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My idea is to be zipping around the battlefield on Land speeder storm with 5 scouts with sniper rifles targeting characters was wondering if anyone has tried this or thinks it is viable?

The other idea is to to use regular land speeder with heavy flamers and mulit melta points wise they seem good but are they to squishy?

I’ve not dug into the 9th edition points, so this is going to be a lot of general rambling.

What do the snipers gain from the LSS? Normally their MO is to fins a cushy spot with some good LOS and plink shots downrange. I don’t think the LSS lets the passengers move and fire heavy weapons w/o the -1, so the only thing they gain is the ability to move to get better angles. IMHO it’s not worth taking the penelty to hit, and you would be better served with bolter/CC scouts.

It looks like 9th might be a good place to rapidly deployed ObSec, so there might be a place for the LSS. But you might also want to stick some intercessors in an impulsor. You do get roughly 2 mounted scout squads for the cost of one mounted intercessor squad, depending on gear and upgrades. Less rugged, but lets you cover more ground, take more actions. Could be good for secondaries.

Of course, scouts have their own deployment options, and are not the only SM troop pick with them. If you worry about efficiency, you can start crunching numbers on how many wounds you get per point, durability, etc. I didn’t field my LSS a lot in 8th.

I’ve always been a fan of speeders. 8th was not kind to them. Mostly due to the -1 to hit when moving. Which sucked the life out of their reason to exist; mobile firepower. They are fragile. Always have been. But now they can do their job or getting guns where they need to be and put down some fire again.

Are they the best way of getting firepower to the table for their points? Probably not, but they don’t look too bad. I look forward to getting mine back out on the table again.

I wouldn't put sniper scouts in an LSS, but barebones scouts could get a fair bit out of it if you're looking to score a table quarter or grab an objective turn two. It's also a decent movement blocker when parked sideways across a chokepoint because the enemy needs to kill it and the scouts that pop out of it when it gets destroyed to clear the lane.

Cool thanks for the ideas im going to give the LS a try on thursday. i like the idea of hiding my LSS Then i can use it for pick and drop off and Obsec sounds like it could be fun for only 40 points

Intercessor squad is a lot sturdier than scouts i agree there and with the impulsor have nice mobility i will definitely try it maybe both in one game.

Mobility is even more important than it was in the last edition.

Get mobile stuff. Smile when you realise you can do that cool thing top of turn 3