Please find below a table that summarises the cost effectiveness of various of our options for removing hull points from AV 13 AV 14.
The relevance of this, is that most of our weaponry is well suited to stripping hull points off vehicles AV12 and below. Yet a well rounded list needs to be able to deal with AV 13 & AV14 targets, preferably from range.
vsAV13
HP removed Pen HP / 100pts Pen / 100pts
Fire Prisms 0.44 0.33 0.32 0.24
Falcon w B Lance 0.78 0.44 0.49 0.28
5 reapers, exarch 1.44 0.72 0.69 0.34
3*WW Scatter / Blance 1.33 0.89 0.63 0.42
vs AV14
VS AV 14 HP Pen HP / 100pts Pen 100/pts
Fire Prisms 0.44 0.33 0.32 0.24
Falcon w B Lance 0.56 0.22 0.35 0.14
5 reapers, exarch 0.72 0.00 0.34 0.00
3*WW Scatter / Blance 1.33 0.89 0.63 0.42
The conclusion - it is the number of shots that can glance/pen AV13, rather than the quality of shots that predict the unit's efficiency.
Falcons are probably preferable to fire prisms at shooting all vehicles AV13 or under.
War Walkers with SL and BL are probably our best unit against heavy vehicles. The would be improved, of course, with 2 bright lances each, however this limits their utility against other targets.
Explanation of table.
Column 1 - the number of hull points removed from a single turn of firing at an AV13 vehicle (no jink or cover)
Column 2 - the number of penetrating hits from a single turn of firing at an AV13 vehicle
Column 3 -number of hull point removed per 100pts spent on the unit (done for comparison of point efficiency)
Column 4 - number of pens " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "
Notes - All options can fire against infantry with some effectiveness. Falcon has underslung shuriken cannon, war walkers (4th row) have scatter laser / B lance.
Falcon and Fire prism assumed to have holo fields. Falcon is armed with pulse laser and bright lance.
War walker firing accuracy is slightly overstated, as I have assumed in all cases that the accuracy of the bright lance has been enhanced by the laser lock special rule being activated by at least one scatter laser shot hitting.
The added benefit of the reaper rangefinder has not been reflected in this table, but is relevant against most necron vehicles.
Reaper exarch is assumed to have fast shot
