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Terminator Armor or Dreadnaught Armor?

I mean, Terminator Armor is actually called Tactical Dreadnaught Armor. I'd think that would make it weaker, but then there are stories of being stepped on by a titan and surviving.

Based on gameplay dreadnoughts have better armour, but they are also a larger target. Terminators are quite a bit tougher than normal power armour, but they aren't quite as tough as full dreadnoughts. A dreadnought could probably survive getting stepped on by a titan if the ground was soft enough

I recall that the explanation for the 5+ invulnerable save for terminators in Epic scale was because they could utilise cover much more easily than vehicles and hide in folds in the ground, as well as relying on excellent infantry armour.

Cool, thanks

I had just always been curious haha. All I had to go off of was on the table, and I was wondering if the fluff was different.

Fluffwise, a Dreadnought would be tougher.

Of course they aren't really comparable as one is a suit of armor and the other is a vehicle piloted by a mortally wounded marine.

The GK codex actually says something along the lines of "terminator armor is the best thing other than actually being a dreadnought".

 greyknight12 wrote:
The GK codex actually says something along the lines of "terminator armor is the best thing other than actually being a dreadnought".

Even Dreadknight armor?

No way. A Dreadknight is Terminator armor for your Terminator armor, so you can terminate while you terminate (yo dawg).

Dreadnought would be stronger.

Terminator Armor is also called TDA, or "Tactical Dreadnought Armor", implying it's a scaled-down version of a Dreadnought for small-unit infiltration/exfiltration and combat operations.

 Bludbaff wrote:
No way. A Dreadknight is Terminator armor for your Terminator armor, so you can terminate while you terminate (yo dawg).

OMG lol. So much win...