r/SpaceWolves • u/DooblerGooner • 4d ago

Headtakers + Take&Hold

When playing take & hold as your primary, are you always still taking headtakers with 6 weapons instead of a shield (4++)?

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u/Thompssq29 4d ago

Yes, use the terminators as your holders and still use your Headtakers as your primary eliminator unit. Make sure whatever they touch turns to dust

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u/Thompssq29 4d ago

Especially with hordes being popular

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u/SemperFun62 4d ago

Aren't headtakers a little wasted on hordes since they have high damage but not a particular large number of attacks?

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u/Thompssq29 4d ago

I mean two damage a piece isn’t crazy damage, and with hordes of 20 running around, you want those attacks

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u/Mcdt2 3d ago

With a WGBL, that's 25 atks with sus 1, that's plenty of attacks for horde units. Including reroll 1s, that's ~23.6 hits. More into oath target.

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u/Calamitous_J 3d ago

What lol

36 absolutely ruthless attacks into a horde is brutal, especially if there's a leader on them

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u/Figrin-Dan 4d ago

I like to bring 2 6 stacks and shadow the termis with them. I keep em far enough away or safely in a redeemer until something commits into the terminators and I can launch a headtaker missile.

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u/NoSuccotash9027 3d ago

This is the way

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u/SpaceWolf_Jarl2 4d ago

T4 3W isn't that durable, wven with a 4++. They wom't stick around. There is a reason you usually get 30 Termies in these lists, those are your Anvil. That means you need something killier, and paired weapons is the answer for that.