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According to the rules of both the Storm Raven and the Leviathan Dreadnaught, the Dread can be hauled around. Does this make the Leviathan an even bigger threat? Could it be really annoying when you now have one in your backfield Turn 2?

It makes it terrifying. This thing is scary enough as is, now imagine it dropping down behind you.....

 War Kitten wrote:
It makes it terrifying. This thing is scary enough as is, now imagine it dropping down behind you.....

Now Imagine if it could shoot from the storm raven... Flying Landraider away!

I would love it if I saw one across from me in a Raven. Cause it to crash and that big vassal dread goes down too.

In a Stormraven in a Ravenhawk Assault Group that deepstrikes and hovers the turn it comes in....

It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

I think I'm in love !!!

 Orock wrote:
I would love it if I saw one across from me in a Raven. Cause it to crash and that big vassal dread goes down too.

4+ invuln and 4 hp begs to differ. A flying landraider, carrying a land raider, is very dangerous

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

Yeah but formations are apoc, I was talkin 40k. (being glib here)

 Crablezworth wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

Yeah but formations are apoc, I was talkin 40k. (being glib here)

Or buy a Sky shield landing pad. Storm Raven beats a pod anyday

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

Only on a 4+. Drop Pod comes in automatically. Also consider that the Drop Pod costs a sixth of the points.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

Only on a 4+. Drop Pod comes in automatically. Also consider that the Drop Pod costs a sixth of the points.

I think a dreadnaught drop pod is 60 or more points which would make it 1/4 to half the cost and can't carry 10 extra dudes (say a tech marine with servo buddies) and doesn't have guns out the wazzoo.

Edit: Also, a Storm Raven with a Leviathan is a scary, scary Turn 2 counter. Bad placement from the enemy and he loses much of his force to the insane dakka those two units put out

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

Only on a 4+. Drop Pod comes in automatically. Also consider that the Drop Pod costs a sixth of the points.

I think a dreadnaught drop pod is 60 or more points which would make it 1/4 to half the cost and can't carry 10 extra dudes (say a tech marine with servo buddies) and doesn't have guns out the wazzoo.

Edit: Also, a Storm Raven with a Leviathan is a scary, scary Turn 2 counter. Bad placement from the enemy and he loses much of his force to the insane dakka those two units put out

Yes it could be quite nasty. I keep thinking of something like "fly me closer, I want to hit him with my fist!"

 War Kitten wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

Only on a 4+. Drop Pod comes in automatically. Also consider that the Drop Pod costs a sixth of the points.

I think a dreadnaught drop pod is 60 or more points which would make it 1/4 to half the cost and can't carry 10 extra dudes (say a tech marine with servo buddies) and doesn't have guns out the wazzoo.

Edit: Also, a Storm Raven with a Leviathan is a scary, scary Turn 2 counter. Bad placement from the enemy and he loses much of his force to the insane dakka those two units put out

Yes it could be quite nasty. I keep thinking of something like "fly me closer, I want to hit him with my fist!"

Well... its a 500+ point super unit, I would hope its nasty

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

Only on a 4+. Drop Pod comes in automatically. Also consider that the Drop Pod costs a sixth of the points.

I think a dreadnaught drop pod is 60 or more points which would make it 1/4 to half the cost and can't carry 10 extra dudes (say a tech marine with servo buddies) and doesn't have guns out the wazzoo.

Edit: Also, a Storm Raven with a Leviathan is a scary, scary Turn 2 counter. Bad placement from the enemy and he loses much of his force to the insane dakka those two units put out

It's a good thing you don't need to get the Dreadnought Drop Pod. The 35 pt Drop Pod can carry a Dreadnought of any type. This would include the Leviathan.

 Crablezworth wrote:

Yeah but formations are apoc, I was talkin 40k. (being glib here)

Have you not been playing 7th edition?

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

Only on a 4+. Drop Pod comes in automatically. Also consider that the Drop Pod costs a sixth of the points.

I think a dreadnaught drop pod is 60 or more points which would make it 1/4 to half the cost and can't carry 10 extra dudes (say a tech marine with servo buddies) and doesn't have guns out the wazzoo.

