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So I'm planning on running 3x12 breachers with cawl in the servitor maniple. All rerolling hits in both shooting and fighting. Biggest issue is the opponent will shoot one unit with everything and bad touch a second so I have one unit at full strength to shoot with turn 1. I originally had two battalions of catachan with 3 attacks each protecting them but they give up too much for itc and aren't doing anything what I need them to. Im thinking of changing to 7 bullgryn that can rock the - 1*+ save and the 3++ to sit in front of them as protectors that are hard to kill and I get two psykers for denying. What I want to know is if anyone can think of a better shield for my breachers from chargers and being bad touched from any imperium faction that can mean the breachers get to shoot more through out the game and make people think about getting counter charged if they get up to my breacher line. Thanks

Take custode calladius tanks to screen. With their inherent -2 to charge and tanglefoot grenades strat, plus the fact they have fly should force opponents to vomit lol.

Edit: BTW, I was literally discussing with my brother yesterday(he plays admech) how breachers were criminally under priced. If I were you, and assuming you don't own 36 yet, I'd wait until this years chapter approved.

Lol I own 42 because I've converted my destroyers to run as either or. I might look into that actually. Problem is I need the cp of a battalion. And taking the tank would mean finding a detachment that would work with only 550 points to spend. I ran knights and breachers at the atc team championships and should have gone 5-0 and that was against people I'd consider pro. There's and amazing breacher combo out there. I'm just trying to find it before CA lol

all i can say is:
36 breachers....wow the $$$ involved...

I buy everything second hand and repaint, or pick up recasts here and there

 Red Corsair wrote:
Take custode calladius tanks to screen. With their inherent -2 to charge and tanglefoot grenades strat

Don't forget that to use the tanglefoot grenade strat, you have to "Choose an enemy unit within 12" of an ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY unit from your army", I have seen that part forgotten before

Maybe....try actually taking some screening infantry....3x5 rangers can easily keep your breachers free and clear

Well, the only way to achieve this is to put pressure upon the enemy so that he/she is hard pressed to choose the targets.