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What is their role then? Blocking Scout movements against deffkoptas and valkyries. Deploying themselves in a conga line to force the orks to charge them and not the gunline/power blob behind them. Outflanking as a nuissance unit (like a Sentinel) that can only target badly mauled objective camping infantry (unlike a Sentinel) and will die to a stiif breezze (again like a Sentinel ) Guarding the flanks of your tanks against outflanking Chosen, Genestealers, Kommandoes. They come in, torch/shoot the penals to death and are left in the open for your army to shoot at.

How to support them? Depends on what they must do. If they are your only troop choise something must kill the enemy in order for them to sweep them up. Check the Heavy support (Battlle cannons, Executioners, Demolishers,Basilisks, Manticores), Elites (Ogryns, Psykers and Stormtroopores) and Fast Attack (Valkyries have the added benefit of being able to transport the little blighers) sections in our codex.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2195697.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2195697.page GMT Re:penal legion yay or nay http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2195733.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2195733.page GMT Re:penal legion yay or nay http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2196062.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2196062.page GMT penal legion yay or nay http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2196081.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2196081.page GMT penal legion yay or nay
grobbicull wrote:I like to have a unit or two in my list, but if you are going to take them exclusively you may consider running some stormtroopers to replace your vets as special weapons carriers. Or you could do what I always dreamed of. Field all prisoners (6 squads=480pts) and fill the rest of the list with maxed artillery from heavy support: just keep lobbing pie plates over them. And if you wipe out your own troops...well, they were on prisoners anyways, not even guardsmen.


He's already paying too much for his Troops. spending more points than he needs too for
Special weapons platforms would make less sense to me.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2196676.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2196676.page GMT penal legion yay or nay
A single unit is inexpensive enough that it's expendable.

They can outflank and attack weak CC units like Dev squads. They might win, they might lose, but either way they are stubborn so the fight should go on for a while with the Dev squad not shooting as long as the CC goes on.

They can outflank and grab an objective in cover.

A single unit of PL is not a large loss of points in games they under perform.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2196744.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2196744.page GMT Re:penal legion yay or nay hq would best support the penal legion, Im thinking the lord commissar.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2197583.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2197583.page GMT Re:penal legion yay or nay ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2197663.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2197663.page GMT penal legion yay or nay PLs in Valks/Vends. They aren't as effective as loaded Veteran squads, but they're a good deal cheaper. Its a handy way to make those Valks/Vends capable of grabbing objectives if necessary, and if they get shot down they're the most likely to be able to hold their own (as much as single squads of guardsmen can anyway) in assault.

Now I don't know how 6 squads would do, but there you go.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2197734.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2197734.page GMT Re:penal legion yay or nay
Yay to 2-3. But:

Dont take them without proper support at the flanks (1-2 units stormtroopers)

Maybe this one helps you having an idea, what they can do and what they cannot

Tactica Penal Legions

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2198550.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2198550.page GMT Re:penal legion yay or nay hq choices.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2201075.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2201075.page GMT penal legion yay or nay Cc ability, but other than that it really just depends on what you intended on taking for additional forces.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2201179.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2201179.page GMT penal legion yay or nay
Penal legionnaires ARE support units, not core units that need supporting.

Bringing only 60 non-transport, low-leadership infantry models sounds like a bad idea to me, especially given their relatively mediocre killing power. Prepare to do poorly on objectives-based games.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2202722.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2202722.page GMT penal legion yay or nay
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I've been known to take PLs in Valks/Vends. They aren't as effective as loaded Veteran squads, but they're a good deal cheaper. Its a handy way to make those Valks/Vends capable of grabbing objectives if necessary, and if they get shot down they're the most likely to be able to hold their own (as much as single squads of guardsmen can anyway) in assault.

Now I don't know how 6 squads would do, but there you go.


This idea has merit.

6 PLS, 1 CCS, 7 Vendettas = 1440 points. That's all your anti armor and anti personnel needs right there.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2203861.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2203861.page GMT Re:penal legion yay or nay http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2204226.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2204226.page GMT penal legion yay or nay
Lonecoon wrote:This idea has merit.

6 PLS, 1 CCS, 7 Vendettas = 1440 points. That's all your anti armor and anti personnel needs right there.


2 x Vendettas, 2 x Vendettas and 3 x Valyries would probably be better IMO.

L. wrex]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2204610.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2204610.page GMT Re:penal legion yay or nay http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2210402.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/331990/2210402.page GMT