Caffran9 wrote:I've played quite a few games with Inquisimystics hanging out in a Valkyrie at this point and he's a real mixed bag. In a lot of games you're literally giving your opponent a 32pt handicap, which is super lame. He can do great things against stuff like Bloodcrushers/deepstriking Terminators/Spodding nids/etc provided you have something in your list to really capitalize on the free shots (like an Executioner).

At this point, I'm moving away from the IQ in favor of stuff that works all the time. He's 2 free killpoints if there aren't aggressive deepstrikers, which is not a good thing. I also feel like you can still do well against Crushers/Daemons if you deploy right and pick the right targets when you get to shoot in your shooting phase, so I don't really think that he is necessary for even that matchup.

He can be cheeky though, and can really make things easy sometimes. Sometimes is the important word there though, because other times he is a compelte waste of 32 points.

kadun wrote:87 points is steep. I am currently running just the Elite Inquisitor with 2 Mystics and nothing else. I've actually been fairly disappointed with its performance.

Against some opponents, its presence is a deterrent, which is good but its applications are so limited.

I'm actually thinking about switching them out for an Astropath. My reason being, if my opponent has enough Deep Strikers for me to worry about (Drop Pod Marines, Demons), I'd just reserve everything. A bonus is that I could also use the same tactic if I'm facing another shooty army and I don't get to go first.

The new 'nid MC that can continually deep strike has me re-thinking that choice, however, though I'm not sure I want to base army list decisions on a single unit from a single codex.

sourclams wrote:I run an Inquisitor Lord with mystics and 3 henchmen with plasma guns, an Inquisitor with mystics and 3 henchmen with plasma guns, and an Inquisitor with 3 henchmen with melta guns in my IG list.

I buy chimeras for my CCS, PCS and instead put them in Vendettas. This frees up their Chimeras for my Mystic Inquisitors. The melta Inquisitor I put into a third Vendetta.

Instead of being more or less useless point handicaps in games where my opponent has no deepstrike, they contribute greatly to the special weapon density of my army with cheaper plasmaguns on a more resilient platform (carapace armor standard) that is also cheaper than most other 3-weapon squads without cutting down on my melta number.

As an added bonus they have targeters so I know exactly what I can shoot at for max effect.

Sgt.Sunshine wrote:Wait what? I thought when allying with Daemon hunters you could only take 0-1 HQ and 0-1 elite choices?

Sgt.Sunshine wrote:So how can Clams have an Inqusitor Lord and two other Inqusitors? ._.

Inqusitors are Elites right? So that puts him 1 elite over than allowed.

alarmingrick wrote:if you run a retinue loaded up with a bunch of warriors you gain BS4 special weapons w/ targeters. i get that. but it raises 2 more questions. would you be losing BS4 (veterans in my list) that could take objectives. and aren't you making the =I= a much more important target now?