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I think a Galatus with Eternal Penitent and From Golden Light They Come is really strong.

Take an Achillus to move up with your CORE buffing character of choice + a Vexilus with Magnifica and then deep strike the Galatus behind and watch the chaos unfold.

I want to play Emissaries Imperatus with a bunch of Sagittarum, but it's looking more and more like I should just play EC for the versatility. Could a 2k EC list still bring 9 Sagittarum? Or should you really start mixing it up with some spear guard as well then?

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:

 M0ff3l wrote:
I want to play Emissaries Imperatus with a bunch of Sagittarum, but it's looking more and more like I should just play EC for the versatility. Could a 2k EC list still bring 9 Sagittarum? Or should you really start mixing it up with some spear guard as well then?

I won a 20+ player RTT in a pretty tough meta with that, so it is absolutely viable, In fact, Trajaan and 3x 3 Sagittarum are my stock starting point for any list. They just contribute so much more than their datasheet suggests as they are doing something every turn, even if that something isn't massive. They absolutely are, IMO the best troop choice.

as EI or EC?

Regardless, great to hear those results. mind sharing the full list you played at the RTT?

I'm going to pivot to heavy Sagittarum spam (6x unit of 3) with emissaries imperatus, a vexilor with the emissaries warlord trait, the ignore cover relic and dense cover banner (so 9" auras on him), shield captain with the 3" extra range on his reroll 1s aura upgrade.

Fill the rest up with Trajann, 2 achillus dreads, a galatus dread with eternal penitent.

Leaves me with 225 points, for now Ive spent that on Inquisitor Greyfax and a patrol detachment of aleya + 5 prosecutors, but I'm probably gonna swap those out since the 2 CP aint worth it (Id still like prosecutors in the list to hold the backfield objective and plant a banner on it etc.)

Lots of obsec still in this list and 2 9" aura bubbles for 3 very strong buffs, combined with emissaries and sagittarum who can advance and shoot both profiles still at 2+ is a lot of value.

I think the big thing I'm going to miss is the salvo launchers, but I'm hoping the dreads can compensate.

Tiberias wrote:

 M0ff3l wrote:
I'm going to pivot to heavy Sagittarum spam (6x unit of 3) with emissaries imperatus, a vexilor with the emissaries warlord trait, the ignore cover relic and dense cover banner (so 9" auras on him), shield captain with the 3" extra range on his reroll 1s aura upgrade.

Fill the rest up with Trajann, 2 achillus dreads, a galatus dread with eternal penitent.

Leaves me with 225 points, for now Ive spent that on Inquisitor Greyfax and a patrol detachment of aleya + 5 prosecutors, but I'm probably gonna swap those out since the 2 CP aint worth it (Id still like prosecutors in the list to hold the backfield objective and plant a banner on it etc.)

Lots of obsec still in this list and 2 9" aura bubbles for 3 very strong buffs, combined with emissaries and sagittarum who can advance and shoot both profiles still at 2+ is a lot of value.

I think the big thing I'm going to miss is the salvo launchers, but I'm hoping the dreads can compensate.

Sounds really cool, I've been saying since our release that Emissaries are a sleeper hit. I would only argue that Eternal Penitent is maybe more valuable on one of the Achillus dreads since the Achillus attacks are much more high quality than those of the Galatus, so one extra on an Achillus can go a long way.

It's a toss up in my eyes, the attacks on the Achillus are more valuable, but the Galatus only really does good damage in melee so having that charge reroll on him for free is valuable. I was thinking of also spending a CP to have him deepstrike with from the golden light they came so having 2 shots at that 9" charge without spending even more CP seems good.

Tiberias wrote:

 M0ff3l wrote:

Tiberias wrote:

 M0ff3l wrote:
I'm going to pivot to heavy Sagittarum spam (6x unit of 3) with emissaries imperatus, a vexilor with the emissaries warlord trait, the ignore cover relic and dense cover banner (so 9" auras on him), shield captain with the 3" extra range on his reroll 1s aura upgrade.

Fill the rest up with Trajann, 2 achillus dreads, a galatus dread with eternal penitent.

Leaves me with 225 points, for now Ive spent that on Inquisitor Greyfax and a patrol detachment of aleya + 5 prosecutors, but I'm probably gonna swap those out since the 2 CP aint worth it (Id still like prosecutors in the list to hold the backfield objective and plant a banner on it etc.)

Lots of obsec still in this list and 2 9" aura bubbles for 3 very strong buffs, combined with emissaries and sagittarum who can advance and shoot both profiles still at 2+ is a lot of value.

I think the big thing I'm going to miss is the salvo launchers, but I'm hoping the dreads can compensate.

Sounds really cool, I've been saying since our release that Emissaries are a sleeper hit. I would only argue that Eternal Penitent is maybe more valuable on one of the Achillus dreads since the Achillus attacks are much more high quality than those of the Galatus, so one extra on an Achillus can go a long way.

It's a toss up in my eyes, the attacks on the Achillus are more valuable, but the Galatus only really does good damage in melee so having that charge reroll on him for free is valuable. I was thinking of also spending a CP to have him deepstrike with from the golden light they came so having 2 shots at that 9" charge without spending even more CP seems good.

If you go the deepstrike route I'd seriously consider Dread Host and putting Eternal Penitent on the dreadnought you plan on deepstriking. An 8inch re-rollable charge is way better than a 9inch re-rollable charge and I feel that improved consistency is worth a lot if you plan on relying on an asset actually doing something the turn it comes down. The extra Ap Dread Host gets, also gained more value now that Armor of Contempt is a thing.

I think a dread host dreadnought heavy list can definitely work, but I don't think it's worth it for me to switch hosts and lose out on my sagittarum shooting benefits just so my deepstriking dread can charge better.