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Hi - I have one 5 man squad of old style terminators built with a sergeant and an auto cannon model - I have another as yet unbuilt set as well and was wondering if it would be best to build them as another 5 man squad with sergeant and a missile launcher model or to drop the sergeant and run a 10 man squad with 2 special weapons - TIA

probably best to hold off assembling as either for a few weeks until the dust settles

I’ve not built the old kit, but magnets answer a lot of these questions.

As do spare models. I’ve got a handful of loose sergeants (not for terminators though, they are harder to source). So I have a full 10 man squad, that I can swap a guy out to make 2x5. If you can grab a spare model it’s not a bad way to go.

Thanks - will hold off and had thought of getting a spare model as well sounds like a plan

There is also the option of just collecting the whole first company so you have plenty of options of which squad to put in your list. If you wait long enough, it will probably just happen without you thinking about it…

<looks at the veterans in the Leviathan box and does the math>

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Some things that won't change:

Bonus Blast Attacks:
1-4 models = 0
5-9 Models = 1
10 +(less than 5 characters) models = 2

They're not currently battleline and unlikely to be so Rule of 3 - which is very unlikely to matter. even 3x5 eats up a lot of points - plus you have Relic Terminators, Assault Terminators, and potentially Dark Angel specific squads as well depending on your chapter.

If you go 7+ models, each model will have to maintain coherency to two other models in the unit instead of just 1. this will tend to force you to bunch up instead of fan out - your 5 man squad can easily fan out to 5 (+ characters) wide, while your 10 man squad is more likely to only cover a 7ish wide frontage. Plus this will put a kink in the Ring Around The Rosey Objective wall thing.

ok thanks didn't know that maybe 2 x 5 is the way to go

Multiple small units lets them cover more table space, offers flexibility, minimizes blast, extra sarge.

Large units maximize buffs/strats. With 10th you can also only attach a character to one squad.

There are pros and cons to both. Not sure how 10th will fall on which is better.

Extra sergeant is just a negative in 10th (at least for terminators). The power sword is simply worse. +1 attack doesn't make up for the lower strength and damage.