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I was wondering what the most popular / effective loadouts for succubii are out there? Which cult, be it one from the codex or a custom cult from PA, weaponry and combat drugs do you guys normally take?

I'm considering running a wych cult battallion (succubus, drazhar and 3 units of wyches) in a 2k points list. ITC format most likely. Any of the three cults from the codex seem OK. I've also seen people take berserk fugue (every unmodified 6+ to hit scores an additional hit)+ test of skill (+1 to wound against monsters / vehicles with a wound characteristic of 10+). This last cult combos really well wit disintegrator cannons, so I may fit a couple razorwings with those if I go down this route. None of the cult-specific stratagems appear to be particularly good in my opinion.

And don't answer wych cults aren't competitive because I've seen quite a few successful lists out there having them...

I would be using venoms to increase their survability and deliver them to combat... is it worth considering a raider? I may even put them in the webway occassionally, although there appears to be no way to increase their chances or making a successful charge other than PfP and tactical re-rolls.

I'm still quite amateur and I am not aiming to come up with a list that wins me a tournament or anything, just sth fun to play and reasonably competitive.

I almost forget to mention the cult that increases save rolls by one when in melee (3++ save in melee effectively). I would also be running kabalites and covens and an archon will be my warlord, so I will be using alliance of agony in every battle... which warlord trait would be best for the succubus?

A few different succubus loadouts I've used in the past...

Stuckubus: Shardnet+Impaler, Traitor's Embrace Relic, Cursed Blade cult, usually no warlord trait for obvious reasons, +Move drugs.

I run this one pretty commonly as my off-HQ in a cursed blade battalion (the warlord trait generally goes on a pretty standard glaive+Blast Pistol succubus who runs with the troops to buff them). She'll win against a surprising number of targets in melee thanks to S4 and D2, but when she doesn't win, well, she usually wins the points trade anyway

Punchubus: Bezerk Fugue+Test of Skill, +A drugs, Precision Blows trait, Hydra Gaunts. Solid choice for Test of Skill wych cult HQ choice.

Cccccombo attack succubus: Cult of Strife, Triptch Whip relic, BP optional, Blood Dancer trait, +move or +A drugs. Often this one gets +move because +A is really good on bigger wych units, but I use this one as my off-HQ when i want to bring Lelith to the table. Come turn 3, she gets really silly because blood dancer triggers on a 5+, so she makes many many many attacks.

Blood Glaive Succubus: I mean this one is obvious. The blood glaive is just really good. Don't bother with a blast pistol since it's Pistol 1 and you'll be advancing and charging with this gal.3++ is also very good with the WL trait.

Thanks for your answer. I think I like the first option the most. Prob is I'm not convinced I want to spend CP to buy her a relic, as the free one will be the vexator mask for my haemonculus

I literally just take my 2 as Shardnet and nothing else unless i do have an Archon then i pay 1CP to give her a WL trait. But after playing them many times, they are very lack luster in almost everything they do. So i go cheap and use them as tools, like holding an objective, charging from out of LoS before my Wyches charge, etc..

I run Cursed Blade with a net, and I really enjoy Traitor's Embrace. If she gets the charge on a character she can normally chip a point or two off before she dies, and then her opponent follows her down. It's a lot of fun.

It really sucks to see that a Succubus is relegated to being a cheap HQ slot filler more often than not, rather than a combat monster along the lines of a Solitaire. I think if they just made the baseline archite glaive Sx2 and give it a flat 2 damage with no neg hit mod that they would at least have something good as a baseline without having to tack on several relics and traits to make them competent in melee.

 Grimskul wrote:
It really sucks to see that a Succubus is relegated to being a cheap HQ slot filler more often than not, rather than a combat monster along the lines of a Solitaire. I think if they just made the baseline archite glaive Sx2 and give it a flat 2 damage with no neg hit mod that they would at least have something good as a baseline without having to tack on several relics and traits to make them competent in melee.

DE was pretty much gutted in every way. What do you expect when GW does that?