It’s time, dear reader, for the next installment of the series and I am still coping. I’ve played numerous games with the Adeptus Mechanicus and Data-Psalm Conclave (DPC) since we last spoke, and since then my best play has been buying a Grey Knights army.
Things are looking Bleak.
I do have a confession to make, I don’t really like Kataphrons. They’re big, and irritating, and get nowhere. They also force you to be in Conqueror for most turns as you need to advance them to get the unit into their effective firing range, and to be honest, if your breachers are living to be an effective threat after the turn in which you expose them, you’ve already won the game.
This only ever occurs vs. bad players, or idiots, which means I’ll still win most of the games at my locals, but it’s not a strategy that I can take to tournaments and expect to go 5-0 with, I’ll only get away with going 3-2, and if you’re not expecting to go 5-0, why the fuck are you even showing up to a tournament? Moron
I’m not bringing Cawl atm either, no justifiable reason, he’s busy developing primaris mark 2. right now, eta. 12th edition.
The rest of the units are ok though, so to recap:
Belisarius Cawl- Tech-priest Dominus
- Tech-priest Enginseer
- Tech-priest Manipulus
- Technoarcheologist
- Corpuscarii Electro-priests
- Fulgurite Electro-priests
Kataphron Breachers- K
ataphon Destroyers
These are the units that benefit from the detachment rule (and army rule).
I haven’t really been playing much because I’ve been busy, I still need to paint another 20 Skitarii, but I’ve had some practice games.
I brought 30 Fulgurite Electro-priests to a game, which was neat. Without a dominus they are a bit poo, and if they don’t charge, they’re a bit poo, and without the fight first enhancement they’re a bit poo, and they’re also slow and susceptible to -1 damage Strategems, and they don’t have any rerolls.
I’m not sure that 30 Fulgurites are the play, or if I just need more Duneriders, for now they are being shelved though. Fights first is a huge deterrent, and I think one unit is suitable for controlling board space against most armies so long as my opponent doesn’t actually read the datasheet.
So, I’ve dropped the Kataphrons and made the reluctant decision to be a turbo-wiener and not play 30 Fulgurites. Where does that leave me?
Conqueror who?
Look, I’m no expert on the Adeptus Mechanicus… yet. I’m new to them in 10th edition and in my mind the army comprises of Fulgurite Electro-priests and other random filler trash. But a thought occurred to me, Warhammer 40k has guns. I wonder if this army can utilize guns effectively.
After extensive research, ChatGPT informed me that they were ‘generally considered a shooting-orientated army’.
I opened my WH 40k app (shit name), found the reference for the Adeptus Mechanicus codex, selected army rules and saw there was another Imperative other than conqueror I could select. If conqueror is good for melee units, I wonder if protector is good for shooting units (it was).
In my expert tournament playing, local store championship winning opinion (my opinion is better than yours btw), the combination of removing Breachers, and limiting Fulgurites in my list makes Conqueror Imperative worse than the Daemon lists Aidan has been playing lately. The rest of my units shoot guns. SHOOT GUNS. It’s protecting time.
Protector, I barely know her
Protector imperative is here BABY.
I know what you’re thinking, losing the extra AP you get from Conqueror is a huge blow, but so is missing all of your fucking shots.
But Ryan, if you’re playing with no Breachers or Fulgurites, why play DPC at all?
- I’m addicted to the fight first enhancement.
- It turns out there is a second electro-priest unit, the CORPUSCARII ELECTRO-PRIEST.
These units are all gas no brakes, and I need more of them. I may actually PAY MONEY for the kits (I probably will the snails are quite cute), and they have GUNS.
They’re 0AP which is effectively useless, but that can be remedied by nothing which is a pretty Admech thing to do. This army is just shit.
Honestly, the best unit I can field is probably the Skorpius Disintegrator, it’s not even a cult mechanicus unit. They’re insane in Protector Imperative. I’m probably just going to do that.
Cya
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