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Offline Fuegan

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HEavy destroyer?
« on: July 26, 2002, 08:14:45 AM »
what is the point in them?

for the price of 3 you can get a whole quad of warriors and waste any tank.
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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2002, 09:19:50 AM »
i agree i also think that they are a wast of time.
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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2002, 10:57:42 AM »
My own analysis of the Destroyer vs heavy destroyer can be read here.


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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2002, 11:58:50 AM »
Well I suppose they could take out Termiators whats their AP? I leant my codex to a mate so don't have it at the minute!!!
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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2002, 12:36:21 PM »
The heavy gausscannon has an AP2. But how many terminators have you seen unscreened lately?

Against tyranid sv 2+ bugs it will probally be somewhat effective though.
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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2002, 03:19:32 AM »
They're good against people with distance and have strong front armor per se.  Such as a land raider.  Plus they can shoot 36" which is decent (not the mention the strength 9 ap 2).
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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2002, 10:37:56 AM »
The regular destroyersquad  is just as effective point for point against the Land Raider(due to the Gaussweapon effect)as the Heavy Destroyersquad. Included in that effect the regular Destroyer has 1 more wound.

The Heavy Destroyer is only more effective against AV12-13 but NOT skimmers.

Also when it comes to toughness it's only more effective against big things with 3+ saves(or T4 and multiple wounds) or anything with a 2+ save.
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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #7 on: August 1, 2002, 06:16:37 AM »
destoroyers are all around better, well pretty much, the only thing that is better about heavy destroyers is that the heavy gauss canon is str9 ap2. but only gets one shot which kinda sux unless ur shooting at a tank. i think in every other aspect normal destroyers are better. a squad of 5 destroyers could take out a medium sized brood of 'gaunts easily. (3 shots/destroyer, so 15 str6 ap4  rng36'' shots, ballistic skill 4.) no saves cuz of ap. this would also be just effiective against tanks/wraithlords/dreadnaughts etc...b/c they are gauss weapons so ne 6's rolled to wound(units) or to hit(vehicles) would be just as effective, and better then only 1 shot.so get normal destroyers.

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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #8 on: August 2, 2002, 06:11:47 PM »
Yeah, since it's a gauss weapon, it's autowound on a 6 anyways :P  
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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2002, 05:00:53 PM »
The destroyers is in my opinion, a supurb Anti-tank unit.
Is it like this, that they can move like 12" and then shoot 36"? i don't remember really....

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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2002, 03:15:30 AM »
Correct me if i'm wrong, but I don't know if a skimmer move 6" or 12"?  ???
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Re:HEavy destroyer?
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2002, 10:55:38 AM »
Thye can move 12
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