Edit: Also, a Storm Raven with a Leviathan is a scary, scary Turn 2 counter. Bad placement from the enemy and he loses much of his force to the insane dakka those two units put out

It's a good thing you don't need to get the Dreadnought Drop Pod. The 35 pt Drop Pod can carry a Dreadnought of any type. This would include the Leviathan.

The leviathan's profile says its too bid to take a regular drop pod

It's a big expensive unit and the flyer isn't cheap. Not the strongest combo.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Orock wrote:
I would love it if I saw one across from me in a Raven. Cause it to crash and that big vassal dread goes down too.

4+ invuln and 4 hp begs to differ. A flying landraider, carrying a land raider, is very dangerous

twin linked anvilus autocannon batteries and aiolos missiles beg to differ.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It also fits in a Drop Pod too, and that is a lot more scary.

Agreed, turn one is always preferable.

I think someone above posted about a Stormraven being able to come on turn one with a Ravenguard formation

Only on a 4+. Drop Pod comes in automatically. Also consider that the Drop Pod costs a sixth of the points.

I think a dreadnaught drop pod is 60 or more points which would make it 1/4 to half the cost and can't carry 10 extra dudes (say a tech marine with servo buddies) and doesn't have guns out the wazzoo.

Edit: Also, a Storm Raven with a Leviathan is a scary, scary Turn 2 counter. Bad placement from the enemy and he loses much of his force to the insane dakka those two units put out

It's a good thing you don't need to get the Dreadnought Drop Pod. The 35 pt Drop Pod can carry a Dreadnought of any type. This would include the Leviathan.

The leviathan's profile says its too bid to take a regular drop pod

Just the 30K version can't. The 40K version says no such thing. Drop Pods must have been improved in the 10K years.

The leviathan is physically as big as a standard drop pod... How does that even work?

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
The leviathan is physically as big as a standard drop pod... How does that even work?

the same way a squad of tactical marines fit in a Rhino.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
The leviathan is physically as big as a standard drop pod... How does that even work?

the same way a squad of tactical marines fit in a Rhino.

Its possible, I saw a very detailed diagram on how that actually works

The 40k version of the rules say it can take a dreadnought drop pod, not the regular drop pod. 50 pts, not 35.

DarthDiggler wrote:
The 40k version of the rules say it can take a dreadnought drop pod, not the regular drop pod. 50 pts, not 35.

it says it can purchase a Dreadnought Drop Pod as a dedicated transport. The regular Drop Pod says it can fit a Dreadnought of any type. The Leviathan Dreadnought is a Dreadnought of any type.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

DarthDiggler wrote:
The 40k version of the rules say it can take a dreadnought drop pod, not the regular drop pod. 50 pts, not 35.

it says it can purchase a Dreadnought Drop Pod as a dedicated transport. The regular Drop Pod says it can fit a Dreadnought of any type. The Leviathan Dreadnought is a Dreadnought of any type.

Not to be that guy, but RAW you're right.

What you're missing is that, RAW, it lacks the ability to purchase a regular drop pod. So sort of like how a tactical squad can fit into a land raider, but can't purchase one as a dedicate transport.

So, I'm supposed to be afraid of you spending half your points on a dread + transport that can kill one cheap MSU unit a turn, and get tarpitted by anything with more than 4-5 wounds? Please, bring this spectacular waste of points every game.

 morganfreeman wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

DarthDiggler wrote:
The 40k version of the rules say it can take a dreadnought drop pod, not the regular drop pod. 50 pts, not 35.

it says it can purchase a Dreadnought Drop Pod as a dedicated transport. The regular Drop Pod says it can fit a Dreadnought of any type. The Leviathan Dreadnought is a Dreadnought of any type.

Not to be that guy, but RAW you're right.

What you're missing is that, RAW, it lacks the ability to purchase a regular drop pod. So sort of like how a tactical squad can fit into a land raider, but can't purchase one as a dedicate transport.

Just buy a Drop Pod in a Fast Attack slot. It is no different than a Dev Cent squad that way.