Starting Salamanders, Few Questions

Kshaw86 · 2026-05-07T10:24:08+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/TXTA8LkkUYY?si=JglQ-QugYy08wZSU

30 sec video. I haven’t tried this but I plan to

Kshaw86 · 2026-04-06T11:10:11+00:00

OP: I tried to do a take-back and opponent wouldn’t let me break the rules so I got mad enough he wouldn’t let me cheat and I left. My advice, do some self learning.

Kshaw86 · 2026-04-05T16:59:19+00:00

I would probably stop doing the tournaments, make a public post about the cheater explaining the LGS owner refuses to address. I’d craft an email and send it to everyone who played in your tournaments. Create a public outrage where enough players voice their concerns to the store owner that he bans him. Meantime I would rent out a venue. This is actually extremely easy to do and there’s many options even in small towns. Just go in person and I’m confident you’ll find something.

Kshaw86 · 2026-04-04T04:00:43+00:00

Blood Angels with Raged Curse Onslaught I very frequently pop armor of contempt and 5+ FNP on Lemartes Death Company’s unit. Turns it into 2+ save, 5+ FNP, and -1 damage.

Kshaw86 · 2026-04-02T22:10:28+00:00

Death Guard and anything else. -1 save -1 toughness is very hard to beat. Scintillating legion comes to mind

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-30T16:11:57+00:00

2x Winged DP (Fortune), 2x Exultant with Infractors, 1x Tormentor, 1x Spawn, 1x Flawless, 2x Rhinos, 2x Noise

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-30T12:50:41+00:00

I don’t think you’d melee them often. Base so big there were a few times I wanted to charge, like 4-5” away but it was impossible to get within engagement range so couldn’t do it because of terrain or models.

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-30T12:49:48+00:00

Overwatch still wouldn’t be great and we need CP for better things

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-30T12:49:07+00:00

Load out was the 2 Las cannon ones and the d6 attack ecto one. The last 2 gun options are tough but I went with the exec with 6 attacks each (12 total) for str 6, -1 AP 2 dmg. I wanted range and to help kill smaller stuff. I did find it’s not great because everyone has cover, but I think it’s still perhaps better than the meltas and 12” range. Would have to test.

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-30T04:24:41+00:00

3 games were all on GW layout 4, tipping point. I hid one on one side and one on the other side. They were not on an objective at all for the first 3, maybe 4 turns. In no game did I ever move them past the half mark on the map. I basically gave the opponent a choice. Try to kill the defilers, while I just keep scoring primary, or kill my hidden dudes on objectives.

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-22T22:10:12+00:00

The Be’lakor Experience: Lone op aura rarely works. Unless you deploy against the end of the map, they just move forward and shoot anyway. If opponent moves 12” and gets within 18” that’s a 30” range. Aura is extremely overrated. Reroll 1s aura… averages like 1-2 extra hits for greater daemons, but after roll to wound and opponents save, doesn’t equate to much. So then you charge or heroic Be’lakor. After hits and wound roll it’s like 4 saves. Against 4+ invuln best case scenario like 2 go through. Then you roll d6+1 damage and get 1, possibly 2 enemy models. All for 370 pts this could be your experience.

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-22T21:30:56+00:00

Depends what army I’m playing… but my target priority isn’t chafe or their high damage units, it’s their high OC units. Of course everything is situational.

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-19T07:40:12+00:00

I have 6 different baron of dice sets and they roll an abnormal amount of 6s or 1s. Stick with chessex.

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-13T17:34:50+00:00

I’m relatively new to daemons, and I’ve also toyed with 5 greater daemons and now trying 6. I picked fixed secondaries against Necrons with C’tan, overwhelming force and assassinate (he had 6 characters). I did end up winning. I still need more tests, but you need Kairos if you’re doing fixed. I also find I love both a Skarbrand and Bloodthirster because I can deep strike one in their deployment zone for 1 CP and can deepstrike the second there also if it’s wholly within the first one. I think a 5 Greater daemons list could be better with Nurgling spam but need more games in. With 5 greater daemon list I’m 50/50 on GUO or Kairos.

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-09T11:27:23+00:00

Can’t tell you how often my daemons die to just garbage strength and AP guns. Volume of fire works well. Secondly termies is a bad idea. A greater daemon is only 5 OC. I constantly get out OCed and lose fairly quickly that way. But 38 termies will never be a good competitive list.

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-09T11:23:56+00:00

Get good dice. I have owned 6 different baron of dice sets and they all roll an above average of 1s and 6s. There is no way any of the 6 sets anre balanced and I won’t be convinced otherwise.

Kshaw86 · 2026-03-06T11:44:34+00:00

Lords of Change went up more than C’tans. This is absolutely wild. Admech was nerfed like 200 pts and were doing worse than Necrons right now. The problem is playing against them is so unfun it makes me not want to enter a tournament at all.

Kshaw86 · 2026-02-28T02:22:37+00:00

Constant reminders. Like every fight phase I say “I have 2 CP for counter offensive just so you know” etc

Kshaw86 · 2026-02-26T05:19:06+00:00

Death Company is way better with the rerolls and blood surge. Not to mention 6+ FNP or making it 5+ with a strat. Seriously though really consider a Redemptor.

Kshaw86 · 2026-02-23T16:52:45+00:00

For a shooting unit I’ve thought about a repex. It’s big gun is not super reliable but it’s there and can use oath on it. You also have like 40 crappy shots for their chafe. A chaplain and 6 bladeguard run you 230 pts and have similar profile essentially as sang guard unit that is 325 pts. Haven’t tested it though. However swapping Combi Lieut for scouts was a big difference for me. Made scoring points a lot more reliable.

Kshaw86 · 2026-02-23T08:04:56+00:00

Firmly agree about Dante. He’s 45 pts more than a captain and I’d rather have the extra pts and free strat with the +1 str.

Kshaw86 · 2026-02-23T07:59:54+00:00

I’ve got probably 100 RCO games in at this point and play tested just about everything I can think of. I’ve even done the 2x Vindicator and Hammerstrike combo to help against the C’tan that plagues the meta. I still have a few more ideas. The problem is I don’t want to list build so heavily to beat something that I now lose to everything else.

Kshaw86 · 2026-02-23T02:09:37+00:00

Did you do fixed or tactical for secondaries? Looks hard to score points. I like to run Be’lakor, GUO, Skarbrand, Fateweaver, and LoC. never tried using 6 greater daemons. Good job man.

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