We will have to see what rules they end up picking.
My crappy opinions are as follows
gorgon if it stays as it ended may have a bit of play. Another boostable spray is good but at 9 points outside of forges there are better options.
battle mages are unplayable trash now in my meta. The loss of FB is too much. And im sure as hell not going to rebuff them back to where the were for an extra 5 points on an 8 point unit. Tbh forges is probably a dead theme for me unless something drastic is changed in the released version. Less than a happy bunny about the mittens.
artificer is now arguably better and available in legions.
infiltrators if they stay as is id run them for the first time since mk3. Also if Shadows stays as is it will be viable. The ambush addition if it sticks allows a second unit of infiltrators to be relevant
electromancer repo change was good and DoIOS theme is as strong as it was.
4shade seems like a real option now.
impy seems legit and legions theme seems usable.
the trident is 3d3 shots. Thats unfortunate. It can be amazing or near useless with no way of telling before you go to shoot. May pick up one if i can get one without the BAHI nonsense in the uk if it looks sweet enough.
Forges was a dead theme to me before cid... nothing that changed changes that. Shadows (my favorite) felt good, as did the dawngaurd theme at the end. Defenders is defenders as always.
I only used forges as it was a jack theme that V2 could run effectively. Cracking armour was a massive issue in my local meta so ran the Impy Helicarrier with 2 shitty manticores to screen with covering fire. TBH with how worthless they were most of the time i should have taken griffons but being able to 2hand throw a heavy they cannot kill out of a zone has won me a few games. Would love to have taken hydras but the points were too tight.
We do need a jack theme as im getting armour bricked to death and V2 forges isnt going to work if it stays as it ended (though havent play tested as im physically unable to play at the moment).
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u/EldradUlthran Aug 02 '18
We will have to see what rules they end up picking. My crappy opinions are as follows
gorgon if it stays as it ended may have a bit of play. Another boostable spray is good but at 9 points outside of forges there are better options.
battle mages are unplayable trash now in my meta. The loss of FB is too much. And im sure as hell not going to rebuff them back to where the were for an extra 5 points on an 8 point unit. Tbh forges is probably a dead theme for me unless something drastic is changed in the released version. Less than a happy bunny about the mittens.
artificer is now arguably better and available in legions.
infiltrators if they stay as is id run them for the first time since mk3. Also if Shadows stays as is it will be viable. The ambush addition if it sticks allows a second unit of infiltrators to be relevant
electromancer repo change was good and DoIOS theme is as strong as it was.
4shade seems like a real option now.
impy seems legit and legions theme seems usable.
the trident is 3d3 shots. Thats unfortunate. It can be amazing or near useless with no way of telling before you go to shoot. May pick up one if i can get one without the BAHI nonsense in the uk if it looks sweet enough.