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So I was thinking about to maybe squad up 3 demolishers, because 3 av 14 tanks with force 10 and ap 2 with the tank commander orders increasing they capability of killing stuff, who are demolishing ( what they are supposed to do) everything on their way could be a bit of madness to watch.
It is just my thought but what are you thinking about it and please don't BLAM me, I'm just a new one.

This may not be super-competetive, but it is the awesome and thus correct option.

 Kain wrote:
This may not be super-competetive, but it is the awesome and thus correct option.

I second that motion.

Awesome = Correct.

And If I do squad up 3 of them, what should I give them? Should they stay naked and or should I give them a hullmounted lascannon or any sponsons ? And should I try to keep a techpriest near them to fix a hull point (yay) and give one of them "Power of the Machine Spirit" so they can use the sponsons or the hull weapon at full BS ?

I wouldn't bother. I'd just back them up with lots of other tanks.

 General Orange wrote:
And If I do squad up 3 of them, what should I give them? Should they stay naked and or should I give them a hullmounted lascannon or any sponsons ? And should I try to keep a techpriest near them to fix a hull point (yay) and give one of them "Power of the Machine Spirit" so they can use the sponsons or the hull weapon at full BS ?

Power of the Machine spirit on effects a single weapon. Just one.


And if any Demoliser cannons are fired, all other weapons on the tank are snap shots. So sponsons/Lascannon are a bad idea.

It's definitely overkill, but if I were to run 3 they'd all be naked. I think 3 S10 AP2 blasts should be enough to kill most anything.

If you insisted on sponsons then heavy bolters could be half decent with some prescience support. 27 S5 AP4 snap shots with re-rolls to hit is actually half decent, but I'm not so sure it'd be worth the 60pts you pay for it. Still, it's not like this is the most practical squad anyway, so do what you think is awesome.

 Andilus Greatsword wrote:
27 S5 AP4 snap shots with re-rolls to hit is actually half decent, but I'm not so sure it'd be worth the 60pts you pay for it.

More like 110pts, that Psyker isn't free

Run your demolisher in a tank commander's squadron. make use of that flat out move!

 Scipio Africanus wrote:
Run your demolisher in a tank commander's squadron. make use of that flat out move!

Have them leading a conscript charge = most hilariously grimdark game you'll ever play

 Selym wrote:

 Scipio Africanus wrote:
Run your demolisher in a tank commander's squadron. make use of that flat out move!

Have them leading a conscript charge = most hilariously grimdark game you'll ever play

Hell, put 50 Conscripts in front as a meat shield. If you're really lucky, you'll have some blasts scatter onto your own meat shields. GRIMDARK TO DA MAX!

 grendel083 wrote:

 Andilus Greatsword wrote:
27 S5 AP4 snap shots with re-rolls to hit is actually half decent, but I'm not so sure it'd be worth the 60pts you pay for it.

More like 110pts, that Psyker isn't free

Haha, well at least that psyker helps out in other departments. If he gets Forewarning or one of the other awesome Divination powers to buff the Demolishers or a nearby squad, then that's just gravy.

Sounds pretty awesome, but it will be very much over kill, which is good .

Tank commander with three demolishers and an enginseer behind giving out potms? Combine with the order thats all three demolishers hitting different targets?

Yes, and this is my idea of overkilling

Split fire would only allow the TC to shoot a different target, the other 2 tanks would have to shoot the same target.

 Tenzilla wrote:
Split fire would only allow the TC to shoot a different target, the other 2 tanks would have to shoot the same target.

Order Issued, 1 Target.
Unit Shooting, second target.
Awakened machine from engineseer, third target.

As above.
The Split fire Order doesn't work on tanks. But the Tank Order and Techpriest does.

Sorry if i wasnt very clear with my explanation. But you got it now use the tank order to order the tc to fire at one unit then use the potms to order 1 tanks demolisher to fire at another unit and the third tank fires at the original unit with the demolisher and two snap firing lascannons :-)

General orange Overkill is underrated :-)

Ah, I can see it all now:

The conscripts with a priest ordering forward, claiming the close firing demolisher cannons cannot hurt the faithful...

A tank commander unloading forward, a wingman to the side, and a techpriest cajoling the third tank to not be a conformist... while his two plasma cannon firing servitors vaporize anyone close, as the beast makes up it's mind.

Glorious!

 Talizvar wrote:
Ah, I can see it all now:

The conscripts with a priest ordering forward, claiming the close firing demolisher cannons cannot hurt the faithful...

A tank commander unloading forward, a wingman to the side, and a techpriest cajoling the third tank to not be a conformist... while his two plasma cannon firing servitors vaporize anyone close, as the beast makes up it's mind.

Glorious!

Now that's how you Forge a Narrative(tm)

 Kommissar Kel wrote:

 Tenzilla wrote:
Split fire would only allow the TC to shoot a different target, the other 2 tanks would have to shoot the same target.

Order Issued, 1 Target.
Unit Shooting, second target.
Awakened machine from engineseer, third target.

It would be too late to fire a weapon with POTMS though, as the unit has already shot when you give the order. You wouldn't be able to go back and shoot the unit again.

 Trickstick wrote:

 Kommissar Kel wrote:

 Tenzilla wrote:
Split fire would only allow the TC to shoot a different target, the other 2 tanks would have to shoot the same target.

Order Issued, 1 Target.
Unit Shooting, second target.
Awakened machine from engineseer, third target.

It would be too late to fire a weapon with POTMS though, as the unit has already shot when you give the order. You wouldn't be able to go back and shoot the unit again.

You are correct.

I didn't run back to double check tank commander orders; which are also beginning of the shooting phase like voice of command orders.