? Seems like it would work well with just about any chapter. I just love the Strategem: Boltstorm. 2 CP, and a squad with autobolt rifles auto hit within 12". Five man squad that's 15 S4 AP0 D1 auto hit shots. Depending on the chapter or doctrine active, could be a lot better.

Just something to keep in mind when doing this. Which will be fun and it will probably win most the games you go first. All your vehicals in this list explode for d6 mortal wounds. You basically have to hold a CP everyturn to turn off explosions OR your units need to be spread out quite a bit.

I think it will probably work best as Ironhands or Ultramarines successors if you don't have a chapter tactic in mind.

I'm going to try something similar but I'm not going as far as your good self.

I'm a BA player and I'm going to pair 2 full of intercessors (undecided on guns atm) and accompanying characters with 10 forlorn furying Primaris death company intercessors(PDCI) with the assault bolters which will give me 30 auto hits. Or I could give them the rapid fire one and use the strat for RF2.
I'm going to throw them up to meet my incursors and see if I can choke an army with primaris T1.

A friend of mine suggested some thing similar to me a while ago. His recommendation for chapter tactics was double wounds on vehicles ala Iyanden and ignore mortal wounds for when they did blow up.

I'm thinking this could also be a fun way to deliver Ragnar into combat

White Scar Impulsor do this thing the best. They can charge in tie up something that is not dead. Fall back, shoot and charge in again.

I am planning to do 2 with hellblasters, Lazarus and a lieutenant. I does sound fun at least and I don't play tournaments

My advice from running multiple impulsors is this:

- Do it, it's loads of fun and feels different to any other SM lists I've run,

- Go Whitescars, they're so good at this playstyle. SW come second imo. DA can use them to good effect for hellblasters, but that's a very different style and I've never tried it.

- No Invictors imo, they give your opponent easy targeting priority on early turns for their AT shots. You want them being forced to ping lascannons off your 4++ saves, rather than hoovering up your army by spanking T6 models all over the place.

- Take at least three, I like 3-4 but I've seen lists with 5 do well.

- If you must take a repulsor of some kind, as WS or SW you can encircle it so at least it gets a turn of shooting, and can drop a squad off in a building when it inevitably blows up straight after it arrives.

Really, impulsor/repulsor seems to be an either/or situation. IH do Repulsors well, WS do impulsors the best.

Please explain why White Sacrs are best.

How does a list looks like.

Thanks.

Maxamato wrote:
Please explain why White Sacrs are best.

How does a list looks like.

Thanks.

Advance and charge for extra range, fall back and charge to keep on doing it every turn till you die. This works on more levels than just blocking overwatch with a vehicle or locking down a units next shooting phase, it can also bump into melee units not able to kill a vehicle, as fall back and charge isn't common it can prevent a counter charge.

Thanks.
But how it does against Tau?

Maxamato wrote:
But how it does against Tau?

Impulsors are great at soaking Tau overwatch as they are only wounded by pulse fire on a 5+ unlike regular Marines who are wounded on a 3+.

True but I think more on Broadsiddes with missiles / relic guns or Riptide with relic gun.

That's where the 4++ comes in. If you get in CC with a broadside then it's locked and cant shoot...

Can you mix transports? Could you take Impulsers and tac marines, knowing they can’t ride in it?

 Uriels_Flame wrote:
Can you mix transports? Could you take Impulsers and tac marines, knowing they can’t ride in it?

Yes. You don't need to have a unit to ride in it to buy a transport