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Well, Razorbacks tend to be left out of most lists due to low capacity, low armor and relatively high points cost.
But the newer breed of codices has made them more viable by lowering their cost and introducing Combat Squads and the ability for a 10 man squad to take a razorback (they just can't mount up in it unless they deploy as combat squads)
And if you have enough other dangerous armored targets (like Baal predators, vindicators, and the like), it's likely that the razorback will be ignored, or absorb shots that would be better spent against the bigger targets.
But how do you go about using RBs effectively? Transports are about getting the troops to where they need to be, and doing it faster than you could by just walking...but if a vehicle moves faster than a brisk walk it can't fire its weapons!
So do you do a one-turn rush at 12" and then slow down and disembark troops then? Or do you just crawl the razorbacks forward to maximize their firepower? Do you even bother embarking and just walk the troops behind them as mobile cover? Or do you just deploy the RB in a different location and treat it as a light tank, leaving its squad to fend for themselves?
What do you guys suggest?
But the newer breed of codices has made them more viable by lowering their cost and introducing Combat Squads and the ability for a 10 man squad to take a razorback (they just can't mount up in it unless they deploy as combat squads)
And if you have enough other dangerous armored targets (like Baal predators, vindicators, and the like), it's likely that the razorback will be ignored, or absorb shots that would be better spent against the bigger targets.
But how do you go about using RBs effectively? Transports are about getting the troops to where they need to be, and doing it faster than you could by just walking...but if a vehicle moves faster than a brisk walk it can't fire its weapons!
So do you do a one-turn rush at 12" and then slow down and disembark troops then? Or do you just crawl the razorbacks forward to maximize their firepower? Do you even bother embarking and just walk the troops behind them as mobile cover? Or do you just deploy the RB in a different location and treat it as a light tank, leaving its squad to fend for themselves?
What do you guys suggest?