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I thought I'd pose the question of, can SM termies take out a warhound size titan with thier power fists? I don't have much in the way of titan killing kit, just a dev squad realy and a predator. So wondered if deep striking a team of termies near a titan, or getting them there in a landraider and then simply smacking it would do.

Maybe a dumb question but had to ask lol.

Terminators could work. Especially if you use the titan hammer formation, as that is what they are built for. Other then that, devs can do a number on small to mid sized titans, but against some of the larger ones they struggle. If you have an extra land raider and some predator and razorback lascannon bits lying around, you could convert a terminus ultra, which should kill just about anything with an AV other then flyers. The gw conversion kit for the terminus also isn't that expensive.

No, because they'll never get there. You can't assault out of deep strike, and the titan is going to be deployed behind all of the other units (since all of its guns have full-table range) so your terminators aren't going to break through the screen before either the game ends or they die.

The best C:SM solution to titans is drop pods of sternguard with combi-meltas.

Just about all Titans are AV14. So PFs are only going to be glancing it.

 Peregrine wrote:
No, because they'll never get there. You can't assault out of deep strike, and the titan is going to be deployed behind all of the other units (since all of its guns have full-table range) so your terminators aren't going to break through the screen before either the game ends or they die.

The best C:SM solution to titans is drop pods of sternguard with combi-meltas.

I've had TH/SS termies get there just fine. However they can't really do diddly to them.

The only thing I'd add to on top of that might be taking Vulcan

Regular Terminators with Chainfists can definitly hurt a Titan though. Assuming they can make it there.

aircraft work nice on titans. especially since titans cant hit them back....or you know, just get up beside it and spam some melta into its arse.

or another titan. phantom titans work awsome at killing warhounds. pulsar + CCW, flank march it in behind / beside target warhound ... profit.

How many hit points do titans have in the new edition?

 DarthSpader wrote:
aircraft work nice on titans. especially since titans cant hit them back....or you know, just get up beside it and spam some melta into its arse.

or another titan. phantom titans work awsome at killing warhounds. pulsar + CCW, flank march it in behind / beside target warhound ... profit.

Some titans can shoot down flyers. Not every weapon on a titan is blast/template.

 TheFarseer wrote:
How many hit points do titans have in the new edition?

They have 3 hull points for every structure point.

When a Titan loses 3 Hull points it loses a Structure point.

Explode's results on the damage chart are lose a structure point instead.


If a titan's main weapon is destroyed, you roll a dice. On a 4+ the damage is ignored.

The 6th edition Appoc update is here.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/a/apoc6thupdate.pdf

Some good info there guys. Thanks very much.

As the proud owner of a Warhound, the best advice I can give to an SM player is:

podding sternguard with combimeltas. Aces one every time if you come in under the void shields with the pod.

As the proud owner of a Warhound and a Reaver, I agree with the Sternguard idea, or failing that, the best bet would be to go for TH/SS Termies or Chainfists. If the Titan is relatively unguarded you can drop some Vanguard Vets with Meltabombs and Thunder Hammers and assault straight out of DS.

Isn't there an Assault Terminator Titan-killer formation, which allows them to use the Titan as a Locator Beacon and equips the lead model with a Void Grenade?

Yes the titanhammer formation minimum 2-5man hammer squads with captain. You only scatter D6, and get a vortex.

Loving the melta gun in Drop pod idea. that didnt even occout to me.

 Godeth wrote:
Loving the melta gun in Drop pod idea. that didnt even occout to me.

I've taken out a few super heavy tanks with that approach. I've only played against a titan once or twice in Apoc games, but we just ignored it and focused on killing their scoring units. Worked like a champ!

If have seen a inferno pistol take out a titan and that was from a seraphim against a phantom titan whose explosion killed my friend dark eldar who were positioned next to it
meta guns kill any tank

Well, I play dark eldar, so apoc isn't really my forte, but, ravagers, lots of ravagers. XD

Railguns can always do the trick too...

 BoomWolf wrote:
Railguns can always do the trick too...

Just be careful of the void shields.

yeah, go ahead and waste your railguns on my AV12 voids. Then next turn I annhilate your broadsides in a turbolaser blast.


The key to killing titans is to take down the Voids with lower str weapons, like Autocannons, and then once they are down to hit them with the big stuff.

The key to killing titans is spam necron warriors. Gauss them off the table.

Drop Pod with Locator Beacon armed with 5 Combimelta sternguard.

With as many JP Meltabomb Vanguard Vets in reserve as you can take.