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I have a 10man assault squad with 2 melta guns (possibly an infernus pistol too). Depending on the mission, and the opponent I will either keep them together, or combat squad them.

So with combat squads, would it be better to have the meltas in one squad as a dedicated tank hunting squad, and have the other as a dedicated assault squad, or have the meltas spread out so I don't have all my eggs in one basket?

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As a dedicated tank hunting squad, they'll be incredibly fragile unless of course you DoA them. The issue is that in what way is 5 MEQ a "dedicated assault squad"? They'll be lucky if they kill anything. I think it'd be better to just keep them as ablative wounds to protect your meltas, unless you really can't fit all of them in a space when you deep strike. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5726184.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5726184.page GMT Where to put special weapons in combat squads?
 Griddlelol wrote:
I personally don't think it'd ever be a good idea to split them up.

As a dedicated tank hunting squad, they'll be incredibly fragile unless of course you DoA them. The issue is that in what way is 5 MEQ a "dedicated assault squad"? They'll be lucky if they kill anything. I think it'd be better to just keep them as ablative wounds to protect your meltas, unless you really can't fit all of them in a space when you deep strike.


What about objectives. The main problem I see with the 10man squad is that they will be tougher, but that is one less unit to grab objectives. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5726773.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5726773.page GMT Where to put special weapons in combat squads?
if there is a lot of light armor (rhinos, trukks, eldar), it may be best to split up and have a melta in each squad making a double threat.

if numbers are not on your side (nids, orks) keep the unit together and camp on an objective.

#1 rule: be flexible. hard-and-fast rules are what lose battles.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5726812.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5726812.page GMT Where to put special weapons in combat squads?
Note: I said relying. There's plenty of anecdotal evidence of a single combat squad capping the final objective, but bring two troops, splitting them into 4 5 man teams means you're relying.

You're far better off bringing more troops and more durable troops. It's pretty difficult for BA right now, 18ppm is a lot to pay for an assault marine. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727023.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727023.page GMT Re:Where to put special weapons in combat squads? d6 hits if they get assaulted and the flamers are still alive. If you're dropping em behind enemy lines and you know you're going to be dealing with some armor, stick a melta bomb on the sgt. I usually leave melta/anti-armor duty to my sternguard in a drop pod. That's just some things I've seen in my short time playing this wonderful game. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727142.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727142.page GMT Where to put special weapons in combat squads? DoA unit together. I can see the wisdom, in certain games, of pooling all the special weapons in one combat squad while hiding as well as you can the other five guys. I don't know that I'd ever combat squad them AND split the special weapons, but it's possible that there are situations where this is correct.

Unfortunately, I don't have enough experience with jump marines to help break down when you should choose each option. I usually use 5 men in a razorback, so all I can tell you for sure is that assault marines kinda suck.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727219.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727219.page GMT Re:Where to put special weapons in combat squads?
BUT, I do find that if I DOA the two meltas in one combat squad I can usually get a dead vehicle out of it, so that's not a COMPLETE waste at least. Splitting the two meltas into two squads is a bit pointless.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727373.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727373.page GMT Where to put special weapons in combat squads? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727500.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/532983/5727500.page GMT