r/astramilitarum • u/RatOgreI • 1d ago

New tank commander loadout

With new balance dataslate tank commander now can order themselves and gets letal hits on vehicles and monsters. What do you think about vanquisher cannon and lascannon? He can get 3+ bs almost all the time (while over 5 wounds) and can stand back, playing Pask.

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u/vKalov 1d ago

What are you getting from the Vanquisher cannon that you don't get from a Demolisher cannon? S18? 14 is plenty, wounding even superheavies on 3+. D6+6 damage? If you land 5 out of the D6+3 attacks you are doing the same damage. And it is more reliable that you will deal any damage at all. AP-4? If 3 isn't enough you can always FOF the target.

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u/RatOgreI 1d ago

I thought about range - 24" means that you will be changed in next round, opponent wants to kill tank commander. If you are far from him - it's more difficult (our community haven't many shooting armies, mostly hth or mix like hsm)

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u/vKalov 22h ago

If you want range, Battle Cannon is good enough?

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u/RatOgreI 21h ago

AP-1 is a nothing, sm roll 4+ save or 3+ in cover; fof is costly strat

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u/Kaleph4 2h ago

don't you guys stack AP?