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2012/11/21 06:43:48
Subject: Powers for PBS?
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What powers would be optimal for a Psyker Battle Squad in a Chimera?
Also, what would be an ideal number of psykers in the PBS?
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2012/11/21 06:44:55
Subject: Re:Powers for PBS?
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Douglas Bader
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The optimal powers are the ones given to you in the codex, because they are the ONLY powers. PBS can not exchange their powers for rolls on the table.
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2012/11/21 12:50:49
Subject: Powers for PBS?
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Daemonic Dreadnought
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  amrogers3 wrote:What powers would be optimal for a Psyker Battle Squad in a Chimera?
Also, what would be an ideal number of psykers in the PBS?
MSU 3 squads all divination for prescience.
Even better run gk henchmen and add a 10 point psyker in every unit to prescience the unit.
The only flaw with the msu ig/ gk pbs/henchman prescience spam it the list is totally illegal. Neither are allowed to swap out for 6th ed powers. It's double illegal for ig because they can't take divination, but the question was what's the best build not what's the best legal build. Automatically Appended Next Post:  Peregrine wrote:The optimal powers are the ones given to you in the codex, because they are the ONLY powers. PBS can not exchange their powers for rolls on the table.
Poopoo on you divination/prescience is the optimal power, it's just not a legal power for a pbs to take. They are stuck with codex powers, but the codex powers are not optimal.
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Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but refuse. They cling to the realm, or love, or the gods…illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is, but they’ll never know this. Not until it’s too late.
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2012/11/21 17:36:51
Subject: Powers for PBS?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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And furthermore, PBSs can't shoot weaken resolve out of a chimera, so there is exactly one power that's going to be useful here.
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2012/11/22 01:40:53
Subject: Powers for PBS?
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??? best build??? Don't think anyone was asking anything about builds.
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2012/11/22 02:39:24
Subject: Powers for PBS?
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Daemonic Dreadnought
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 Ailaros wrote:And furthermore, PBSs can't shoot weaken resolve out of a chimera, so there is exactly one power that's going to be useful here.
Yes, but it's not a psychic shooting attack or even a malediction so they can run out of LOS by going behind a Chimera after casting it. If the run roll is utterly botched a Chimera can always move in front of them via flat out. The real problem is the removal of the 6" rule and minimum squad size to regroup being 25% instead of 50%. A failed morale test really lost it's potency, if it wasn't for that fact PBS would be even better in 6th than they were in 5th.
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Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but refuse. They cling to the realm, or love, or the gods…illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is, but they’ll never know this. Not until it’s too late.
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2012/11/22 03:29:04
Subject: Powers for PBS?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Sure, but there's also deepstrikers, artillery, and oblique-angle fire and the like. It's still better to be in the chimera than behind it.
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2012/11/22 04:11:10
Subject: Powers for PBS?
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Daemonic Dreadnought
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Meh, with leadership 9 going to ground behind an aegis is better than being in a box. It's just too bad for the pbs failed morale is a lot less meaningful.
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Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but refuse. They cling to the realm, or love, or the gods…illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is, but they’ll never know this. Not until it’s too late.
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2012/11/22 04:17:15
Subject: Powers for PBS?
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Calculating Commissar
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 schadenfreude wrote: amrogers3 wrote:What powers would be optimal for a Psyker Battle Squad in a Chimera?
Also, what would be an ideal number of psykers in the PBS?
MSU 3 squads all divination for prescience.
Even better run gk henchmen and add a 10 point psyker in every unit to prescience the unit.
The only flaw with the msu ig/ gk pbs/henchman prescience spam it the list is totally illegal. Neither are allowed to swap out for 6th ed powers. It's double illegal for ig because they can't take divination, but the question was what's the best build not what's the best legal build.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
Peregrine wrote:The optimal powers are the ones given to you in the codex, because they are the ONLY powers. PBS can not exchange their powers for rolls on the table.
Poopoo on you divination/prescience is the optimal power, it's just not a legal power for a pbs to take. They are stuck with codex powers, but the codex powers are not optimal.
So you suggestion is to cheat? Classy.
The PBS can't take any book powers and nothing in the guard codex has access to divination.
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2012/11/22 04:17:19
Subject: Re:Powers for PBS?
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Preacher of the Emperor
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Ive always seen them hide behind a chimera or other large vehicle, and have one guy standing out by himself to cast, that way you can avoid alot of casualties
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