Torus wrote:
I try and run all caresses and no pistol upgrades, I find the sheer amount of attacks the troupe throws out means you're a massive threat to everything from Imperial Knights to Tactical Marines. From a gamplay perspective not mixing and matching your melee upgrades just makes assaults less of a chore tbh.

Just need a way of how to keep the killer clowns alive...

Tropic Thunder wrote:
I'm a huge proponent of specializing my units. I like running a Heelequin force with two 10-man Troupes and a 6-man Troupe in a Starweaver. Each 10-man Troupe specializes in a weapon upgrade; the Warlord's unit has all Players equipped with Embraces while the Troupe Master has a Caress and Starmist Raiment, while the other unit typically specializes in all Kisses with a Troupe Master armed with Cegorach's Rose. The small Troupe usually has all Caresses and Neuro Disruptors as an Elite killer.

The latest release of the Death Masque units altered this a bit. The Warlord unit remains unchanged, but I used the Company of the Threefold Stranger as my small Troupe since it can Run, Shoot and Charge Turn 2 onwards. This forced me to modify the other 10-man unit a bit with 5 Kisses and 4 Caresses; the Troupe Master was unchanged.

The Warlord unit has paid off multiple times in one game about 2/3 of the time for me. I actually improved its efficacy recently by having Inriam's Spectre join the unit to give it Shrouded. Hugging cover providing terrain coupled with Veil of Tears ensures that first charge is always achievable, especially when a second large Troupe, a 5-man Skyweaver squad and a full squadron of Voidweavers is also bearing down. Target prioritization becomes difficult for most armies to handle.